Finally after months of trying I managed to get a understanding of this game in DB ways. I have managed to create shirts,minishirts,workable stages,in all whatever there is in this game...but enough bragging,because in the way of this proces it has risen some questions too. But first of all I want to say thank you to all those who has made very useful explanations to what to do.
I want to create a more worldwide game for my own use.and here are the questions:
Are there a limit to what number of teams you can add to the game (meaning getting more of the lesser Continental teams into the game)
2: I realize that if the first can be done,I will have to add more races,(globally) but what are the no of races required for one team added 1-2-3-4?
There is another tiny problem.It seems that no further sponsors,staff can be added to the game.
....and I'm sort of stuck to the official editor since Lachi's excellent editor refuses to work with my office 2010 package. which means the official editor,but I hope whatever I am planning can be done within that one (looks that way to me)
Thanks in advance for answers to this....hmm I might add that I have not put any of the stuff I made (for own purpose) into the game yet,but they seem to be working ok.
The easiest way might be to download big DB`s to compare. As far as I know the PPDB DB`s are the biggest with many small teams and lots of races.
It`s also possible to add staff and sponsors, but don`t ask me how this exactly works.
Not sure if there is a limit of teams and races, but you should be aware that the game becomes more and more unstable the bigger the DB is. Also you need lots of DB work that the new races have a realistic starting field. Otherwise it could happen that several teams participate with just 1-2 riders...
As far as I remember, there's a limit of c 150/160 teams. FCM has the most, so you may want to check that DB.
You can add sponsors in DYN_secondary_sponsors and staff in DYN_coach, DYN_physician and DYN_scout.
You will have to use the Advanced Editor V4 (aka Full Editor V4), though. You can't make major changes to the DB with the editor that comes with the game.
Just to add one more important thing. If you add new teams, you also have to add:
- more riders
- more races
- more sponsors
- more staff
else the game will not play well or even crash.
And if you are unexperienced with editing you NEED to backup your changes and try them in the game very often. Because if you have errors which make the game crash, you surely don't want to start over again.
BTW: My editor has no problem with any office installation. Or did you try it, I mean did my editor work after you uninstalled office?
Edited by Lachi on 20-01-2011 16:23
roturn: Unfortunately the game as it is is unstable enough....frequent crashes after finishing a race etc. So that may be an obstacle. I have made a calculation about what is required per team added.The simple one first: If I add say a Latvian team then I would need at least 3 sponsors and perhaps 3 staff,and 4 races in Latvia (these will often be 1.1. one day races) as for the riders most of them are already in the DB (I reckon 95% of the unemployed riders goes to the lesser Continental teams)
TrueCrue; very helpful,gee.. I had missed that the there can be added sponsors and staff,and I just got hold of the advanced editor.
Lachi: I all the years I have been modding games and that are many I have always backed up...that is a must if you want to change anything,but this can never be repeated enough.
as for your editor I'm sure the problem is on my end,when I tried to start to your editor Office 2010 wrote...not recognizeable,after some time it decided that your ed. was recognizeable but when opening your editor it 1/ refused to load the DB...until after a while,and when finally it did office said that changes couldn't be made... I'm quite sure there is another program which collides with the use of your editor.
But do you think my calculation of what is needed when creating a new team is correct?
yes i did that and it did open...at last,but it refused to execute (at least the DB i wanted it to execute...but I sort of got a new idea,this all happened some time ago,so perhaps I should try and get Lachi's latest,I think I saw a thread about that somewhere.
