How to change what engineers can build in mods?

Game Mods
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As the title says. How do I do it?

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you may be interested in this thread:

( particular by it’s replies of our lord and savior Devenddar ).

it’s a bit outdated. as the entities were not working.

but yeah, i suggest you to try with the entities as now those do work unlike before.

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If you want to unlock structures (anti-tank/anti-air cannon, machineguns and e.t.c.) for custom profile squad then you need to add "engineerUnlocks" : [ X ], or "engineerUnlocks" : [ X, X ] to squad (X is building slot that locked. IIRC it can be between 1 and 5) and engineer tool to any soldier in squad.

If you want to just give new structures for old squads and e.t.c. Then you will need to code it. Need to edit entities.blk file. Need to change …_tool_gun /…_tool_award_gun entities and buildingLimits and previewTemplate properties.

Code example:

ussr_moon_building_tool_gun{
  _override:b=yes

  "buildingLimits:list<i>"{
    item:i=100
    item:i=300
    item:i=600
  }

  "previewTemplate:list<t>"{
    item:t="ger_rallypoint_preview"
    item:t="sandbags_wall_1_preview"
    item:t="sandbags_wall_3_preview"
  }
}

This code changes engineer tools from moon event.

If you want to add new template that don’t contains preview template then for some reasons better to add this preview entity.

New building structure code example:

ri_entity__normandy_bunker_a102_walls_preview{
  _extends:t="base_rendinst_builder_preview"
  instantiateTemplate:t="ri_entity__normandy_bunker_a102_walls"
  ri_preview__name:t="normandy_bunker_a102_walls"
  buildingSoundTag:t="fortification"
  building_builder__maxTimeToBuild:r=10.0
  building_menu__text:t="Bunker"
  building_menu__image:t="bunker"
}

ri_entity__normandy_bunker_a102_walls{
  _extends:t="game_rendinst_decor"
  ri_extra__name:t="normandy_bunker_a102_walls"
}

New gameplay feature code? In other words ability to build vehicles:

gaz_67_preview{
  _extends:t="base_animchar_builder_preview"
  animchar__res:t="pv_gaz_67_char"
  collres__res:t="pv_gaz_67_collision"
  instantiateTemplate:t="gaz_67"
  buildingSoundTag:t="fortification"
  building_builder__maxTimeToBuild:r=5.0
  building_menu__text:t="gaz_67"
  building_menu__image:t="map_icon_car"
  buildingDistance:r=12.5
  additionalHeight:r=1.0
  avaliableAngles:p2=-30.0, 30.0
}

You can add gaz_67_preview and ri_entity__normandy_bunker_a102_walls_preview inside previewTemplate property.

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tommy have done this a lot he can help

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how are you editing .blk files???

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right now, I’m just trying to replace the rally point with a heavy mg and I can’t seem to understand how

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First, to make your life 100 times more easier, download and install notepad ++. (You can skip that if you use the windows default app notepad.exe)
After that, use the text editor to open your blk files. (
The blk files we can edit are plain text files like .json and .py files)

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I have question on this topic. Is there a way to add to “previewTemplate:list” without completely overwriting it?

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Unfortunately, you cannot. Because it is considered an entire object/value. Thrre is not an option to append or remove things

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