Spring RTS Engine

Forboding Angel wrote:

TheDarkOne wrote:New problem, when I put it all in a folder of the empty mod in /games in the spring folder. It does not show up in games, and yes, the file haves .sdd at the end.

Did you mean to say the "folder" has .sdd on the end? Putting .sdd on the end of any files won't help. foldername.sdd in the spring games folder signals spring to read the content inside.

Just wanted to possibly make that more clear.

So, what do i do?

I know you have to zip it using the .sdd extension. No clue about which program you should use.

P.S. If your mother tongue is perhaps Italian, I could help you.

sdd is NOT an archive!
All you should do is make sure your game's folder ends with an .sdd, e.g if you have a folder called MyAwesomeGame then you should rename it to MyAwesomeGame.sdd

gajop wrote:sdd is NOT an archive!
All you should do is make sure your game's folder ends with an .sdd, e.g if you have a folder called MyAwesomeGame then you should rename it to MyAwesomeGame.sdd

This is what I did-I created a file renamed it emptygame.sdd

wrong wrote:I created a file renamed it emptygame.sdd

right wrote:if you have a folder called MyAwesomeGame then you should rename it to MyAwesomeGame.sdd

Silentwings wrote:

wrong wrote:I created a file renamed it emptygame.sdd

right wrote:if you have a folder called MyAwesomeGame then you should rename it to MyAwesomeGame.sdd

I meant folder.

I would venture to say that zipping the file and than rename it gamefolder.sdd actually worked
That's not orthodox but it did work for me...

Emyfour wrote:I would venture to say that zipping the file and than rename it gamefolder.sdd actually worked
That's not orthodox but it did work for me...

Wacky!

Generally we use .sdz for zip-compressed folders, .sd7 for 7zip-compressed folders and .sdd for non-compressed folders... it probably works the way you did it because the code the handles it doesn't check which it's found until after it knows it's found something.

It's still not showing up. What I do is- new folder - rename - test.sdd

that isn't the game name in the list. you have to edit modinfo for that to change.

WHAT, IS, YOUR, LANGUAGE?

There are some serious communications issues going on here and MAYBE if we can point you to someone who speaks your language the problem can be solved quickly.

upload your mod. attach it to forum as attachment or if it is too large then google "file upload" and try random sites until you find one that does not suck.

knorke wrote:upload your mod. attach it to forum as attachment or if it is too large then google "file upload" and try random sites until you find one that does not suck.

i live in the USA its my first time trying something like this

What we've got here is a failure ... to communicate.

That was just to put a picture into Smoth's thoughts. Regarding the structure, it should be like this:

emptymod.sdd
|---stuff
|---modinfo.lua

and not:

emptymod.sdd
|---emptymod
[ ] |---stuff
[ ] |---modinfo.lua

That is, remove the emptymod folder and put the stuff right under emptymod.sdd

Jools wrote:
What we've got here is a failure ... to communicate.

That was just to put a picture into Smoth's thoughts. Regarding the structure, it should be like this:

emptymod.sdd
|---stuff
|---modinfo.lua

and not:

emptymod.sdd
|---emptymod
[ ] |---stuff
[ ] |---modinfo.lua

That is, remove the emptymod folder and put the stuff right under emptymod.sdd

i did that still did not show up with the Spring lobby

I did that and it showed up for me. The .sdd folder has to be placed in the "games" folder in the spring folder, or any other folder that is read by spring.

Test if you can get it to show by starting spring by double clicking on spring.exe, to rule out any bugs in springlobby. I can't test with springlobby because it's not supported on my system.

Jools wrote:I did that and it showed up for me. The .sdd folder has to be placed in the "games" folder in the spring folder, or any other folder that is read by spring.

Test if you can get it to show by starting spring by double clicking on spring.exe, to rule out any bugs in springlobby. I can't test with springlobby because it's not supported on my system.

is this right?

Yes, it is. It shows up for me:

http://imgur.com/0JKvMQd

Something else is wrong. Can you go to your spring folder and attach a copy of the file "infolog.txt"

Jools wrote:Yes, it is. It shows up for me:



Something else is wrong. Can you go to your spring folder and attach a copy of the file "infolog.txt"

not for me

Anyway, try some other lobby, or try starting spring by double-clicking it. Springlobby is not so stable and is known to have bugs.

I notice you have NO games at all... maybe there's a permissions issue or you have a setting somewhere pointing at the wrong directory... try installing a "known good" game and ensure it shows up before trying to make your own.