CNC3 Modding tutorial

[Shamrock1322]

Scratch my last post, i was looking through the command prompt and i see this

Error: Input file 'art:gupitbull_skn.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbull_skn.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbulld_skn.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbulld_skn.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbullr_skn.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\
program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbullr_skn.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbull_idla.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\
program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbull_idla.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbull_mova.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\
program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbull_mova.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbull_atka.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbull_atka.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:gupitbull_fp.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\pr
ogram files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\gu\gupitbull_fp.w3x'.
Error: Input file 'art:fxtracer.xml' not found (referenced from file://c:\progra
m files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.
Loading 'file://c:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\modsdk\art\fx\fxtracer.xml'.
Error: Input file 'art:fxspotlight.w3x' not found (referenced from file://c:\pro
gram files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\mod sdk\mods\oblivion\data\gdipitbull.xml). Treating it as empty.

its like that the whole way through pretty much.
as the last one says:
Input file 'art:fxspotlight.w3x' not found
TREATING IT AS EMPTY.

i think thats whats wrong except i don't know how to fix it

[Darth_Windu]

Okay, I just don't get it. CMD always starts with "C:\Documents and Settings\Adam" and NOTHING I do makes it change to any other directory. Help???

[Shamrock1322]

Windu, i can help you with this, i had the same problem for a moment

What are you typing in to get to the MOD SDK folder?

tell me the exact file path as well,

for example, what i had to type in was

cd "C:\program files\electronic arts\command & conquer 3\MOD SDK"

at first, i did it without the quotation marks, then tried it with them, and it worked, so try adding quotation marks around the file path

[Darth_Windu]

Yeah I FINALLY figured it out, took me a while though. A new problem I have though is that I've edited the units and buildings, compiled the mod with no errors, done everything in the guide - and it doesn't work! Not in skirmish, not in campaign.

[bare-ney]

When I'm trying to make a mod, I can't quite get past the Command Prompt part. I start up the BuildMod.bat and everything looks ok until the end when is says this:

Creating Mod Big File...
Copying built mod...
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
0 file(s) copied.

I'm running Vista so maybe that's a problem. I've also re-installed the SDK and I'm sure the required applications are all installed.

Do you have any ideas what the problem might be. Thanks

[Shamrock1322]

bare-ney, Im not sure about Vista, but you did use BuildMOD.bat Yourmodname right?


Darth-Windu, that happened with me and i don't know how to fix it, and Sedistix is done with this game, so im trying to find someone to help.

[Darth_Windu]

I figured it out. The mod builder won't accept mods named 'GDI', and I'd forgotten to re-do the mod.xml after changing the name of the mod. All good now, works in campaign and skirmish

[Shamrock1322]

Originally Posted by Darth_Windu

I figured it out. The mod builder won't accept mods named 'GDI', and I'd forgotten to re-do the mod.xml after changing the name of the mod. All good now, works in campaign and skirmish

well THATS odd.
none of the mods i tried to compile were named GDI,
it just plain wouldn't work....
-_-

[Darth_Windu]

Well yeah, as said it all worked when I changed the mods name to 'Golf' and then edited the mod/xml to reflect the name change. I just followed all of the instructions in the tutorial here and it finally, after a long period of trial and error, worked.

[Phantom139]

Hello, I've been having issues modifying the Super weapons. All I am trying to accomplish is removing the build limit on them, but everytime I run the game it crashes right before loading with an error from cc3game.dat

Code Attached, ignore the [code] blocks, they are not in the real code, nor the name above them

no errors when built.