Event files question.

[unmerged(10951)]

I know the /db/events folder contains all the pertinant event data, but where does one find the files for the in-game graphical portion? (The box with the event description you see in-game).

This relates to my earlier thread about trying to translate EEP events into the more standard EU game. Just transferring the raw event files results in gobbledigook on the in-game portion.

 

[Khephren]

I guess I'm not understanding?? I have transferred many EEP events into my own game and have never had to alter any graphical files. Could you please elaborate??

 

[unmerged(10951)]

It could be that I'm thinking and looking for something that is not there.

When I had copied the raw event file "major_byz.txt", to replace the one in original EU2 events directory, it seemed that in-game, when the events came up, it had a bunch of incoherent file-name type stuff instead of the normal event description. I'll try it again and see if I get the same problem.

 

[unmerged(10951)]

Ok, did a test, now I'll start over.

My goal is to try and transfer EEP events into the old, normal, EUII game (I guess I'm too used to the normal map/nation set-up, etc.).

When I simply copy over the raw event files (using the Papal states, major_pap.txt, for example), it doesn't seem to work. When playing in the game, and one of the EEP events comes up, instead of the normal event description text one would get, you get something in the box like this;

EVENTNAME12345

EVENTTHIS123456

[ACTIONNAME12345A] <---indicating the action to take.


So my assumption was that there is perhaps a corresponding graphics file of some sort that displays in the in-game box. Very possibly a wrong assumption.

So my question is what associated files(if any), would I need to copy over as well to fix this, if its fixable? Or should I even try to fix it?

 

[Garbon]

You need to copy over bits of the text.csv in the config folder. For a while, event texts were put in this file. Unfortunately, if you are going to be using Paradox's setup, you can't just copy the whole file, or some nation names will change, like Lenape will be named Mogadishu. So it'll be a bunch of work because you'll need to copy out only the lines you need.

 

[unmerged(10951)]

Probably more effort then my laziness will allow. Thanks though.

 

[unmerged(6159)]

A simpler solution would be to take the event text out of the EEP text.csv, and copy it into the event description. Basically for
EVENTNAME12345
You look throught text.csv to find
EVENTNAME12345="The Foo Affair"
and then in the event file you replace
EVENTNAME12345
with
"The Foo Affair"

Easier than messing with the default text.csv.

 

[Garbon]

You'd still need to only copy out the lines you needed though, so I'd actually think it would be a 'similar' amount of work. It'd be more a case of pick your poison.

 

[unmerged(6159)]

My experience is that the debuggin would be much easier, and because you can find the location in text.csv and the event file through a simple search it will be a bit quicker to work through.

But you're right it isn't going to be a whole lot less work.