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Disastrophi Dec 11, 2020 @ 3:57pm
hardcore_timer and period in the XML
Hi,

I just started playing this game and love your mods. I've been reading about how to modify the number of raiders by editing the XML files and would like to ask what a few things mean. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.

Will you tell me what these mean pls:

From flatlands.scn.xml:
hardcore_timer="100y" what is the hardcore timer? What happens if I change it?

From flatlands_easy.scn.xml:
period="10y" What is this and what happens if I change it up or down?

Is there a place where I can read more about the parameters in these files?

Thanks for your help and thanks for your mods!

M
Last edited by Disastrophi; Dec 11, 2020 @ 3:58pm
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Schwifty K  [developer] Dec 12, 2020 @ 12:52am 
Hello M, Here is K,

period works the same as for othere events. Period=10y makes something happen every 10 ingame years. In case of action type="SetRaider" it will trigger a attack.

hardcore_timer works only for SetRaiders and hardcore mode.
If you set it to 25y for the IronAge raiders, players will get Iron Age Equip raiders regardless of the player era - in hardcore mode.

Raiders still will keep up with the player era in normal and hardcore - therefore I like high numbers there - depending on the scenario - so players can stay longer in the early eras without the need to rush.

There might be some info for you in the faltlands discussion: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/discussions/1693186543

Check the Modding essentials and download the base game scenarios: https://steamcommunity.com/app/858810/discussions/1/

And the Workshop discussions (use the earch function - helps sometimes):
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/discussions/18446744073709551615/?appid=858810

There is also this (linked in the Modding essentials): https://madrugaworks.com/dawnofman/scenario_reference.php


PS: Since the SetRaider actions in the easy flatlands trigger attacks of 0 Something, changing the period won't have any visible effect.
Disastrophi Dec 12, 2020 @ 7:16am 
I'll be trying those links. Thank you so much for the explanations and the links, extremely helpful! :)
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