Seasonal Settings in FE2

[Bandy 3]

Apologies for the cross post, but I thought the question of whether FE2 will support seasonal terrains was important enough to have a thread. Those who have bought it said that FE2 does not display seasonal changes with calendar dates. I somehow doubt TK has eliminated this very nice feature, but for some reason (perhaps he had a senior moment?) he did not include it in FE2.

 

>>>EDIT: SCRATCH WHAT I SAY BELOW! There is a simpler way. Duh!

Shouldn't have to do this from first principals. All somebody needs to do is transfer over their Terrain folder from FE1 to FE2 (if the terrain folder structure hasn't changed, I don't know, I don't own any of the 2nd gen series).

Anyone? Bueller??? <<<

 

 

Well, regardless, it should be a simple matter to test whether seasons are supported in FE2 (I haven't bought it yet, so someone else will have to make this plunge...).

 

While seasonal terrain textures may not be included (as one poster mentioned), you should be able to edit the terrain.ini file in each terrain folder (my copy from FE Cambrai folder below as a start, NB: I have changed the weather settings so revert to stock values if you like...), and then make sure you have the season folders and associated tiles (!) in the terrain folder. Make sure that the folder names match the seasons you inserted into the ini code as below. Grab the seasonal tiles from your 1st gen FE (if you like monochrome), or use 3rd party tiles here at CA.

 

If this works, let us know, I'll buy a copy then

 

[Terrain]

TerrainFullName=Cambrai, France

DataFile=wwiCambrai_data.INI

TargetFile=wwiCambrai_targets.INI

TargetTypeFile=wwiCambrai_types.INI

MovementFile=wwiCambrai_movement.INI

NationsFile=wwiCambrai_nations.INI

BriefingText=wwiCambrai_briefing.INI

DogfightFile=wwiCambrai_dogfight.INI

DogfightOnly=FALSE

Longitude=5.221

Latitude=49.176

 

[Map]

FilenameFormat=wwiCambrai_Map%d.bmp

Width=250000.0

Height=250000.0

NumZoomLevels=3

 

[WeatherChance]

ScatteredChance=25

BrokenChance=25

OvercastChance=17

InclementChance=8

 

[season001]

Directory=Deep Snow

StartDate=1/1

EndDate=2/26

ScatteredChance=25

BrokenChance=25

OvercastChance=17

InclementChance=8

 

[season002]

Directory=Spring

StartDate=02/27

EndDate=05/31

ScatteredChance=40

BrokenChance=25

OvercastChance=10

InclementChance=5

 

[season003]

Directory=Summer

StartDate=06/01

EndDate=08/31

ScatteredChance=25

BrokenChance=25

OvercastChance=10

InclementChance=5

 

[season004]

Directory=Fall

StartDate=09/01

EndDate=10/31

ScatteredChance=25

BrokenChance=40

OvercastChance=10

InclementChance=5

 

[season005]

Directory=Snow

StartDate=11/01

EndDate=12/31

ScatteredChance=25

BrokenChance=35

OvercastChance=10

InclementChance=5

Edited February 12, 2010 by Bandy

[+paulopanz 2,875]

You can use the last seasonal pack!

 

Remember only to name 'terrainS' the new folder in Your mods directory, follow the readme and enjoy!!!

 

 

Paul

Edited February 14, 2010 by paulopanz

[Helmut_AUT 0]

Paul, with which pack have you tested this?

[+paulopanz 2,875]

Paul, with which pack have you tested this?

 

 

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