new cards to wads DOTP 2014 deck builder

[Rickycoe123]

hey guys,

Am I able to add single xmls to the deck builder?

I've found a few cards i want to add, but no one has them in their dlc wads...

Is anyone able to shed some light on this pleaseeee

[RiiakShiNal]

The easiest way to do this is to use "Tools"->"Setup Custom Data Folder" then drop the XMLs you want to add into "DATA_DLC_DECK_BUILDER_CUSTOM\DATA_ALL_PLATFORMS\CARDS". This will both add them to the available cards in the Deck Builder and allow the game to see them as well.

[propel0]

if you have gibbed tools or wadedit, you can unpack the .wad, insert the card into the Cards folder, and repack. art goes into the illustrations path

[RiiakShiNal]

It is not recommended to unpack the original wads or wads from other modders to insert or change things, if you unpack your own wad or create a new one specifically for that purpose then that is up to you. The reason it is not recommended to change wads from other people is because if they update theirs then you will have to manually change it again to re-insert/re-change those cards to mesh with the new version (more work than necessary). Not to mention changing wads will cause issues in multiplayer (whereas with extra wads, those can be removed or shared easily before setting up a multiplayer match).

[Rickycoe123]

little off topic,

Im getting a minidump on startup with the PW mods.. and the first deck made with your deck builder? got any ideas?

[RiiakShiNal]

If you are getting a crash with the Planeswalker mod and a deck made with my builder then it is likely that there is a card with mismatched file name and FILENAME tag. Did you check the error log from the builder?

[Rickycoe123]

There was no error log from the builder. I'll try reinstalling dotp 2014 then readding all of the mods again

[Rickycoe123]

So yeah..... i fixed the error message. was a bad DLC i had installed.

Now back to the case of new cards,

There is a card with no image... like our convo before... how am i able to add my own TDX or PNG files?

[RiiakShiNal]

If you already have a TDX file with the appropriate name you can simply add that file to the DATA_ALL_PLATFORMS\ART_ASSETS\ILLUSTRATIONS directory in either a wad you already have or the custom data folder that can be created by the Deck Builder (DATA_DLC_DECK_BUILDER_CUSTOM).

If the TDX file does not have the appropriate name (or you don't know if it has an appropriate name) then you need to check the Card XML for the card you intend to use the image with. Look at the ARTID tag to see what the filename should be. If you see a tag like this:

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<ARTID value="139750" />

Then your TDX file should be named: "139750.TDX"

If the tag looks like this:

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<ARTID value="A127380" />

Then your TDX file should be named: "A127380.TDX"

If you do not have a TDX file of the image you only have a JPG or PNG then you need to convert to TDX. You can use Gibbed Tools TdxConvert to change from JPG or PNG to TDX. If you want an uncompressed TDX you can just drag and drop the image on TdxConvert, if you want a compressed TDX file then you need to compress it using either Eglin's Tool or my modified Gibbed Tools and follow the instructions for the tool you are using. Compressed images need to have dimensions that are a multiple of 4 (for regular cards the game uses and prefers images with a size of 512x376).