Component wont appear in game.

[Stagfish]

I recentley tried skinning a angle connector white, but its not appearing the the drop down bar!
name = Angle Connector
preview = angler_preview.bmp
dir = angler
model = angler1.gmf
type = extenders
base = Component
passthru = angler
styles = 90 degree, angler2.txt, 67.5 degree, angler3.txt, 45 degree, angler4.txt, 22.5 degree, Psycho.txt, Psycho Tail
description = The angle connector lets you connect two objects at an angle in between 0 and 90 degrees. It has standard extender hitpoints - 200, so it's pretty much only 40 toughness... Excepted for the size, flippermakers are better for the job.
standard = 1
Sort = 2
hitpoints = 1000
material = metal(.05)
 
name = Angle Connector
preview = angler_preview.bmp
dir = angler
model = Psycho.gmf
type = extenders
base = Component
passthru = angler
description = Psycho Chicken tail peice
standard = 1
 
Anything wrong with these?

[JoeBlo]

is the custom one called Psycho.txt?

[Stagfish]

Yes

[Zog]

Try renaming the Psycho angler from "Angle Connecter" to "Psycho Connecter"

[Stagfish]

Still doesnt work.

[JoeBlo]

that wont change anything except the name

to isolate the problem replace the style line with this

styles = 90 degree, Psycho.txt, Psycho Tail

and put

styles = default

in the custom one

[Zog]

Ah. Change them both to the same name: "Psycho Tail". Then it should work.


EDIT: Try Joe's method as well.

[Stagfish]

Thats strange, even with Joes changes all the other angle connectors are still there.

[G.K.]

try

styles = Psycho Tail, Psycho.txt

[Stagfish]

Nope, still it stays the same. As if I never changed the txt file at all. I must be editing an angle connector hidden in cheatbot2 somewhere.

[Zog]

Is the custom angler in the "styles" folder?

[Stagfish]

yes

[JoeBlo]

  try
 
  styles = Psycho Tail, Psycho.txt
 

that will cause more problems as it isnt a correct styles line format..

Nope, still it stays the same. As if I never changed the txt file at all. I must be editing an angle connector hidden in cheatbot2 somewhere.

there is a duplicate text file overwriting this one (likely in the CFZ)

I am 99% sure its your problem...

you need to edit that one in the CFZ the same way

[G.K.]

  try
 
  styles = Psycho Tail, Psycho.txt
 

that will cause more problems as it isnt a correct styles line format..

*realises his mistake*

B'oh!

[Stagfish]

I Uncfl'ed the CFZ and couldnt find what you said Joe.

[JoeBlo]

there is bound to be a text file with the same file name

or easy solution, rename the one you were editing

or is being in the drop down really necessary? just make it another component text file and give it a new preview image

[Gazea2]

Make a copy of the file that isn't in the styles folder and your edited one. Once you have done that, delete them both from the components folder. Try your game. If the angler is still there, there's another copy somewhere. If not, then there's something wrong with that file.

[Stagfish]

How do I make it a whole new component?

[JoeBlo]

take the Psycho Connector text file you made out of styles and put it into the main components folder and your done

then you can make new directory's and preview images but its really not necessary if your just changing text values 

[Stagfish]

Yay, thanks Joe.
 
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