a question

i don't want to replace any of the races but i would like to be able to tie a custom race with a system so i can name the planets and stars

so that i don't have to do it everytime i play

kyro i would like some help with this if possible

If you have DA, you could try opening the .customracexml file , finding , and changing 'Custom Star' to something you have set out in CutomPlanets.xml .

To link a custom race with a predefined star system (in DA), you need to make the system definition in CustomPlanets.xml. Then just set the <Homestar> value in the race's config xml to match the Name attribute in the <Starsystem> tag in CustomPlanets.

thank you

sorry kyro i got the race to show up in the menu but not to point to the system

here is the system and the civ if you could help thank you


=Race Name="Osterloh Family">
=RaceID>10
=DisplayName>Osterloh Family
=Alignment>50
=Description>with the accidental catipulting of this family out of the terrian space they have started their own sociaty and looking for terra
=Homeworld>julie
=Homestar>osterloh
=RaceLeader>daniel osterloh
=ShortEmpireName>osterloh
=AIPersonality>8
=DialogueTag>Human
=LeaderGender>1
=Portrait>Gfx\Race\RaceImage0o.png
=Logo>Gfx\Race\RaceLogo0o.png
=SmallLogo>Gfx\Race\Small\RaceLogo0.png

=DefaultTradeMovie>RaceImage00_neutral.bik
=FriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_happy.bik
=UnfriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_angry.bik
=UnitedPlanetsMovie>RaceImage00_Small.bik
=RobotMovie>NewsRobot_Human
=RobotImage>Gfx\Message_Robot
=RaceMusic>Race00
=RaceColor>12,12,255
=ShadowColor>0,5,41
=UndefendedStarColor>64,64,192
=DefendedStarColor>128,128,255
=SectorColor>12,12,255
=BaseColor>241,251,220
=TrimColor>0,64,128
=EngineColor>0,255,255
=InterfaceColor>0,200,255
=ShipStyle>Terran Alliance Style
=ModuleStyle>0
=AbilitiesDescription>+ Strong Diplomacy
- Weak Military
=AIAbilities>50
=Aggression>50
=FinancialResources>100











































=StarSystem Name="osterloh">
=Planet Name="julie">




=Planet Name="daniel">



=Planet Name="boo">



=Planet Name="jack">



=Planet Name="dude">










also how do i find out the pic numbers for the portraits

Your xml got mostly eaten by the forum it looks like, but you do seem to be lacking the DisplayName tags in the system definition. Try just copy and pasting the whole system definition from one of the default ones, and just changing the names to match your race's settings.

The numbers in the portrait names don't really matter, that's just what the default ones are named. Yours can be named whatever you like.

thank you i copied and pasted the custom system