I thought I would try the WWII battleset built by Mavgaz, and I downloaded it. When I tried to copy it into the HUCE directory, I was told I would be overwriting other files. The two file names are hdsu.res and hdsu.rsr. AFAIK, I do not already have a WWII battleset installed, and certainly one doesn't show up among the listed battlesets I can select from when I start the game. What would I be overwriting if I put in these new download files?

 

And in what seems to be a related question -- the Battleset builder. It prompts for, among other things, two files with .res and .rsr extensions. And I decided to throw in the hdsu. files (the ones I already had, not the ones I just downloaded). I checked the box to embed them And I added some battleset text and and moved the little triangle and circle to select a portion of the map. I was also able to successfully save and load these settings.

 

Which suggests that what Mavgaz wrote maybe wasn't a battleset, but a WWII platform database. Is this correct?

 

Also, it appears from the maps next to the listed battlesets that the battleset I just created is called "My Battleset", but I can only tell because the map looks pretty close to what I selected. The description text I wrote for it is nowhere to be seen, though I thought that would be what appears in the text box beneath the battleset list.

 

I wasn't given an option to name my battleset. The default name seems to be set to "My Battleset" and I couldn't see any way option to choose a name. Does this mean I am limited to one battleset on the list at any given time?

 

Lastly, I see that choosing to embed the hdsu files changed their "modified" date to today. I didn't expect that, so I'm a little concerned there might be some impact on whatever else the two files are used for.

yojimboguy, on 26 Apr 2013 - 8:31 PM, said:

What would I be overwriting if I put in these new download files?

You are over-writing the existing custom battleset in your game directory.

 

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Which suggests that what Mavgaz wrote maybe wasn't a battleset, but a WWII platform database. Is this correct?

The prompt for .res and .rsr is for a database to embed in the battleset. This is an optional step and would normally be the commondb.res and commondb.rsr file that should be used with your battleset. A battleset can be as little as a map or as much as a map, scenarios, and database.

 

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I wasn't given an option to name my battleset. The default name seems to be set to "My Battleset" and I couldn't see any way option to choose a name. Does this mean I am limited to one battleset on the list at any given time?

You are limited to one custom battleset at a time, yes. You can certainly rename it, check out the other tabs of the BS Builder window where you can enter the name, description, etc.

 

I think the operation of the BS Builder is pretty well documented in the game manual?