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Custom AbilityData.slk Files (Subsets)

01-25-2003, 09:08 PM#1
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This may be old news (I always say that so Weeaddar won't jump my case - heh heh) but did you know you can create a custom AbilityData.slk file that contains ONLY the abilities used in your map?

In other words if I had a map containing only peasants, I would make a custom AbilityData.slk file containing just the abilities that the peasant had, as well as return (gold and lumber) for a town hall. I would then import this very small file into my map and it would work fine without the default (very big) AbilityData.slk file!

I do this for my Protect the King map and save 362 Kb in filesize.

Hope someone finds this useful.

Take care.
01-25-2003, 09:35 PM#2
Guest
This be very usefull:ggani:!!
for my new map im going to change the icon and the description of like 5 spells, and this will greatly decrease the amount of xtra stuffs on the map!!
01-25-2003, 10:05 PM#3
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I was thinking about trying that Heaven. In my new map, I'm planning some heavy spell alterations and I'm looking for ways to keep file size down.