Fleet Selector

[robust aspen]

https://mod.io/g/homeworld3/m/fleet-selector

Edits the Fleet Selection Menu to include modded Fleets in the Skirmish Lobby, special instructions for mod authors to enable this for their mod.

Modding Framework, with this mod installed you will be able to select modded Fleets inside Skirmish.

Installation Instructions:

• Unzip the downloaded zip file inside Homeworld 3\Homeworld3\Mods\FleetSelector (Create the Mods folder if not present)

• Move ~FleetSelector_pak_P.pak into Homeworld 3\Homeworld3\Content\Paks~mods (Create the ~mods folder if not present)

Setup for mod authors required, see below.

For Modders:

• Create a** DataTable** of type **"FleetSelectionData" ** anywhere inside your mod and add an entry for each Fleet, that should be all. This mod will automatically add all entries not marked as Coop to the Skirmish Fleet Selection.

You can find an example of how to setup this DataTable in the game files, look for "Content/GameModes/MainMenu/Blueprints/DT_FleetSelection.uasset"

More instructions for mod authors on the mod.io page

[candid wyvern]

Huh, are you saying your solution allows for dynamic indexing of multiple faction mods without conflicts ?

[robust aspen]

Yep, there's only a small setup required for the mod author and then their fleets will appear in the skirmish list.

[candid wyvern]

Well, that's amazing ! We've been struggling with this for a while, and basically concluded that it was impossible. Seems like we stand corrected !
So does this pak_patch every UI item that is making use of the fleet selection data table ?

[robust aspen]

Just one, fleetselection widget, For some reason they hardcoded it with the FleetSelection datatable (idk why) there's for sure no way around it as the row names are passed through to C++ classes. Fortunately there's a custom node in the hw editor to rewrite a datatable. Would've been impossible without it.

[candid wyvern]

Oh, so you’re updating the data table at run time ?

[robust aspen]

yea

[robust aspen]

Updated the mod with a toggle "Force All", this should add all available Fleets to the list, including WarGames fleets, the mod now also works with WarGames.
this toggle will also add other installed modded fleets to the list, regardless if the mod is properly setup for Fleet Selector. The list will be unsorted though, so everything may be scrambled out of order.

Fleet Selector

[tame wing]

Thanks for pulling this off 😄 . Cuz i certainly couldn't 🤤