[X:CE 34.2] Custom Manufacture Category Sorting ID - Guide

[Charon]

[X:CE 34.2] Custom Manufacture Category Sorting ID - a Guide

 

This thread will tell you how to assign a custom sorting ID to your manufacture categories.

 

As of XCE 34.2 the manufacture categories are sorted alphabetically, which might not be the optimal sorting order for your game.

 

To add a new category add them in the manufacture_categories.xml. Remember the file actually needs a modmerge command at the top. For instance

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ManufactureCategories MODMERGE="replace">
    <!--
    Add custom manufacture categories here. Only ones not present in the vanilla game.
    Tags look like:
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>SomeCategoryId</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    
    The ID should then be used for the Category column in manufactures.xml, and have a
    corresponding entry in strings.xml
    -->
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Aircraft Units 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Aircraft Cannon 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Aircraft Missile & Torpedo 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Vehicles & Mechs 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Vehicle Phase 3 & 4 Weapons 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>
    <ManufactureCategory>
        <ID>Armour & Shields 0</ID>
    </ManufactureCategory>

 

Then they need to be added to the strings. This will get alphabetically sorted.

Quote

   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Units 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Cannon 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Cannons</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Missile & Torpedo 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Missile & Torpedo</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicles & Mechs 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicles & Mechs</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicle Phase 3 & 4 Weapons 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicle Phase 3 & 4 Weapons</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Armour & Shields 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Armour & Shields</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>

 

HTML Entity (decimal) codes are codes for signs or commands which have to be visually/coded presented by the font. An example for this is &#8544; the roman 1 or the more common known  &#10; for a new line. Others are &quote for - " - and similar commands are available. The xenonauts font is very limited which we will use to our advantage.

Normally you put down those commands to insert a sign, we on the other want to look for commands which wont get visually presented but still counted into the alphabetical order.

&#1000; is one of it for example. Put this at the beginning of the String line and go down like &#1001; &#1002; &#1003; etc ... .

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   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Units 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1000;Aircraft</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Cannon 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1001;Aircraft Cannons</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Aircraft Missile & Torpedo 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1002;Aircraft Missile & Torpedo</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicles & Mechs 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1003;Vehicles & Mechs</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Vehicle Phase 3 & 4 Weapons 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1004;Vehicle Phase 3 & 4 Weapons</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>
   <Row ss:AutoFitHeight="0"><Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Armour & Shields 0</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
    <Cell><Data ss:Type="String">&#1005;Armour & Shields</Data><NamedCell ss:Name="_FilterDatabase"/></Cell>
   </Row>

 

Voíla, sorted.

If you step on a sign which actually gets displayed just continue until you find one that doesnt get displayed and neither leaves a whitespace.

Heres how our example looks like.

 

Give some feedback if the guide is understandable enough.

Edited October 27, 2016 by Charon