How to port your A26 mod to A27

This lists (most) of the template-changing commits, and how to fix them. And also some other breaking changes.

r27114 & r27115

Move unit portraits to their own specific folders. Modders can change their templates with the script at ​MISSING.

r27169

The minimap now requires a background per civilization. It should be placed in session/icons/bkg/ and named background_circle_{civ}.png You can also remove that feature by editing gui/session/minimap/MiniMapPanel.js or adding exclusions.

r27245

The requirements of training and upgrades are now handled by a Requirements helper. The schema of both is unified. One can fix the templates with: ​Phab:P265.

r27308

basic_spec.xml,blend_spec.xml,objectcolor_spec.xml,playercolor_spec.xml have been removed. You can use ​Phab:P290 to fix them.

rP27368

aura.xml basic_glow.xml basic_glow_norm.xml basic_glow_wind.xml basic_specmap.xml basic_trans_ao.xml basic_trans_ao_spec.xml basic_trans_spec.xml no_trans_ao.xml no_trans_ao_spec.xml no_trans_parallax_ao.xml no_trans_spec.xml objectcolor_specmap.xml player_trans_ao.xml player_trans_ao_parallax.xml player_trans_norm.xml player_trans_parallax.xml player_trans_spec.xml player_trans_spec_helmet.xml trans_wind.xml were removed. You can use ​Phab:P292 to fix them

IMPORTANT: The reason they were removed is that the more materials the least performance. You should always use empty normal maps and spec maps (2x2 null_white.dds or null_black.dds for spec) and default_norm for normal. You might notice some artifacts on transparent meshes.

r27722

The diplomacy stuff is taken out of the Player component, this leaves a smaller Player.js file and allows easier modding of just diplomacy-related code. One should change the player templates to have

    <SharedLosTech/>
    <SharedDropsitesTech/>

in a new Diplomacy node.