Ok I've got good news and a little bit of bad news.
I made a previous vague statement about adding in even more options and checking into a few things. That 'checking' was investigating the data structure of Dom2.exe. Based on that I believe that direct modification of that data is feasible and further it will allow modding of some abilities that are not currently moddable. For example I have successfully tested adding Summon Allies to new units. Further to this I have contacted the developers as I did not want to modify Dom2 code without permission. Earlier this afternoon that was given so thanks Kristoffer
. So all this is good news.
The bad news is that a relatively small project has grown in dimension because of this. Its not that bad but it does mean that some work I've done up to this point is rather useless.
So in summary the final proposed project features are:
1 - Graphical Interface
2 - Capable of modifying existing maps as per Genesis Map Mod
3 - Capable of directly altering Dom2 data to mod as many abilities / elements of the game as possible (this will incorporate the creation of non-random and random mods as per Genesis Game Mod)
I will work on this project, time permitting, but also as this project has grown if anyone would like to volunteer assistance would be appreciated.
I could likely use someone to help with the writing of the actual utility as there a few independent aspects that can be coded separately. Since most of the existing code is in C++ (and I may need to write a little assembly to check a few things) ideally someone who is familiar with C++ would be helpful.
Anyone who would be available to test out the changes as their made and potentially investigate what certain abilities actually are (as I'm uncertain about a few fields) would be helpful as well.
And also I don't know if this is currently available or not but a complete list of unit abilities would be very helpful.
I believe it will be an interesting project and I've already learned a few things myself. So if you want to help with any of this, please let me know
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