Dominions 3 Plus v0.1

[Singularity24601]

Attachment .zip contains 2 .zips within, one for the mod, and one for dom3plus304.exe.

Dominions 3 Plus v0.1

- A preview release of some of the more complete components of my mod before I go overseas.
- Requires dom3plus304.exe to work.
- See Dominions 3 Plus v0.1.rtf for more notes.

Arcoscephale:
8 units (2 missing new sprites)

Jomon:
12 units (1 missing new sprites)
3 heroes (3 incomplete descriptions)
2 multiheroes (2 incomplete descriptions)

T'ien Ch'i:
3 units (3 missing new sprites and incomplete description)

[Endoperez]

Could you explain why you modified the exe?

[Singularity24601]

Endoperez said:
Could you explain why you modified the exe?

For aesthetic reasons, such as names, ordering, etc (see .rtf documentation for more details), but in terms of actual content, I wanted to make the Hitokiri's (Jomon LE hero) katana have a charging bonus on the first attack, to represent a "battoujutsu/iaijutsu" technique. Since I don't know a way of modding this in, I edited to .exe to make a copy of the "Light Lance", which has the required attribute, which I then modded to form the Hitokiri's katana.

[PDF]

Err, why don't you just mod a weapon for that ?
I like mods but much less modified exes, it's unmanageable (plus it's illegal also ! )

[Endoperez]

It can't be modded. Weapons can't be copied, and neither the lance or the light lance bonuses to first hit are moddable.

[Wauthan]

Yipes! That's the new standard for mods?

Brilliant work Singularity, and thank you for adding your work notes to your mod file. Makes it a lot easier to see what you have changed and why. Looking forward to see your finished work next year.

[Gandalf Parker]

Pros and Cons.
Excellent documentation. Nice concept.
Im not much into mods, particularly ones that change the game.
And Im naturally suspicious of exe's or changing an exe.

[HoneyBadger]

changing exes: bad
being thoroughly able to mod weapons as a feature of the game: good
Battoujitsu/Iajitsu type special ability for Jomon/Yomi/Tien'Chi/Kaisala/Lanka units which simulates a lance effect with whatever weapon a unit happens to be using: priceless

[PhilD]

HoneyBadger said:
changing exes: bad

I'll second that 200%. First, this is a multi-OS game; I do all my current Dom3 playing under Linux. Second, when the game is patched, these changes just go away.

Bad, bad, bad.

[NTJedi]

HoneyBadger said:
changing exes: bad

The major problem with changing the EXE is when a new patch is released the creator will have to update the EXE again to work with the new patch.