Mod Tool?

LaFollet · #1 March 9th, 2004, 09:51 AM

For all you budding moders out there, what would you think of a simple windows-based program to help in the design of mods? I could implement all facets of modding, but only if people want it enough...

Is anyone interested?

Zeikko · #2 March 9th, 2004, 10:12 AM

I don't think it's needed or very useful but make if u have some spare time. It could be useful if it offers some more things to mod, but i think it's not easy.

[ March 09, 2004, 08:14: Message edited by: Zeikko ]

Unwise · #3 March 9th, 2004, 04:07 PM

I'm writing up something like this right now. It's basically a big Excel spreadsheet/DB with VBA code, but it seems to do fairly well. I should have it up for beta testing by this weekend.

Zeikko · #4 March 9th, 2004, 07:55 PM

Nice, we are working for a new mod. Let us see what you can do maybe u can help us or something.

Ragnarok-X · #5 March 9th, 2004, 08:10 PM

GUI anyone ?

LaFollet · #6 March 9th, 2004, 08:24 PM

Of course it would be a GUI based program. It'll be written in Visual Basic, so it'll look like most other windows programs (pre XP, I've been working with .Net, but not enough to make it easy to make something like this).

How about I throw together like a "monster modder" or something like that, just a simple part of a whole mod program so you guys can see what I mean and tell me what you think?

EDIT
I'm gonna do spell modding, cause that will be easiest seen as it has the smallest number of options.

EDIT
Well I've done some really preliminary work at spell modding, only to find that you can't really do it. :S Oh well, this is kinda what the mod tool will look like:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/lafo...2_Mod_Tool.rar (Direct Link)
http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/lafollet/ (Incase other link doesn't work)

[ March 09, 2004, 19:08: Message edited by: LaFollet ]

LaFollet · #7 March 10th, 2004, 05:45 AM

Ok, I've done a lot of the design work, still doesn't DO anything yet, but it has a lot of the look and options that will be there in it's v1.0

I've updated the rar file, so just download that and you'll be able to browse through the look of it, I also have some pics that I took of it.

You'll have to look at them at this site:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/lafollet

Zeikko · #8 March 10th, 2004, 12:21 PM

I hope that your mod tool can load DM files and import them into to the system. Is that possible?

LaFollet · #9 March 10th, 2004, 07:41 PM

It will be able to do that, and what I'd like to be able to make it do is load all the units from the game data itself, but that would take a LOT of playing around with a hex editor to find where and how the data is being stored...

Ragnarok-X · #10 March 11th, 2004, 08:46 PM

heh you better hurry ^^^ i want to see results, faster

no, honestly, i for one really appreciate your work ! go on and post updates whenever something worth mentioning happened !