Modding the Gold Demo

[Krsqk]

As I recall from my SE4 demo days before I took the plunge , it was possible to mod even the most recalcitrant file. I know some files were up for grabs for modding, while some would prevent the game from loading. I then tried keeping the file size the same by adding to or deleting from parts of a component; that seemed to do the trick. My favorite area to edit was component descriptions. I just kept track of what I changed and added or deleted accordingly. I'm not sure if this would work for wholesale modding, though; there may be a check for number of components, etc, or even a spot check to match positions N through N+10 of the file with a hard-coded value from the original. Can't hurt to try, though.

[EDIT: fixed typos]

[ 15 February 2002: Message edited by: Krsqk ]