Making mods for Dominions II. [Basic editing/modding discussion.]

[Kristoffer O]

Originally posted by Keir Maxwell:
Just want to say thanks to Illwinter for releasing the Hoburg and Troll mods. Its made the whole question of how its done so much more immmediate.

How easy is it going to be to mod the units of existing races? I'm wondering wether I'll need to make new units for a middle earth mod of wether I can change the existing ones.

I have endless questions but I'll wait for the patch and many of the answers should become apparent. This is exciting.

cheers

Keir

Very easy. The troll mod does this. Troll king and wyvern has altered gold costs. Every attribute can be altered in this way.

#selectmonster "Troll King"
#spr1 ".../mightytroll1.tga"
#spr2 ".../mightytroll2.tga"
#descr "Modern Troll Kings have grown in power"
#hp 76
#str 28
#att 20
#def 15
#magicskill 3 4
#armor "Black Steel Full Plate"
#end

would replace the troll king sprite with mightytroll1.tga, increase the stats of all troll kings and give them black steel full plates and 4 earth magic. As this would alter the effects of Troll Kings Court you might want to be careful. Spell modding is not yet available.


Ex 2:
#selectmonster "Lord Warden"
#spr1 ".../redcap1.tga"
#spr2 ".../redcap2.tga"
#descr "Redcaps are evil ogres that colour their pointy hats with blood"
#hp 25
#str 18
#att 12
#def 12
#weapon "Great Cub"
#goldcost 20
#rescost 2
#end

I'm suddenly aware that I don't know if armors can be removed or just replaced. Annoying. Mounted, healing and other attributes are probably not removable either. Thus this little redcap would be an ambidextrous and sacred forest being running around with a full chain armor recruitable in the Forest of Avalon for 20 gold and 2 res. It would be a commander.