For CA: MTW2 Collected Modding Support Requests

[PROMETHEUS]

A correctly working modswitcher could be very usefull .... they could allow us to just have a subdirectory where we could place one by one text files and folders that launchung the game by the relink makes it override the original data folder and instead work the folder ..... as is now is a pain and a lot of stuff has to be duplicated from BI and some other is packed or unpossible to change at the moment like the intro movie .....

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

As mentioned, more in-depth descriptions / documentation in text files need to be included in order to act as both general and specific guides.

EDU (export_descr_unit) in RTW is a good example of this - specific unit stats are documented at the top of the file, which unlocks many doors all at once and saves hours of painstaking testing and research by the TW community.

I'm currently modding the campaign map resources in DR (descr_regions) and DS (desc_strat), with a few other files as reference. Since there is no supporting documentation present for these resources, the coding is completely trial and error - the resources are unsorted in a list, with no comments whatsoever. To date, this has been extremely time consuming - repetition is an understatement.

There is a way around the trial and error approach - actually going into the campaign map and taking note of the exact tiles where the resources are to be added / relocated / deleted (using settlements / landmarks etc as origins). Then its the case of using map_regions.tga to mirror the exact tile location (which has already been written down) to position resources accurately.

This indirect approach could've been completely avoided if the resource list was broken into specific regions using semicolons (;) etc to document region / settlement names. This, as a result, would save many hours of taking specific notes on resource locations on the campaign map. This example can be extended to many other text files present in RTW.

Basically, more in-depth developers notes / comments in the text files are a necessity for future products in the TW series.

[Epistolary Richard]

Are you not using the show_cursorstat console command to give you the x,y coordinates for tiles?

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

Are you not using the show_cursorstat console command to give you the x,y coordinates for tiles?

Never knew such things existed, just posted a tutorial on how to do it the manual way. Then again, there are some insights in the tutorial to other files and their meanings.

[PROMETHEUS]

Why isnt this sticked?

[edyzmedieval]

-proper mod switcher
-campaign map editor
-sprite generator
-AI editor

My grievances so far....

[edyzmedieval]

Double post!!!

[Bwian]

Tool wise, we need a proper set of plugins for Max ( and other software ) that allows us to import and export models, correctly re-do animations without all the bugs, AND MAKE NEW SKELETONS....or at least, to move pivot points for models. Currently, you cannot do this.

Next on the list would be a decent map editor. TIME was a good effort, but a professional version would be a real bonus for all those people who struggled before.

Also high on the priority list would be a pack/unpack tool

Finally throw in a simple formation and unit editor, and that would do for me.

This looks like it will be a lot more complex to mod, but the results will be a lot better in terms of making decent mods. I would not expect CA to give us everything on a plate, and would understand ENTIRELY if they wanted to make exporters....but NOT importers....for models and animations. That would protect their intellectual property and still allow us to make new content

[The_White_Knight]

A correctly working modswitcher could be very usefull .... they could allow us to just have a subdirectory where we could place one by one text files and folders that launchung the game by the relink makes it override the original data folder and instead work the folder ..... as is now is a pain and a lot of stuff has to be duplicated from BI and some other is packed or unpossible to change at the moment like the intro movie .....

I agree. Many games implement a good module system that allows you to have many different mods installed over the same install.