Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => Modding => Topic started by: I)arkness Falls on January 29, 2014, 07:10:23 PM

Title: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 29, 2014, 07:10:23 PM

What can, and what can you not do in modding. I don't mean rules, I mean how far can you mod SMAC/X?

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Dio on January 29, 2014, 08:13:21 PM

I am uncertain exactly what you mean about how far you can mod SMAC/X outside of rules. It really depends on how much work you want to do. You can theoritically change a lot of the game but some features are hardcoded. Also, some changes would require a huge  amount of time and effort to make happen.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 29, 2014, 08:28:16 PM

Nobody knows how to alter most of the units, so far.  You'd have to crack the .cvr format.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: gwillybj on January 29, 2014, 10:27:36 PM

Here's an interesting (but, possibly, useless now) little piece from 1999: AnimaTek Launches Caviar Converter, an Affordable Solution for Real-Time Viewing of Animation. (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AnimaTek+Launches+Caviar+Converter%2c+an+Affordable+Solution+for...-a019833913)

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 29, 2014, 10:29:34 PM

The unit system is fine. It is just about everything else I want to modify.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 29, 2014, 10:42:08 PM

Very little else is impossible - if you get an .exe coder interested...

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 30, 2014, 12:03:29 AM

So how hard is it to learn SMAC coding?

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 30, 2014, 12:46:32 AM

Yitzi taught himself.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 30, 2014, 01:24:59 AM

I'll be back in a few months with a mod. :danc:

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 30, 2014, 01:50:59 AM

Keep us posted.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Yitzi on January 30, 2014, 02:41:40 PM

Quote from: I)arkness Falls on January 30, 2014, 01:24:59 AM

I'll be back in a few months with a mod. :danc:

If you describe what you want to do, I may be able to give you some tips.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 30, 2014, 09:30:07 PM

On some previous thread, I posted another mod. It was not very good, but it had promise, I think. I want to develop a total conversion for SMAX. Give each of the factions special techs and units, replace all of the graphics, storyline, and voices and call it "Far Distant Future".

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 30, 2014, 09:33:53 PM

This thread:  http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=3373.0 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=3373.0)

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Yitzi on January 30, 2014, 09:37:49 PM

Graphics and voices require modding the associated files, not .exe modding.  No idea how hard that is.
The storyline can be changed with just text editing, unless you want different interlude triggers.
Faction-specific techs and units will require .exe modding.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on January 30, 2014, 09:53:01 PM

I really want to change the game. I want the same feel as SMAX but "updated" and with a different story line. I may draft a couple idea's and put them on the forum.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Kilkakon on February 05, 2014, 12:27:36 PM

If you want to see how different things can be, you can always try my mod for an hour or so. :) It's veeery different from SMAC and should be a good starting point for you to consider what's possible.

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: I)arkness Falls on February 05, 2014, 07:10:35 PM

Link? I can't find it... :'(

Title: Re: Clarifications..
Post by: Kilkakon on February 05, 2014, 11:04:23 PM

Haha okay, whoops! I thought we would have had plenty around.

Here it is: http://kilkakon.com/projects/losteden.php (http://kilkakon.com/projects/losteden.php)

Big green button. :)