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Post by Evil Monkey on Apr 22, 2018 13:23:57 GMT -5
... is being used? I want to tinker and look under the hood.
I've been modding a long time and I know the game is still EA, but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far... so I want to get a feel for things.
Thanks.
Evil Monkey
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Post by fallen on Apr 22, 2018 15:54:23 GMT -5
@evil monkey - the database is encrypted and not open for modification.
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Post by Evil Monkey on Apr 22, 2018 16:23:56 GMT -5
@evil monkey - the database is encrypted and not open for modification. That's... unfortunate. Is there any particular reason why it's encrypted? Will you be planning to implement mod support? If so, what are you going to allow to be mod-able? |
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Post by fallen on Apr 22, 2018 16:25:10 GMT -5
@evil monkey - the database is encrypted and not open for modification. That's... unfortunate. Is there any particular reason why it's encrypted? Will you be planning to implement mod support? If so, what are you going to allow to be mod-able? After release of the game from EA, we will be looking at mod support. We can't promise any features or ETAs as a 2 man team. |
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Post by Evil Monkey on Apr 23, 2018 8:03:49 GMT -5
That's... unfortunate. Is there any particular reason why it's encrypted? Will you be planning to implement mod support? If so, what are you going to allow to be mod-able? After release of the game from EA, we will be looking at mod support. We can't promise any features or ETAs as a 2 man team. Fair enough, let me rephrase; what type of modding would you _like_ to add support for? |
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Post by Cory Trese on Apr 23, 2018 9:30:39 GMT -5
I think we'd love to support a wide variety of mods, if we can afford it.
However, with only two people and a very limited budget it can be hard to even predict what our options will be.
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Post by Evil Monkey on Apr 23, 2018 9:54:54 GMT -5
I think we'd love to support a wide variety of mods, if we can afford it. However, with only two people and a very limited budget it can be hard to even predict what our options will be. Well ya know, just tossing this out there, if the DB wasn't encrypted, you might have a community willing to start on some mods for you. *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* Might even get some that would love to toss their mods your way.  Personally, I like doing quest lines... already have a few in mind. Okay, more than a few. The plus side is there's a lot of really creative people that can come up with all kinds of things to make the game beyond the awesome it already is... the minus side, there's a lot of people who would just make cheat mods. Both ways though would help to find/iron out possible things in your DB and code that you wouldn't normally think to look at (this is actually a huge thing in a number of games that add mod support later on... or rather, try to... incompatibility with things, restricting mod support because of not planning it out ahead of time or restricting things way too much). Quest Idea: Get a new 'engine type' that increases the reactor points in combat by +x (1, 2 or 3). Step 1: Get quest; From contact: Military Officer, Intelligence Officer, Spy (depending on which one would depend on the bonus of the engine). - Need to gather materials: 1, 2, or 3 kinds ore/metal, some kind of energy, plans (again variable on how depending on who gave the mission). - once all the components are gathered, go to "Super Seeeekret Space Station" in the middle of nowhere (have it as a 1 off 'warp to' location that's not part of the regular map) - build new engine type (require mechanic/engineering/technicians at X levels to complete) - test new engine (using the card system - "Doesn't work", "Minor Fail", "Major Fail", "Complete Fail", "Success" - install shiny new engine. - Profit. Feel free to use that, I give you permission to take it and make it your own. Now about that modding....  |
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Post by Cory Trese on Apr 23, 2018 10:09:28 GMT -5
We will do our best!
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Post by aj on Jun 6, 2018 16:49:56 GMT -5
I'd love it if there were mod support to add in characters, contacts, art, storylines, ships, etc. If there were a way to contribute in any fashion to help that come to fruition I'd love to help. That would include some sort of kickstarter or patreon to help get the features funded.
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Post by NotFakeDictatorAsh on Jun 6, 2018 17:34:58 GMT -5
id like to be able to make mods that could work in conjuction with others such as just adding in more uniforms or weapons or ship graphics/stats. custom quests and like full conversion mods would be fun to design in the universe created but may beyond my current ability haha
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Post by fallen on Jun 6, 2018 22:23:25 GMT -5
Sounds awesome! Once we get out of EA, we'll be working on modding, as mentioned above!
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Post by Zer0Winds on Jun 10, 2018 17:24:31 GMT -5
You know, an interesting idea for mods... Custom Stories.
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Post by fallen on Jun 10, 2018 19:10:57 GMT -5
You know, an interesting idea for mods... Custom Stories. Yep! If we provided mods for BF, that would be the #1 thing we want to allow. |
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