Difference between revisions of "AI War 2:Earlier Than Earlier Alpha Modding Instructions"

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Our example case here will be "Contrary to the developers, I do not agree that losing is fun. I will therefore cheat out the wazoo and make my Ark massively more powerful."
  
 
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First, find your game directory and go to GameData/Configuration/ , then open the GameEntity directory.
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Right-click KDL_Ships_PlayerStructures.xml and open it with whatever editor you like to use for xml (notepad, or your platform's equivalent, will do for initial experimenting).
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Here's what the Ark looks like in xml. Change balance_strength_multiplier from 20 to, say, 2000, and save the file.
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Now start the game (if it's already loaded, press Ctrl+F10 to reload all external stuff) and give it a whirl. You should find dying much harder to achieve.
  
 
= How To Mod External C# Code =
 
= How To Mod External C# Code =

Revision as of 16:07, 27 February 2017

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How To Mod Existing Unit Stats

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Our example case here will be "Contrary to the developers, I do not agree that losing is fun. I will therefore cheat out the wazoo and make my Ark massively more powerful."

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

First, find your game directory and go to GameData/Configuration/ , then open the GameEntity directory.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Right-click KDL_Ships_PlayerStructures.xml and open it with whatever editor you like to use for xml (notepad, or your platform's equivalent, will do for initial experimenting).

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Here's what the Ark looks like in xml. Change balance_strength_multiplier from 20 to, say, 2000, and save the file.

Now start the game (if it's already loaded, press Ctrl+F10 to reload all external stuff) and give it a whirl. You should find dying much harder to achieve.

How To Mod External C# Code

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Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing


How To Mod Graphics/Music/Sound

This will require using the Unity Editor and a unity project we provide, but that project isn't ready yet. Sorry!