Modding Support

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It’s already been stated that GC3 will be very modable, using XML in a similar way to the elemental line of games. But how much will modding be encouraged, even today finding good information about modding FE:LH is tricky.

Encouraging modding more could greatly extend the life span of the game.

So my questions:

(1)  Will Stardock be supporting Steam workshop for distribution of GC3 mods?

(2)  Will Stardock publish information on the meaning of the XML tags?

(3)  Will Stardock host a Wiki for the modding community that we can all contribute to?

In the past I feel Stardock have done a lot to produce very modable games, but then done little to encourage the modding community to exploit that fact, and that they have done themselves a disservice in that respect.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

To me the answers to these questions and if there will be modding tools created by Stardock like in GC2 will ultimately decide if I pony up the cash to pay for Beta or if I wait until the price goes down significantly. I really want to support the devs of this great game, but only if they are sticking to their modding roots.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

(1)  Will Stardock be supporting Steam workshop for distribution of GC3 mods?
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Yes.

(2)  Will Stardock publish information on the meaning of the XML tags?
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Maybe, the tags are pretty self-explanatory from what I saw. 

(3)  Will Stardock host a Wiki for the modding community that we can all contribute to?
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There already is a wiki for the GC series, why would we need a separate one?

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I know that ships are now binaries and unlike GC2 if you use the wrong starting block you can not edit the file to put in the correct one.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

We need guides to know how to make proper modds. More importantly we need a starter modd that comes with the game that has everything in the game and gets updated with expansions and dlc.

 

DARCA ;)

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

GC2 had to wait until "Twilight" before a very good moding tool kit was available, I don't remember whether GC1 had any moding capability but I don't believe that it did.

In other words, while we all probably would Love to have a Mod Kit for GC3 now, it's just too early and unbalanced a game experience to implement now [IMHO].


Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Yea back in galciv2 modding was simple and difficult. I just ended up modding the game directly and didn't bother with making modds.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Rhonin_the_wizard, reply 2
There already is a wiki for the GC series, why would we need a separate one?
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You mean this one? Last I checked, it doesn't contain anything about GalCiv 1 (though I may have overlooked something), so it is hardly for the GalCiv-series.

Quoting Schaefespeare, reply 5
GC2 had to wait until "Twilight" before a very good moding tool kit was available
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I can't speak for anyone else, but, when I began modding GalCiv 2 in 2008, I found it easier to use Notepad++ instead of the editors, and I was a complete newb as far as XML are concerned. Only the Map Editor was a necessity, but I hardly used it (only to fix some bugs in the campaign-maps).

Quoting Schaefespeare, reply 5
I don't remember whether GC1 had any moding capability but I don't believe that it did.
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It did. You can still download the mods from the GalCiv 1 library.

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

The map editor SUCKED!

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting DARCA1213, reply 8

The map editor SUCKED!
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the map editor wasn't bad when it worked

it was simple and easy to use, there were a lot of limitations

can't place planets/stars/asteroids within 5 tiles of edge no more then x asteroids per map blah blah blah

what was annoying was when generating a random map it would leave one corner about 2/3 width by 2/3 height completely empty