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timetraveller · 10-31-05, 05:45 PM

It's very possible to do (for most values), but to develop a graphical interface for each value wanting to mod would be very, very time consuming. Each value mod has to be custom written.

I realized the work involved after writing SH3 Inspector, which only does a small part in game mods. My solution was to write SH3 File Analyzer. With it you can write a rule defining the layout for any SH3 game file and modify *almost* anything in such file if you can pinpoint the value using the rule. Rules are not easy to write, but I have written a document which describes the basics if you want to give it a go. I've written many rules already which cover most of the files you listed. It's a bit techy of a program, but it saved me 100s of hours of coding, which is what it would have taken to write more programs like SH3 Inspector.

http://www.delraydepot.com/tt/sh3sdk.htm

Hope this helps.

TT

10-31-05, 05:45 PM	#6
timetraveller Beach Leaf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Atlantic Shipping Lanes Posts: 287 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It's very possible to do (for most values), but to develop a graphical interface for each value wanting to mod would be very, very time consuming. Each value mod has to be custom written. I realized the work involved after writing SH3 Inspector, which only does a small part in game mods. My solution was to write SH3 File Analyzer. With it you can write a rule defining the layout for any SH3 game file and modify almost anything in such file if you can pinpoint the value using the rule. Rules are not easy to write, but I have written a document which describes the basics if you want to give it a go. I've written many rules already which cover most of the files you listed. It's a bit techy of a program, but it saved me 100s of hours of coding, which is what it would have taken to write more programs like SH3 Inspector. http://www.delraydepot.com/tt/sh3sdk.htm Hope this helps. TT