DC modding tools

kevtherev · 08-16-07, 03:41 AM

New kid here again, can anyone point me to tools available for access to .sdf and .msg files used by DC. Would like to make some changes but cannot get into these files.

08-16-07, 09:35 AM

SDF files in SH2 and DC are plain text, so Windows Notepad will allow you to make any changes you wish to those files.

If you want a more sophisticated tool to create scenarios, maybe you need to check Koralle, or still better, Kriegstanz.

Kriegstanz has its own website (don't have the address here, but a Google search will easily take you there), and somewhere in its forums (needs registering) lies the link to the last version.

Koralle was available in the SH2 section of Subsim.

SH2/DC, oldies but goldies

kevtherev · 08-18-07, 06:01 AM

Many thanks JapLance, I figured out the sdf and text access, also downloaded the JRF Texture Manager to try my hand at repaints. Now I just have to get the hang of it. I don't suppose you have any guides for me on this aspect. Also does anyone have info. on the file format used for the 3D models and if so is there a programm available on the lines of AC3D or similar.
Once again many thanks from the new kid!

horsa · 08-20-07, 06:56 AM

Good luck with your modding for DC/SH2.

There's so much potential to turn them into almost anything related to naval warfare in the age of the gun.

Generally, both DC and SH2 are both very accessible to modding. Unfortunately the big exception is the model format which is the proprietry JRF file.

Have you any particular imodels you want to pursue ?

MS angevelu · 09-11-07, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by horsa

Good luck with your modding for DC/SH2.

There's so much potential to turn them into almost anything related to naval warfare in the age of the gun.

Generally, both DC and SH2 are both very accessible to modding. Unfortunately the big exception is the model format which is the proprietry JRF file.

Have you any particular imodels you want to pursue ?

Hello,
In the XDKAlgesiras.JRF file , there was a merchant boat near a quay, This modele is unpublished in the game, Is it possible to make it playable ?

I have no sufficient knowledge to realize it, It is for it that I address to you.

I am just a good painter,

Corvete FNFL

and realize a multi skin for MFC merchant boat

horsa · 09-11-07, 05:01 AM

Look inside the mission files ( sim/scenarios/single) . They are called SDF files. Open it with a text editor such as notepad or wordpad.
Look down the text until you find the references to [unit] . The one that has a line reference that says "CONTROL=HUMAN" is player controlled. Look for the line that says CLASS = . Replace the name with the name of the ship file (JRF file) you want to add.
Save the text file and then go and play that mission. You should now have that ship as a player vessel.

If you want the ship to appear just as a unit without player control you can use any of the [unit] references.

08-16-07, 03:41 AM	#1
kevtherev Loader Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamburg Posts: 88 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	DC modding tools New kid here again, can anyone point me to tools available for access to .sdf and .msg files used by DC. Would like to make some changes but cannot get into these files. __________________

08-18-07, 06:01 AM	#3
kevtherev Loader Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hamburg Posts: 88 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Many thanks JapLance, I figured out the sdf and text access, also downloaded the JRF Texture Manager to try my hand at repaints. Now I just have to get the hang of it. I don't suppose you have any guides for me on this aspect. Also does anyone have info. on the file format used for the 3D models and if so is there a programm available on the lines of AC3D or similar. Once again many thanks from the new kid! __________________

08-16-07, 09:35 AM	#2
JapLance Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	SDF files in SH2 and DC are plain text, so Windows Notepad will allow you to make any changes you wish to those files. If you want a more sophisticated tool to create scenarios, maybe you need to check Koralle, or still better, Kriegstanz. Kriegstanz has its own website (don't have the address here, but a Google search will easily take you there), and somewhere in its forums (needs registering) lies the link to the last version. Koralle was available in the SH2 section of Subsim. SH2/DC, oldies but goldies

08-20-07, 06:56 AM	#4
horsa Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Halifax, England Posts: 502 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 3	Good luck with your modding for DC/SH2. There's so much potential to turn them into almost anything related to naval warfare in the age of the gun. Generally, both DC and SH2 are both very accessible to modding. Unfortunately the big exception is the model format which is the proprietry JRF file. Have you any particular imodels you want to pursue ?

09-11-07, 05:01 AM	#6
horsa Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Halifax, England Posts: 502 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 3	Look inside the mission files ( sim/scenarios/single) . They are called SDF files. Open it with a text editor such as notepad or wordpad. Look down the text until you find the references to [unit] . The one that has a line reference that says "CONTROL=HUMAN" is player controlled. Look for the line that says CLASS = . Replace the name with the name of the ship file (JRF file) you want to add. Save the text file and then go and play that mission. You should now have that ship as a player vessel. If you want the ship to appear just as a unit without player control you can use any of the [unit] references.