@DEVs: Proof of SH5 modability and tools

urfisch · 01-31-10, 12:55 PM

Hey Devs.

Can any of you please leave some definite proof, the mentioned mod-tools are included in the release? I dont want to look forward, like to the harbour kit in sh3...and after release, theres nothing left than waiting for it...for years.

I want to mod the game and i would not feel that bad any more, if i would definitely know, the game is perfectly modable and suited with (functional!) tools, we need for this! And i guess, i speak for many here...

I heard you (DEVs) are reading in this forum. Can someone confirm this, please? Thanks a lot!

Letum · 01-31-10, 12:59 PM

Proof either way will come with release.
Why do you need to know sooner?

HundertzehnGustav · 01-31-10, 01:02 PM

4th of March.

With that PM posted here in public, my best guess is they personally do have no desire to open their mouth here.

And it would not surprise me if their boss had forbidden them to, too.

martes86 · 01-31-10, 01:22 PM

I don't know about the "tools", but there's definitely moddability. We saw the Python scripts at Copenhaguen, which were the first real indication of modding possibilities. Don't know about many more things, but it seems to me that the scripts will be the backbone of those capabilities.

Cheers

JU_88 · 01-31-10, 01:47 PM

Yeah with only 5 weeks to go, i see little point in asking for anything now.

Jimbuna · 01-31-10, 04:21 PM

All will be revealed in March

martes86 · 01-31-10, 05:34 PM

Here's a little tidbit from my Copenhaguen presentation diary:

Quote:

After succeding in making the computer work, they show us some of the folder structures. They open one of the script files, in Python, with some GUI stuff programmed within, and there's some 3D model files too, which now come in some GR2 new file format. Apart from that, there's some files that, as I've been told, contain data for the First Person movements (restricted via 'waypoints'?), and others aparts from the previous ones, that contain animations data that I'm not sure if they'll make it into the final version so we can modify them.

I know it's not much info, but maybe can be of some use, specially the GR2 part, and here's another tidbit of info about GR2 files:

Quote:

GR2 files, which are "Granny 3D" files. These are not so easy to edit and are, in a way, the 3D "bones" of the game. Of course anyone who has the Granny 3D SDK would be able to edit them, but that's beyond the pocket of most of us I'd have thought! I have heard rumours that there is a Milkshape plug-in that allows these to be edited, but if not there is at least a tool that allows them to be viewed, obtainable for free from the Granny 3D site
Update as of mid-2008 -- there is now a free way to extract the GR2 files so that they can be edited in a 3D modelling program. A close friend of mine called Topper Carson has the games and he found that there are some amazing people who have been picking away at the Gr2 files which so many games use these days. For useful tools and info pop along to the "Decode Gr2" site. So theoretically you should be able to modify anything that you wish in these games.

Source: http://boardwalkerz.com/carolyn/Petz6.htm
Link for GR2 Decoder: http://gr2decode.altervista.org/

Cheers

urfisch · 02-01-10, 02:51 AM

thanks for these notes!

01-31-10, 12:55 PM	#1
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	@DEVs: Proof of SH5 modability and tools Hey Devs. Can any of you please leave some definite proof, the mentioned mod-tools are included in the release? I dont want to look forward, like to the harbour kit in sh3...and after release, theres nothing left than waiting for it...for years. I want to mod the game and i would not feel that bad any more, if i would definitely know, the game is perfectly modable and suited with (functional!) tools, we need for this! And i guess, i speak for many here... I heard you (DEVs) are reading in this forum. Can someone confirm this, please? Thanks a lot! __________________

01-31-10, 12:59 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Proof either way will come with release. Why do you need to know sooner? __________________

01-31-10, 01:02 PM	#3
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	4th of March. With that PM posted here in public, my best guess is they personally do have no desire to open their mouth here. And it would not surprise me if their boss had forbidden them to, too. __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

01-31-10, 04:21 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	All will be revealed in March __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	thanks for these notes! __________________

01-31-10, 01:22 PM	#4
martes86 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Colourful Seville - Spain Posts: 971 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I don't know about the "tools", but there's definitely moddability. We saw the Python scripts at Copenhaguen, which were the first real indication of modding possibilities. Don't know about many more things, but it seems to me that the scripts will be the backbone of those capabilities. Cheers

01-31-10, 01:47 PM	#5
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Yeah with only 5 weeks to go, i see little point in asking for anything now.