Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 6, 2008 11:47:11 GMT
A set of command based programs for modding Age of Kings- the Conquerors and other such games. Aim: -To provide an alternative to Mod Pack studio -To make a few more useful features that MPS does not have and fix it's bugs -To provide an open source environment so that it can be improved upon by others if necessary. Advantages over MPS -Will do all that MPS can do and better. -Will work on all computers and operating systems. Since it is written in Java, you will need Java installed on your system. Will be platform independent and not need to have Aok installed. -Will not have any nasty bugs or crash every now and then. -Can work for any SLP based game, ie. Aok, SWGB, AoE -Can change frame numbers and create SLP's from scratch. -Provide a palette converter and a few other useful things. Disadvantages -Command Line interface. No fancy GUI. -No automatic installer. Will need to install using NSIS install script method. Since MPS installer sucks anyway I don't think this is a problem. Progress Overall: 40% Palette Converter- To change images into Aok palette. Status: done SLP Reader- To read SLP files and convert them into a set of bitmaps and CSV file. Status: done SLP viewer- To view and animate SLP files and adjust anchors. Status: just begun. SLP Writer- To create SLP files given a set of bitmaps and a CSV file. Will generate shadow and outline masks automatically. Status: To be done DRS builder- To manipulate DRS files. Basically the same thing as DRSbuild. Install script generator(windows)- An application to easily create an install script for the NSIS installer. Will be a Windows GUI program. A couple of extra useful things like a renaming program.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Mar 6, 2008 17:54:17 GMT
Very clever, that'll be great for the modders.
|
|
Andan
Stormwind Member
Andan
Attempting to design a scenario
Posts: 756
|
Post by Andan on Mar 7, 2008 0:22:18 GMT
Brilliant. You'll definitely need a hand on this one, though. Alas, I'm so stupid that I could only wish you luck. Will it be user-friendly? It should, to spur people's interest to start modding.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 7, 2008 10:29:20 GMT
heheh don't worry, I just need moral support from you guys ;D
Though of course you could test if you like. I only have matty now.
And user friendly, it depends on what you mean by user friendly. If you mean it needs a graphical interface to be user friendly, then no. But there are ways of making it 'quick' to use. We'll see anyway.. right now I'm on the basics.
|
|
|
Post by Basse on Mar 7, 2008 14:08:11 GMT
Sounds great!
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Mar 10, 2008 11:37:44 GMT
This looks impressive Jatayu! I'm trying to picture in my mind what it will look like, so when you say 'command-based', would it be fair to liken it to MS-DOS as an example?
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 10, 2008 15:35:16 GMT
This looks impressive Jatayu! I'm trying to picture in my mind what it will look like, so when you say 'command-based', would it be fair to liken it to MS-DOS as an example? Yes, I guess you could say that..
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 10, 2008 16:49:54 GMT
Announcement everyone:
I want a new name for this project.
reason: 1. Aok modding tools sounds kinda dumb 2. It's also misleading - it is meant for AoE, Aok and SWGB.
Please suggest
|
|
|
Post by jon. on Mar 11, 2008 1:08:29 GMT
Stormwind Modder Bivmc VariAOKtion
Just throwing out some random names
If you can't come up with a name, try closing your eyes and pressing random keys on your keyboard.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 11, 2008 5:58:26 GMT
I meant it seriously..
|
|
Matt
Stormwind Member
The Come And Go Man
Monsieur Mercredi
Posts: 1,812
|
Post by Matt on Mar 11, 2008 12:51:53 GMT
Hey jatayu I have a question about the slp viewer. You said it is buggy but I have no problems with it. what is wrong with it?
It is a little slow though...
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Mar 11, 2008 15:20:47 GMT
ModWorkshop
It's kind of hard to come up with a decent name for something like this. Book titles are much easier.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 11, 2008 15:30:46 GMT
Hey jatayu I have a question about the slp viewer. You said it is buggy but I have no problems with it. what is wrong with it? It is a little slow though... AFAIK, it didn't work with SWGB slps. Also I was using the Drawingwindow package for it which somebody else wrote and it wasn't meant for this anyway. That's why it's slow. I will replace it with a proper one later. Modworkshop sounds nice, if unglamorous.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 13, 2008 9:39:41 GMT
Just want to say this is coming along very well and I'll have the SLP writer ready within a couple of days.
|
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Mar 14, 2008 20:42:42 GMT
I don't understand that, but it sounds good. Nice to hear you're making progress.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 15, 2008 5:39:04 GMT
Thanks. After I finish this, I will be making a scenario, and a pretty good one too.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 15, 2008 17:51:42 GMT
Beta version uploaded [url=http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokcgi/display.cgi?action=ct&f=9,37751,,10 ]Link[/url] matty, forget the one I sent you. Try this instead. Edit: Transparent phantom Muhahahaa.. ;D
|
|
Von
Stormwind Member
VonCorgev
Vene, Vidi, Verse.
Posts: 818
|
Post by Von on Mar 20, 2008 7:53:07 GMT
That's awesome Jatayu! Those dead bodies look like they are flying somewhat.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 20, 2008 12:29:39 GMT
This is going great guns. I have finished the custom install script generator- that turned out to be the easiest thing to do. Now I'm writing an in depth tutorial on how to do this stuff and have also fixed a few bugs in the previous versions.
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on Mar 20, 2008 12:59:35 GMT
That was quick. So how far is it from being finished then?
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on Mar 21, 2008 12:32:51 GMT
Can't really tell. Quite soon though. I uploaded an update today
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on May 7, 2008 2:18:40 GMT
Ok, it's done and uploaded to the blacksmith where it'll show up in a week maybe. I also took the liberty of making a small cameo scenario, so you're all in there
|
|
|
Post by Julius CMXCIX on May 7, 2008 16:41:54 GMT
Haha, should be worth a look.
|
|
Matt
Stormwind Member
The Come And Go Man
Monsieur Mercredi
Posts: 1,812
|
Post by Matt on May 7, 2008 22:16:08 GMT
Ok, it's done and uploaded to the blacksmith where it'll show up in a week maybe. I also took the liberty of making a small cameo scenario, so you're all in there I forgot to mention, a lot of mods (including mine), include sound.drs modifications. Is this covered in the custom installer generator thingy? I am guessing no Will check it as soon as I see it.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on May 8, 2008 1:58:51 GMT
Ok, it's done and uploaded to the blacksmith where it'll show up in a week maybe. I also took the liberty of making a small cameo scenario, so you're all in there I forgot to mention, a lot of mods (including mine), include sound.drs modifications. Is this covered in the custom installer generator thingy? I am guessing no Will check it as soon as I see it. No I have graphics, terrain and interfac but no sound I can always add it of course. There was some problem with sourceforge, so I am now uploading it on mediafire. www.mediafire.com/?u2cyzamzb5n
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on May 8, 2008 5:13:05 GMT
Haha, should be worth a look. Don't expect too much. I'm a Darth Maul guy killing all of you who are black phantoms renamed to the Star Wars names. Yep that's about it, a 3 trigger scenario.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on May 14, 2008 6:38:26 GMT
Any takers? Meh, I'll decorate the description with a pic and stuff. Maybe I should have done a windows interface ppl are probably scared by command prompt. But that's about it I'm done with this. If anyone wants to improve this they are always welcome to, it's open source
|
|
Matt
Stormwind Member
The Come And Go Man
Monsieur Mercredi
Posts: 1,812
|
Post by Matt on May 15, 2008 19:13:55 GMT
Any takers? Meh, I'll decorate the description with a pic and stuff. Maybe I should have done a windows interface ppl are probably scared by command prompt. But that's about it I'm done with this. If anyone wants to improve this they are always welcome to, it's open source I forget to check the blacksmith. I will dl it and do a lot of work with it and MPS over the weekend. Then I can give you some decent feedback.
|
|
Jatayu
Stormwind Member
Jatayu
Posts: 1,064
|
Post by Jatayu on May 18, 2008 22:12:56 GMT
I'm waiting Also somebody said something about Civ3 files at Aokh and no one seemed to follow that up.
|
|