[Modding]Creating your own weapons

[Nezied]

The problem seem to be the packing/unpacking tool I was useing, tried out this tool instead viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1920 and it worked like a charm..

[Frankenstein]

Wow, this was a very useful guide. Thank you so much! I'll be able to mod just about anything in the game now!

Now if only I can get my custom sector to work...

[deathlyangel47]

Hello all! I've just created this account just to post this, but I'll get to the point. When I try to pack the files using a .bat file (as I have Windows Vista) it fails to do anything, and it closes before I can do anything. I was wondering if anyone knows an easy-to-install (because I'm new to modding) tool that will allow me to pack and unpack the FTL files. Thanks in advance.

[DCChuckles]

So to add a weapon to a mod, do you just place all edited files into a .zip folder, or what? Someone please respond.

[Kieve]

So to add a weapon to a mod, do you just place all edited files into a .zip folder, or what? Someone please respond.

The tutorial's a little dated - this is before GMM was implemented as the standard.
In the case of distributable mods, you save all your changes to a separate file and label it with an "append" suffix.
For example, instead of copying the weapon blueprint in blueprints.xml, you create a new file and save it as blueprints.xml.append, with the new weapon code. The ".ftl" files are simply renamed .zip folders, so you've got that much right.
The structure should look something like this:

MyWeaponMod.FTL

• data\
• >\animations.xml.append
• >\blueprints.xml.append
• img\
• >\weapons\
• >\>\my_weapon.png

Hopefully that's a little clearer?

[deathlyangel47]

So to add a weapon to a mod, do you just place all edited files into a .zip folder, or what? Someone please respond.

The tutorial's a little dated - this is before GMM was implemented as the standard.
In the case of distributable mods, you save all your changes to a separate file and label it with an "append" suffix.
For example, instead of copying the weapon blueprint in blueprints.xml, you create a new file and save it as blueprints.xml.append, with the new weapon code. The ".ftl" files are simply renamed .zip folders, so you've got that much right.
The structure should look something like this:

MyWeaponMod.FTL

• data\
• >\animations.xml.append
• >\blueprints.xml.append
• img\
• >\weapons\
• >\>\my_weapon.png

Hopefully that's a little clearer?

Oh, I didn't realize this was outdated. Thanks for that!

[DCChuckles]

So to add a weapon to a mod, do you just place all edited files into a .zip folder, or what? Someone please respond.

The tutorial's a little dated - this is before GMM was implemented as the standard.
In the case of distributable mods, you save all your changes to a separate file and label it with an "append" suffix.
For example, instead of copying the weapon blueprint in blueprints.xml, you create a new file and save it as blueprints.xml.append, with the new weapon code. The ".ftl" files are simply renamed .zip folders, so you've got that much right.
The structure should look something like this:

MyWeaponMod.FTL

• data\
• >\animations.xml.append
• >\blueprints.xml.append
• img\
• >\weapons\
• >\>\my_weapon.png

Hopefully that's a little clearer?

That's great, thanks

[Snappey654]

I tried 10 times to add my weapon but It never worked. I followed everything you wrote and It doesnt work.

[thashepherd]

Bringing back this thread for a quick question - is anyone aware what the <locked> tag means?

Example:

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<weaponBlueprint name="BOMB_FIRE">
   <type>BOMB</type>
   <title>Fire Bomb</title>
   <short>Fire B.</short>
   <locked>1</locked>

My assumption right now is that it prevents the weapon from appearing in stores, but I'd like to know if anyone out there has proof that this is true.

[UltraMantis]

The Fire Bomb is available in stores. Have you tried reversing all the flags to see what happens?

Could it mean it's locked out of the first few sectors on easy mode?