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Just wonder if anyone is planning on making awesome mods
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:38 pm
by Moosicorn
I just want to know if anyone here is planning to make some good mods that don't involve small number tweaks to this game later on. Just so I have something to look forward to.
Re: Just wonder if anyone is planning on making awesome mods
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:11 am
by BlackAlpha
Awesome mods aren't possible. Small tweaks is all we can do. At best, we can reskin some of the ships and replace the sounds.
Re: Just wonder if anyone is planning on making awesome mods
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:01 am
by FreefallGeek
Not true! We have (nearly) unlimited access to the event system. We should even be able to develop very intricate plots and quests. Currently, the big limitations are our inability to design or edit the races and their attributes, implement new weapon 'types' (although we can definitely create new weapons) and some hard-coded limitations like one name-list that does not consider race. But there's a massive amount we CAN change, and that's directly through the executable. If someone comes up with a hacked client or is able to reverse-engineer it and get a hook in there somewhere, there's no telling what we'll be able to do in a couple of months.
Re: Just wonder if anyone is planning on making awesome mods
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:46 am
by Jalida
BlackAlpha wrote:Awesome mods aren't possible. Small tweaks is all we can do. At best, we can reskin some of the ships and replace the sounds.
Personally, I find the mod that stops the rebel fleet from following the player pretty awesome.
Yes stuff of awesome proportion is possible but the developer could make it more streamlined and easier for end users to use multiple mods together which is what many of us are hoping for.