TIP: Distributing Mods

Mon Mar 10, 2003 4:56 pm by X-Lancer

How would you then go about using BOTH mods when playing?

Interesting point.

Have y'all noticed that INIs are loaded sequentially and also that data in INIs is also loaded sequentially and not randomly (unlike usual ini files)? This whole ini system reminds of a database with INI files being tables. The engine must load all files and only then it can find data it needs.

I have this little untested theory.

ships = shiparch.ini ;<--------- original ships defined here
ships = mymod_shiparch.ini ;<------------- contains ONLY tweaked Sabre
ships = yourmod_shiparch.ini ;<------------contains ONLY tweaked Titan

will load just fine (I think) and you will have both tweaked ships in game.

ships = mymod_shiparch.ini ;<------------- contains ONLY tweaked Sabre
ships = shiparch.ini ;<--------- original ships defined here
ships = yourmod_shiparch.ini ;<------------contains ONLY tweaked Titan

this config will only have tweaked Titan because Sabre in shiparch.ini will overwrite Sabre in mymod_shiparch.ini

Edited by - XLancer on 10-03-2003 16:59:28

Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:19 pm by ThresholdRPG

Xlancer, interesting theory. If it works like that, that would really be very handy.

Modders could then create their modded ships in single files, to be put in a subdir. For example, lets say someone liked the Sabre from "Thresh" mod and liked the Titan from "XLancer" mod. They could do something like this:

ships = ships\mod\thresh_sabre_shiparch.ini
ships = ships\mod\xlancermod_titan_shiparch.ini

Mon Mar 10, 2003 9:41 pm by Kru Noctum

If we do it that way, we really need to have a ini recompression tool. Cause all those .INIs would get very large, very quick.

Mon Mar 10, 2003 10:45 pm by The Almighty Cheese

Good, good. I made a readme format

very simple.

Mod Name: cheesemod
Author(or modder, you pick): The Almighty Cheese
Files Inside: modded shiparch.ini, modded engine_equip.ini, modded st_equip.ini
modded etc...
Description: Makes ships go fast blahblah

I made a mod, zipped and readmed, now how do i submit it??

Thanks in advance

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Mon Mar 10, 2003 10:48 pm by The Almighty Cheese

Oh, forgot one thing in the readme:

Installtion: just extract to freelancer dir

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