Re: First Demo Modification!

[Megajames]

Please can someone upload the 2nd mod onto here or somewhere else (website) or e-mal it to me

[Foshjedi2004]

Its 800 kb.  I'll e-maiul it to you when i get home ok MJ?  B TW you need WinRAR to access it.

[Megajames]

i am home

 

Dante of RenEvo Software & Designs has released a file extractor utility for the Empire at War demo. With the small program you can browse and extract data files from the .meg files used by Empire at War. Microsoft's .NET Framework Version 2.0 Package is required to run the Empire at War Extractor. Grab the program using the link below.

 

http://www.empire-at-war.com/file.cgi?/files/utils/EAWExtractor.zip

 

Don't know if you have been useing this but if not here it is

[shadowsfm]

get your own hex editor

http://www.febooti.com/downloads/

[Holly-Gan]

:-\ Can someone tell me where is the latest and most complete version of this mod?

I just read the topic but heh.. I could use a little guidance here please.

Edited January 20, 2006 by Holly-Gan

[shadowsfm]

all the demos are the same, but this mod is the latest

[Holly-Gan]

Doh. I ment mod. Lol!

[Relentless]

So what do I do with the MEG-file I extracted from the package?

[MajorPayne]

first of all go into your GAMEDATA/DATA subfolder where you installed the demo to and backup the original CONFIG.MEG file. Then copy/paste the one from the zip straight into the DATA folder and confirm any overwrite. Thats it.

[shadowsfm]

my laptop wont run the mods, i guess thier not low rez

[Otto von Bismark]

It's funny how fast hackers get to a game; people are already screwing with EaW.

[felixforever]

there is a diffrence between hacking and modding

[Teradyn_pff]

Yes, and hacking doesn't have anything to do with altering program files at all anyway.

[Delphi-PG]

Yes, and hacking doesn't have anything to do with altering program files at all anyway.

 

Nice...  ;D

[SirNuke]

I would have to say the difference is more between legal and illegal hacking.

 

Anything unencrypted is fair game, in my opinion.

[Nevets]

So question is with petro actually somewhat encouraging us to play around with the game and finding these files what is their motive?

 

1) are they testing out the modders' abilities since the game is "modder friendly"?

 

2) is this more along the lines of a beta test than a demo?

[noian]

Hmmm.hope so, maybe they will release a patch to unlock units we didn't find yet.

The latest version is Chriz Mod V 4

HOWEVER, after installing the mod, you will not be able to complete some tutorial levels.

Good news however: to play it, simply move the mod folders to another folder(or desktop)and rerun game. Then for the mod back, put it back in.

[Cain]

This message needs to be deleted ASAP. MODS are totally destroying the game and violators will be punished!!!!!    

 

J/K     You guys work fast.  LOL!

 

I sense that this is a prophecy ....

[Teradyn_pff]

heh, I am willing to bet (or take this as a suggestion Delphi, if not) that Petroglyph will be cleaning up the files considerably, or already have.  What we have is something that has pieces from all the way back to E3.  At any rate, if anyone doubts the power of XML in data handling, the way they are doing it with EAW is proof of its power.

 

As Delphi will no doubt attest, keeping your data organized is highly important in a game.

[Mistrider]

There is only one other game I can think of where it is this easy to mod, and it isn't a game most people would think of modding. i am speaking of course of World of Warcraft, where the entire interface is XML based and EASILY modifiable.

 

I seriously hope the Petro keeps this structure of filing for the final release(just clean up the outdated E3 crap =P). Though I do wonder, what is the difference between the ships marks with an E3 name, and the regular ones(example, there is a Generic_Star_Destroy, Star_Destroyer, and Star_Destroyer_E3)?

[Guest JediIgor]

There is only one other game I can think of where it is this easy to mod, and it isn't a game most people would think of modding. i am speaking of course of World of Warcraft, where the entire interface is XML based and EASILY modifiable.

 

I seriously hope the Petro keeps this structure of filing for the final release(just clean up the outdated E3 crap =P). Though I do wonder, what is the difference between the ships marks with an E3 name, and the regular ones(example, there is a Generic_Star_Destroy, Star_Destroyer, and Star_Destroyer_E3)?

 

Hehe, you haven't played a lot of games. Civilization IV, Rome Total War come to mind.

[Otto von Bismark]

I would have to say the difference is more between legal and illegal hacking.

 

Anything unencrypted is fair game, in my opinion.

 

Yes, but usually the game works better without the modification(unless it's a map or something). It just gets obnoxious when people toy with the demo when the game is a month away...Patience, is ultimate power.

 

Until EaW comes out I'll be relishing hours of AOE III and WarCraft III, with a little bit of ol' StarCraft.

[Samheyn]

A game with a modification usualy runs as good as the normal game if the mod has no errors

[Otto von Bismark]

I was speaking of The Movies, which has been modded extremely poorly. It doesn't effect the game but effects the movie quality.........WHATEVER!