Editor Modding

[Mister Wibble]

Hi Guys,

im curious, is it possible to add/alter editor functionality? I have a few ideas, but need a starting point.

The editor looks like it uses the controls that are available in scripted dialogs, so I assume those files live somewhere, ive looked around a bit and cant find them. Does anyone know where these files live, so I can get a good look at them?

Any thoughts and ideas gratefully received...

Mister W.

(Am offline for the next 2 days, so sorry to post and disappear...)

[macguba]

ECP (link in the Editors Depot) have played with the Editor a bit ... have a look at what they have done.

[Mister Wibble]

That was fast, thanks for the tip.

Mister W.

[m21man]

You can add new buttons in the resource.cpp file ;D .

[Komuna]

The editor looks like it uses the controls that are available in scripted dialogs, so I assume those files live somewhere, ive looked around a bit and cant find them. Does anyone know where these files live, so I can get a good look at them?

You can add new buttons in the resource.cpp file ;D .

That's the answer. m21man says you can add new buttons through the resource.cpp at BIN directory, but we can say even more: you can modify the values of existant dialogs and add a few nice features. Nevertheless, there are a few anoying limitations - most of the editor's features are hard coded into the game engine.

#Edited

Before you start making any modifications, I recomend you to take a look at snYpir's debugging console, which is a very good example of Editor Modding. Download the ECP Mod (Dev version: Config, Effects, Dta) to learn more about it.

[Mister Wibble]

Thankyou, this is what ive been after. I assumed a lot of stuff would be hard coded, but i have noticed little glimmers of hope in the form of various mods. Will start hacking at the resource.cpp and will d/l snYpir's console and have a play shortly.

Cheers,

Mister W.