Map Mod Tutorial and SDK status

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I'm slowly thinking about trying my hand at modding a map... any noob tutorials on it?  I've done some programming (shell/vba/c++/assembly) years ago, and might try a map.  I tried searching for a map modding tutorial, but my search skills seem less than adequate as I couldn't really find one.

Also I tried searching for SDK status... are they out?  Or they still in purgatory?

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Mapping and modeling are both done in Granny, which is a commercial modeling suite.  Thus far nobody's really even tried to create or modify map geometry.

Since everything else in the game can be modified with freely-available tools or is pure lua, there is no SDK for moho engine games.  You can change or even non-destructively hook any code you want that isn't in CPP (although you can even override/intercept calls to CPP functions in lua, if you want), which includes the map entity layouts - towers, portals, flags, etc.

I also don't know of any tutorials on it, but the map lua structure is fairly straightforward, and the only issue you'll run into is placement / coordinate translation, which will mostly a matter of trial and error.  Good luck with that.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I wonder if I bought Granny for ptarth if he could make us some maps.

 

 

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NM I cant find it to buy.  Guess you have to be a actual company or something.  I am not sure.

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Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Ya fuck that.  I was willing to go 1000 that is it.

 

 

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Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

As long as you like stick figure maps I could help you out. You are better off finding someone with artistic talent.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Ptarth, reply 5
As long as you like stick figure maps I could help you out. You are better off finding someone with artistic talent.

You could actually make something interesting looking by doing a sort of "stick figure" map with thin black brush strokes marking borders :)

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

SDK = not going to happen.