Help Request for Very Basic Modding

Namely, Weapon Properties

from Sins Forums

I really really really love this game, but it can get very annoying when playing against several unfair opponents to launch a strike mission only to find the enemy has struck at you first, and that despite the fact that i have the planets full number of tactical slots filled with Gauss platforms, they are overwhelmed

So, after that long-winded opener, what i want to know is this:

1. How can i change Causs platform weapon damage?

2. How can i change Gauss platform hull points?

3. How can i change Gauss platform weapon rate of fire?

4. How can i change Gauss platform waepon range?

Any help would be very greatly appreciated

i had a look at the game files, but i cant make heads or tails of them. i think Homeworld 2 has rather spoiled me by being so easy to change weapon parameters

Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

get forge tool read a little around the forum and open the forge tool GaussPlateform.entity  file provided in forge tool wit note pad you should make it easayli

some very basic explanation

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Or try scouts, repair platforms, defense fleets and Entrenchment? Agreed that modding is more fun though ;)

 

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

cheers guys

im guessing that the Forgetool and the .entity files is the same for all ships/strutures

if so, im glad, cos i was getting a little worried there, that the gasme says it really easy to mod but it act harder than i thought.

oh well, guess im a noob for not thinking of Forge tool earlier

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

gauss cannons aren't the best defense they are more for gaurding other structures like fighter and bomber platforms navelis cannons etc.  Try making 5 fighter/bomber platforms, gaurd them with some cannons.  You'll see that if u overwhelm them with fighters and bombers theyll be way more effective than cannons all over the place.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

ok, time for another noobish modding question. i have figured forgetools, more or less, and changed a few things in the Kol, Akkan and Marza .ENTITY files (namely weapon damage, hullshield/antimatter restore rates, and movement speed/acceleration

that is ALL i changed

but now, when i load my game, it pops up with a message saying "saved minidump" then a file path, and then the game closes

Whats going on and how do i fix it?

im getting desparate here!

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

well without seeing the minidump file its imposible to say with any conviction but I would suggest you look over what you did and make sure you didnt hit return somwhere or drop a decimal.

 

good luck

 

ds

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

i found out what wa wrong, i changed a couple of ability files, and that crashed it. i replaced them with ones from forgetools reference data folder and it worked fine

so, how do i alter ability (damage effects, cost, cooldown time etc.) WITHOUt it crashing the game? does this ionvolve the Buff files in any way?

 

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

you should read up on the tutorials in the pinned section, they provide more in-depth explanations.