Modding Guides, Tutorials, References, Tips, Hints, and Tools

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Frogboy wanted someone to gather his Mod Week stuff together, so here it is. But I'm taking it a step further, and adding in all the guides and such that have been posted here so far. And of course it will be updated as people post new guides.

Developer Stuff

Guides and Tutorials

References

Tools

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Good stuff. This should probably be sticky'ed in preparation for "Mod week".

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Indeed, this should be stickied.

CursorFX - Customize your Windows cursor
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Raven, reply 2
Indeed, this should be stickied.

Agreed! :)

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Opportunist! Trying to compensate for lack of Twitter!!!

(hopefully this will get stickied faster than the mod list?)

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Wintersong, reply 4
Opportunist! Trying to compensate for lack of Twitter!!!

(hopefully this will get stickied faster than the mod list?)

Yep!:P Still waiting for the Twitter to come back, but I suspect Boogie is just a little too busy to do it for now, what with all that stuff about actually making the game and all:P

And yes, hopefully this will get stickied in the near future. Please?:pout:

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 5

Yep! Still waiting for the Twitter to come back, but I suspect Boogie is just a little too busy to do it for now, what with all that stuff about actually making the game and all

And yes, hopefully this will get stickied in the near future. Please?

Try hitting them up on M.i.r.c. or Skype.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Notice anything different about this post? :P Thank you!

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Someone needs to do a modding guide for adding spells... although I'm sure it'll probably be easy to figure out... it's probably the first thing I want to do...

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

The list is updated. If you think there is a tutorial/tool/etc that I missed, let me know.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

Updated. As always:

Quoting kyogre12, reply 10
If you think there is a tutorial/tool/etc that I missed, let me know.

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 10
The list is updated. If you think there is a tutorial/tool/etc that I missed, let me know.

I wrote a guide of setting up Eclipse as an Elemental work environment (better searching of the game XML files etc).

https://forums.elementalgame.com/394456

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Das123, reply 12



Quoting kyogre12,
reply 10
The list is updated. If you think there is a tutorial/tool/etc that I missed, let me know.


I wrote a guide of setting up Eclipse as an Elemental work environment (better searching of the game XML files etc).

https://forums.elementalgame.com/394456

Oops, I saw that when you posted it a couple days ago, and made a mental note "I need to make sure I add that to the list" and then promptly forgot when I was going through and updating. Sorry about that. It's up now. I put it in the tools section for now, but if you think it fits better under the guides I'll move it (it's a guide to set up a tool, so really it should go under both:P )

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

I think tools is the right spot. :) Eclipse is a great program and extremely extendable but setting it up and understanding it can be a bit tricky for the uninitiated. Added a few screenshots now as well.

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

Elemental Font Example

 

I'll add a plug for my Elemental font file as well.  It's not really a tool, but it is a graphic resource for anyone who wants to use the EWOM typeface to create any graphics for their mods.  Just download the file and have Windows install it in the approperiate font folder.  The file can be found here.

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm writing a fairly detailed tutorial on adapting mod xml files to make races unique with regards tech, spells, units, buildings and items.

https://forums.elementalgame.com/395711

 

Reply #17 from Elemental Forums Top

The list is updated.

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

First, thanks for creating these posts (this and the list of mods). It's great to be able to locate everything in one place.

Second, could you add Heavenfall's eLIB post to this one? https://forums.elementalgame.com/397668 . It's more for modders so I think it fits better in this post.

 

Reply #20 from Elemental Forums Top

Updated. The "Frogboy's Stuff" section is being changed to "Developer Stuff" to reflect the fact that other developers are starting to post modding stuff.