02-12-1999 00:29									#1
	Anyone 4 a great time-saving mod? Tired of ads?

I don't know crap about programming, so I can't do this myself, but is there anyone out there who would be able to figure out how to make a mod of the game's unit design screen? It is the worst interface in the game. I have a lot of ideas on how to improve the interface, but I can't do them myself.

My main idea is, get rid of the graphics. Going from window to window in the interface takes way too long. I think all component-building should look like the special abilities screen: a pop-up window with a bunch of text options. Even cooler would be plain ol' menus; one would click the line that says "weapon", and one would see a menu of weapon options. Much, much quicker!

I think the little preview of all the units, at the bottom of the screen, should be done away with. It scrolls far too slowly and it's a horrible interface idea to begin with. Instead, that list should appear in the window that ususally has the world map, text-only, and with a scroll bar. Maybe if you click on a unit description, the little preview of it should appear along that long horizontal window at the bottom.

Anyway, it seems to me that making a text-only unit creation screen would be a medium-level programming challenge; not as hard as, say, making the game accept more than seven factions, but harder than creating a new unit.

Alexander III says he's made mod for SNAX that gives one a tech tree that's viewable from within the game. If that's possible, i don't see why this shouldn't be. And it would save SO much time! Is there anyone out there with the know-how and the inclination to try to take this on? I'd be of whatever help i could, of course.

	02-12-1999 00:51									#2
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You are not talking about a simple mod, your talking about re-writing the Internal Game Interface. There is no API for users to do this. A HACK is the only thing. The Mods that are done are done with text files only. NOT programming code of the game.

quote: Originally posted by Helium Pond on 12-01-1999 02:29 PM I don't know crap about programming, so I can't do this myself, but is there anyone out there who would be able to figure out how to make a mod of the game's unit design screen? It is the worst interface in the game. I have a lot of ideas on how to improve the interface, but I can't do them myself. My main idea is, get rid of the graphics. Going from window to window in the interface takes way too long. I think all component-building should look like the special abilities screen: a pop-up window with a bunch of text options. Even cooler would be plain ol' menus; one would click the line that says "weapon", and one would see a menu of weapon options. Much, much quicker! I think the little preview of all the units, at the bottom of the screen, should be done away with. It scrolls far too slowly and it's a horrible interface idea to begin with. Instead, that list should appear in the window that ususally has the world map, text-only, and with a scroll bar. Maybe if you click on a unit description, the little preview of it should appear along that long horizontal window at the bottom. Anyway, it seems to me that making a text-only unit creation screen would be a medium-level programming challenge; not as hard as, say, making the game accept more than seven factions, but harder than creating a new unit. Alexander III says he's made mod for SNAX that gives one a tech tree that's viewable from within the game. If that's possible, i don't see why this shouldn't be. And it would save SO much time! Is there anyone out there with the know-how and the inclination to try to take this on? I'd be of whatever help i could, of course.

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	02-12-1999 02:24									#3
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>Alexander III says he's made mod for SNAX that gives one a tech tree that's viewable from within the game. If that's possible, i don't see why this shouldn't be. And it would save SO much time! Is there anyone out there with the know-how and the inclination to try to take this on? I'd be of whatever help i could, of course.

How I made that little feature is one of the true geme of my SNAX 1.0 mod soon-to-be-released. Unless you're a beta-tester, you'll have to wait till christmas for the mod release to find out how I did it. I could tell you now, but I'd have to kill you...