Modding/editing

[thatnamelessone]

I've been hex editing some of the dat files in data.ssa.

I was interested in modifying the resource values, but can't find their hex values.
Anyone know where I should look?

I've been searching in dbworld.dat, but can't find them. I've search in some of the other dat files, but haven't found anything either.



I posted a thread at eeheaven, but the place seems dead...

[PzK]

I have a look for you and see if i can find them. Won't be able to reply though untill late tomorrow.

[thatnamelessone]

Here is some additional information about my search for resource values.


Here are all the objects designated as "res" in dbobjects.dat:


Res - Stone Mine

Res - Gold Mine

Res - Forage Bush

Res - Stone Mine 5

Res - Iron

Res - Deer

Res - Stone Mine 1

Res - Stone Mine 2

Res - Stone Mine 3

Res - Elephant

Res - Giraffe

Res - Tiger

Res - Hippopotamus

Res - Shark

Res - Fish

Res - Ostrich

Res - Goat

Res - Eagle

Res - Walrus

Res - Wolf

Res - Chicken

Res - Horse

Res - Oil

Res - Stone Mine 4

Res - Stone Mine 6

Res - Gold Mine 1

Res - Gold Mine 2

Res - Gold Mine 3

Res - Gold Mine 4

Res - Gold Mine 5

Res - Iron 2

Res - Iron 3

Res - Dolphin

Res - Rice Paddy

Are these some of the actual resource objects that are used in single player maps?

Notice also that Res - Tree is absent. However, tree is present in dbobjects.dat for a total of 40 various entries.

Also, there are Res designations for animals in dbanimals.dat.


Mines have a resource value that starts at 300,00 but changes when mined. Maybe the value is stored elsewhere. Perhaps the same for trees, animals, etc.

[PzK]

Heres me thinking that i could just use notepad for this. Gonna have a look at the hex tutorials eeheavengames.

[thatnamelessone]

I decided to look in the EE and AOC executables themselves.
Regarding the mine values, I found 11 occurrences of 300,000 in the EE executable and 12 in the AOC executable.

I modified each instance of 300,000 one at a time in EE AOC and then all of them simultaneously in EE. No change in mine values, but no crashes either. I need to work on it more though.

I'll also take a closer look at the executables for other values.


(I've been posting on this at EEHeaven too.)

[ram007]

Does anyone know how I can go about creating my 3D graphics or modify the original ones to use in the game in place of the original files?