Semiofficial Experimental Mod Support

[IngoH]

I've been working on proper mod support (adding/editing content) for Wrestling Empire, and I'm currently looking for people who want to help out with testing it.
I got approval from MDickie for this, and he'll soon be promoting it once everything is set up right.
Currently supported are adding custom music themes and costume textures, as well as overriding most sprites. Characters are being worked on right now.
The content-adding mod itself, installation instructions, and documentation for how to add content can be found here[github.com].
I made a modding Discord[discord.gg] where you can send your feedback and report any bugs. It's preferred to message me there, as I don't check on Steam very often.
Spreading the word about this would be much appreciated.

[ophidic]

I don't think the support would be there but I like spectating more than anything and a mod to set up a string of matches like a TV show would be cool... kinda like the thing in wwe2k11, but without all the gross loading screens

[Zombeef]

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but it seems like the most recent Wrestling Empire update just broke all my Thunderstore mods? None of them load when launched through the mod manager, including all the mods I made for myself and installed to the manager manually from a zip file. It says the WECCL file and everything else is deprecated and the vanilla game loads with pure white textures where all my customs were used.

[AxeBomber]

引用自 Zombeef：

I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but it seems like the most recent Wrestling Empire update just broke all my Thunderstore mods? None of them load when launched through the mod manager, including all the mods I made for myself and installed to the manager manually from a zip file. It says the WECCL file and everything else is deprecated and the vanilla game loads with pure white textures where all my customs were used.

This is from the Discord server:

IngoH — Yesterday at 7:37 PM
@General Announcements
Due to a game update, all mods will no longer work until WECCL is remapped to the new version. Apologies for the inconvenience. I'm aiming to get this done as quickly as possible.

[Zombeef]

Thanks for the heads up

[Mobile Suit God Damn]

Damn it, back to the old main theme! Oh well.

[AxeBomber]

引用自 Mobile Suit ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥：

Damn it, back to the old main theme! Oh well.

The mod is updated now.

[Hotlongs]

thank you

[🔞𝕂𝔸𝕋𝔸ℕ𝔸🔞]

引用自 IngoH：

I've been working on proper mod support (adding/editing content) for Wrestling Empire, and I'm currently looking for people who want to help out with testing it.
I got approval from MDickie for this, and he'll soon be promoting it once everything is set up right.
Currently supported are adding custom music themes and costume textures, as well as overriding most sprites. Characters are being worked on right now.
The content-adding mod itself, installation instructions, and documentation for how to add content can be found here[github.com].
I made a modding Discord[discord.gg] where you can send your feedback and report any bugs. It's preferred to message me there, as I don't check on Steam very often.
Spreading the word about this would be much appreciated.

First of all, you have no idea how happy that makes me. I bought the game as soon as it released on switch but now iam looking forward to buy it Pc, finally.

Thanks to you and Mr MDickie.
<3

[Zombeef]

Just want to make IngoH and other modders aware that with the release of another official game update today, the WECCL is once again broken. IngoH, if you happen to see this post could you update the WECCL again? It seems like a pain to have to update your own work every time Matt updates the game, but unfortunately that's how it has been working out. Is there any way to work around or fix that in the future?

[Medieval Nudist of the Dead]

Why is it the game is coded in a way that makes mods break with every new update?

[GamingMaster]

引用自 Zombeef：

Just want to make IngoH and other modders aware that with the release of another official game update today, the WECCL is once again broken. IngoH, if you happen to see this post could you update the WECCL again? It seems like a pain to have to update your own work every time Matt updates the game, but unfortunately that's how it has been working out. Is there any way to work around or fix that in the future?

引用自 Medieval Nudist of the Dead：

Why is it the game is coded in a way that makes mods break with every new update?

Wrestling Empire's code is obfuscated. This means most methods and fields do not have their original names. Furthermore, the obfuscation changes every game update, which means we have to update the mod every game update, and manually figure out all the changed names until MDickie releases the deobfuscation map or starts using a set seed for obfuscation.

[Zombeef]

引用自 GamingMaster：

引用自 Zombeef：

Just want to make IngoH and other modders aware that with the release of another official game update today, the WECCL is once again broken. IngoH, if you happen to see this post could you update the WECCL again? It seems like a pain to have to update your own work every time Matt updates the game, but unfortunately that's how it has been working out. Is there any way to work around or fix that in the future?

引用自 Medieval Nudist of the Dead：

Why is it the game is coded in a way that makes mods break with every new update?

Wrestling Empire's code is obfuscated. This means most methods and fields do not have their original names. Furthermore, the obfuscation changes every game update, which means we have to update the mod every game update, and manually figure out all the changed names until MDickie releases the deobfuscation map or starts using a set seed for obfuscation.

Yeah. Mat has only recently given his 'blessing' to the modding scene in so far as what IngoH has set in motion. And yet, he's certainly not making it easy. It seems like some sort of synergy between Mat and the community would be in order at this point to make things more fluid for all of us. Being honest, most of us still playing Wrestling Empire are only still playing it for the mods now that is finally a thing (and the odd update that Mat throws out.) I won't pretend to know anything about the game's code so I don't know how difficult or how simple it might be to make this more seamless for us all but it seems like it should be possible if Mat was truly on board.

[IngoH]

Mat is intent on keeping the code obfuscated because apparently the downside of people making illegal hacks doesn't outweigh the the prospect of a thriving modding community to him.
I've asked him to help out a few times but he is very stubborn about "not wanting the game to be open source".
Automatic remapping every update has been getting better though and perhaps there may be a way to do so automatically in the future, but I don't see Mat making it any easier for us until he is done updating the game, which he claims probably won't be soon.

[Medieval Nudist of the Dead]

Yeah that makes sense. It's a little bit disappointing, but I definitely see where he's coming from and I'm sure there were past experiences that caused this sort of mindset. I appreciate all the hard work from both Matt and the modders.