How to start modding?

[Noyart]

Hello! Im a big fan of the Men of War series, and I would love to learn to mod the game, I have some ideas that i would like to try out and so on. But I cant really find where to start? Someone out there that know any good guides and so on?

Thanks :)

[DJSatane]

You can start with http://www.moddb.com/groups/gem-2-editor-fan-club and moddb in general have a lot of other resources under games themselves. Most of the scripting/mapping in men of war or men of war assault squad etc... applies to mowas 2 as well.

Next you can go to http://www.digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/forum/dms-games/men-of-war-assault-squad/english-ad/modding-aa and there are some resources there, next if you search for gem 2 editor on youtube you should be able to find plenty of guides too, if you search for gem 2 edtior keys or manual you should be able to find stuff on google as well, basic 2 small manuals are also included for editor under mods\tools under your game.

I recommend looking how a simple mod is done and then experiment on map making or script making while editing your own mod that way you dont mess up game files, learning how things are scripted in official or mod missions is good way to learn some things if you want to learn to script missions etc...

[Seispaol]

Originally posted by Sittingmadman:

Hello! Im a big fan of the Men of War series, and I would love to learn to mod the game, I have some ideas that i would like to try out and so on. But I cant really find where to start? Someone out there that know any good guides and so on?

I second this, about 2 weeks ago I decided to give the editor a go. And now am already fixing old skirmish missions to work with AS2 and browsing through a ton of models, skins and anything that I find to be intresting. (Note: For personal use only, respecting all the creators property). I learned alot by just looking at how other people mod things, and indeed looking on Youtube. Scripting and making maps is still a bit to far. But I first want to understand how the files work and to fix any errors I encounter.

Good tip: Make a copy of the items you want to mod in case you make a mistake you will have to original files. I made this mistake to many times haha.

And final, a big thumbs up for all the awesome stuff I have seen so far. Models, skins and also the historical value in alot of missions is much appriciated. Am a big Military history addict so
I really enjoy it.

Thanks All. Greetings from The Netherlands.

FaantBoy501

[Noyart]

Thank you both for your answers, Im at work right now so I have to check it out when I get home. I feel much better know, thank you for aiming me at the right track :)

[wHAT]

i'm beginning my plans of making the Scandinavian army (NORWEGIAN/DANISH) and maybe belgium and the netherlands but i need something to 3D edit them any tip

[Fireandsteel]

Originally posted by MR.CATZ:

i'm beginning my plans of making the Scandinavian army (NORWEGIAN/DANISH) and maybe belgium and the netherlands but i need something to 3D edit them any tip

Blender or 3DSmax.
You will need 3dsmax either way.
To export the models to files the game can read.
There was a couple other software pieces you could use for earlier games like FoW and MoW. But they are no longer supported.

It ain't easy making or altering models. Just putting that out there.

[Noyart]

Maya is also a program you can use to make 3D models, I don't know how to export from maya to Mow. I never started making my mod ideas, too much work and now Im busy with school.

[Hampe2356]

hey anyone wanna play?

[Hampe2356]

if so send me a mesegner

[nonhomoerectus]

Hello, I hope you all are having a fantastic day so far. This is my first post onto a forum of our god, Lord Gaben because I have a fear as a grammar nazi, I might misspell something and someone's going to point it out. Anyway, that's not the point. I wanted to ask if anyone knows how to add a 3D model, a character, and possibly voice acting to my mod. Whilst I'm most likely going to have to do the voice acting myself unless I find help, it will be hard to do. Not because the recording is hard. It's because I have to have everything perfect and I will try to get the character's lines to sound amazing then I'm going to have to modulate my voice for some characters. The reason why I'm telling everyone this is for two reasons. One, once I start typing and get into it, it's hard to stop. Two, I need someone(or multiple people) that can help me put that mod together and help me voice act my mod. Send me a private message if you are interested in helping me with this. If not, just reply to me on here. Thank you for your time reading this. Stay frosty.