New Modding Site

[Tyrelius]

I've been setting up a new site for Modding Making History[torqdl.github.io]. It'll host modding tips, tutorials, etc. Right now, it's still in its infancy, but keep checking back as I add more to the site.

One note I'd like to make public, I started uploading some old scenarios from the old making-history.com site. There are four posted so far; I have about a dozen in all, but am still working through gathering the information for a few of them.

[Vastgoed Zeepbel]

Thank you!

[rmgiv]

Nice work.

[LastDefender]

Cool. I'd really like to try some mods about WW1.

[Tyrelius]

Originally posted by LastDefender:

Cool. I'd really like to try some mods about WW1.

Deadlock is the best WWI scenario made for MHG. You can find it Modding Making History[torqdl.github.io].

[heterosexual bladee fan]

Anyone have the "The Calm Before the Storm" scenario? It's the one Odanan made.

[LastDefender]

Originally posted by Tyrelius:

Originally posted by LastDefender:

Cool. I'd really like to try some mods about WW1.

Deadlock is the best WWI scenario made for MHG. You can find it Modding Making History[torqdl.github.io].

Thank you! In any case, is it difficult to use the editor which comes with the game? If it's easy I could try by myself. It would be also a good way to do some researches about WWI.

[Tyrelius]

Originally posted by moved by a higher love:

Anyone have the "The Calm Before the Storm" scenario? It's the one Odanan made.

Indeed, I do. I'll get it uploaded for you. I have versions 1.05, 1.061, and 1.07. I'll upload 1.07 since it's the latest I have.
EDIT: It's been uploaded.

[Tyrelius]

Originally posted by LastDefender:

Thank you! In any case, is it difficult to use the editor which comes with the game? If it's easy I could try by myself. It would be also a good way to do some researches about WWI.

Using the editor isn't very difficult. Pretty easy to figure out and use, actually. The issue is that once you start messing with other settings, such as custom units, custom technologies, etc. (such as zeppelins in Deadlock), the editor will no longer function for you. It will refuse to open the scenario. How I go about things is I plan out what I want the scenario to be, then start with map editing in the editor. After that, I do all the rest of the work in the XML files themselves.
This is why I've begun working on the Modding Making History[torqdl.github.io] site, so that other people can learn how to do the same.

[LastDefender]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=466539141

I see that people have some troubles with mods. They don't seem to work properly. What's your experience? I've been on your website, Tyrelius. Thanks for sharing the files.

[Tyrelius]

Originally posted by LastDefender:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=466539141

I see that people have some troubles with mods. They don't seem to work properly. What's your experience? I've been on your website, Tyrelius. Thanks for sharing the files.

I'm not sure I understand your question. The notes at the beginning of that page are related to the old making-history.com website, which is no longer online. The game series was transfered from Muzzly Lane to Factus Games, a startup by the game series' lead designer, but the website data did not seem to make the transition. I happened to have some of the old scenarios saved in backups, which is how they have ended up on my site.

You can use the Internet Archive's Way Back Machine to view the old making-history.com site, and most (but not all) of the pages of scenarios and other mods. Unfortunately, you cannot download any of them, because the download links were tied to server-side code that then served the files from a backend repository, and were therefore not archivable by their service.

If you're asking about mods not working properly, in most cases, a mod will not even load if there is an error in it. Most of these errors are due to a lack of attention to detail. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, just that if a minor detail is overlooked, it can cause the entire mod to not load. That is partly why I am building out my site, so that I can share all of the details I have learned over the years of being a part of the Making History gaming community.

[Xeinar dies a lot - ITA]

The good old habits when the internet was a territory of 33.6k modems....
I've downloaded 66 scenarios in the past, to be sure to have them handy in case the official repository was made unavailable. We are talking about 722MB.
Tyrelius, is there an easy way to help you putting them on your website?

[Tyrelius]

Use 7zip to compress them individually, then submit a pull request on the Github repo using the same format I did the others in. 7zip has a better compression ratio than normal zip.

If you’re not familiar with git or web code, then gather the details on the scenarios, such as authors and a brief description of the scenario (like how I have on the site for the existing ones), zip it all up, and put it in Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or NextCloud and send me the link. I can then put them online.

[Xeinar dies a lot - ITA]

Hi Tyrelius, I've sent you a friendship request. I'm currently uploading the scenarios on Dropbox as I have them, I don't even recall their descriptions. I guess you can put them online and the community can provide feedback for more info as they play them (I have little to no time lately).

[Xeinar dies a lot - ITA]

Just a reminder. All the scenarios I have have been uploaded on Dropbox, so whoever can host them on a website please contact me

[Adonis_Of_The_West]

I actually love you all. Seriously guys THANK you so much please please keep up the good work. It really sucks that the original site when down... So so many good mods all gone.