Mike.nl's Mod Tools: MEG Editor supports 8-Bit Armies!

[Mike.nl]

Hi everyone,

Mike.nl here, known from the old Petroglyph forums and the unofficial mod tools for Petroglyph's previous games.

I've updated my Mega File Editor today with support for 8-Bit Armies, so now you modders can open up the CONFIG.MEG as well and edit files to your heart's content.

(!!! IMPORTANT: Make a copy before you start editing it !!!)

Get the editor from my site: http://modtools.petrolution.net/tools/MegEditor

After an initial test it seems that the game DOES pick up changes to CONFIG.MEG; I've managed to reduce a unit's cost down to 1. Of course, I doubt this works for multiplayer matches.

It's not a map editor, or model exporter, but it's a start!

Have fun modding!


Edit: please make sure you have .NET Framework 4.5[www.microsoft.com] and Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable[www.microsoft.com] (x86 version!) installed.

[bernddr]

Hello Mike,

you where right, full path name was the problem. You make me happy, thanks a lot !

[LordeDoPão]

What about Alamo importer and exporter?

[Mike.nl]

I don't have those. Maybe I'll work on them, depends on my free time. The .alo format is different from Petroglyph's first games anyway, so I have to figure that out first.

[LordeDoPão]

Publicado originalmente por Mike.nl:

I don't have those. Maybe I'll work on them, depends on my free time. The .alo format is different from Petroglyph's first games anyway, so I have to figure that out first.

Maybe Petro can give us a little help...

[Saracen26]

Still going eh Mike? Always been a great modding pillar of the Petro and C&C Communities. Good to see you're still working hard.

[Torpid]

I believe the ALO Max plugin from Grey Goo should work for 8-bit Armies as well (about 90% sure anyway).

[LordeDoPão]

Publicado originalmente por Torpid:

I believe the ALO Max plugin from Grey Goo should work for 8-bit Armies as well (about 90% sure anyway).

Can you link it? Can't seem to find it.
EDIT: Nevermind, I found it.

[Royal Fool]

Works on my end. I modded the splash screen (DDS format, used GIMP for editing/conversion and then injected it).


http://steamcommunity.com/id/royalfool/screenshot/449608559594474840

Now if I could only figure out what those BUI files are...

[LordeDoPão]

Publicado originalmente por Royal Fool:

Works on my end. I modded the splash screen (DDS format, used GIMP for editing/conversion and then injected it).


http://steamcommunity.com/id/royalfool/screenshot/449608559594474840

Now if I could only figure out what those BUI files are...

That is easy. Problem is actually changing the menus without the source (.fla). I am starting to create a mod and need to edit the menu so I can try to add a campaign, and it's hard without it.

[Panic Driven]

Publicado originalmente por SorenKierks:

Runs fine for me on Win10.

I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong but i can't run it. I have tried a fresh install of windows 10 with all compatibility options and enabling .NET Framework 3.5 in windows features, and i have tried a fresh install of windows 7 with .Net Framework 4.0 and with 4.5.

When i try to run it on Windows 10 the mouse spins like it's loading but nothing ever happens.
When i try to run it on Windows 7 a dialog pops up right away saying "Mega File Editor has stopped working" with the option to check for a solution and close the program or just close the program, It has a details drop down, but i didn't see anything useful in it:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: MegEditor.exe
Application Version: 1.3.0.0
Application Timestamp: 571fc2d0
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdaae
Exception Code: e0434352
Exception Offset: 00009617
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
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[JustJerrel]

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to mod this game?

[LordeDoPão]

Publicado originalmente por JustJerrel:

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to mod this game?

We know some stuff and how to do it, but we need to organize everything in one place, like a forum. And we still lack some tools, for example, GUI editor.

[JustJerrel]

Publicado originalmente por Lorde do Pão:

Publicado originalmente por JustJerrel:

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to mod this game?

We know some stuff and how to do it, but we need to organize everything in one place, like a forum. And we still lack some tools, for example, GUI editor.

We could use this one http://8bitarmies.wikia.com/wiki/Board:Modding or just create a new steam group and make use of the discussion page.

[LordeDoPão]

Publicado originalmente por JustJerrel:

Publicado originalmente por Lorde do Pão:

We know some stuff and how to do it, but we need to organize everything in one place, like a forum. And we still lack some tools, for example, GUI editor.

We could use this one http://8bitarmies.wikia.com/wiki/Board:Modding or just create a new steam group and make use of the discussion page.

Steamgroup maybe? Only worth it if people actually join, and not only 3 or 4 people.

[JustJerrel]

Publicado originalmente por Lorde do Pão:

Publicado originalmente por JustJerrel:

We could use this one http://8bitarmies.wikia.com/wiki/Board:Modding or just create a new steam group and make use of the discussion page.

Steamgroup maybe? Only worth it if people actually join, and not only 3 or 4 people.

Yeah I know.