Game Mods

[Kalphite]

This is the Official Game Mod Thread

In here Me, and others who wish to, will make and upload the mods. Once i get the crack of PT on this computer im gunna make my first mod.

Introduction;

A mod, or Modification is a file(s) used to replace another file(s) to change the game's appearance. There are also mods for more flexible games such as Oblivion, that allow completly new aspects.

How do i make a mod? Well, you go into the photoshop directory, and go to the weapon you wish to mod, my first one will be grenade. (chaos for the record) You go into the folder with the pack named of the weapon's pack. So if i wanted to take a weapon from the Ambush pack, i would open the AM folder. I'm not sure which one Chaos Grenade is in, since i don't have pt installed right now. Then you look at the weapon sprites. For Grenade, there are a binch of images of a grenade in motion (turning) if you put them together. What i'll be doing is making it so that it will be red, instead of green. This is where photoshop comes in. You use Ctr-U (hue saturation) and find the exact amount that turns the colored part to red. (make sure the green part is cricled using the wand or laso. Next you memorize the number, let's use -23 for an example. Now you open all the images of the grenade, and set the hue to -23. Save them all so that they overrite the old ones. (make sure you have a backup of PT somewhere, as not to screw everything up.) And VIOLA! Also, if you are making a mod for Lightening pole or whatever, change the lightening image, that will make some tastier effects!



Well, happy modding!

[Kalphite]

The first mod, makes Chaos Grenade Red! And perfectly Working too!!!

http://download.yousendit.com/1B10B9B40BAF1866

Please not the download is only availible for 7 days, if somone could upload the file somewhere else that would be great, rapidshare has overloaded :P

Hey cool there's an edit button now? Awesome! Okkay i frogot instructions...

Open the fily and copy all the images into you ch folder in pocket tanks directory. Click yes to overrite, but like i said, if you don't like it or are afraid you won't make a backup of your pt folder.

[Kalphite]

The srecond mod, makes SuperStar a nightly blue, and all new never seen before matching icon!

http://download.yousendit.com/5034A3EC3E5886D3

Same instructions as Chaos Grendade...

Open the file and copy all the images into your ch folder in pocket tanks directory. Click yes to overrite, but like i said, if you don't like it or are afraid you won't make a backup of your pt folder.


Also, since the explosion is a dark blue it almost looks like an intense frost! ill have a screenies soon

[Kalphite]

Here's a screenshot of SuperStar in it's modded form, also after it split's into 3, just to show what it looks like with the trail behind it.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/op2rules/Other/superstarblue.png

[Kalphite]

Also a screenshot of Chaos Grenade in Red form, aka my best mod so far. There isn't much to see, but here goes.


http://www.maj.com/gallery/op2rules/Other/chaosgrenadered.png

[Kalphite]

Next mod, The missle mod! Extremely nice, the screenshot doesn't show much, since it's hard to get a nice angle, but you gotta try it, oh and complete with icon this time also.

http://download.yousendit.com/BAF648722AE60624


http://www.maj.com/gallery/op2rules/Other/bluehmissle.png

Copy the files into C/D:\Program Files\Pocket Tanks Deluxe\weapdata
There is no specific weapon folder, since this is a demo included weapon...

[Kalphite]

Could people please rate these on 10, and also could brian maybe make a Fan Submissions area on Blitwise.com for all my mods/userbars/edited pictures, not just mine, but everyones!

[Grif392]

Fan of the "Official" topics, eh? Oh, and http://www.yourfilehost.com is a nice site for hosting.

[theguy0000]

I'll host! And make install files!

http://www.theguy0000.com/PT_Mods/

Oh, and the installer should be pointed to X:\Program Files\Pocket Tanks Deluxe, NOT your weapdata folder.

[Kalphite]

Hmm, maybe my mistake, but i copied that from my directory, well oh well, maybe it's an update, but yeah i would gladly hire you to make the files Installation files and upload em for me :D Can ya do that for the rest of the mods i make?

Cool, ill have to check out that file hosting website on the next mod i make ;)


Okok, but any coments on the actual mods? Anyone?!

[Kalphite]

Nice work Theguy! You really are, 'the guy!'. How do you get an ftp/ip thingy website? Sorry i never did anything 'filed' online.

Anyways, it's organized, and also a good installation!

[theguy0000]

:D yeah sure ill do it for all the future ones

And as for how I set it up, if you do want to host a website from your computer, I'll guide you through it...although it would be a lot easier if you have instant messaging it could be a lot faster :) I have AIM, MSN, and Yahoo. which are all in my profile if you want to message me..

[Kalphite]

Sounds great, maybe we could work together hmmm? I'm addin your msn now.

[Kalphite]

It's not working, try adding me;

aaron_the_knight@hotmail.com

Please if your not the guy then don't add me, or it will slow down future mods!

[Kalphite]

The nex mod on the line, makes ColorBomb a light shade of green, in the future i may make it 2 colors, or make it changing colours as it sails away.

http://download.yousendit.com/BEA4BBCA72F6A044

Copy the files into your PT directory, where all the basic weapons are stored )1-60).

also for a screenie here:

http://www.maj.com/gallery/op2rules/Other/greencolorball.png

[Zwaken]

Cool mods but I would rather have the game how it is...NOW if I discovered how to change the amount of points weapons do...that's a different story. :D

[Kalphite]

Meh, can't you people rate a few of em? They take me a while to do :(

Nobody even appriciates them :'(

[Everlast]

Ok I give a 9/10 for the blue star, because blue is cool. :) Hey I have a suggestion, you could (I don't know what you would do) change the Mass Driver. :D

[Kalphite]

Yeah, i was thinking of that myself, what about the others? Also if anyone has a request i would gladly except, like a custom colour/color for the missle or whatever

[theguy0000]

I added the Colerbomb Mod...this time I tried to mess with the installer itself and change the text and stuff...Oh and I think I got rid of the two blank screens, too...

[Kalphite]

Which blank screens?

[Kalphite]

Edited

and well, ill leave you to show the rest :P

[Brian]

Hi all. I ran this past Mike, and got his thoughts on it. He said he was ambivalent to people who want to tweak the graphics and sound, as long as it is quite clear that these aren't in any way official BlitWise mods, and that we don't offer tech support if any problems arise from using them.

That being said, my suggestion on this, especially for those not as tech saavy, is to make sure you have a Pocket Tanks installer file handy before you do any modding on your game. If you experience problems or crashes, do a clean wipe as follows:

1.Use the uninstaller included in Pocket Tanks to completely remove it.
2. Manually remove the Pocket Tanks Directory from your Program Files.
3. Reinstall using the clean files from the installer.

All that being said, I changed the thread title to reflect the extremely UNofficial status of this kind of project, and moved it to the Pocket Tanks Fan Submission forum, where I feel it more accurately belongs.

[jstrok7]

That's great Brian

@Kalphite -
Did you actually thought that you can totally change weapon (Not only color),You must just compress the picture you downloaded from web to be the same resolution like orginal .
For example you can make that big laser fall from the sky instead of massdriver . :)

[Kalphite]

jstrok9:
Can you please elaborate? Thanks!
Brian:

URGENT! PLEASE TAKE OFF THE LINK I PUT! PLEASE!

[jstrok7]

No problem , just open your go folder inside wepdat folder and look at meteor pictures (There are 30 of them), instead of changing color of It you can put some other image but it must be same resolution.
You can even change the sound of the massdriver_buzzer and explosion .
Here-s what I did with my massdriver .
Now a sun falls from sky instead of meteor in massdriver.

Download

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=15FA2F2348F4A196

Installation is same as yours, just put all files in "go" folder in wepdata folder . ;)

[jstrok7]

No problem , just open your go folder inside wepdat folder and look at meteor pictures (There are 30 of them), instead of changing color of It you can put some other image but it must be same resolution.
You can even change the sound of the massdriver_buzzer and explosion .
Here-s what I did with my massdriver .
Now a sun falls from sky instead of meteor in massdriver.

Download

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=15FA2F2348F4A196

Installation is same as yours, just put all files in "go" folder in wepdata folder . ;)

[Kalphite]

oh THAT!, lol i knew that, If you want to makea nice looking one get a NICE lightening picture, and swap it with lightening strike!

[jstrok7]

Lol. :D
Some good photoshoper should make all weapons pictures nicer .
Maybe a some rocket for single shot or so . :)

[Brian]

I assume that's the link you meant, Kalphite. If not, let me know and I'll remove whichever one you did mean.

[Kalphite]

Yeah thats the one, thanks Brian ;)

[Kalphite]

Lol. :D
Some good photoshoper should make all weapons pictures nicer .
Maybe a some rocket for single shot or so . :)

PSST! Can't edit my old post! BRIAN!!

Anyways, you can't edit the weapons that don't have something to edit. Like only if there is an image that is the weapon you can change it. Unless or course this person works for blitwise :D

[theguy0000]

the only way to change the weapon itself (not just images) is to crack how the heck weaplist##.wep (or emitter##.emi) works...I can't figure it out...

[Kalphite]

Cool! Man we really need a weapon editor!

[theguy0000]

well, it doesnt seem to be a hex/binary file, a hex editor got me nowhere...they are definitely encoded somehow. somehow that I do not know...lol

[Everlast]

I know how, but it won't work on Windows.

[Kalphite]

How? What your saying is a MAC exclusive? Or maybe linux :P

[theguy0000]

I know how, but it won't work on Windows.

please share :D

[Death]

now all we need is gameplay mods and new weapons made by fans

[zetablack]

I was looking through the Pt folder and i remembered that all sprites are not located in the folder so another thing came into my head where are they...the game needs to get them some where...

[Death]

they are encrypted (or whatever it's called) into the games code

[zetablack]

Even still they need an image file to get that from. And if it is encrypted why not do that for all the weapons?

[Death]

well what images were you reffering to?

[zetablack]

like gamablaster. There are no image files of that and explosians.

[Xap]

If there was, I would turn it blue!;)

[Imposter]

I think that they are just colored particles in a code set up with RGB (red, green, blue) values in which case you would not need a image file.

[zetablack]

And they couldn't do that with the super star?

[VoLAN]

Sorry, but your mods is SUXXX, it only changes weapon color, i can make that in Microsoft Paint, дерьмо полное

[Imposter]

And they couldn't do that with the super star?

No. Because that is a sprite.

I'm talking about particles which are created and colored in the game code.

[zetablack]

i know that but why is super star not made with particles or the other weapons for that matter?

[Xap]

Well, Gamma Blaster is just lines of one color. Super Star is a whole sprite, handmade with a bunch of little pixels.;)

ps: my keyboard is really sticky for some reason so it's hard to write.:(

[Kalphite]

What he means is that super stat is rotating, meaning it's not just a couple colours, nor a line, so for every rotating part, it needs another image, to actualy make it move, like an animated picture. Gamma Blaster is just a simple line, that doesn't rotate or have a motion effect in air, so it doesn't need a sprite, so it's encrypted.

[The Yateslander]

How about making mud pie black colored?, so that it becomes Tar Pie...

Technically its not a new weapon, but it could be added to your list of 'created weapons' if there is or will be one

[Kalphite]

Once again i can't do that, since you can't edit the dirt, seeing as how it's not a sprite, and dirt itself is even more so harder to edit, since it's not even part of the weapon!