NoQ changed type from bug to patch (an actual patch, not a request for one)

Per commented

Do you have some example data?

NoQ commented

:oops: sorry didn't notice this message when i was on IRC.

NoQ uploaded file test.wz (0.2 KiB)

Set viper body weight to 10000

NoQ uploaded file test2.wz (0.9 KiB)

Sets cobra price to 10000 and machinegun model to rocket superfortress weapon model. Can be used together with test.wz without conflicting on body.ini

NoQ uploaded file test3.wz (0.7 KiB)

Modify several things in a single file: set mg to HOMING-indirect and long-range, set tmg to penetrating. Still doesn't conflict with test.wz and test2.wz.

NoQ uploaded file wz2100-20130210_084114-Sk-Mountain.jpg (295.6 KiB)

A screenshot ^__^

vexed commented

I am not sure about doing these mini mods / re:inis, on one hand, it does make mods much smaller, but on the other hand, just how the heck do we handle these things once we get multiple versions ?

This same thorn is with the mod support we have now though.
While we could setup a way to pick mods, the current thinking is to only allow only one mod loaded, or one mod per mod type.

I would wait a bit longer to see how we finally decide on how to do mod support.
If you have any idea, feel free to chime in. :)

Cyp commented

Even if only allowing one mod, a delta probably has much more chance of being compatible with new versions of the game than just replacing whole files. (Haven't looked at the delta format to confirm this.)

NoQ commented

Here are complete contents of the mods uploaded above.

test.wz:

/diffs/test/stats/body.ini

[Body1REC]
	weight = 10000

test2.wz:

/diffs/test2/stats/body.ini

[Body5REC]
	buildPower = 10000

/diffs/test2/stats/weapons.ini

[MG1Mk1]
	model = GNWPFRKT.PIE

test3.wz:

/diffs/test3/stats/weapons.ini

[MG1Mk1]
	movement = HOMING-INDIRECT
	longRange = 1920
	
[MG2Mk1]
	penetrate = 1

As you see, any changes in the game data will not be reverted back when loading such mod; it is simply not mentioned inside it, resolving quite a lot of problems.

Also, each such diff-mod stays inside its own PhysFS folder, never overwriting files of other diff-mods, so we can mod the same file twice without running into conflicts.

Also, it's trivial to add a check and throw an error when two diff-mods overwrite the same paremeter in the same file; something like that is not possible with our traditional mods.

NoQ commented

One of the possible bad conditions may be when a weapon is removed from the game. If we load a diff-mod that modifies a weapon that no longer exists, then this weapon will appear again, with some completely weird default stats. Probably some work can be made to make sure that items with poorly initialized stats don't work, if at all they don't crash.

Per changed status from new to closed

Per changed resolution from `` to fixed