For RavenShield gamers, I fixed the 1.6 Mod system

[Twilight]

Hey all, I'm a modder for Raven Shield, which is a mostly dead game but I love it and do my best to keep it alive.

Well after me and another coder, Vadim (both of us are devs on the Ordnance Project mod) spent hours wrestling with code, I finally figured out a way to fix UBI's mod system which previously only allowed for Iron Wrath and Athena Sword.

My solution is non-overwriting.  You simply run the mod, and now any number of mods can be selected from the "Custom Game" options screen, not just IW or AS.  Causes no problems with multiplayer or joining PB servers because it doesnt overwrite any files.

If you're a developer working on a single-player mod, this means that you no longer have to fight the UBIsoft system.  Just include this tool with your mod and players will easily be able to play your game.

I'm planning to release this mod along with my homemade 1.6 SDK in a few days when I've got testing and bugs worked out.

[Swedish_Seb]

Way to go! 

I guess Vadim's already spread the word around Blackfoot Studios - the only other forum I frequent - but I'll be sure to let anyone interested that may cross my path know.

[Mutt_Dog]

I think this is awesome...it's a shame they didn't have the resources to get it out when RvS came out...I will still install RvS though! I do miss playing.

[Wolfsong]

Nice work.

[Atlantis]

Ubisoft's lack of mod support was rather lame.

I pretty much quit the game after they sent me a nasty letter after I released my mod (and they subsequently released 1.6).



(EDIT - Wow, didn't realize how old this thread was.  It was at the top of the forum, I swear! )

[Twilight]

Ubisoft's lack of mod support was rather lame.
I pretty much quit the game after they sent me a nasty letter after I released my mod (and they subsequently released 1.6).

(EDIT - Wow, didn't realize how old this thread was.  It was at the top of the forum, I swear! )

UBI sucks, but we've beaten everything they've thrown at us.  We've unlocked mods, we've released SDKs and tutorials, we've got several mods released and more upcoming.  Vadim, Hexbomb, and myself are still around coding for the game, making mods -- mostly new weapons.  We've got Masiro and a couple others modeling, and a couple fairly large communities still going at rvsgaming.com and unfinished-games.com.

Screens from some weapons modding I've done:

[Swedish_Seb]

Say hi to Masiro from me, would'ya?

[Twilight]

Will do

[Swedish_Seb]

Thanks, man. 

[Twilight]

[Twilight]

Masiro says hi to everyone   He tells me he was banned from here ages ago because of political discussions.

He's busy making me a Kimber 1911 pistol for my mod.  I've also got some nice new guns like this COD4-style M21: