How to make a mod?

[Wydraz]

I can deduce how to make a campaign (make a new folder in the Campaigns directory and put your data files there). But how does one make a wholesale mod, with new graphics and UI without overwriting the originals?

Do you make a new SF directory and copy everything out? Or can you make your new Images, Data, etc. directories inside your campaign folder?

I'm fearful of experimenting, since I don't want to re-install if I screw up.

[Phoenix-D]

Judging by SJ's Homecoming mod, you just put the appropriate directories in your campaign folder.

[Wydraz]

Nice. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Easiest way to do it:
1) Make a copy of the entire Homefront campaign folder
2) Rename it,
3) Edit the stuff inside http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Note that you can also override most of the other files by incuding an Images or other folder inside your campaign.

[Wydraz]

SJ, thanks for the clarification.

I found out though, that if you add a new ship, the .x file has to be in the root XFiles directory - it doesn't see it in your campaign directory. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Same goes for the ship's texture file, which needs to go in the game's root Images directory. Makes distributing mods a bit tricker... Maybe a patch can fix this.

[Rollo]

Originally posted by Wydraz:
SJ, thanks for the clarification.

I found out though, that if you add a new ship, the .x file has to be in the root XFiles directory - it doesn't see it in your campaign directory. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Same goes for the ship's texture file, which needs to go in the game's root Images directory. Makes distributing mods a bit tricker... Maybe a patch can fix this.<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">yes, this is known to Aaron. Hopefully it will get fixed soon. Another thing that is not recognized is a modded components.bmp.
Adding images, landscapes, effects does work in the campaign folder, though.