Oh, yes! But you just know there are "reasons" why this won't work... I don't know what they would be, though.
I would love to be able to have offline access to the MA mission creator format so that all you have to do is log in and upload you new content.
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I know there've been calls for an offline character creator that would allow players to create characters without logging onto the servers, but I'd like to call for an offline MA editor.
Lately I've been logging on one character, dealing with horrendous lag times due to heavy traffic, sometimes getting disconnected because I lost my server connection, just to play with the MA Critter Creator or to try tweaking my mission.
I can understand needing to be logged on to upload a mission or to accept a new mission, but I'd like to be able to access the mission design aspects without being online.
Anyone with me?
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I believe that Leandro (or one of the other incredible tech gurus of the forums) posted soon after I14 released that he was working on an offline MA editor and, possibly, a link to where it was listed.
The primary reason why it's possible is because the MA files don't exist on the CoX servers until you publish and the local files are, for all intents and purposes, word documents. If you're curious about this, just go and open up one of them with Notepad (or whatever basic word processor you want). It all makes sense (though some of it is obfuscated behind codespeak).
Actually, you *can* edit MA arcs and custom critters offline. Find where they are stored on your computer, and open them with notepad. Have fun trying to figure it all out though. XD
So, it's possible, just a lot harder than it is in-game.
Maybe it would require a second .EXE file, but it'd be worth it.
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Actually, you *can* edit MA arcs and custom critters offline. Find where they are stored on your computer, and open them with notepad. Have fun trying to figure it all out though. XD
So, it's possible, just a lot harder than it is in-game.
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Oh Lordy!
Just incase anyone is wondering: DON'T DO THIS! It's confusing as hell!
Considering the new defensive code they just put in to stop people from editting values into ranges they are supposed to go, it would be a major pain trial and erroring an offline editor to find the "acceptable" ranges for all the variables.
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I know there've been calls for an offline character creator that would allow players to create characters without logging onto the servers, but I'd like to call for an offline MA editor.
Lately I've been logging on one character, dealing with horrendous lag times due to heavy traffic, sometimes getting disconnected because I lost my server connection, just to play with the MA Critter Creator or to try tweaking my mission.
I can understand needing to be logged on to upload a mission or to accept a new mission, but I'd like to be able to access the mission design aspects without being online.
Anyone with me?