Mid's Custom Critter Creator?
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2009-12-01 13:52 in Suggestions and Ideas
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And why would the people in charge of Mid's, who don't work for this game, go through all of that work?
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Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
Pleeease? lol
[either as a stand-alone or as an AT addition] |
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"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus
As Aett says, Mids is not supported by NCSoft it's an independent program developend by members of the community. If you really want to suggest it to them you'll need to go here:
http://cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?board=61.0
I doubt they'll do it though, it's a awful lot of work for something that is honestly pretty useless. The AE interface in the game tells you everything you need to know about the critters stats, you can't give them enhancements so there's no point mucking around with slotting.
Actually... it should be an easier deal to put together than the standard Mid's. It would pretty much be a power placement prog with stats; without snags such as enhancements, slotting, temps, AT modifiers or inherents.
A visual planner/utility for those that want to see the cogs behind the critters they're throwing out or those that want a visual setup of experimental combos.
Even if it's just another AT selection (choosing 'Critter' as the AT instead of the standards) subroutine that allows for freeform selection of powersets/powers (following the limitations of the applicable live version of the Critter Creator); that would be well enough.
And, like before, I am not posing this suggestion only to the current Mid's contributers (to me, it appears to have been an open source project of sorts); anyone that might have a wild hair, some time and the aptitude to come up with an unofficial update or even detailed instructions on how to modify the database to allow the addition of a new AT and corresponding powersets is more than welcome to give it a go.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
Mids is not actually an open source project as far as I know. It's free as in beer but not speech
I know the official versions have been worked and released by a select few however, they have also been a few unofficial updates and a few guides on altering/adding individual powersets. I haven't heard of any restrictions concerning either of these; which is why I view the overall deal as open-source; even if the official updates aren't. IMO
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
Maybe you do, but open-source as a technical term does not apply to Mids. The changes that you're referring to are all edits to the database that Mids draws from rather than changes to the codebase. It's equivalent to using custom skins in a FPS, you're modifying how the game appears to you but not the underlying game.
Now it would (I believe) be possible for a person to go through and add new versions of the powersets for custom critters I just can't see it being worth the effort.
Pleeease? lol
[either as a stand-alone or as an AT addition]
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars