Starcraft Modding (Adding Units)

[gamer102]

Nothing is Impossible

1) Blizzard added units to SC, Why can't you?
We don't have tools to do this, you have to do it manually.

If you can add grp files and unit scripts and arsenal commands it will work, but its too complicated

you need all the files changed for it to work

look at the pic. there, you need to add grp files start out with bullet grp's
and have it exe with staredit whatever you do though i found out that there can only be so many units

[Zaeyel]

Sure blizzard did it, but dont you realize they made the game and have all the codes for compile/decompile? They wrote the program, of course changing some in the code is all posible for them, but can you decompile and add code to their game?
Lol I always say that, 'Nothings Impossible', its a moto that I use. (In referring to say making sc 3d or a fps, just gotta break their code, program.)

Wow old member yet so many posts
Im guessing one of two things, you've come back from a long away Or you are paticular about your posts.

[Dusty]

Um no offense but what is this thread about? Exploreing the possiblity of new units or telling how 2?

[gamer102]

Zaeyel
1) No, I can't, but i've been thinking about it for a while. I've made some mods with GUI changes. Plus I have had some experiance with modding, found out a few of arsenal III unknowns, testing

I have found out that you can edit arsenal III's stat_txt and it will use that for the units.dat
Arsenal uses the defualt files already that it came with.
look at ars III if you edit that file, arsenal will use those names thats why they say never to move the folder arr
i took out the zerg room from stardat.mpq
you can basically change anything, you need to know the filename of it.

ceaser342
Exploring, and none taken

Here is a pretty cool patch for the dragoon. hope you like it. works for all versions

[StarModder]

Lol we are currently doing this in our new mod, we are adding a whole new race, but i cant release the deatails about how yet.

[Scourge_Splitter]

well I can do quite a lot with arsenal III, retro GRP, ICE CC and a couple more programs but adding buttons, new units, ad that crap... I don't understand the hell of it...
IF possible, how can that be done (except using stargraft)

[gamer102]

Got into SC=11
SC modding=12
better mod=13
now im=15 years old, i know ALMOST alot about it (look when i signed up)
thought about applying for blizzard

I know how to put custom music in you mod, but too big of a file
you know how to run a patch just put the music file as protoss,zerg,terran 1-3
ex: mypatch\music\renamed music file

I WILL HAVE A PATCH WITH CUSTOM CURSOR SOUNDS\10 SEC. MUSIC FILES

I opened up install.exe on broodwar cd and found the music folder.

New Subject: how SC\WC\Blizzard games works
.dll files->programming\game scripts\what to do with game data
.mpq files->all the data for the game

[mongoose41]

Got into SC=11
SC modding=12
better mod=13
now im=15 years old, i know ALMOST alot about it (look when i signed up)
thought about applying for blizzard
Got into SC=11 3/4
SC modding=12
HEAVY MODDING=13
Warboards=13
I am=13

The dll's are mostly for decoding mpq and smk files.

Lol we are currently doing this in our new mod, we are adding a whole new race, but i cant release the deatails about how yet.Is that that thread that I saw and posted those qoutes with U238's name changes?

[U-238]

Is that that thread that I saw and posted those qoutes with U238's name changes?

Ha, ha, ha, very funny.

@gamer102: I don't think you quite understand exactly how that works. Adding units to the game is quite different that just modding in general. There's really only two people here on WB's(that I know of.) that know how to do it. Adding units isn't just a deal where you add an extra entry to units.dat and give hiom a graphic and you're done boom you have a unit. It doesn't work that way. The only way (for now) that you can actually add units to the game is to hex the exe to accept the changes and that means moving around and relocateing memory which isn't simple and there's currently no programs that can do this for the current version of SC. So, if one was to add a unit then you'd have to do everything above and it's time consuming beleive me. So as of the current time period.

Adding units requires exe editing

There arn't too many people who can do it.

Threrfore adding units isn't too realistic of an idea at the current time.

U-238

[mongoose41]

Ha, ha, ha, very funny.
Yes. It was!
@gamer102: I don't think you quite understand exactly how that works. Adding units.....There was a program called SCEX or something... NOT SCXE!!! That could add units to SC v1.07, but it was hard to use, and Blizz released more patches for SC, effectively requiring someone to input all the NEW offsets, but sadly it could not be modified to work w/ the newer versions due to a change in the structure to prevent data loss.

You know two people who can? Who are they?

[U-238]

Yes. It was!


Shut uppp...

There was a program called SCEX or something... NOT SCXE!!! That could add units to SC v1.07, but it was hard to use, and Blizz released more patches for SC, effectively requiring someone to input all the NEW offsets, but sadly it could not be modified to work w/ the newer versions due to a change in the structure to prevent data loss.


Yea and I've got it. It wasn't hard at all to use but with the newer versions of SC you couldn't use it. Even if you saved the 1.07 exe and tried that it doesn't work. And the scource is out there and I've got that too but I'm not going to modify that as it would take too long. DoA might put the ability to edit dat sizes in Firegraft in the future but it'll be awhile before he does.

You know two people who can? Who are they?

Well there's DoA of course and then there's this other person here on WB's. He populates the forums often but some people make fun of him for certain resons. I beleive you know him.

[mongoose41]

Well there's DoA of course and then there's this other person here on WB's. He populates the forums often but some people make fun of him for certain resons. I beleive you know him.Do you, by chance, mean yourself?