Zekzt Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Welcome fellow XCOM fans.I have small tech question - is it possible to edit items in XCOM without the exe file modification via resource hacker or modhelper ?For example some of the mods i usually use with my EW works just fine even ehen new game update is applied, and some i do on my own via resource hacker i have to recreate all over from scraps.Im just curious is there any other way to implement such easy mods as change of HP bonus on some armors or items [for example on Chitin Plating from 4 to lets say 8-10].It would be grat if i could create a simple mod i can reaply easly and editing everything over and over in exe with RH is quite annoying. If there is already some guide about that just redirect me to it [since so far i didnt find anything like that]. P.S.Sorry for the grammar, english is not my native language, so do forgive me for any mistakes i might have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazyguy75 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Depends on what you mean. You can edit items into the internal ini in the exe, but most people now just edit the exe to enable external ini loading and disable phoning home, whereupon you never have to touch the exe again (well, until the next update). EDIT: But you do have to have something edit the exe. Modhelper enables the external ini loading, so after that it's simply a matter of editing a single text file. I don't think that Chitin plating's HP bonus is in the ini, but I've never really dealt with that. It may well get into upk modding, which is a lot more difficult. However, armor stats definitely are in there. Edited February 12, 2014 by Krazyguy75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubiousintent Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 What you need to do is look over the 'DefaultGameCore.ini settings - XCOM:EU 2012' article. If it can be modded without hacking the EXE, then it's probably something you can change in that file. You might find some simple changes in the other articles found in the 'Category: Game Files & Modding - XCOM:EU 2012' section as well. If you haven't already, you should read 'Basic Guide to installing mods', and possibly 'Modding XCOM:EU 2012' if you want to look into what is involved with the deeper stuff. -Dubious- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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