modding EU patch 6

[nickroa]

figured id make a new post for this, didnt want to bog down the squad size discussion...

 

been doing reseach about modding xcom, http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Basic_Guide_to_installing_mods#Recent_Discoveries

talks about using hex editing to enable the control of the loose file XComGameCore.ini over the game, however it only has the instuctions on how to do so up until patch 5. hex editing is brand new to me so i dont know how to find this info on my own.

 

anyone know how to do it with patch 6? or did interist in it fall off too dramatically with the release of EW? seems that editing the ini will do pretty much all the things i want the game to do, with squad size being one of the few things wich is not directly controlled

 

 

*update* whent through and found that by following the steps for patch 5, i could locate what seems to be the correct unicode text strings to modify my patch 6 version of EU. made suggessted changes with no result. modified INI file not having effect on game.

 

have already edited host file to ensure EU isnt phoning home. have also tryied in offline mode and w/out connection to network.

 

perhaps there is another hex edit i need to perform?

Edited March 27, 2014 by nickroa

[Drakous79]

Maybe you edited the wrong entry.

 

Open Binaries\Win32\XComGame.exe in hex editor, like HxD and find:

• decimal offset 22535260
• or hexadecimal offset 0x157dc5c

and change hex 58 to 57. Basically it changes

XComGame\Config\DefaultGameCore.ini

to

WComGame\Config\DefaultGameCore.ini

 

Next open XComGame\Config\DefaultGameCore.ini and change:

iType=eItem_ArmorKevlar, iHPBonus=1

to

iType=eItem_ArmorKevlar, iHPBonus=10

so you can confirm it is working.

 

You can try also XCOM Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within Mod Helper with

XCOMModHelper -c EUConfig.xml

Just alter EUConfig.xml to patch only loose ini files loading.

 

Also phone home has to be disabled or Steam in offline mode.

// hosts
127.0.0.1    prod.xcom.firaxis.com

---

You can also search for unicode string prod.xcom.firaxis.com in XComGame.exe and invalidate it to disable phone home.

Edited April 2, 2014 by Drakous79