Extremely basic questions from an extreme newbie.

[Raistlin_Majere]

Hey all. I'm picking up the game again after more than 20 years I'm not sure how to get started modding--I don't even know what version of the game I should have. Right now I have the GOG version. I have Windows 10, do I need a different version of that?

Specific things I'm interested in as I get started are changing unit speeds and attack cooldowns, two things you can't do in the map editor.

[Mistral]

gog is shit
get normal game from https://en.war2.ru/downloads/
this is our version
you can play on our serv we have many new cool stuff going on out there

[dannyldd]

Hey all. I'm picking up the game again after more than 20 years I'm not sure how to get started modding--I don't even know what version of the game I should have. Right now I have the GOG version. I have Windows 10, do I need a different version of that?

Specific things I'm interested in as I get started are changing unit speeds and attack cooldowns, two things you can't do in the map editor.

The question is too open. What type of modding are you looking for?

the best version is from this russian community, in https://en.war2.ru War2 Combat Edition

This is the only version that allows big modding capabilities compared to the very limited ways it had prior to 2020.

1) About the attack speeds, i know how to do it but there's no tutorials for it by now. Dont know how many people may be interested on that.

[Pandaprewmaster325]

1) About the attack speeds, i know how to do it but there's no tutorials for it by now. Dont know how many people may be interested on that.

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May you be so kind to share such knowledge with the rest of the people? It would be valuable considering how obscure this game is.

[dannyldd]

Some few other guys may have asked me for such a thing, which I planned to do long time ago and upload quite a couple of videos to Youtube, but the thing is that how many people are interested in.

I get so little support or feedback about of my mods that making work for any of these video tutorials make me think how actually worthy is to do them.

either way, if ever being uploaded, they would be either in:

dannyldd[/member]]http://www.youtube.com/@dannyldd

or

http://www.youtube.com/@dannype3

[Pandaprewmaster325]

Some few other guys may have asked me for such a thing, which I planned to do long time ago and upload quite a couple of videos to Youtube, but the thing is that how many people are interested in.

I get so little support or feedback about of my mods that making a work for any of these video tutorials make me think how actually worthy is to do them.

either way, if ever being uploaded, they would be either in:

dannyldd[/member]]http://www.youtube.com/@dannyldd
or
http://www.youtube.com/@dannype3

Look I know what you are talking about you don't want to get invested into something that may or may not be useful but the thing is in this world somewhere in the far reaches of the net somebody wants to mod wc2 but doesn't know how the only thing stopping him from doing so is cuz no tutorials so I say share the knowledge even if it means 1 or 2 get the knowledge you may not be the person with the most free time on their hands but it would be greatly appreciated by many people you said you got many requests as such people WANT the tutorials look I always had difficulty getting started in modding some games cuz no proper tutorials were made now that I know how to mod these games I don't want others to spend months of constant Pickering trying to figure out how to get to the data so I say DO IT man DO IT

[Raistlin_Majere]

The question is too open. What type of modding are you looking for?

I'd like to modify existing units, and eventually add a couple new units and buildings. Ultimately I want to make a version that is dynamically balanced so that Alliance and Horde are more different from each other. I realize that starting from 0 that is a big project, so we'll see how it goes.

the best version is from this russian community, in https://en.war2.ru War2 Combat Edition

This is the only version that allows big modding capabilities compared to the very limited ways it had prior to 2020.

Good to know. Thank you, and thanks to Mistral as well.

[Pandaprewmaster325]

So you are intending to make a mod too? What you planning exactly?

[Raistlin_Majere]

So you are intending to make a mod too? What you planning exactly?

First I want to test the viability of a core concept of the mod, which is some units having a hit-and-run role. They would be ranged units with high speed that could shoot at enemies and run away before being killed. If this turns out to work in playtesting, I would proceed to develop the mod further. This is why I want to start by experimenting with unit speeds.

[Mistral]

check out my github on other war2 mods
https://github.com/Mistral-war2ru/War2Mod
seq_change function is what can be used to change units animation speed from C++ code

[Raistlin_Majere]

check out my github on other war2 mods
https://github.com/Mistral-war2ru/War2Mod
seq_change function is what can be used to change units animation speed from C++ code

Thanks!