Creating and Installing mods

[RedRaven]

Here I will post a few basic tutorials. They will be on exactly how to install mods in the DVD and Steam version of the game, and then on how to begin making your own tailor made basic mods.


Give me couple of days to get something comprehensive yet easy to follow written up though !  ;)

[JRD]

Hey... you said you had free time and was in need of something constructive to do... I just tossed it over you ;D  ::)



Kidding... great initiative Red... well done mate... looking forward to your tips and tutorials  ;)

Keep up the great w@&k!!  :-X :-X

[Art Blade]

What, still no tutorials here? Where are they?






;D ;D ;D

Keep it up, Red  :-X

[JRD]

Yeah... no pressure, but I can't progress till you put it together, mate!! How long its gonna take??  ;D ;D ;D

[Art Blade]

ROFL :-X

[RedRaven]

TUTORIAL 1

To use any mod you need to do a couple of things, first find the database files in the games programs folder. It can be found in the following locations depending on which version you have.

DVD RETAIL = C:\Program Files\THQ\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl

STEAM = C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\stalker shadow of chernobyl


When you get there you should see 13 .db files (.db0 to .db9, and .dba to .dbc), as well a few folders, text files and such.

  Now find the file called "fsgame", it is an LTX file. This is the file that tells the game engine where the database files are that are to be used. Make a copy of this file and put it some where safe (that way you always have a 'clean' version to go back to).

Now open the fsgame file from your games folder, to open it right click and open with notepad.Find this line of text (it is usually the 2nd line)

$game_data$        = false|      true|     $fs_root$|           gamedata\
 
now change "false" to "true". So it look like this-

$game_data$        = true|       true|     $fs_root$|           gamedata\


By doing this you are telling the game engine to use any files in the gamedata folder instead of the corresponding files in the database.


Now in the games directory create a folder called "gamedata".So in the DVD version you should have the following 3 folders - bin, gamedata and mods. In the Steam version you will have 4 folders - bin, gamedata, _appdata_ and mods.


Now you are ready to start installing mods into your game. See tutorial 2.

[Art Blade]

Thank you very much, Red  :) :-X

hope we didn't overdo it with the eggs  ;)

[RedRaven]

Its cool, i can take a yolk

[Art Blade]

hahahahah  :-X