Can someone give a basic rundown of starting a mod?

Pheus

I've spent the last few hours trying various things to no avail. I can't figure out how to get a simple mod up and running, and I haven't been able to find any documentation or guides at all.

I would really appreciate it if someone could give me a basic rundown of how to start a mod - what to copy where etc, and then how to test it ingame. I mean super basic, i.e. making a mod that has half gravity, then testing it on a normal map.

Huze

• Create a MODNAME directory in your ns2 directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\natural selection 2\MODNAME"
• Create a shortcut to NS2.exe
• Edit the properties of the shortcut, append '-game MODNAME' to the end of the target.
• Create a lua directory in your MODNAME directory
• Copy files from "...common\natural selection 2\ns2\lua" and modify

When you launch the game via the shortcut you created, everything in your 'MODNAME' directory will be loaded instead of the default 'ns2' files.

Huze

I should also mention consistency checking. This can be really annoying even when developing locally. I turn it off completely.

• Navigate to: "%appdata%/natural selection 2/"
• Edit ConsistencyConfig.json (any editor will do, notepad is fine)
• Replace what's in the file with:

  { "check": [  ] }
  

This tells your local server to not check any files for consistency.

Rio

Huze wrote: »

Edit the properties of the shortcut, append '-game MODNAME' to the end of the target.

If you also add '-hotload' to your shortcut, your files get reloaded in game if you save them.

Pheus

Thanks guys! got it working

SquishpokePOOPFACE

Huze wrote: »

• Edit the properties of the shortcut, append '-game MODNAME' to the end of the target.

@Huze This doesn't work. Says "specified in target box invalid"


edit: fixed... it's gotta have a space after the quote for some reason. Like "ns2.exe" -game MODNAME