I've been browsing the official C&C forums recently and there are always interesting things over there. At least two of them, may deserve your attention, if you are interested on modding C&C3, of course.


Build Mod Express: You know that the Build Tool from the mod SDK have several little and annoying bugs, dispite all tests done to it at EALA. Fortunatelly, these little bugs can be sorted with several work arounds. The Build Mod Express, made by sc0pez, provides a user interface for you to use the Build Tool and, also uses these work arounds to avoid headaches when using the mod SDK. The version 2 was recently released and comes with the following changelog:


The new feature list is as follows:

- Build mod.xml : Runs binaryassetbuilder on mod.xml, the standard way of building your mod.

- Build mod_l.xml : Runs binaryassetbuilder on mod_l.xml if it exists, if it doesnt, it will create a mod_l.xml from your mod.xml. Solving the LOD problem so many of you had.

- Copy Mod.str : Copies your mod.str file if it exists.

- Copy Shaders : Copies Shaders from the normal folder, and also copies any shaders found in MOD SDK\Mods\Your Mod\Shaders.

- Copy Ini : Copies any Ini files found in MOD SDK\Mods\Your Mod\Ini ready to be included into your big archive.

- Run Make Big : Creates a big archive of your mod and copies it to your mod folder in My Docs.

- Create SkuDef : Creates a SkuDef for your mod from the infomation gathered in the application such as mod version and game version.

- Cleanup : Cleans up your MOD SDK\Builtmods\mods folder to ensure clean builds of your mods.

You can get hold of the new version from http://hixin.pwp. blueyonder.co.uk/BuildModExpress.zip



Mod SDK Wiki: The same sc0pez created a wiki for all mod SDK problems you may face... and the wiki is located in his new site HERE.


Way to go! Enjoy it.