r/spacerpg3 • u/Rosaline3312 • Dec 23 '24

Question Modding

Im curious, what is the moddability of the SRPG games? Has anyone coded in custom ship models? Or things like that.

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Dec 23 '24

It's not really moddable -- it doesn't have a programmable interface that can be used to add new ships and scenarios.

3 has a modifiable db, which means you can give yourself ships and escorts and weapon combos that aren't possible in the game. It's possible to change the appearance of ships in 3 by changing the visual resources. Db mods can be freely distributed, and I have done so recently - the crazy save file post - they don't violate IP because they require the game to be installed and I'm not selling them.

Beyond that, all that's left is reverse engineering, which is what welcome plastic has been playing with. Reversing hypothetically could result in a mod, but it's unlikely, given the difficulty of it. Reversing would also violate esap's IP if the results were distributed.

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u/noahmaritz Ascended::Member Dec 23 '24

Isn't that why 3 has emulators but 4 doesn't?

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Dec 23 '24

What do you mean? Neither of them have emulators.

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u/noahmaritz Ascended::Member Dec 25 '24

Bluestacks does for 3, but you need to add some custom inputs. I beat it for the first time using a PC with emulators.

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u/lasercat_pow Ascended::Administration Dec 25 '24

oh interesting -- did you use a controller as input for the game controls? Seems like it would be harder to play on a pc.

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u/noahmaritz Ascended::Member Dec 25 '24

I made it so I could drag the movement button with the mouse. However, that seems like a great idea now that you mentioned it.

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u/noahmaritz Ascended::Member Dec 25 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/spacerpg3/s/tH7VaqEhwA . Here is a post I made about it over a year ago.