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Hong Kong Evil · Jul 02, 2007, 02:09 AM // 02:09

yes, i agree a single-player mode that i run guildwar on my own pc and dont need to connect to the server

1. so i can play gw when my network is laggy,
2. some cheat codes are welcomed
3. i can test something in pve because i can unlock everything and max my titles by cheat code

Bowman Artemis · Jul 02, 2007, 02:16 AM // 02:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hong Kong Evil

yes, i agree a single-player mode that i run guildwar on my own pc and dont need to connect to the server

1. so i can play gw when my network is laggy,
2. some cheat codes are welcomed
3. i can test something in pve because i can unlock everything and max my titles by cheat code

The hell did that come from? :P I sure wasn't expecting anything like that.

I'll say this now: Not going to happen.

Explanation:

It's impossible, all the game code is run server-side and until Anet release their full server code and the community gets together a dev. team of it's own (the former is more likely) there will be no conversion of Guild Wars to a single-player game.

Hell, it doesn't even make sense to do. It'd be pretty lonely inside all those huge deserted outposts.

drago34 · Jul 02, 2007, 02:29 AM // 02:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bowman Artemis

The hell did that come from? :P I sure wasn't expecting anything like that.

I'll say this now: Not going to happen.

Explanation:

It's impossible, all the game code is run server-side and until Anet release their full server code and the community gets together a dev. team of it's own (the former is more likely) there will be no conversion of Guild Wars to a single-player game.

Hell, it doesn't even make sense to do. It'd be pretty lonely inside all those huge deserted outposts.

Pretty lonely??? It would be deserted and have a very strong "stranded in the middle of nowhere" feeling to it lol.

Jecht Scye · Jul 02, 2007, 02:38 AM // 02:38

Animations would probably be unaffected.

I've done some texture modding in Command and Conquer: Renegade and The Sims 2 and it's a blast.

Lord-UWR · Jul 02, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00

Um...I don't know about you all, but I actually READ the End User Licence Agreement, and I believe messing with the .dat is not allowed, HOWEVER, it is possible and has been done. I don't believe there is a functional private illegal server for GW, but some of the people who actually attempted it, have their own websites, and maybe you could ask them? (LONG sentence there, sorry X|)

-Loki- · Jul 02, 2007, 07:55 AM // 07:55

They've known about it for a long time. Where do you think the video of Kuntz terror shield came from? He just put that texture on a tower shield.

mazey vorstagg · Jul 02, 2007, 08:28 AM // 08:28

Well, we need Gaile to give us the go ahead

mazey vorstagg · Jul 02, 2007, 09:17 AM // 09:17

Ok, I just tried this and it is easier than you can believe. Admittedly I've had experience modding other games (and when you've done AoM everything looks easy

) but this is great!

This reskin to me mere seconds

Good luck!

p.s. I don't normally have black dye or specialist shoulderpads

We need a new forum for modding now, is that possible?

Etta · Jul 02, 2007, 09:25 AM // 09:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Loki-

They've known about it for a long time.

So, do Anet ok with this? I mean it's against EULA, right? Or they just let it pass as long as it's a little thing like color and skin or sound?

mazey vorstagg · Jul 02, 2007, 10:58 AM // 10:58

http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php/Guild_Wars_DAT

check this out. Although I have a feeling that the .dat extractor is illeagal. Can someone please tell us

JackRabbitSlim · Jul 02, 2007, 01:54 PM // 13:54

A representative from ANet has given this the ok, as mentioned in the OP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emily Diehl

As a general rule of thumb, we don't mind if you do things like this to make your own playing experience more fun. Some people really like to mod, and we recognize that this can often be a valuable learning tool. When you're doing it, though, keep in mind that we ask that you don't use our content to mod other games. Please do not attempt to extract anything from your GW.dat with the intent to use it in a mod for another game or project. Also keep in mind that we can't support any changes you make. In other words, if you try to make some changes and your game crashes, don't contact support because there really isn't anything they will be able to do for you. Make sure you have your disks handy to reinstall

In case anyone was concerned about this reply, keep in mind that alterations that people make to their own .dat files will not affect the play experience of others. All of that important data is stored server side, so any changes that would be able to be made are purely cosmetic. For instance, if someone re-textures their sword to look like a gigantic pickle, they will be the only one to see this change. You won't start seeing people wielding pickle swords running around in random arena any time soon

Also keep in mind that we are always interested to see what stuff you guys come up with. If you do something exceptionally cool that you feel would really benefit the community as a whole, don't be afraid to let us know about it.

Artemis, that UI is looking pretty cool.

MMSDome · Jul 02, 2007, 04:53 PM // 16:53

Yes I definetly think we need a thread where people can post their modded things and allow us to download them

Its going to be amazing when I go to DL some skins and have to sift through all the Chuck Norris mods.

scrinner · Jul 02, 2007, 05:35 PM // 17:35

So... who wants to be that lucky guy to make his name in Guildwars history and make the community a pickle skin?

I WANTS!

Besides that, this is awesome though would the regular updates interfere? Would the client be able to update then seeing as your version is edited and the versions wouldn't match anymore?

mazey vorstagg · Jul 02, 2007, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Well, it doesn't actually replace anything. All it does is make the .exe look for your texture over and above the texture included with the game. So, as far as the client's concerned it doesn't notice a thing.

To JackrabbitSlim: I was under the impression that the go-ahead was referring to using Texmod not hacking open the .dat file as the program I posted above can do.

JackRabbitSlim · Jul 02, 2007, 08:03 PM // 20:03

Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding, I was referring to Texmod as well. A few people seemed unsure whether it had been given an OK.

On a separate topic, have you worked on anything else since that armor skin? I've been concentrating on the UI, really (couple of examples here), so I'd love to see any other stuff.

prism2525 · Jul 02, 2007, 08:30 PM // 20:30

btw, jack, your spirit radar is a bit off. the range is a bit too large.

JackRabbitSlim · Jul 02, 2007, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Cheers, I'll try and tweak it a little. I haven't really had time to test it fully yet.

Shadow Kurd · Jul 02, 2007, 09:45 PM // 21:45

I see you all found my modding guide

Just a note for people concerned about the gw.dat:
Textmod exports the textures that have been loaded into the memory and then "guides" the gw.exe to use the exported textures instead of the ones in gw.dat. So your actually editing copies of the texture.

On thing tho when you make mods, leave the credits either in the Creator box in Textmod or at the log-in screen, don't put your name on every bar,tab,box etc etc etc.

Have fun with it, although i wrote the guide I'm too lazy to create my own mod

.

Oh.. and when you make a mod upload it somewhere and leave a note on My talk page or the Guide's talkpage and we will list it on the page

Happy modding

SaucE · Jul 02, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Ok, I had to do it.

PICKLE SWORD FTW!!!

JackRabbitSlim · Jul 02, 2007, 10:50 PM // 22:50

Thread won. Now to show this to Emily