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| Legacy - Mission Editor Tool (Beta) - File Description |
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Tech: 10
Quality: 8
Stability: 8
Creativity: 10
Size vs. Usefulness: 10
Installation Instructions: 10
Overall Rating: 9.3 |
Description:
Okay, since many of you do not know about the Mission Editor which was mentioned in the recent poll and in a recent news item, we have decided to mirror the file here for you.
This tool will allow users to create their own missions for Star Trek Legacy. The tool is difficult to use but if you are a competent C++ programmer then we urge you to have a look at this if you are interested and help the developers beta test it to release a proper working tool. This tool includes source code for the editor so if you are capable you can really do something special with this.
A special thanks to the Bethesda Programmers who volunteered their spare time to make this happen. - I second that! 
Pros :
It has the potential to create missions thus expanding the modding community even further
It is another tool which shows the devs care about us
Cons :
You will need prior knowledge of C++ Programming Language to some extent to get this working.
You need to download several sdk's and compiling programs (personally I use Bloodshed Dev C++)
The Editor is released in an "as is" state, therefore what you get is what you have to work with
click here....for the Editor Wiki Page, this is important
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This tool will allow users to create their own missions for Star Trek Legacy. The tool is functional, but is released in an "as is" state. Use of the tool is subject to the terms of the attached EULA. Bethesda will not provide support of any kind, nor are any future updates planned for this tool. However, in an effort to allow for further development of this tool, Bethesda has included the source code for the tool as open source.
The STL Editor is a mod tool for Star Trek Legacy. The Editor was created pro bono by developers at Bethesda Game Studios. We created this wiki to serve the Legacy modding community. Please contribute and help expand the Editor documentation. If you are a programmer, we've included the full source for the Editor so that it can continue to be improved.
[edit] General Information
With this collection of tools, players should now be able to create their own custom missions. Users must have some knowledge of programming languages and how they work. Missions are composed of three types of files: rule(.drl), script(.dsl), and map(.sol). To create these files, users will first have to write their rules and scripts in the Legacy scripting language, then users will use the parsing tools to compile their scripts into .dsl and .drl files. Users can then use the Legacy map editor and link those .drl and .dsl files to the map. Afterwards users will need to edit the legacymissons.xml file to include their new custom mission. Additionally, a open-source front-end tool (LegacyMissionEditor.exe) has been developed that should aid in editing necessary information spread across multiple files.
[edit] Getting Started
-Manual Compilation:
In order to compile a mission, you will need a compiler capable of creating Win32 DLLs. A free and easy solution is to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, available here (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/). You must install the Windows Platform SDK to allow Visual C++ Express to create native Win32 applications (and DLLs). Follow the instructions here: (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/) (don't worry about the fact that the SDK download page calls it the Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK... it isn't specific to that OS). You will also need access to an installed version of the game with the Map Editor enabled. Follow the instructions here to enable Legacy’s built-in map editor: (http://www.legacymods.com/modders/blogs/index.php/ChessMess/2006/12/08/how_to_turn_on_the_legacy_map_editor). Also, you will want to enable the ‘All Missions’ button from the Campaign menu so that you can select your custom mission from a list of all available missions. Follow the instructions here: (http://www.legacymods.com/modders/blogs/index.php/ChessMess/2006/12/13/enabling_all_missions_menu_item).
-Front-end assisted compilation.
If the user has Visual Studio 2005 installed, the Mission Editor is capable of building the .dsl and .drl files for a mission from a single menu item. The tool accomplishes this by invoking Visual Studio's command-line compiler and making use of the current Legacy installation. The Mission Editor is really intended to help take away the grunt work of having to make sure your objectives file, for example, is compatible with your labels file, organizes the data, lets you edit stuff in place, and packages your work up in a shareable format. See the tool's documentation for further details.
Installing
Compiling
Linking
Adding Custom Missions to the All Missions Menu
Objectives
Mission Editor
Mission Importer
Readme Retrieved from "http://stl.bethsoft.com/stmodwiki/index.php/Main_Page" | |
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Total comments: 7 | Last comment: 11-13-2008 at 22:19
CUNGI
From: 
Joined: March 15th, 2006
Posts: 112 | The fact that you need to know c++ rules this out for me. However the fact that its open source hopefully someone can make an easier version for non programmers to use. Good to see some tools being released |
IKS_Yo_Mama
From:  (New York City)
Joined: February 5th, 2005
Posts: 3497 | I've studied on the basics of C++ in 1st year of College, I then moved on to Java but I'll give it a go. I still do some C but it's mostly Java.
I think the release of this is as important as it's function. |
hello77
From: (phoenix)
Joined: April 15th, 2007
Posts: 147 | Cool, i hope some cool missions can come out.... even though this is a beta version.... lol |
michael_appleby
From:  (England)
Joined: May 25th, 2004
Posts: 514 | Well this is nice to see. A step in the right direction! The possibilities for making custom missions are far greater than ever before! |
Prometheus16
From:  (Calgary Alberta)
Joined: January 5th, 2006
Posts: 355 | someday i (hope to) see a whole campain of romulan war missions and dominion war missions... |
_dEjavU_
From: (California)
Joined: July 12th, 2008
Posts: 366 | Sorry yah but I'm just kind of baffled at how people can find anything useful related to ST Legacy with these two links(http://www.legacymods.com/modders/blogs/index.php/ChessMess/2006/12/08/how_to_turn_on_the_legacy_map_editor), (http://www.legacymods.com/modders/blogs/index.php/ChessMess/2006/12/13/enabling_all_missions_menu_item)....I had a similar problem again back then when I was directed there to look for a milkshape plug-in!Is there something in that site I'm missing???!!All I see is a pretty college looking chick with links to useless criterias(useless to modding that is).Can someone fill me in here??! |
acidfluxxbass
From: (Portsmouth)
Joined: August 16th, 2007
Posts: 1627 | deja, that site was scrapped earlier this year. i miss it. was a good site |
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