Modding CXL: mission started

[GlobexCo 33]

I found a program that decrypt all the .pak of Cities XL.
Before starting to post all the "secret things" that I found in those paks, I want to know if MC agree.
So please, can anyone from MC tell me if modding CXL values is possible.

If yes I'll post here everything you need to customize the game.
If not I'll close the thread.
 

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Before starting to make custom buildings we need something between the .3ds model and the .sgbin file.
.pak files contains lots of .class and .sgbin files. I guess that .class are something like a .dat in SC4 and .sgbin something like the .sc4lot in SC4.

[ice444 1]

I would say modding single player is fine however modding planet offer would not be fine (assuming both have different sets of files).

[GlobexCo 33]

Simply you can't mod MC server, you can't mod PO.

[moaku 74]

Wrong, mods actually work for both solo and planet offer, that's also probably why they keep silent for now, having to deal with that issue... however it's starting to take long, since there are many ways to make everyone happy without allowing "mod-cheat" online. PO is as much modable as solo game for now... any mod you use in solo will work the same online... (and may be considered as cheating by mc and lend you to a warning / ban) so be aware of that, and "delete" (i.e. move in another folder where they are not loaded) your mods when playing online to avoid risking ban.

[Aspire 3]

Ah.. The Modding Begins for CXL!

Umm..

When you installed CXL or Registered on the Internet, i think there ws a, "No Modding" section that breaks the agreement, or omething like that (or at leas that was in the beta) and bans you from the PO, and the game. Im not really sure though..

The Beta Should have let people Modd!!! that would make everyone Prepared and Ready when the Game comes out, I Mean, In the beta, they couldn't find a way to Make ramps Stay on one Side of the Highway, but maybe modders would have been able to help..well, maybe later

*i talk too much*

[mchiareli 0]

could you post about the programs used to unpack the .pak file?

[roberto_valverde 0]

It just acts like a .ZIP archive. So all you need to do is open the file with winzip or some like. I think the game half life, had those files too.

[roberto_valverde 0]

search google for "Pak explorer"

[roberto_valverde 0]

doesn't work :-( sorry

[GlobexCo 33]

This thread is quite old; I'll use it to announce some of my new mods.

At the moment the depacker is called "QuickBMS", search it on Google...

Since at the moment mods must be packed, and few users have a reapcker, this thread isn't useful.

MC tried to stop modding, so as I said in the first post, the discussion is closed.

[Asheroo 53]

GlobexCo, MC didn't try to stop modding completely. They only stopped it for the Planet Offer. You can mod the game all you want, just as long as it is not a cheat for the PO.

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: Asheroo

GlobexCo, MC didn't try to stop modding completely. They only stopped it for the Planet Offer. You can mod the game all you want, just as long as it is not a cheat for the PO.quote>

It's very difficult for me doing tests with mods without a repacker.

They promised a mod folder only for SP in November... have you seen something?

[diegobrasilian 0]

could you post about the programs used to repack the files that I modified with the QuickBMS????

[Jeffmaster223 24]

ah...so CXL won't be up for custom creation yet?

bummer...

[Ocram's Razr 963]

I believe that those wanting to create buildings for CitiesXL should start with City Life. They use the same exact scale and sizes, both use SpeedTree and CitiesXL reuses at least some City Life code.

[Asheroo 53]

Just to give an update, the mod developers at CitiesXS have ran out of motivation due to the lack of talk there and the silence of the community. I doubt any modding will happen now until CXL2011, that's why I'm kind of getting back onto SC4, to test out, play around with mods and get my own 3DS Max model buildings into the game. However, I'm still playing CXL, just not much at all, and I still think it's that slightly better (really hate the grid and graphics in SC4). Not to get too off topic here.

[mhosni 20]

That's depressing, I was hoping the Mod community will add more mods to enhance the game while waiting for CXL 2011.

but it seems most people now are losing interest. what a waste

regards,

[GlobexCo 33]

This thread is kinda dead, same thing for true modding.

Expert modders are now at CitiesXS, and since CXL "wall" against modding is still active, it's impossible for users like me to create something new for the game.

MC stopped talking about news about CXL2011 and there's nothing sure about its release... this is an old thread, bumping it again and again isn't very useful; probably we'll come back again to modding as soon as MC release something. But by then, please don't use again this thread - it contains false information and is old... thanks.

And I've got to say that I didn't loose interest in CXL modding, but simply normal people don't have enough tools to really express their mind and create a custom CXL... but this is an old story.

[jeremy12 0]

This is a older thread however it is now possible for everyone to make mods with this application http://code.google.com/p/citiesxlextractor/

[jeffsim 0]

There is a new application to create mods. It is very complete, in french and english.

You can find it here http://www.generation-city.com/citiesxl/pakunpak/English.html.

[kiwispanker 1]

Originally posted by: jeffsim

There is a new application to create mods. It is very complete, in french and english.

You can find it here http://www.generation-city.com/citiesxl/pakunpak/English.html.quote>

jeffsim? you joined in 2004 and this is your FIRST post????

[Jesse Swiss 6]

lol...