modding software(s) question

Sprog · Post by **Sprog** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:00 am

pretty much summed up in the description, what software do i need to make a proper openra mod? ive been meaning to ask this for a while but never got the time to find anything on the forums.

riderr3 · Post by **riderr3** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:08 pm

for editing .mix files you can use xcc mixer, some other things can be changed with editing the yaml files

Sprog · Post by **Sprog** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:11 am

I looked around, and i have 2 questions:
1, what are .shp files and how do i edit/make them?
2, where are the .mix files and what do they do?

Holloweye · Post by **Holloweye** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:52 am

Sprog wrote: ↑I looked around, and i have 2 questions:
1, what are .shp files and how do i edit/make them?
2, where are the .mix files and what do they do?

1. SHP files are basically a collection images and some other data. You can convert them to PNG on XCC Mixer. Then you can edit the images and then convert them back to SHP again (again with XCC Mixer).

2. MIX files are a archive with files.

You should join the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net #openra) then I could provide you the information you need to start modding OpenRA.