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#1
Off-Topic / Modding Video Games
January 08, 2018, 01:48:34 AM
Hi Guys! This is aimed towards anyone with experience in programming, game design, etc.

I am a full time software developer and I have been dabbling with Unity 3D for about 10 years now. My question to the people here is, Does anyone know how the heck Tynan got DLLs to compile at runtime and be used in game? I assume there are standard methods that are called that run the code... But, how does the game read/compile/import these to begin with? I believe Tynan created with game with Unity3D correct? In my experience, you can dump code into a Plugins folder to allow access to it on the fly, but it does not look like this is what was done here.. Considering there is a "Mods" folders, and the DLLs are stored there.

I understand the whole XML parsing / serializing / deserializing and building these into a predefined object structure as I do this every day when running web applications. (Passing around JSON from services, to desktop or browsers). I just don't understand how the game recognizes foreign code though.

I ask this, because I have been developing a 2D indie space sandbox (xcom-like) video game and I would love to have the know-how to add features such as this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrzOipGhKgc


This may be the wrong place to post and ask this, but anyone with any knowledge on this would be very appreciated if they dropped me a reply!
Thanks!  ;)
#2
Bugs / Animal Revenge
May 27, 2017, 12:06:06 PM
While animal revenge is understandable and quite appropriate at times, it'd be really nice if the herd of animals attacking, or re-balancing of the herd was fixed? It's very annoying trying to hunt and there's a group of 30 gazelles that feel necessary to stampede my whole colony because they were being hunted. Once that happens, in every scenario its always been instant game over. I'm not sure why someone thought it was a good idea to add this, but given that it's been present for many alphas... and even with a colony with large amount of security, the herd always pushes through everything and slaughters my colonists. If this is not a bug, then what's the answer? Don't hunt? ........