MM2 Source code effects
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:07 pm
Hi guys,
I've been working with MM2 source code a bit and I found an interesting part of code. There is name of file, which starts , when there is MM2.lock file in directory with game. I've changed it to midtown2.exe to make patch, which disables opening of Trouble.rtf and starts midtown2.exe, so you don't have to delete MM2.lock or use lockkiller. I've submitted this patch to downloads, so I hope, that it'll be posted in downloads tommorow
I've also found, that you are able to change format of files, that are loaded with game (.ar). That opens doors for something like MM2X game, version with most of good mods for MM2 I've made something like this, but I can't publish it, because most of cars are made by someone else That's because I'm too impatient for modeling, so I just use non-locked archives with cars
The thing is, that it would be nice, if we've made a version of midtown madness 2, which will be free to get (as I know, MM2 is now abandonware) and I had also an idea of launcher, where you'll be also able to download new cars from something like eshop, which will be uploaded on some server (I've one, but the upload speed is slow (64kb/s) :/) and you will be able to download them to game on start. Today I've started working on that launcher, but I'm kind a newbie in programing, but father is programmer and he promised me to help with it
I'm back after a long time, but I don't want to let this project end up, like me older projects (Skin mod, Old skin mod, Nitra city, Roman city).
Hope you will like that idea
PS: Sorry for my english, I'm Slovak
I've been working with MM2 source code a bit and I found an interesting part of code. There is name of file, which starts , when there is MM2.lock file in directory with game. I've changed it to midtown2.exe to make patch, which disables opening of Trouble.rtf and starts midtown2.exe, so you don't have to delete MM2.lock or use lockkiller. I've submitted this patch to downloads, so I hope, that it'll be posted in downloads tommorow
I've also found, that you are able to change format of files, that are loaded with game (.ar). That opens doors for something like MM2X game, version with most of good mods for MM2 I've made something like this, but I can't publish it, because most of cars are made by someone else That's because I'm too impatient for modeling, so I just use non-locked archives with cars
The thing is, that it would be nice, if we've made a version of midtown madness 2, which will be free to get (as I know, MM2 is now abandonware) and I had also an idea of launcher, where you'll be also able to download new cars from something like eshop, which will be uploaded on some server (I've one, but the upload speed is slow (64kb/s) :/) and you will be able to download them to game on start. Today I've started working on that launcher, but I'm kind a newbie in programing, but father is programmer and he promised me to help with it
I'm back after a long time, but I don't want to let this project end up, like me older projects (Skin mod, Old skin mod, Nitra city, Roman city).
Hope you will like that idea
PS: Sorry for my english, I'm Slovak