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[Nightingale1]

c2-mod-kit is a modding utility that aims to enable modders to better use in-game debug information and engine capabilities to mod Commandos 2 more easily. It works only on C2:DP 1.42 and C2-Nightingale mod.

It has a scripting prompt where you can execute commands and see the changes in game.

 

note: I have dropped C3 support.

Current features (Updated on 2016/06/22):

• Toggle overlay debug info (FPS, Mouse location info, ...).
• Toggle debug render options (Sectors, Sector Ids, Masks, ...)
• Getting a list of all objects in the scene.
• Spawning custom objects.
• Logging opened files and parsed tags.

Here is a screenshot:

Instructions:

• Download latest binary from here.
• Extract files into your Commandos 2 folder, where "comm2.exe" is.
• Run "c2-mod-kit.exe"
• In the console type the following command and press enter:
  

  %resume
  

Spawning:

While in a mission, you can spawn cigarettes by pressing CTRL+Z and German soldiers by CTRL+X.

 

Logs:

Logs are written in "c2-mod-kit.log".

 

Console:

You can run commands in the console and see the changes in the game:

Here are two example scripts to write and execute (Press enter after each line):

g = c2.getCurrentGame()
g.toggleDebugOverlay(1)
v = g.getMainViewport()
v.enableDebugRenderOption(2, 0)

g = c3.getCurrentGame()
g.toggleDebugOverlay(1)
v = g.getMainViewport()
v.enableDebugRenderOption(20, 0)

You can change the input to the functions and see other debug options. Be careful that some settings will crash the game.

Edited by Nightingale1, 25 June 2016 - 05:41 PM.

[The Mercenary]

Huh, that's Chinese for me.

[Salvadorc17]

You can change the input to the functions and see other debug options. Be careful that some settings will crash the game.

The crash is becuase wrong function parameters, or memory acess violation??

[Nightingale1]

 

You can change the input to the functions and see other debug options. Be careful that some settings will crash the game.

The crash is becuase wrong function parameters, or memory acess violation??

 

 

I guess since C++ doesn't have array boundary checking, wrong parameters change wrong places in memory where leads to crash. You can mostly find valid numbers by counting up from 0 until a crash happens.

[Salvadorc17]

I guess since C++ doesn't have array boundary checking, wrong parameters change wrong places in memory where leads to crash. You can mostly find valid numbers by counting up from 0 until a crash happens.

So i need to move from 0 in memory adress to the pointer where adress of function is located?? That is what you mean??

[Nightingale1]

 

I guess since C++ doesn't have array boundary checking, wrong parameters change wrong places in memory where leads to crash. You can mostly find valid numbers by counting up from 0 until a crash happens.

So i need to move from 0 in memory adress to the pointer where adress of function is located?? That is what you mean??

 

 

No you need to change the function parameters from 0 up so you can find out the correct parameters.

 

For example:

g.toggleDebugOverlay(0)  // This one toggles FPS overlay
g.toggleDebugOverlay(1)  // This one toggles Cursor position overlay
...

[Salvadorc17]

No you need to change the function parameters from 0 up so you can find out the correct parameters.
 
For example:

g.toggleDebugOverlay(0)  // This one toggles FPS overlay
g.toggleDebugOverlay(1)  // This one toggles Cursor position overlay

Yes, no problem, have you tried other functions that does not have only 0 and 1 as value, maybe some function to spawn enemies or something else..

[Nightingale1]

 

No you need to change the function parameters from 0 up so you can find out the correct parameters.
 
For example:

g.toggleDebugOverlay(0)  // This one toggles FPS overlay
g.toggleDebugOverlay(1)  // This one toggles Cursor position overlay

Yes, no problem, have you tried other functions that does not have only 0 and 1 as value, maybe some function to spawn enemies or something else..

 

 

I am trying to find ways to spawn and modify objects. But it's much harder than these simple functions that I managed to find.

I'm searching for the function that lists the objects in the scene, after that I'll search for function that can *delete* objects.

After that finding ways to spawn objects will be much easier.

[Salvadorc17]

You have update source, can you post your results here, with some screenshots?

[Nightingale1]

Hey guys, I just uploaded an standalone test version here.

1. Copy the two files from the archive to your commandos 2 folder (where comm2.exe is)
2. Start c2-mod-kit.exe
3. In the opened command prompt type:
   

   %resume
   

4. Press enter and the game should start.

 

In this test version you can spawn german soldiers with CTRL+X and spawn cigarette packs with CTRL+Z

 

I would really appreciate if you share your test results here.

[canstay]

Hey guys, I just uploaded an standalone test version here.

1. Copy the two files from the archive to your commandos 2 folder (where comm2.exe is)
2. Start c2-mod-kit.exe
3. In the opened command prompt type:
   

   %resume
   

4. Press enter and the game should start.

 

In this test version you can spawn german soldiers with CTRL+X and spawn cigarette packs with CTRL+Z

 

I would really appreciate if you share your test results here.

But how to activate the add of the enemy, how to save the code to the MIS file ？

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[Nightingale1]

 

Hey guys, I just uploaded an standalone test version here.

1. Copy the two files from the archive to your commandos 2 folder (where comm2.exe is)
2. Start c2-mod-kit.exe
3. In the opened command prompt type:
   

   %resume
   

4. Press enter and the game should start.

 

In this test version you can spawn german soldiers with CTRL+X and spawn cigarette packs with CTRL+Z

 

I would really appreciate if you share your test results here.

But how to activate the add of the enemy, how to save the code to the MIS file ？

 

 

Thank you for sharing the screenshot, it's good to know that it works.

 

This version is for testing only, there is still a lot to do to be able to save the mission, but I'm working on it.

 

My plan is to figure out important functions and get help from community to understand them and find ways to use them.

[canstay]

interesting

[Nightingale1]

I added logging features to c2-mod-kit.

I also updated the instructions, you can run it easily by downloading the precompiled binaries.

[herbert3000]

I wish I had the logging feature a few years ago

Looking at the end of the log file to figure out which script file crashed the game is much more comfortable than manually checking the MIS file for spelling errors or missing resources.

 

Would it be possible to detect invalid keywords in the MIS/BAS scripts? I think that the missions from Commandos 3 (converted to C2) have some keywords that are unkown in C2. Maybe those are responsible for corrupted save games.

 

BTW, getCurrentViewport() from the example script doesn't work anymore, is getMainViewport() the equivalent function?

[Nightingale1]

I wish I had the logging feature a few years ago

Looking at the end of the log file to figure out which script file crashed the game is much more comfortable than manually checking the MIS file for spelling errors or missing resources.

 

Would it be possible to detect invalid keywords in the MIS/BAS scripts? I think that the missions from Commandos 3 (converted to C2) have some keywords that are unkown in C2. Maybe those are responsible for corrupted save games.

 

BTW, getCurrentViewport() from the example script doesn't work anymore, is getMainViewport() the equivalent function?

 

I know the hassle of manually finding errors, it really sucks.

I think I saw something in code about handling invalid keywords, I'll let you know if I managed to add this to the logging feature.

Please keep mentioning ideas about features that could help modders like yourself, I'll be really happy to help as much as I can.

 

and yes, I forgot to change it in the thread, thank you for informing me.

[Salvadorc17]

Good to see youre making progress in c2 modkit, but why you have dropped c3 support??

[Nightingale1]

Good to see youre making progress in c2 modkit, but why you have dropped c3 support??

 

I thought that no-one is using it to mod C3 so I dropped it, but I'll be happy to bring back the support if it can be helpful to the community.

 

What do you guys think that could be done to make C3 more moddable? And is it worth the effort?

[Salvadorc17]

Yes, c3 deserves a debug version.. It is worth, because can also be modded...

[Nightingale1]

Yes, c3 deserves a debug version.. It is worth, because can also be modded...

 

So I will try to bring back the C3 support as soon as I finished adding more logging features to C2.

Any ideas about what features could help modders more? I guess the debug options and logging would be a good start.