Profile of Lugie

making something a fence allows it to be constructed in a line - the orientation depends on which end the user starts at and drags to.

tp_tunnel is unused, either a leftover from cut content or maybe something from dawn of war.

I'd like to also see a fixup for singleplayer. Alot of features that were removed or tweaked for multiplayer have really borked the singleplayer campaign. Most of the formations, squad-ai, weapon balancing and even some abilities are either broken or missing entirely.

1) How long did it take to develop the modding tools for CoH2?
A few months, maybe more. Most of the tools were developed with CoH1, so porting it to CoH2 should have been an easy process.

2a) Did Relic build modding support into the core foundation of the game, or add it after the game was complete?
It was built into the core foundation of the game. Almost every aspect of the game is soft-coded, and can be modified outside of the source-code.

2b) What impact (if any) did this have on the development of the modding tools and their functionality?
It made the creation of the tools much easier, as instead of having to include all the source code and requiring the use of a compiler (Like Source SDK), everything can be done by anybody on the fly. Really, most of the tools are just fancy text-editors, each one tooled for the special formats relic uses.

Remember; If it can/should be soft-coded, make it soft-coded. The only things that should be hard-coded in a RTS game should be the most basic elements of the game, or things you dont want being modded (store/account data, basic UI functions, anticheat, etc.)

I'll be stepping away from the CoH series for awhile, probably until Relic decides to lift the restrictions on modding or CoH1 gets some non-ballbreaking tools. Since I dont want to go out with a whimper, here's all the content i've made over the years;

Link

If you just want to browse the files to see how i've done things, or maybe even continue my legacy, you are free to do so.

I want to give a massive thanks to this community. You mates have been both extremely nice and helpful.

Anybody who gets anywhere near a mine has balls of steel in my book.