Once we get clear of the bug fixes, I'll ask the programmers if there is a better way for you all to compare diffs. I know Silvio is working on updating the Official Modding guide which will have notes on the new changes.

Hey everyone! Crimson Court work is coming to a head and I wanted to check in and make sure we are still gathering feature requests and fixes to help improve the modding of Darkest Dungeon. I'd like to make sure my backlog on modding support is accurate!

Originally posted by ActionJack:

Thanks, that did help.
I was calling the wrong enemy name before. (need to be not just Hag, but hag_A)

But how to change out those 4 crusaders.......

Look up the starting_roster.json and edit that file to set the starting party, but know the skills will still be randomized.

Originally posted by ActionJack:

eureka

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Originally posted by ActionJack:

Oh, those are already included in the original example.

So in doing lots testing... I was able to make a new bank and call it into the game.
But I hope more to reuse some of the asset by using their GUID.
However, the tricky thing I found is that it sometime work... sometime not. And can't say for sure why that is so yet.

Oh I didn't think the Colours2 or the ZZZ mod examples were already included my bad.

We haven't pushed any changes to the game since that exporter fix for the custom maps.

As for FMOD support. I know its currently possible to do it, as we put everything in and I know Keir did a sample mod to test and got it to work, but we know that it is also pretty easy to mess up and break things.

So I asked Keir to share with me the example mod he made to pass to you guys and hopefully you all can use it to help see what might be going wrong.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nwye35s1z8j3dql/AAAOkYLv7cEcU4OXLdT0uBB0a?dl=0

So in that dropbox folder there are 3 zips with the contents expanded for viewing. First is the Audio Resource Package that you need to use with FMOD. BE SURE TO READ THE README first.

Second there is a Colours2 mod, and a ZZZ mod. The ZZZ mod is the data side of an FMOD mod. And Colours2 is the ZZZ mod put into the Colours2 mod.

Again I couldn't have Keir, Pierre or Kevin (from PowerupAudio) to look into it right now to help make the process easier or make better documentation as they are all busy with CC work.

So hopefully these files can help you all at least start looking into it more, and if you can help us make better documentation we will include it on the official Steam Workshop Guide as well as when we get time make any improvements that you discover.

Originally posted by Facepalmtheater:

I appreciate that thanks!

Okay Brooks answered it and we made a post for future questions: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/dd-workshop/discussions/0/135514800409348324/

Hey Modders!

So Brooks took the time to write up a brief synopsis of what you need to use to make animations for Darkest Dungeon.

Some quick info about how we use Spine for Darkest Dungeon

• Darkest Dungeon animation content is authored in Spine and exported using Spine’s proprietary binary format (.skel).
  
• Darkest Dungeon uses the Spine C++ runtime and a custom C++ binary reader to read the binary (.skel) format.
  
• We are currently locked on version 2.1.27 of the Spine editor. Upgrading at this point means also updating the reader and the runtime, and potentially re-exporting and quality assuring all the animation. We’d rather invest our time elsewhere since that buys us very little.
  
• Purchasing the Essential license of Esoteric’s Spine will run you $70 USD, but it will allow you to export into the binary (.skel) format. This will be latest version (they are up to 3.6 beta last time I checked), but in the editor’s setting, you can rollback to version 2.1.27 so you’re running the correct version for exporting to Darkest Dungeon.
  
• As far as I know, there is no other software package available that will export into Spine’s binary format, and even if there was, that format may not be in line with the 2.1.27 version. There are some free software packages (such as Inkscape - and possibly Dragonbones) which that will export into Spine’s JSON format, but currently the game does not recognize those.

Please use this thread to ask any further questions and I or Brooks will respond.

I'm not super familiar with the software they are suggesting, but it's worth a shot! I'll ask our animator to take a look and see.

I believe the 70 dollar version of Spine should allow you to do all that you need to do for sprites in our game.