Any guides for building your own Sponsor?

[Gel214th]

Are there any guides to creating your own sponsor in the game?

I looked around and couldn't find one.

 

[NotSoLoneWolf]

The game has been out for a week, there are no guides on ANYTHING. That said, here's my recommendations on how to get started:

First, download ModBuddy. This is the tool you will be using to create, debug, and compile mods. Open up Steam, hover over the Library tab button, and go down and select Tools. Then find the Civilization Beyond Earth SDK, and download it. Congratulations! When you run the SDK, you will see two options; for FireTuner, a more advanced LuA code editor, and ModBuddy, the basic XML-based mod compiling tool that all Civ modders need.

Second, read Kael's Modding Guide, specifically all the way from the start to the end of Add a Trait section. It is for Civ 5, and it is heavily outdated, but it is still the best resource on how to mod Civlilzation games. Civ: BE is very similar to Civ 5, and alot of what he says still applies.

Third, download a Sponsor mod from the Steam Workshop and poke around in it - modify their starting units, their leader's model from Hutama to Kozlov, etc. I would recommend donald23's North European Space Organization mod, as he put helpful comments into the code of his mod for beginners. His mod was also the first Sponsor mod created for Beyond Earth, so you can be assured he knows what he's doing.

Then try your hand at creating a Sponsor yourself. Download a sponsor mod, and copy all the files into ModBuddy. Go through each one slowly, modifying the files to your liking, and come back to this thread if you need any help. Or add me on Steam, I started modding with Civ: BE too and I am doing the exact same thing you are, so I could be of some use. My Steam name is Cannon Fodder.

 

[lilgamefreek]

Something to add onto your speech NotSoLoneWolf, tell them to look in the assets folder of Beyond Earth's main directory. It's a useful resource after they've looked at other people's mods and they're searching for something a little different.

 

[PlymJim]

I am currently in the process of working through the same idea, trying to figure out all the options to change, add, and remove sponsors. Tracking down just what is needed and what is not. Slowly annotating it all with comments as well. If enough people are interested I am more than happy to post the resulting files or a link to them

 

[PlymJim]

Well I have uploaded the files for the Sponsor I have been making, so anyone that wants a completely annotated set of files for creating a Sponsor(Civ/Leader) Complete with Cargo, Spacecraft and Colonist files feel free to look up the United Kingdom Space Agency files I've published. Its currently on the last page of the workshop section for BE.

Next Project BSG colonies!

 

[NotSoLoneWolf]

I also have some comments on my mod, the Dominion of Canada - and since there is a severe lack of one I am making a Modding Guide to partially replace Kael's Modding Guide, since it is extremely outdated and it isn't even for the same game anymore! First tutorial: Sponsors! Look in the Tutorials and References subforum, it should be released in a week or so.

 

[abstractbuffalo]

I would use NotSoLoneWolf's Mod Dominion of Canada. I am new to modding myself and he is helping me out quite a bit. I tried using two other mods to base mind off of and the results were terrible. His mod is logically constructed and tons of helpful comments.

 

[Gel214th]

Thanks for the responses, I will definitely take a look at that UK mod.

The full step by step tutorial will also be awesome. There are many mods for the game so far, and I think all would benefit from tutorials