Hmm... Wait just a minute here...

[Vaergoth]

A bic file contains everything about how to play the game, right? It contains every core rule, if I am not mistaken.

Therefore, the only limitation as far as rules editing goes is the editor.

Why doesn't someone create a little utility that will take a bic file and translate it into an ini file. This will present to us EVERY rule, even the ones not shown in the editor, in variable format. Then, when done editing, the utility could translate it back into a bic file.

If you know what arsenal zero for starcraft is, this is pretty much exactly the same thing...

 

[Vaergoth]

Good Idea? Bad Idea?

Come on, 12 people and nobody has anything to say?

 

[Leprechaun]

Cool idea, if it would work. I don't know if that is possible. What isn't in the bic may be hardcoded.

Leprechaun

 

[Willem]

Yes, there's a lot that has been hardcoded, and not even the editor can change. An example, unloading Armies. Aside from the current bug involving group movement, there's no way to do this through the editor. Maximum range for aircraft is another.

 

[Leprechaun]

I just brought that up because I remember I gave up trying to mod for Diablo 2 because everything I wanted to do was hardcoded.

Leprechaun