SonicFan_Right??
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I have an idea for a character mod but I don't know how to do it because all the guides expect us to use PC can somebody help me?
Is there a way to make addons on chromebook?
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Baba_theBooey
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I think you misread what he mentioned, as he mentioned nothing about .pk3s, and really this doesn't answer much of anything.
It's very hard to give a definitive answer, as there's still no mobile-friendly alternative for SLADE. As far as I'm aware, a good majority of the work involved in character mods require a lump editor; Luas and stuff like that can't compare.
Believe me, it's not like I haven't been suffering in that same degree, what with being on Android and all.
I misread nothing. Character addons are usually .pk3s. Even if you can't load SLADE, you can use any program that can make zip archives to make .pk3s. A number of people have already done this.
Why would you not be able to make a character addon with that? Serious question.
Again, false. Also, Lua and "stuff like that" are not alternatives to a lump editor. Lua lumps are just text files and are imported in the same way as any other lump.
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I'm not trying to do mobile respectfully I was asking if there was a way to do addons on chromebook.
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Thanks for the info, is there any good zip formats I can attempt to use?
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Baba_theBooey
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Dude, you're misreading my argument. I put a semicolon there to separate the "Luas and stuff" part because they alone cannot make a character mod. Adding graphics or audio or stuff like that require a lump editor, simple as that.
Yep! Any zip folder should work. I realize you're on ChromeOS, but here's an example PK3 I made in File Explorer on Windows. Any program that can make folders and compress them into zip folders should work. Keep in mind that you'll still need to use the right folder structure, but you can open other PK3s by changing their filetype to .zip first. You will probably need to use a hex editor to edit any sprite offsets, although I don't know which ones work on ChromeOS, but I'll see if I can't get around that with some more experiments when I'm out of class. Doom modding pre-dates both SLADE and XWE.
Then why did this work?
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SonicFan_Right??
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Nice thanks! But I don't know very many if any program that can compress folders into zip folders.
Can you list some I could use?
I believe 7zip works on Chromebook.
SonicFan_Right??
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Alright I'll try it, wish me luck.
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Quick question, how does 7zip work?
Baba_theBooey
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... That's actually a fair point, now that I think about it.
SonicFan_Right??
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Thanks, I'll try it!
troplucky
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Im a bit late to the party but
In a technicality all you need is a way to make zip files and lump files (since its overall better)
In a very raw non slade way it would be
Make a folder
Put the sprites
Convert the sprites into srb2 paletted lump gfx
Have the s_skin and main socs in said folder
Convert the folder in a zip
Then change the extension to a .pk3 or .wad if there isnt any other folder inside and it SHOULD work
Hope this somewhat helps
In a technicality all you need is a way to make zip files and lump files (since its overall better)
In a very raw non slade way it would be
Make a folder
Put the sprites
Convert the sprites into srb2 paletted lump gfx
Have the s_skin and main socs in said folder
Convert the folder in a zip
Then change the extension to a .pk3 or .wad if there isnt any other folder inside and it SHOULD work
Hope this somewhat helps