List of mods

[dino]

Hi,

I'm compiling a list of Exult mods. This is what I've got so far:
Exult Mods

I'm having problems finding the SourceForge Island and SI Fixes mods online. Are they available anywhere, or are they just distributed with Exult?

(And don't point me to Exult Studio Guides, which is dead)

[marzo]

It was available only at ES Guides; there was also a version (though I don't know if it is updated) hosted at Aiera. As far as I know, the latest version is -- least for now -- only being distributed with Exult's source.

Hm. To other devs: maybe we could add a 'Mods' section in the downloads page and include distributions of all the mods currently ditributed with Exult's source?

[Dominus]

http://exult.info/faq.php#mods_patches

Unfortunately it points to Esguides as this had quite a few patches including a nice compilation for SF island. Seems the account got suspended/not paid etc...
I wonder what Wizardry will say to this

SF island is currently only availlable in CVS, someone should make a package for it, I guess

[Dominus]

Marzo, yes, I do think that would be a nice idea, either offer it as a snapshot or actually adding a mod section to our files project page (where very early versions of SF island can be found as map demo in the BG-data section).
I tend more toward the project page, as we are already offering a lot of snapshot packages (including the files needed for compiling Exult on Win32 with Mingw).

[dino]

It won't hurt if you add a new section to the download page (if it's clearly labelled as 'mods', it won't confuse anyone, even though there are a lot of packages already).

After all, people will look for mods in the download page, not in the project page.

Alternatively, you could host them on the project page as you say, and I'll provide direct links there from my 'Exult Mods' page.

Another solution is to add a totally new page to the Exult website, dedicated to mods. This could include links not just to downloads, but also to information/forum topics (much like my page does).

[Dominus]

After all, people will look for mods in the download page, not in the project page.

of course if we add a mods module to the project page the downloads would be listed on the download page as well. Just like it is now done. The early sf island packages aren't listed for a reason.