

This piece of freeware can search contents of hundreds of files within seconds, making it invaluable for searching for examples in game’s source code. The commercial copy of 3DS Max is quite expensive, but I have heard it is possible to get one for free using “student license”. Or, you know, yarr. However, I know only 3DS Max, so that’s what I’ll be teaching. Firaxis themselves used Maya, as far as I know. It is possible to use other 3D editors, such as Blender.

3) 3DS MaxģDS Max is a professional 3D editor, and I will be teaching you how to use it to create custom animations. However, usually there’s more than one way to do anything, so if at first you don’t succeed, try to think of a workaround. It’s worth noting that both Modbuddy and Unreal Editor are buggy as hell, often crash, and usually don’t provide good feedback about encountered errors. You will likely have to switch your locale to English.Īfter downloading, Dev Tools take a bit of effort to set up, you can find instructions here. Not 100% sure on this one, but I think “full_content” option is not available in all locales. You must install the “full content” version of the Dev Tools: Some documentation of limited usefulness.Game’s source code -> extremely useful as examples for creating your own in-game items and abilities.Unreal Editor itself is also used to create in-game “scenes” such as Class Intro or enemy reveal cinematic.

Unreal Editor -> provide access to all of the game’s assets, including animations, models, sounds and textures.Modbuddy -> this is where all of the coding happens.It is installed via Steam -> Library -> Tools. XCOM 2 Dev Tool include: You automatically gain access to these when you purchase a steam version of the game. If you plan to create mods for XCOM 2 expansions, such as War of the Chosen, then you will also need that expansion, because expansions have their own Development Tools. Required to gain access to XCOM 2 Development Tools. Required Software 1) Steam version of the game 1In this article I will be explaining how to create custom animations in XCOM 2.
