some data mods, generated programmatically, so they can be recreated automagically for every new patch

We just do everything auto!« - MbL, 2020

• Community Games Mod
• Exploding Kings
• Exploding Kings with Rewarding Snipes
• Exploding Nomad Kings
• Exploding Villagers
• Exploding Villagers Extreme
• Exploding Villagers with Flying Dutchman
• Exploding Villagers with Kidnap Mod
• Flying Dutchman
• Kidnap Mod
• Matryoshka Mod
• No Wall Mod
• Nomad King
• Pocket Horse Mod
• Random Costs
• Random Tech Costs
• Random Unit Costs
• Rewarding Snipes
• Teamwork Mod
• 3x Tech Mod
• 9x Tech Mod
• 256x Tech Mod discontinued

NOTE: Remember that you need to clone this repository with its submodules!

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/SiegeEngineers/auto-mods.git
cd auto-mods

You'll need:

• cmake
• gcc, g++
• libboost-iostreams-dev
• libboost-program-options
• zlib
• lz4

on Ubuntu (e.g. WSL)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --fix-missing gcc g++ cmake \
libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-program-options-dev \
zlib1g-dev liblz4-dev

on OSX

xcode-select --install #this is to make sure xcode is installed for access to zlib1g-dev and liblz4-dev
brew install cmake
brew install boost
brew install gcc
brew install gdb

Inside the repository root use the following commands:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DSTATIC_COMPILE=TRUE ..
cmake --build .

Note: You can also run ./scripts/build.sh from the project root.

You should now have an executable create-data-mod in the build folder. Hooray!

1. Ensure gcc tools are installed: sudo apt-get install build-essential gdb

Now we have two debug options:

2. Debug via GDB on the terminal...

./buildForDebugger.sh  # make sure to run this from the project root
gdb build/create-data-mod
> b main
> run

3. OR use the VSCode visual debugger, by going to the debug sidebar on the left, and running the (gdb) Build and Launch configuration. This will automatically make a debug build and run it. You can set breakpoints in the visual debugger.

Right now it runs create-data-mod with no parameters. For testing, you can add arguments to .vscode/launch.json in the args parameter.

Execute the executable without parameters to get usage instructions.

$ ./create-data-mod
Usage: ./create-data-mod <mod-identifier> source.dat target.dat
Where <mod-identifier> is one of the following, or multiple of the following joined by a +:
    community-games
    exploding-villagers
    exploding-villagers-extreme
    exploding-kings
    rewarding-snipes
    flying-dutchman
    kidnap
    no-wall
    random-costs
    random-tech-costs
    random-unit-costs
    teamwork
    x3
    x9
    x256

For example, in order to patch the current dat file with the Flying Dutchman modifications, one might execute

./create-data-mod flying-dutchman ~/aoe/Aoe2DE\ proton/resources/_common/dat/empires2_x2_p1.dat ./empires2_x2_p1.dat

And then use the resulting empires2_x2_p1.dat in the current directory for whatever.

In order to patch the current dat file with the Flying Dutchman modifications AND the Exploding Villagers, execute

./create-data-mod exploding-villagers+flying-dutchman ~/aoe/Aoe2DE\ proton/resources/_common/dat/empires2_x2_p1.dat ./empires2_x2_p1.dat

And then use the resulting empires2_x2_p1.dat in the current directory for whatever.