Posted August 13, 2013
I would like to see a list of games on GOG that have mods/mod tools/source available, particularly if the list can be verified as to whether the version sold on GOG is capable of supporting the mods.
To start, here are the games from the GOG list that I know have mod tools.source available (although whether said tools/source will work with the GOG versions I cannot say):
Neverwinter Nights (had an official level editor)
Blood 2 (had a limited source release of just the game code whilst the engine remains proprietary)
Call to Power 2 (had a full source release minus the 3rd party libraries if I remember correctly)
Dark Reign (had an official map editor/set of mod tools)
Dark Reign 2 (I think it had a map editor, also the source code is out there if you google for it, not sure if the source is an official release or a leak though)
Descent series (I know a number of these had source releases and/or tools but I haven't followed the series enough to know for sure which ones)
Duke Nukem 3D (had a source release)
Empire Earth (definatly map editors and mod tools for these)
Heroes of Might and Magic (I know that HOMM2 at least had a map editor)
Rise of the Triad (had a source release)
Rollercoaster Tycoon (definatly moddable, I should know, I WROTE the first mod tools for RCT3 back in the day :)
Simcity 2000 (this had tools that let you create new building artwork for the game)
Unreal (I am 99% sure tools exist for all of these and I do know that modding helped make the Unreal series the success it is today)
Maybe others can take it from here and identify other games on the GOG list that are capable of being modded or that have source available and can verify whether the GOG versions are compatible with the mods/tools/source that exist for these games.
I haven't seen a thread like this before, if what I am posting has been posted before (or is something that shouldn't be posted but should be handled through some other way) please feel free to let me know :)
To start, here are the games from the GOG list that I know have mod tools.source available (although whether said tools/source will work with the GOG versions I cannot say):
Neverwinter Nights (had an official level editor)
Blood 2 (had a limited source release of just the game code whilst the engine remains proprietary)
Call to Power 2 (had a full source release minus the 3rd party libraries if I remember correctly)
Dark Reign (had an official map editor/set of mod tools)
Dark Reign 2 (I think it had a map editor, also the source code is out there if you google for it, not sure if the source is an official release or a leak though)
Descent series (I know a number of these had source releases and/or tools but I haven't followed the series enough to know for sure which ones)
Duke Nukem 3D (had a source release)
Empire Earth (definatly map editors and mod tools for these)
Heroes of Might and Magic (I know that HOMM2 at least had a map editor)
Rise of the Triad (had a source release)
Rollercoaster Tycoon (definatly moddable, I should know, I WROTE the first mod tools for RCT3 back in the day :)
Simcity 2000 (this had tools that let you create new building artwork for the game)
Unreal (I am 99% sure tools exist for all of these and I do know that modding helped make the Unreal series the success it is today)
Maybe others can take it from here and identify other games on the GOG list that are capable of being modded or that have source available and can verify whether the GOG versions are compatible with the mods/tools/source that exist for these games.
I haven't seen a thread like this before, if what I am posting has been posted before (or is something that shouldn't be posted but should be handled through some other way) please feel free to let me know :)