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Minions of Mirth: Modding Kit
(Windows Version)
Alpha 1 - March 16th, 2007
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(c) 2007 Prairie Games, Inc
http://www.prairiegames.com ----------------------------------
Prairie Games, Inc is very pleased to present the first alpha release of the Minions of Mirth: Modding Kit!!! The kit features full modding support and is a HUGE improvement over the current modding system. There is a lot of work yet to do, documentation to write, and help to find, but it is ready for brave hackers
Download
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/wiki/MoMKitDownloads * You must have a MMOWorkshop.com account and own a copy of the Minions of Mirth: Premium Edition to access the kit:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/purchase Features
+ Full modding support for the Minions of Mirth game!
+ Modify and enhance existing gameplay or create entirely new quests, zones, monsters, NPCs, items, advancements, skills, spells, client enhancements, total conversions, etc!
+ Includes Master Server, Character Server, World Servers, Zone Servers, and Client!
+ Administer your modded MMO with the same system we use at Prairie Games, Inc!
A few notes:
+ The alpha release has everything you need to get started modding. There are some key areas, like the patching system, which are being worked on and will be ready for the beta release.
+ Players of your mod must own the Premium Edition of Minions of Mirth. We'll be implementing a verification system before the beta release of the modding kit. This will be seamless and hassle free for players.
+ Your mod must be "Free to Play". This means that you must not charge a fee for your modded client or access to your servers in any form including donations.
+ It will be possible to submit your modded quests, items, monsters, zones, game code, etc for inclusion in the official version of Minions of Mirth!
Getting Started
1. Download and unzip the modding kit:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/wiki/MoMKitDownloads * You must have a MMOWorkshop.com account and own a copy of the Minions of Mirth: Premium Edition to access the kit:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/purchase 2. Setup your development environment:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/wiki/DevEnvironmentSetupWindows Single Player and Editing
1. Double click MinionsOfMirth.pyw
* If the game doesn't run, open a command shell, change directory to your installation folder, and run C:Python25python.exe MinionsOfMirth.py You should receive an exception print out describing the problem
2. Once you have the client up and running:
Ctrl-tilde to open the game's console and enter: $pref::developer=1;
You will now have access to the GUI Editor (Ctrl-F10) and Zone Editor (Ctrl-F11)
3. Select Single Player, New World, Load World, create a new character, and then enter world
4. There is some draft documentation available here:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/wiki/Documentation MMORPG Servers
1. Open a command shell, change directory to the root folder of the kit
2. Run this command exactly: .mudmasterservercreatedb.py
3. Run this command exactly: .mudcharacterservercreatedb.py
4. Run this command exactly: start .mudmasterservermain.py
5. Run this command exactly: start .mudcharacterserverserver.py
6. Run this command exactly: WorldDaemon.py -worldname=Premium_MMORPG -publicname=starter -password=mmo
7. Wait for the World Server zone clusters to launch, once you see "Zone Cluster 1 Live" take a look at the character server console window, once you see "Genesis Time Matches" the world is up and running
8. Double click MinionsOfMirth.pyw
9. Once in the client, register a new account and then select play online
10. There is some draft documentation available here:
http://www.mmoworkshop.com/trac/mom/wiki/Documentation Have fun!,
Prairie Games, Inc