Game News Divinity: Original Sin editor to be released on June 26th

[Infinitron]

Tags: Divinity: Original Sin; Larian Studios

Larian sent out a press release today that announced the imminent release of the editor for Divinity: Original Sin, which has been dubbed the Divinity Engine Toolkit. I guess this is the surprise they were talking about. From MCV:

Larian Studios announced today that the editor for Divinity: Original Sin, will be available as part of the Early Access beta on June 26th.

Not only is the Divinity: Original Sin editor the first multiplayer game editor since Neverwinter Nights, it comes with a sample module called Cow Simulator 2014.

Cow Simulator 2014 is perhaps the finest cow simulation ever released. It serves as an example mod for would-be creators and permits users to play as a cow (even in co-op with up to 4 players) and complete a quest or fight in the arena.

The Divinity Engine Toolkit allows players to:

• Make new adventures that you can play in singleplayer or multiplayer
• You can modify the main campaign or create your own
• Manipulate terrain and edit existing models and textures
• Write your own stories and dialogs
• Create behaviors and scripts with easy-to-use scripting language
• Alter existing or add new skills, stats and spells
• 1-click export to Steam Workshop
• Add and manage your mods via Steam Workshop or inside the game

Modders looking for lessons need only tune into Twitch today starting at 18:00 CET where Larian artists will be using the editor to mod Cow Simulator 2014 into an epic mod worthy of the cow simulation crown.
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That's right, Cow Simulator 2014! Because stupid memes deserve to be exploited for a good cause. That Twitch modding lesson has apparently been postponed until the date of the editor's release, though. In the meantime, enjoy this pretty new "feature trailer" that Larian released today:

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You can see a glimpse of the editor at the end.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Now they just need PewDiePie to make a Cow Simulator 2014 video, and they're all set for the release.

 

[undecaf]

Don't know shit about modding but the music is great.

 

[felipepepe]

And thus begins the age of co-op RPG remakes...

 

[mindx2]

Makes me wonder what the U5:Lazarus team could have done with this type of editor...

 

[Crooked Bee]

And thus begins the age of co-op RPG remakes...

Oh boy...

I so wish there was this editor's (or heck, RPG Maker's) equivalent for first person Wizardry-like RPGs. Unity is such a pain to use for a programmer noob like me

 

[Watser]

And thus begins the age of co-op RPG remakes...

Oh boy...

I so wish there was this editor's (or heck, RPG Maker's) equivalent for first person Wizardry-like RPGs. Unity is such a pain to use for a programmer noob like me

I remember them saying that they'll be working on their engine to do first person games as well for the future, so maybe in time you might be in luck

 

[Jaesun]

 

[Crooked Bee]

And thus begins the age of co-op RPG remakes...

Oh boy...

I so wish there was this editor's (or heck, RPG Maker's) equivalent for first person Wizardry-like RPGs. Unity is such a pain to use for a programmer noob like me

I remember them saying that they'll be working on their engine to do first person games as well for the future, so maybe in time you might be in luck

I choose to disbelieve you! (Because that would be too good to be true.)

I just need a good editor with damage & chargen formulas and GUIs that I could tweak. Goddamn Unity's too advanced for someone like me!

 

[Kem0sabe]

 

[Zeriel]

Finally, the promise of ToEE is fulfilled.

Also curious to see how far that example mod pushes the boundaries of the game. Wonder if that 'arena' thing means you can mod in actual player vs. player combat.

Now they just need PewDiePie to make a Cow Simulator 2014 video, and they're all set for the release.

Larian are more marketing savvy than people give them credit for. A trolly-as-fuck Cow Simulator example mod will give them more press than the entire rest of the game.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Finally, the promise of ToEE is fulfilled.

What promise is that?

 

[felipepepe]

I just need a good editor with damage & chargen formulas and GUIs that I could tweak. Goddamn Unity's too advanced for someone like me!

As champion of our RPG Maker contest, you might like this: http://www.celestialheavens.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11239

Works quite well, I must say:

 

[Helly]

Don't know shit about modding but the music is great.

If you like Divinity's music you can get most of it and more there: http://www.kirillpokrovsky.com/
The Romantic on the road piano album (which has been rearranged for Original Sin) is fairly good.

 

[Zeriel]

Finally, the promise of ToEE is fulfilled.

What promise is that?

Good turn-based combat that isn't shackled by belonging to a dead franchise/dead company. When ToEE came out, the general consensus was that it was a great engine in search of an actual game (ToEE having very little content, and virtually no story). Imagine Baldur's Gate in the ToEE engine, for example. Now we have a similarly good combat engine, with an editor that looks as if it might be even better than NWN2's.

Nothing but good can come of this. Well, okay, lots of terrible, terrible things will come of this, and most mods will suck, but it'll be worth it for the half-dozen or so that are amazing.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I just need a good editor with damage & chargen formulas and GUIs that I could tweak. Goddamn Unity's too advanced for someone like me!

As champion of our RPG Maker contest, you might like this: http://www.celestialheavens.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11239

Works quite well, I must say:

Thanks, I'll give this a look - but can it really allow me to implement a GURPS-like system with complex interdependencies between the stat/skill variables and complex point-buy stuffies, plus an explorable "world map" with several dungeons? Probably not

(I want too much, I know )

 

[felipepepe]

World map with several dungeons you can do with vanilla RPG Maker already... and considering there are scripts even for card battle systems, I guess a GURPS-like systems is very doable.

Here's a basic script for attribute points on level up: http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/4016-dekita-perfect-stat-point-distribution-system/

 

[Crooked Bee]

B-but those resolution limitations!

 

[Zeriel]

B-but those resolution limitations!

I didn't even w-want to make a blobber anyway, baka!

 

[lurker3000]

SO how soon until nude mods? Like 2 hours?

 

[kazgar]

Tags: Divinity: Original Sin; Larian Studios

Cow Simulator 2014 is perhaps the finest cow simulation ever released. It serves as an example mod for would-be creators and permits users to play as a cow (even in co-op with up to 4 players) and complete a quest or fight in the arena.
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You can see a glimpse of the editor at the end.

They missed the opportunity to call it cow-op!

 

[Tigranes]

I better get at least one decent Codex module out of this, gents.

 

[SuicideBunny]

B-but those resolution limitations!

better something in shitty res than nothing at all... though it would be interesting to see if fple for xp is compatible with the resolution hack.

 

[MicoSelva]

Great news!

And thus begins the age of co-op RPG remakes...

Hopefully, you're right.

I better get at least one decent Codex module out of this, gents.

I will see what I can do.

 

[Scroo]

Someone please remake old D&D modules with this