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Here, I suggest that everyone share any information about editors or other programs that allow you to modify the game (note: modify, not break it). I would be grateful for any information. :smile41: :D

Or, if anyone knows a way to unlock it and wants to create a new campaign, please let me know...

I don't know if there's an editor, but there are programs for editing DLL files.

Oh! What possibilities does this offer? And if it's not too much trouble, could you provide links for downloading it...? :smile20: :o

I have a program for extracting graphics from Might and Magic 8. If you need it, I can upload it somewhere or send it to your email. I don't remember where I downloaded it from anymore.

Upload it to our website or to a rapid file-sharing service and provide the links. Thank you!

Here it is. It should attach to the message.

How do I use it? I launch the .exe file, and nothing happens.

Damn! Sorry, it seems I uploaded an incomplete archive. And I'm afraid the complete one is lost. I'll try to find it, and if I do, I'll upload it.

http://www.7wolf.ru/index_view_special_item_9278.zhtml – check it out, it's worth reading.

After a long search... I found some software... here is the description:
GENERAL
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MM8LevelEditor is a tool for extracting and viewing resources from Might and Magic 6, Might and Magic 7, and Might and Magic 8.
Ultimately, the goal is to be able to customize these resources to create new content for MM6-8.

This tool was announced by UnLod and MM7View, and covers almost all of the functionality of MM. Essentially, this tool is an extension of the UnLod 2.0 beta tool. You can find the latest release of UnLod at mm8leveleditor sources.

This tool also uses Java MEDIA (JMF). http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/ for more information.

MM8LevelEditor is hosted on SourceForge.net, which generously provides all the resources for the development, creation, and support of this package.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mm8leveleditor

USAGE
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This tool requires Java Runtime 1.4.

You can find the program at

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

The main java script can be found at

http://java.sun.com/getjava/

After Java is installed, you should run this program with "java -mm8leveleditor.jar


Settings for this application are stored in a file called "MM8LevelEditor.properties"

ISSUES / QUESTIONS / SUGGESTIONS
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Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you would like to help with this project.

I am always looking for help with this project.
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FUTURE PLANS
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Some of my more immediate plans involve the ability to edit/replace existing resources in files, add new resources to files, and for the viewer. Blv files.

Mike Kienenberger
mkienenb@alaska.net
March 27, 2004

Note: Might and Magic 6, 7, and 8 are the property of their respective owners (3D0/New, UbiSoft)

So, after examining the game files, I found a lot of interesting things...
For example, sprites.lod contains the unit animations and the units themselves... All the animations in the game are hand-drawn... so adding units won't be a difficult task... EnglishT.lod contains the text files... the ones described

http://www.7wolf.ru/index_view_special_item_9278.zhtml

here, and a bunch of other files... Texts with quests, recipes, descriptions, etc.
EnglishD.lod contains background images, buttons for the background menu, etc.
icons.lod contains armor, icons for game units, weapons, artifacts, etc.
So, with this program, you can create a pretty good mod...

So, after examining the game files, I found a lot of interesting things...
For example, sprites.lod contains the unit animations and the units themselves... All animations in the game are hand-drawn... so adding units won't be a difficult task... EnglishT.lod contains text files... the ones described here, and a bunch of other files... Texts for quests, recipes, descriptions, etc.
EnglishD.lod contains background images, buttons for the background menu, etc.
icons.lod contains armor, icons for game units, weapons, artifacts, etc.
So, with this program, you can create a pretty good mod...

That's all good, but how do you repack the edited file back into it using this program? It unpacks normally, but it doesn't want to repack, how do you do it correctly?