HentHighSchool Development Forum

Initially you will be asked to select the location of your HHS application (The HHS+.exe).  This will only happen once by default.  If you make a mistake please delete the config.txt file which was made and restart the application.

This application relies on adding files from the HHS install folder, so ideally mods should be installed on an existing game before generating the mod files.

As of version 2.0, mod data files now track version history, i.e. each new version of your mod will track the new, modified and removed files.  To switch between versions just use the original version number and alter it to the correct value. 

Buttons:
All to Norm - Opens up a dialogue window to select a directory.  All files in the directory will have their image links modified to match the "Normal" HHS file links (Schools/NormalSchool)
All to Lex - Opens up a dialogue window to select a directory.  All files in the directory will have their image links modified to match the "Lexville" HHS file links (Schools/ModSchool)

Mod Creator - Opens a window with the following sub options:
Add file - Opens a window to allow you to add a file to your mod project
Remove file - Removes the selected items (In your list of mod files) from the project
Add folder - Adds all files and subdirectories in a folder to the project
New version - Creates a new version in the file history, allowing you to update files and such while producing a changelog after generating the new version
Generate mod - Produces an copy of all the files in your project with a readme, Mod Organiser config file, and a changelog in a named folder within the ModGenerator folder.  When generating a mod, a new window will pop up asking if you wish to convert it to anything.  Tick the relevant boxes to convert to a different type, such as Lexville.
Save profile - Saves the current mod project (With name, version and description) to a text file in the ModGenerator folder
Load profile - Loads a previously saved profile
Remove missing - Clears any files which don't exist anymore from your mod project
Check version log - Outputs a summary of the versions stored in the mod file history and the amount of changes in each

Also: Selecting the "***" option in the file list with select all the files in that directory.  Double clicking will allow deselection of all selected files.

Image optimiser, info, converter - Opens a window with the following sub options:
Max width - Used with the image optimiser to resize images which are larger than this value
Image optimiser - Uses JPG compression to compress most files types excluding GIFs and PNGs to reduce their size while maintaining their aspect ratio
Mod info - Provides some statistics about the mod, such as number of images, events etc
Create zip - Zips the folder ready for upload in the zipped mods folder

As of version 2.0 a mod organiser setup file will be included if you want to use any of the mods through the software. The included .meta files should provide a couple of details, including a description avaliable on hovering (stored as a note), a version number with update support and a mod name.

To install an update please just drag the new zip into MO. Once it has been detected it should know the mod is the same and give you the option to update as long as the mod author hasn't changed the name between versions.

To add the mod creation tool as a application in MO, please add it as you normally would but make sure to leave the starting directory blank.

- Version history including changelog generation
 - MO support and .meta file generation
 - New file format for mod config files (.XML)
 - Improvements to file selection in the UI
 - Improvements to the image compression function
 - Support for custom scenarios
 - Code cleanup and setup of classes for people to contribute to
 - Code commenting to help understand functions in many places
 - Import functionality of the pre 2.0 .txt mod save files
 - Bugfixes
 - Many many other things which have slipped my mind

- Bugfixes (Including the metadata file issues.  Please read notes though before use.)
 - Addition of a global relative image fixer for Lex / Normal HHS.

- Saving mod name, version, description and files as a preset to allow for easy updates (Add the new files, save your preset and click generate to automatically update all the files to their latest versions!)
 - Optimising any BMP, JPG, and PNG images to decrease their size (Works reasonably well and I haven't seen too much in the way of a loss of quality so far. Please note this does include a resize option.  Any images over the max width set will be resized (While maintaining their aspect ratio))
 - Converting mods between a Lexville ready format and a normal game version (Will still need to change the name of normalschool to modschool though in the mod)
 - Generate a zip file ready for upload