Spiral Knights - Yo, Admins! Please confirm or deny!!! Modified Spiral Knights

Yo, Admins! Please confirm or deny!!! Modified Spiral Knights - Hardcore Mode & Machinima Maker

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Sun, 12/02/2012 - 05:45

Latisan-Sklay

Hey, OOO admins!!!

Tovvok, Angerday, Hood, and I want to run the "Cradle and All" achievement using this mod! Please confirm or deny that we can use it!!!!
PLEASE!

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Hey guys, this is Latisan Sklay, and I just wanted to share with you something that I finished working on yesterday. I call in Hardcore Spiral Knights.

If you want to try to figure it out for yourself, here are a few links to get you started. Otherwise, read on!

Youtube video demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNB_fDzGS6Y&list=LLcUEO6Lz81-imFEs35jpwhg...

NO CURSOR download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0xjrv1u8gmk8wwq/Spiral%20Knights%20Hardcore%20...

WITH CURSOR download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w7oic1ta6c8tdut/Spiral%20Knights%20Hardcore%20...

DISCLAIMER: This mod has not been confirmed by OOO and is for all intents and purposes against the Terms of Service to use. We are seeking out permission to keep this mod for the purpose of gameplay series (which benefits OOO) and Machinimas (which benefits OOO). Usage at this time is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

NOTICE: If you are led to do so, feel free to use this Hardcore build in any videos you like; however, I'd appreciate it if you could credit me in the video or description so that as many people can see this as possible. Thanks!

In essence, Hardcore Spiral Knights changes the client of your game so that you see differently than you do in Vanilla Spiral Knights. Using the ui for Hardcore Spiral Knights...
• Removes the minimap and danger indicator from your HUD.
• Removes the Vials dock from your HUD.
• Removes the Teammates list from your HUD.
• Removes the health bar and heat collector at the bottom of your HUD.
• Removes the energy menu in the bottom right corner of your HUD.
• All of the buttons across the top of your screen have gone invisible. In Haven, if you mouse over them, they will become visible so you can see them, but when not pointing at them, they disappear.
• In the NO CURSOR download, your in-game cursor will be invisible (the pointer [as when you hover over the side of this text], the text pointer [as when you mouse over the title], and the finger [as when you mouse over the Spiral Knights button at the top of the screen] are all still present)
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If interact-able, each part of your HUD will still be click-able and usable. You just won't be able to see it.

This allows for some interesting gameplay!
• You must navigate the Clockworks without a minimap. You'll be surprised how many times you'll glance up to see where you're headed and be rejected by a missing minimap.
• You must do battle with no health bar. In no circumstances are you able to see your health. How will this affect your use of Vials and battle strategy? Speaking of which...
• You have to manage your Vials carefully. You will have to take note of which ones are in which slot (and how many, if you care about waste). Otherwise, how will you know which one is the Fire Vial and which one is the Remedy Capsule? Moreover, if you want to empty a slot to make room for a more preferred Vial, how will you know which one to empty?
• You have to manage your Mist. Playing Hardcore Spiral Knights reaches all the way from your reviving in the Clockworks to your actions in Haven. By clicking on where the Mist menu usually is, the game will open the Energy Depot for you to see your CE and crowns. However, there is no way to see your Mist, ever! Makes for some interesting gameplay once again.
• In NO CURSOR mode, you have to struggle with which way you're really aiming. Especially if you play full screen where you're not at risk of clicking outside the window, this is definitely recommended even if only for the experience. This mode becomes even more challenging when you go gunner and turn auto-aim off...

And if you're a movie maker, you definitely might want to check into this as well. The lack of HUD and buttons makes for a nice, crisp video image - great for scenery or battle montages, let's plays, trailers, events, or instructional videos (in some cases)!

However you decide to use this build, I hope that you enjoy it and have fun with it. I definitely recommend either build, even if only for the experience. Installation instructions and features list are both included in the download. This is my first "mod" for Spiral Knights, but it will not be my last! Throw me some feedback in the comments, either here or on my Youtube video, to let me know what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, or what you'd like to see me mod next!

Questions?
Email me at latisan@sklayelite.com
Tweet me @LSklay
Post somewhere on our website at www.sklayelite.com/arsenal

Keep an eye out, and have fun!

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 12:03

Latisan-Sklay

Bump!

Bump.

...is that allowed?

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 12:08

Tevokkia

This sounds pretty awesome ... but I am not hardcore.

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 12:55

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

If I were you, I'd send Three Rings an email. I think it would be smart to confirm if this is an allowable mod or not, because it could be anti-ToS!

If it is okay, then I'll try it. Sounds fun! ^.^

Tue, 12/04/2012 - 15:42

Snarfalarkus

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Actually I think you're not allowed to tamper with the files, can't remember though. Although, this isn't anything major, it just clears up the HUD. You need OOO consent whether you can keep it or not. Love the challenge you've made!

Tue, 12/25/2012 - 06:10

Latisan-Sklay

Nothing.

And still no response to OOO as to my intrusion of the T&C.

Is this still under review? Do I need to take it down? Does OOO not care?

o.O

Tue, 12/25/2012 - 06:24

Thunderbog

Ye need to relax, Latisan. :x

If it violates Terms and Condition, ye should have known of that already, right? :x

What Autofire said should be true about inquiring with Three Rings, why not do that? :)

Tue, 12/25/2012 - 15:44

Latisan-Sklay

Thanks Thunderbog!

Haha, I'm not particularly stressed or anything like that.

And yes, you're absolutely right, assuming that OOO has seen it. XD

And yes again, Autofire is right too. The thing is that I DID email OOO as well as tweet at Spiral Knights. Still waiting on a response though...

/shrug It is what it is. I guess I just want to be cleared for it so I don't have it still hanging over my head.

Thu, 01/03/2013 - 11:31

Latisan-Sklay

Stayin alive

Bump.

Thu, 01/03/2013 - 12:24

Softhead

So.

Can you make ingame machinimas?

If so.

YESH!

Or use Spiral-Spy.

Sat, 01/05/2013 - 14:37

#10

Latisan-Sklay

Yeah...

As I keep saying on the podcast, if SK released a 'permission to mess with certain game files' or an SDK, the world would be a million times awesome.

Until then, you have to deal with Spiral Spah.

Sat, 01/05/2013 - 15:33

#11

Ghret

Or you can just learn how to Java and LWJGL and find a way to construct an engine that utilises SK files to make animations. Then get yourself a video-audio capture card/software and record that.

Not sure that is completely legal however.

Actually, I'm sure that would get you thrown into court. Don't do that.

Sat, 01/05/2013 - 19:56

#12

Latisan-Sklay

Yeah....

That is a great idea.

But again, OOO terms and conditions still stand. And OOO still doesn't answer my emails of "Hey, can I mess with the game files at all?"

A guy can dream though.

Sun, 01/06/2013 - 10:54

#13

Awesomesock

I secretly wet dream about OOO releasing a SDK tool or participate in the workshop. Oh, the things I'd do.
Not so much of a secret now. Whoops.

Mon, 01/07/2013 - 19:09

#14

Latisan-Sklay

On the Arsenal Podcast...

On the Arsenal Podcast all about Spiral Knights, the hosts talk almost every week now about what they would do with...

• a level editor
• freedom to mess with the textures
• a weapon and gear editor
• an animation editor
• an accessory editor
• freedom to mess with the game code
• freedom to make mods
• the addition of anything (Vial Dodgeball as PvP, attachments for weapons, the possibilities are apparently endless).

A lot of good people want them, and I know a lot of good people who aren't any good at game file haxing or Java programming but would love to use mods if they were provided for them.
You're not alone. :)

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 09:46

#15

Latisan-Sklay

Yo Admins!

Tovvok, Angerday, Hood, and I are looking to create a Youtube series where we attempt the "Cradle and All" achievement with this mod enabled! Please confirm or deny that we can use it!!!!

PLEASE!

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 09:34

#16

Snowdusk

(In reply to the previous comment) Dear OOO

For those Steam users, you would probably know about Valve releasing the Source Film Maker, which is about creating all sorts of crazy stuff with the original game files.

Even Valve lets their gamers mess around with their stuff! Of course, I'm not criticising anyone. I just felt that if SK is a bit more open about Spiral Spy and fan stuff that resembles such things, a lot more ambitious people will certainly get rewarded.

Surely, developing in-game stuff is good, but we all also love to see stuff outside the game environment. Imagine Spiral Spy as a new fan fiction central hub... that would be really awesome.

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 16:04

#17

Klear

They got a good reason to

They got a good reason to keep the answer to himself.
This mod doesn't affect the game world it self, but the HUD only.
This doesn't sound wrong at first, but confirming this would be...
I assume they'll say nothing about this, keeping it somewhat a greyzone

And about the '' what they would do with... '' please keep in mind that this game is a MMORPG
Letting people edit the game would be like OOO dirigating thair work and with that thair income to the playerbase

To simplefy my point:
OOO Makes thair money by creating content and selling it to the players.
There is no way they could give that up.

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 00:54

#18

Feline-Grenadier

...

This is madness, but 000 will probably deny it.

Still, it looks like the perfect game to play without those HUDs. Maybe this can replace HUD-lock?

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 08:17

#19

Dreathuxy

Hey Latisan

I do SK lets plays too! Would you like to do a vid with me?

Sat, 02/02/2013 - 13:46

#20

Latisan-Sklay

@Dreathuxy

Hey mang. Absolutely! Let's put something together.

--you can email me at latisan@sklayelite.com or send me in-game mail. IGN: latisan-sklay and let's figure something out, eh?

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Yo, Admins! Please confirm or deny!!! Modified Spiral Knights - Hardcore Mode & Machinima Maker