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New IC RDN tools to be released Monday

Posted in Impossible Creatures by Administrator on June 20th, 2003

Relic has announced that it will be releasing a updated set of IC tools as well as the IC SDK on July 1st. Here’s the blurb from the RDN page regarding the tools:
Impossible Creatures Companion Toolset

The Impossible Creatures Companion toolset is built to install in conjunction with Impossible Creatures. Content creation will now occur within the IC folder structure making testing easier. There have been updates too all of the tools as well as the addition of a few new tools. Note: you will need a Copy of IC installed in order to use the RDN Tools, and SDK.

  • A new Tool the ModPackager tools is now included. This tool lets users create self installing content this includes easy distribution of new maps, data mods, and total conversion mods.
  • Sound Engine updates to IC, have allowed us to create a new PatchEditor tool that is included. This tool lets users easily hook up new audio content for the game.
  • The archive command line tool is now included as well. This tool lets you extract the content of archive files as well as create new archive files.

    The tools that were previously included with the Standalone installer are also included with the Companion installer.

    Impossible Creatures SDK

    The Impossible Creatures SDK (Software Development Kit) is also being released. The IC SDK includes source code from the IC engine that can be used to create Total Conversion Mods for IC. It comes complete with a small sample MOD that demonstrates how programmers can implement new game play in the IC engine.


    • As always, we’ll let you know as soon as the tools are available…

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