This update fixes the file association when opening .TIB files through Windows Explorer. Several prequisite buildings were added for the C&C'95: Tiberian Dawn editor.
Click here to download TibEd 1.71 (freeware)
Koen
If you are trying to mod C&C'95: Tiberian Dawn under Windows Vista or Windows 7, then download the updated TibEd 1.7 and reinstall. The updated installer will set the permissions on the TibEd and Tiberian Dawn folders correctly. This will fix "Access Denied" errors for that game. Other games supported by TibEd 1 were not affected by this bug.
Koen
This months CNCNZ.com roundtable discussion is a special edition that focus completely on modding classic C&C games like the original C&C, Red Alert, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge. Yours truly had something to say in there as well, so check it out now by clicking on the picture below or here.
Koen
A new version of TibEd 2 with many fixes for Command & Conquer 3 (plus redesigned user interface) is almost here. If you want to test it, get it now on the TibEd forums. If there are no major issues, expect the official release soon.
Koen
I am heading for Cologne tomorrow, as I will be attending the CommandCOM event (which is about promoting the recently announced C&C4). I'm there on behalf of CNCNZ and I will bring a CNCNZ T-shirt. For coverage of the event (including my first steps on Twitter), check out CNCNZ CommandCOM Central. Or if you're interested in just the highlights, check the main CNCNZ site.
Koen
Great. The Red Alert 3/Spore DRM sounded very nice: you get to activate the game 5 times, and don't need the disc in the drive. Of course, those 5 could easily run out, so EA has released a deauthorization tool so you can "uninstall" the game from a machine without actually losing one of your activations. The thing is, it just does not work on Windows XP 64-bit. Some error 5024, about being unable to load a security module. So when I get a new machine next week, I will need to use activation #3 (new Vista 64-bit), after #1 (my current desktop) and #2 (my laptop). Oh, and if Windows 7 arrives next year, then I bet I'll have to reinstall Windows. And probably the deauthorization tool will not work on 64-bit Vista either. That will cost me #4, and so within 18 months I will have used up 4 out of 5 activations. I'm all for this activation stuff, but not if the deauthorization tool does not work. And the fact that you have to download it manually for Spore is plain stupid. Patch it into the game already!
Koen
PS: Happy New Year!
Nine years ago, the first public version of TibEd 1 was released to the web. According to the download counter, there have been 152,000 downloads over the years, though this number is probably higher due to some breakages in the counter. Now, it is time for the 9 year anniversary edition. Including the new version, there have been 30 releases of TibEd 1. With an anniversary, there are always presents. And this time, the present is for you: TibEd 1 is now freeware.
Click here to download TibEd 1 (freeware)
Koen
While not strictly related to TibEd.net, I will still post it here as well. I have just released color descriptor software that I have been working on for the past period as a researcher. The software can compute descriptors such as color SIFT which can be used for recognition of the content of images and video. For more information on my research, visit my website at the University of Amsterdam.
Koen
PS: be sure to check back later this week for a software release which is very much related to TibEd...
Red Alert 3 is on track to be released to stores next week. I'm looking forward to the game. And hopefully the Mod SDK, required to be able to mod the game, will be made available soon.
To continue the story of the post below, on upgrading TibEd 2 to use Delphi 2009: both main dependecies are now compatible (I ported Python for Delphi myself). However, then I realized there is another dependency, which is now the only one missing Delphi 2009 compatiblity: the DelphiScintilla components. These are used to provide an XML text editor for the Command & Conquer 3 support. Hopefully it will be available soon, so I can start testing for new bugs introduced by the upgrade.
Koen
It has been quiet here for a while, because I have been working on several projects unrelated to TibEd. The campaign for a Mod SDK for Kane's Wrath has concluded. Unfortunately, it will not result in an SDK anytime soon, but it sent a clear message. It looks like the Kane's Wrath No Logo Mod will be the first and only mod ever created for the game. Although EA has not ruled out creating a Mod SDK sometime in the future, I personally think the SDK would no longer be relevant if not available by Christmas 2008. Feel free to disagree with me. I hope that during the Christmas holidays we get to play with an SDK for Red Alert 3, because my personal experience is that most mods and utilities are started in those two weeks of the year.
In the meantime, I have been looking at the programming languages that TibEd is written: Delphi and Python. Both are receiving major updates (Delphi 2009 and Python 3) to better support unicode (foreign human languages), which add the requirement to TibEd 2.x that at least Windows 2000 is used. However, in order to upgrade to Delphi 2009, all components used need to be compatible first (most importantly ExpressVerticalGrid and Python for Delphi). As Python 3 is still in the release candidate stage, I have spent some time today upgrading to Python 2.6 instead. This needed some minor updates to Python for Delphi, which I have posted here.
Koen
