Two years after the release of The Movies and I decided it was time to finish something that was started a long time ago.

The Movies Editor (or ngMED apparently)

It has been released, or at least 1.0 has anyway. Hurrah.

What does it do?

The Movies Editor allows the common mortal to make their own sets/costumes/props by editing the existing ones found in the game.

No more do you need to be an "advanced" user to do these things because The Movies Editor handles the gribbly things for you.

Who is it for?

The casual user, You.

This makes a change from the normal direction of trying to push for new functionality, constantly pushing the technical boundaries as far as we can whilst leaving everyone else behind.

The idea behind this software is to put the control back in the hands of those who don't have the time/ability to create new resources and free up some time for those at the top of the technical ladder to keep pushing into the future.

Where can I get it?

You can find the latest build here

You can find the documentation here

Where can I get technical support?

You can find technical support over at the forums at DCMF.

Please do NOT post help questions here, I can not guarantee they will be responded to. Support should take place on the modding fan-sites - not the official forums.

What are the future plans?

Now the ground-work has finally been done, the following plans are in-place.

• Open up the API so other programmers can extend MED through plug-ins
• Finally write that damned scene editor that people have been asking for

It doesn't work how I expect it to

Then head over to DCMF and  tell us how you expect it to work.

I don't play The Movies and I don't mod. I only write code. It's not entirely unreasonable for me to not quite understand what people want. Only through communication can we make this thing what people want.

Epilogue

In the immortal words of Mark Andrews, "Have fun!"

The Short Version

And about damned time I say. The latest build can be found  here. The documentation can be found here. The thread over on the official forums can be found here. The thread for bug reports can be found here. The thread for feature requests can be found here.

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I have no idea what I am talking about

Thank you. This project has to be a huge effort and I (and I am sure the community as well) thank you for taking your time and effort to make this.

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[Ethan Reynolds and the Relic of Time] is being reworked.

Well i know nothing about modding so it'll be interesting to see if i can do some cool stuff with this prog. Thanks a lot

 

cheers

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sparky1512:

Well i know nothing about modding so it'll be interesting to see if i can do some cool stuff with this prog. Thanks a lot

cheers

And I'll look forward to hearing how you get on.

Make sure to read the documentation if you're not sure where to go (Included with the installer)

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I have no idea what I am talking about

I've been looking forward to this.

Looks nice and easy to use. Just the way I like.

Great job Dero and all you other modders that helped make this tool possible.

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I've been using this for the past week and a half, breaking things so Dero can fix them.  It's an amazing piece of work.

If you have any interest in giving your movie an unique look pretty easily, get this program.  Hey, it's helping me make my new project look like I have half a brain!

Ken

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Groovy news indeed. 

mGm

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If I ever actually physically make a movie again (which may be soon ) then this is a must have. Gonna play round with it in a bit and see exactly what I can do with it.

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The only thing worse that beating a dead horse is betting on one.

This is great news! When I get to making movies again, I will deffinately be trying this out.

Nice one Dero!

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Terrific!  Going off to download it now!

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dude!

i mean .. just ... dude!

/speechless

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http://movies.lionhead.com/studio/holdmykidney

Roy Scheider - 10/11/32 -> 10/02/08 - "We're gonna need a bigger boat!"

to bring back a completly old school quote

 

"WERE NOT WORTHY!"

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"I think pimp therefore I am."~Katt Williams

http://www.pimptightstudios.com

it is great to see this tool finally available, and its been a pleasure beta testing it. Its also great to see it getting the praise it deserves

well done dero and all the coders of dcmf.

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This is an amazing tool. Very easy to use. Being a visual editor really makes it easy. You can see what you're working on as you're making it. A gret program Dero, thanks for releasing it.

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TMO Studio: Closed

TMU Studio: Temporarily Closed

Spelling Skillz: none

Congratulations :-)

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CTG Blog ... Live Spaces

Wow, that looks awesome!

Lovely documentation, if the main programm is just half as its already brilliant.

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Together that reads to-get-her

So Dero, who ports it to the Mac?

Norriefpb:

So Dero, who ports it to the Mac?

Hahahahahaahaha.

 

AHHAHAAHAAAa.

Actually, I had an e-mail from Feral Interactive a year or so ago asking if they could port it over, to which I said yes.

I think they got scared when they realised it was all written in .NET though.

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I have no idea what I am talking about

Bloody hell. I was expecting insults!

Anyhoo, I know how much this cost you, so thanks from a watcher of tmo films. You are a star.

 Hi Dero,

to see you kicking around here again, I just stumbled back this way myself too. I seem to have timing with the release of all these new tools. Thank you. I just may find my way again and get these unfinished projects done....I will work on getting up to speed so maybe I could be of some use again.

Doc

Thank you for doing this Dero!

I will definitely try this out - so far I have kept well away from anything to do with modding, just installed all the great things others have been making.... now lets see if I can do it...