Saints Row mod tools coming from community collaboration with Volition

Given how bizarre Saints Row: The Third already is, mod tools could only result in the game becoming more sensible, more polite. Adding a selection of businesswear, perhaps, or speed cameras to keep you driving safely. We'll get to find out in a while, as developer Volition is working with Saints Row modders to put together proper mod tools. The mod community has so far been running on tools it put together itself, so the shiny new tools should allow people to add new clothes and missions, an

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Given how bizarre Saints Row: The Third already is, mod tools could only result in the game becoming more sensible, more polite. Adding a selection of conservative businesswear, perhaps, or speed cameras to keep you driving safely.

We'll get to find out in a while, as developer Volition is working with Saints Row modders to put together proper mod tools. The mod community has so far been running on tools it worked out and put together itself, and shiny new tools should allow people to add new clothes and missions, and even alter the world.

Volition is putting together a package of documentation and tools for the SR mod community to turn into "what is essentially a full sdk for the game," instigator 'IdolNinja' explains in a blog post. And how did this all come about? "The answer to that is actually quite simple. I asked."

Saints Row senior programmer Mike Wilson and principal technical animator Randall Hess have already joined the Saints Row Mods forums to field technical questions, helping fill blanks in modders' knowledge of the innering workings of Saints Row.

Between new tools it'll make with this knowledge and existing ones, IdolNinja says, "the modding community will finally be able to create and offer new clothing, new vehicles, new guns, new npcs, new missions, and even new world geometry which will greatly extend the life of the series and enhance the Saints Row games in ways we never even dared to dream of."

They're starting out working on Saints Row: The Third, but Volition plans to help the community with Saints Row 2 mod tools too, and supposedly this is a "test run" for Saints Row 4.

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    June 17, 2013 7:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Saints Row mod tools coming from community collaboration with Volition.

    Given how bizarre Saints Row: The Third already is, mod tools could only result in the game becoming more sensible, more polite. Adding a selection of businesswear, perhaps, or speed cameras to keep you driving safely.

    We'll get to find out in a while, as developer Volition is working with Saints Row modders to put together proper mod tools. The mod community has so far been running on tools it put together itself, so the shiny new tools should allow people to add new clothes and missions, an

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      June 17, 2013 7:38 AM

      Holy shit. Nice job, Volition!

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      June 17, 2013 9:22 AM

      I can not wait to see what comes out of this

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        June 17, 2013 9:25 AM

        1000 different nude mods.

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        June 17, 2013 9:50 AM

        Dildo jousting

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          June 17, 2013 10:05 AM

          this could actually work. maybe gimp chariots + the dildo bats + exaggerated physics from insurance fraud?

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            June 17, 2013 10:07 AM

            YES

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            June 17, 2013 10:36 AM

            Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking of. Like an open world deathmatch style game where everyone is in their chariot and you can swing the dildo like a floppy baseball bat for when you're side by side another chariot. However, if you're going head on, you can hit a button and the dildo becomes erect (with "booooiiiinnnng" sound effect) which makes it a traditional lance.

            The other option (or maybe another gametype) is that it puts you in a renaissance themed jousting only map complete with period era spectators and music and you do a traditional joust. However, the dildo starts off limp, and when you push the button to make it erect, it's only erect for a very short period so you have to time it right to score a hit. Then you and your opponent control the speed of their chariots, so it makes it very timing based. Perhaps you have different abilities you can activate beforehand, but can only use once. So if you have a 5 rounds with 5 abilities that you chose, you both choose your ability (maybe it's known what they picked before the joust happens), so you're both trying to think of what the other person is using and try to counter effectively.

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            June 17, 2013 11:07 AM

            I'm afraid to ask what a gimp chariot is, lol.

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      June 17, 2013 9:43 AM

      I'm going to guess that there will be a full geometry import of Liberty City into SR3 within a month of the release of the mod tools.

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        June 17, 2013 9:51 AM

        I would play that

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        June 17, 2013 4:59 PM

        I'm pretty sure Rockstar won't do anything to make that a reality. But that would be awesome if that does happen.

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          June 17, 2013 9:41 PM

          Didn't say it would be legal...only said it would happen.

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      June 17, 2013 9:52 AM

      Will it support at least three or four people in coop? That was the only downside to the current state of SR3.

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        June 17, 2013 9:53 AM

        probably not. SR4 isnt going to either out of the box :(

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          June 17, 2013 10:03 AM

          I should've read the article. It kind of hints at the answer you just gave me. Plus, I was assuming new development (on Volition's part) was only on SR4. Apparently, Volition is also doing work on SR3.

          It sounds like that Volition is just trying to put together a proper SDK for modding in older versions of Saints Row (SR2, SR3 and could eventually improve work on SR4).

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      June 17, 2013 10:04 AM

      This is the best possible news. I'm glad Idolninja and his group are getting some recognition. They've put in a good deal of work into the Gentlemen of the Row mods and it's well worth Volition's time to stoke that fire. It might be some time until SRV releases and mods will only extend the life of the current games.

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      June 17, 2013 10:52 AM

      Nice! Maybe now someone will port in the rest of SR2 and we can have a decent version of SR3.

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        June 17, 2013 11:07 AM

        What's wrong with SR3? I thought it was a blast to play.

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          June 17, 2013 3:00 PM

          they imported half of SR2 into a new engine, and then locked half of that on the disc and made customers pay to unlock it.

          the other half they threw in the garbage or kicked into the river or something.

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        June 17, 2013 12:56 PM

        that would be amazing.

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      June 17, 2013 11:15 AM

      Someone needs to add the chainsaw from the Genkibowl to the melee options.

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      June 17, 2013 12:38 PM

      Add destructable geometry from Red Faction and BAM! game of the forever.

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      June 17, 2013 12:41 PM

      Has there been any additional details on COOP? SR3 is the *best* coop game ever made - I truly stand by that statement. It would be nice if we can bring in one or two more people for the campaign.

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      June 17, 2013 12:41 PM

      had no idea these guys were the same people who did red faction, damn. much respect

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      June 17, 2013 12:42 PM

      I hope someone makes a mod to make the driving physics more like GTA:IV.

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        June 17, 2013 12:45 PM

        God no. No no no no no no no. No.

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          June 17, 2013 12:47 PM

          There are two types of people in this world. People who like GTA4 driving physics and wrong people.

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        June 17, 2013 12:56 PM

        and add dating and annoying cousins.

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        June 17, 2013 1:06 PM

        why in the wide wide world of sports would you want that?

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          June 17, 2013 1:53 PM

          Because the cars have some actual weight to them. I'm not looking for a simulation-level driving experience, I just don't like when it feels like you're driving an RC car.

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            June 17, 2013 3:40 PM

            I don't like it when it feels like the suspensions are made from over-sized Slinky toys?

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        June 17, 2013 9:13 PM

        Hell yes. GTA has spoiled me with car physics.

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        June 17, 2013 9:26 PM

        That's the worst idea I've ever heard.

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        June 17, 2013 10:55 PM

        Where boats drive like boats and cars drive like boats on wheels. Nope.

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      June 17, 2013 12:51 PM

      i'm really curious to see how this is going to work and have them still sell mounds of DLC

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        June 17, 2013 3:47 PM

        I assume they were forced to do that by THQ. I doubt it was really that big of a cash flow.

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      June 17, 2013 4:22 PM

      Maybe now I can get Molotov Cocktease's full outfit, instead of just the hair and voice.

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