{"id":1254,"date":"2024-02-19T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:49:10","slug":"tuning-packs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dodgethis.com\/portfolio\/tuning-packs\/","title":{"rendered":"Modding support for Tuning Packs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"is-style-plain wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project:\u2003\u2003Company of Heroes 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engine: \u2002\u2002\u2003Essence, a proprietary engine at Relic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature:\u2003 \u2002User Generated Content (UGC) <\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size\">Situation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">It was just over a month until Launch day, and I discovered our public editor was missing features.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was little production team knowledge on the state of our tools when I started <strong>authoring example mods<\/strong> for our community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So I began an <strong>audit of these tools<\/strong> while attempting to create mod content for Launch day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I <strong>elevated concerns to our leadership team<\/strong> about missing features that had been promised in our marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Y-W1HcvojQ4\" title=\"Company of Heroes 3: Modding Details Revealed \u2013 IGN First\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Later, the technical writer and I <strong>collaborated in writing<\/strong> the community resources for Tuning Packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/knowledge-center.community.companyofheroes.com\/article\/Tuning_Packs\/Tuning_Packs\/Capabilities_and_Limitations\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#009688;border-color:#00786d;border-radius:14px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:10px 34px;font-size:25px;line-height:38px;border-color:#4db6ac;border-radius:14px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-book\" style=\"font-size:25px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Modding Reference<small style=\"padding-bottom:10px;color:#ffffff\">Documentation for Tuning Packs<\/small><\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I <strong>published two official Relic mods<\/strong> to share with new modders. These mods could be downloaded and played on Launch day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=2937381012\">Double Resources<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Each Fuel point grants twice as much Fuel per second. Each Munitions point grants twice as many Munitions per second.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=2937562730\">Double Capture Rate for VP<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When capturing victory points only: time from enemy-owned to neutral is halved, and time from neutral to captured is also halved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project:\u2003\u2003Company of Heroes 3 Engine: \u2002\u2002\u2003Essence, a proprietary engine at Relic Feature:\u2003 \u2002User Generated Content (UGC) Situation It was just over a month until Launch day, and I discovered our public editor was missing features. 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