Actually it was released on Sunday as planned but one of our marketing campaign affiliates used us to host the image on their site for a site takeover and we nearly lost hosting. Upgraded and sorted now!
We've updated your Contagion with our Official Contagion SDK which can be found in your Steam\Common\Contagion\bin\ (or ContagionBeta if you bought before Full Release) folder as it's directly linked to our Engine.
For those familiar with modding will find it rather intuitive but there is more to learn even for veterans if you're looking to create a proper Contagion Map but that will either come with time or strong will and dedication.
We are excited to see what you guys roll out and what becomes popular. We can only hope that some of you try to achieve more than a simple port or something rushed but it available to do just that if you wish.
We hope to provide detail guides both in written and video format but for now there are some great mapping tutorials on Interlopers and/or TWHL to get you started.
Here's your chance!
- We'll be keeping an eye out and if a map catches our eyes there may be something in it for you!
- Have fun but try to be tasteful?
- So many users are salivating over new content. Will you put actual time and effort in or just attempt to make another
- Ports are to be expected but do the original creators a favor since it was their hardwork and request permission as well as providing credit where it's due. The same goes for borrowed assets.
- Make us look bad if you can! We love great minds.
What should you be catching up on?
- Squirrel Scripting
- Audiokinetic's Wwise
- The Basics - HL2 Modding
These Forum Rules!
Obviously no trolling, insulting, racial slurs, and the usual. Read our General Forum Rules & Guidelines to catch up before posting.
What can I post?
- Start a discussion if you have something to show and feel free to link images/videos as you progress for constructive criticism (expect people to be blunt)
- Questions are welcome but answers may be slow to come where this hasn't been the case in other discussions so you'll need to be patient.
- You can praise or critique but we expect you to do more than that. Be constructive or don't be surprised if your "Awesome" one word post or "Is lame" one liner is deleted.
- Your own guides and knowledge to help others. We're a community :)
This should be interesting!
We still have 2 1/2 weeks left in our "Contagion - Let's Play" competition with prizes exceeding $12,500 USD so don't miss out as anyone can participate!
Above is the instructional video but you can find more information at http://www.contagion-game.com/lets-play/
To Enter you only need a copy of Contagion and a Youtube account!
We have a patch coming out soon that should improve AI and then another hopefully this coming Sunday that should be quite pleasant so don't forget to check back often!
-The Contagion Team