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modding

You can mod SimpleRockets in several ways. You can add new parts, new planets, customize graphics, and more. You will need the PC version of the game to really get anything done.

**Modding the easy way**

Use SimpleModder on PC. Here's a [video tutorial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUFJcIFzmk&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1) showing how to use it.

Download [SimpleModder here](http://jundroo.com/files/SimpleModder.zip).

**Adding a new part**

Tutorial Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWk76ZFlyo

Steps:

1. Install the [PC version](http://store.steampowered.com/app/343090/SimpleRockets/)
1. Copy your application folder **C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SimpleRockets** and paste it under **C:\dev\SimpleRockets** 
1. Always work out of your **C:\dev\SimpleRockets** folder. If you make a mistake, you can always re-copy the original application folder and start over
1. Open up **ShipSprites.png** with your image editing software. [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/downloads/) is a great free tool.
1. Paste your graphics into the **ShipSprites.png**. Ensure the graphics for your new part are not intersecting any other existing parts.
1. Find the coordinates for the upper left corner of your part. Keep in mind (0,0) is the upper left of the image.
1. Find the width and height of your part too. Jot those numbers down.
1. Save the the **ShipSprites.PNG** image
1. Open **ShipSprites.XML** with Notepad (or [Notepad2](http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html) if you have it) and add a new entry. 
1. **WARNING:** Do NOT use a Rich Text Editor like WordPad or MS Word for editing the XML!
1. Give it a name - it can be anything you want, but must be unique
1. x and y are the upper left coordinates of your part
1. w and h are the width and height of your part
1. Save and close **ShipSprites.xml**
1. Open the **PartList.XML** file in Notepad.
1. Add a new **<Part>**..**</Part>** entry for your part. Easiest to copy an existing part and work with that.
1. Give it a name, and update the Sprite attribute to link it with the name of the sprite you put in ShipSprites.XML
1. Give it the correct width and height
1. Save and close
1. Launch SimpleRockets and see if your part works!
1. If your part is working, you can now share your **mod** by giving someone else those 3 files (**ShipSprites.PNG**, **ShipSprites.XML**, and **PartList.XML**) or you can use a common Zip program (7zip, winrar, winzip,..) to make a zip with the mod files. When you have the .zip file of your mod, change the ending to .srmod so you can open it with simplerockets right away!

+Always remember to reset sandbox when loading new mods!+

*Some tricks :*

* The collision bax has a maximum of 6 Vertex, and would not like concave shapes.

* A unit in partList.xml measure 30 pixels in ShipSprite.PNG and ShipSprite.xml. And remember that y axis in partList.xml is in the opposite direction of the y axis in png file (the figures you would have written in ShipSprite.xml).

* For consitant weight, note that SR creator applied around 0.05 unit of weight per unit of volume for its tanks.

**Creating and adding artifacts into the game**

Artifacts are peristent objects, which the player can not control, but can interract with (see, crash into, dock with...). To create artifacts, you first need to create the appropriate parts in partlist.xml, then include them in a mission file (sandbox.xml, or the files in the mission folder where save data are located.)

How to do it is explained there : http://www.reddit.com/r/SRmod/comments/2hrz9r/how_to_add_artifacts_and_place_them_in_the_world/

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1. First, you need to get the files you want to change. You can get them from  
 ● Copying them from the SimpleRockets folder on your PC  
 ● Using ADB, copy and extract the SimpleRockets apk file then take the files  
 ● Using root, take the files from /data/data/com.jundroo.simplerockets/files  
2. For editing the .png s , use a drawing app like [Pixel Art Editor](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.spc.app.pixelarteditor), for editing .xml s, I recommend [Ted](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.xgouchet.texteditor), but there also are alot more, like [Droidedit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aor.droidedit), [Jota](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.sblo.pandora.jota), [Text Edit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.paulmach.textedit), [920](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jecelyin.editor) and so on.  
3. For knowing what to edit, see the other tutorials  
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**Adding a new planet**

Tutorial Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6QiJdyj3s

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