nikki191 said:
oh dear. the 'mod' edits the .exe file which publishers tend to get really cranky about and its pretty much classed as a big no no by the modding community
Yeah I've noticed this. The game data was in a seperate file (a file that still exists for some reason) but was moved to the exe file on release. My guess is that they did this to prevent cheating in multiplayer, but it could have been an oversight in the rush to get the game out the door. Whatever the reson, it's making it's making modding awkward.
I heard somewhere that they were planning on using steam workshop, but it's just second hand info and doesn't really fit with the current state of things; as evidenced by the fact that I have to go offline when using mods or steam reinstalls the exe that's been altered (it might be because I have updates turned on though?)
Lots of other stuff can be found by looking in the exe. Most notable thing is the option to turn on terror/abduction UFO interception, which for some reson is turned off by default. There's a load of legacy stuff as well, such as a ton of extra countries for the geoscape and evidence that the Arc Thrower was origionaly supposed to be a pistol replacement.