I realize that one of the main things people want out of HLD modding is to be able to create new rooms and regions. I know that the room file format has already been the subject of a lot of study, and it is fairly well understood.
The way the engine actually handles rooms, however, is a different story. Game Maker does have a lot of built-in functionality for managing rooms, but from what I've been able to tell, Heart Machine didn't use this functionality in the way it was meant to be used. It's almost like they built their own room-handling system on top of the Game Maker system.
I think that allowing mods to create their own rooms is going to require a very significant amount of analysis (if it's even possible), so I'll be prioritizing some of the other, more-achievable features for the near future.
I realize that one of the main things people want out of HLD modding is to be able to create new rooms and regions. I know that the room file format has already been the subject of a lot of study, and it is fairly well understood.
The way the engine actually handles rooms, however, is a different story. Game Maker does have a lot of built-in functionality for managing rooms, but from what I've been able to tell, Heart Machine didn't use this functionality in the way it was meant to be used. It's almost like they built their own room-handling system on top of the Game Maker system.
I think that allowing mods to create their own rooms is going to require a very significant amount of analysis (if it's even possible), so I'll be prioritizing some of the other, more-achievable features for the near future.