03-09-2008, 02:56 AM
I've never used EZ Modmaker, but from the features list it would appear to do virtually everything you would be capable of doing with a hex editor (without serious knowledge of low level programming). Doing things from scratch may be an interesting learning experience, but is not likely to give you any more flexibility or power in what you can do with your own mods now that modmaking tools have reached this point.
If you are still interested in learning to mod data with a hex editor, it looks like the best current workshop is at Zamal and Zenda's site, http://www.thedark5.com/ Much has been learned since the last time I tried to mod this game, so if you can read and understand the information at their workshop, you should be ahead of me. Modifying the data tables is not so hard once you can grasp the general concept, and the workshops have done the hard part by identifying what data is where, and also what offset is needed. Learning to modify the code sections is not worth it, unless you have much greater ambitions involving programming or reverse engineering than just modding an old video game.
If you are still interested in learning to mod data with a hex editor, it looks like the best current workshop is at Zamal and Zenda's site, http://www.thedark5.com/ Much has been learned since the last time I tried to mod this game, so if you can read and understand the information at their workshop, you should be ahead of me. Modifying the data tables is not so hard once you can grasp the general concept, and the workshops have done the hard part by identifying what data is where, and also what offset is needed. Learning to modify the code sections is not worth it, unless you have much greater ambitions involving programming or reverse engineering than just modding an old video game.