Modding "The Movies" Without Spending...

...Cash, not Time ;-)

While it takes a good bit of work to mod for the movies, it doesn't have to cost you any extra money. The following are all freeware tools to help you mod or create content for "The Movies":

The Gimp - Free graphics program, DDS plugin available.
http://www.gimp.org/windows/∞
DDS plugin for Gimp - read/write DDS directly (or use the DDS converter, below)
http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/∞

DDS Converter 2 - mass graphic file converter, useful for converting all those DDs files into PNG for viewing in Blender.
http://civilization4.filefront.com/file/DDS_Converter;51172∞

Blender - 3d models
http://blender.org/cms/Blender.31.0.html∞
The Movies Import/Export scripts
http://www.dcmodding.com/main/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=36&Itemid=107∞

Audacity - All things audio, multiple tracks, add effects, export to ogg.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows∞

XVI32 - Hex Editor, shows hex and ascii - allows editing of either.
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm#download∞

Filzip - Compression, supports RAR
http://www.tucows.com/preview/209230∞

OpenOffice - Free MS Office replacement, good for writing scripts or keeping notes on your productions.
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html∞

And of course the Movies Specific tools you can find in the downloads on this site:
MEd 0.8.6.1 - Extract movies files, install new items.
DeadSane CostumeEditor - Modify/Create costumes
Reshoot - Find/Extract movies files.
http://www.dcmodding.com/main/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=40&Itemid=107∞
AnimChanger - Modify flm files to change main actor's animations.
http://www.dcmodding.com/main/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=36&Itemid=107∞

-- Reacher

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