Yeah ask anything you need. I'll try to catch your questions in time and help you out. I worked on The Sum for so long I can safely say that I know things about almost all aspect of modding Tactics.
1. Totally feasible and easy. Best way is to add a Campaign variable (a variable that can be accessed from any location at any time) the moment your character has joined a faction by setting it to true or whatever you need. Example :
Code:
Conditions
Speech Event Brotherhood_recruiter Occured
Actions
Set campaign variable 'Brotherhood' to 'yes'
Then you simply need to verify the variable to act accordingly, doing something similar to this :
Code:
Conditions
If campaign variable 'Brotherhood' is 'true'
Actions
Set Click Speech for unit 'Brotherhood_member' to 'Salutation'
Set Random Speech for unit 'Brotherhood_member' to 'Salutation_over'
2. Yess. Very easy to.
a. You first create a worldmap using Game Editor (see point 4)
b. In campaign.txt, you add a bunch of missions with the "uncovered" tag to them
c. You import the missions on the worldmap using either Tool - Import data or Tool - Import Core
d. You place all these maps on the worldmap at the right place you want them using Core Tab.
e. When in a mission map, you use this code to bring the character to explore the map the way he.she want it :
Code:
Conditions
Human has all alive at exid grids
Actions
End Mission (World Map)
3. To export a mod, you need to have all your files (missions, your .cam file, sprites, etc.) in folders that exactly match the ones you used when creating the mod. If your files REPLACE existing vanilla game files, you need to have them be named exactly like the original ones and within the exact same folder names and folder structure. You then upload your whole mod to let's say ModDB, then after downloading, they are placed in a folder next to "core" folder. The mod is then launched this way using a Windows shortcut :
Code:
Target
"C:\GOG Games\Fallout Tactics\BOS.exe" -path mods/xkcons
Start in
"C:\GOG Games\Fallout Tactics\"
As you can see, I created the folder "mods" next to "core", and started adding a bunch of mods inside "mods" folder. It includes the mod by Xkcons in "Xkcons" folder. When I use the shortcut, the game not only launch Tactics, but it search for any existing file replacements for the vanilla one inside "Xkcons" folder and replace them.
Let's say you have a mod that only replace the ripper sprite for another one, you will find this in the folders :
Code:
Fallout Tactics/core/sprites/weapons/Blades/Ripper.spr
Fallout Tactics/mods/yourmod/sprites/weapons/Blades/Ripper.spr
4. I don't know where you can find a satellite map for your mod, but it can by any .png image. When you want to import it, you use two files. One named "map.png", and one named "map_move.png" IN THE SAME FOLDER. The map_move.png file is in fact black and white, the exact same pixel size as map.png and serves only to determine the movement rates on the worldmap. If you set anything to pure black, the player will not be able to move in that area, period. In Vanilla Tactics, this can be experimented by trying to travel above lakes. The game will not permit it. Dark grey will be very slow to travel across, white will be very quick.
I attached an example of what the .png worldmaps look like.
Then, you import the image using Game editor. Tools - Import Image. You then choose the size of the squares for the map. The squares will be added automatically. Default square in vanilla Tactics is 75.
