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|align="center" colspan="3" style="height:40px" valign="bottom"|<font size=4>'''Directory'''</font>
|align="center" colspan="4" style="height:40px" valign="bottom"|<font size=4>'''Anniversary Edition'''</font>
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="height:30px" valign="center"|<font size=3>[[Anniversary Edition/Team|The Team]]</font>
|colspan="4" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="bottom"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[/Installer|About the Installer]]'''</div>
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|align="right"|[[Anniversary Edition/Showcase|Showcase]]
|colspan="2" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="center"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[/Framework|About the Framework]]'''</div>
|align="center"|[[AE:Requests|Feature requests]]
|colspan="2" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="center"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[/Core|About the Core Mods]]'''</div>
|align="left"|[[Anniversary Edition/To-do|To-do list]]
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|align="right"|[http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 AE discussion forum]
|colspan="2" align="center" style="height:40px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[/Patches|About the Patches]]'''</div>
|align="center"|'''[[Anniversary Edition/Framework|About the Framework]]'''
|colspan="2" align="center" style="height:40px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[/Tools|About the Modding Tools]]'''</div>
|align="left"|[[Anniversary Edition/Change log|Change log]]
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="height:30px" valign="bottom"|'''About the AE Mods'''
|colspan="4" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">'''[[Modding Oni|Introduction to modding]]'''</div>
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|align="right" width="33%"|[[:Category:AE mods|All mods]]
|colspan="4" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1em">'''[[/Credits|Project Credits]]'''</div>
|align="center" width="33%"|[[:Category:Released AE mods|Released mods]]
|align="left" width="33%"|[[:Category:Unreleased AE mods|Unreleased mods]]
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="height:30px" valign="bottom"|'''About the Patches'''
|colspan="4" align="center" style="height:30px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1em">'''Maintainer: [[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]]'''</div>
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|align="center"|[[AE:EXE|Windows Oni app]]
|colspan="2" align="center" style="height:30px; border-top:1px solid black; border-left:1px solid black; border-right:1px solid black" valign="bottom"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">Change Logs</div>
|align="left"|[[AE:OMNI|Mac Oni app]]
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="height:30px" valign="bottom"|'''About the Modding Tools'''
|align="center" style="height:40px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">[http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/viewforum.php?id=12 AE support]</div>
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|align="center" style="height:40px; border-left:1px solid black"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">[[Anniversary Edition/Change log|AE Base]]</div>
|align="center" colspan="3"|[[OniSplit|About OniSplit]] <!--I anticipate there being more tools to list here later --Iritscen-->
|align="center" style="height:40px; border-right:1px solid black"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">[[Anniversary Edition/Installer/Change log|AE Installer 2]]</div>
|align="center" style="height:40px" valign="top"|<div style="font-size:1.15em">[[Anniversary Edition/To-do|To-do list]]</div>
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The '''Anniversary Edition''' is the result of years of research, work and discussion in the Oni community. The first real release of the Edition was made [[seven]] years after Oni's release, hence the original name of the project -- "Seventh Anniversary Edition". The Edition is essentially made up of four parts:
The '''Anniversary Edition''' enhances a retail copy of Oni and is the result of [[History of Oni modding|years of research, work and discussion]] in the Oni fan community. The first official release of the Edition was made [[seven]] years after Oni's release, hence the original name of the project, "Seventh Anniversary Edition". The AE consists of:
*A '''framework''' that allows users to make and distribute mods more easily
*;A modding framework
*A '''collection of mods''' to represent what the community is capable of
:that globalizes some game data so that you can mod more freely; it also introduces a package format that makes it easier to distribute mods.
*The latest '''patches''' to the game application
*;A mod installer
*Some of our '''modding tools''' (currently only OniSplit)
:that browses the {{OMD}} and allows you to selectively install only the mods that you want.
*;Core fixes to the game data
:installed automatically to correct menu and cutscene glitches.
*;Patches for the game application
:to correct bugs and add some new features, as well as unlock [[Developer Mode]].
*;Modding tools
:used for exporting/importing and intelligently patching game data.
 
More details on each element can be found in the Directory to the right.


The AE is always being worked on in one way or another; it's not a project with a defined feature set, and it won't ever have an official "final release". Think of it more like the flagship for our modding work -- it's our way of presenting some of our latest work, and for distributing the latest patches.
This seventh release of the project is the "final" iteration in the sense that the project is now de-centralized and self-updating. Instead of making a whole new release of the project every year or so with updated tools, mods and installer, we now push updates to the individual components whenever they are ready.


==Current Features==
==Requirements==
Here is a sample of what each of the four parts of the AE contains. More details on each part can be found in the Directory to the right.
Besides a retail installation of Oni, the Anniversary Edition requires Java (but this is bundled with the AE for Windows), as well as .NET in Windows and Mono on the Mac.
*The framework globalizes some game data so that you can mod more freely; it also uses packages to keep each mod separated and allows you to selectively install only the mods that you want.
*For Windows users: [http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/6/e/c6e88215-0178-4c6c-b5f3-158ff77b1f38/NetFx20SP2_x86.exe .NET (x86)], [http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/6/e/c6e88215-0178-4c6c-b5f3-158ff77b1f38/NetFx20SP2_x64.exe .NET (x64)]
*The included mod packages offer new content such as playable characters and weapons, as well as polishing melee combat.
*For Mac users: [http://www.mono-project.com/download/ Mono], [http://www.java.com/en/download/ Java]
*The patches are in the form of new game applications (and, in Windows, the Daodan DLL), which provide numerous fixes for bugs and crashes in Oni.
*OniSplit is the main program that we use to export game data from Oni so that we can edit it, and then re-import it as game data.


==Downloads==
==Downloads==
Here is the latest release of the Edition, in 2 flavors:
Here is the Setup app for the latest release, Anniversary Edition Seven:
*Windows: [http://mods.oni2.net/sites/default/modules/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=http://mods.oni2.net/sites/default/files/Edition-PC.zip&nid=74 7/7/2009]
*[http://mods.oni2.net/node/79 Windows]
*Mac: [http://mods.oni2.net/sites/default/modules/pubdlcnt/pubdlcnt.php?file=http://mods.oni2.net/sites/default/files/Edition-Mac.zip&nid=75 7/7/2009]
*[http://mods.oni2.net/node/75 macOS]
 
Anniversary Edition requires .NET in Windows and Mono on the Mac to install.
*For Windows users: [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en .NET]
*For Mac users: [http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html Mono]
 
==How to Help==
[[Image:I WANT YOU.jpg|right|583px]]
The Edition is always in active development. Therefore, <u>we are always recruiting for the AE Team</u>. The more hands we have helping,
the more work we can do to improve Oni.


If you are interested in helping, click on "The Team" link on the right to see what needs to be done and what skills are required.
[[Category:Anniversary Edition]]
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Revision as of 03:22, 29 April 2017

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Anniversary Edition
Maintainer: Iritscen
Change Logs

The Anniversary Edition enhances a retail copy of Oni and is the result of years of research, work and discussion in the Oni fan community. The first official release of the Edition was made seven years after Oni's release, hence the original name of the project, "Seventh Anniversary Edition". The AE consists of:

  • A modding framework
that globalizes some game data so that you can mod more freely; it also introduces a package format that makes it easier to distribute mods.
  • A mod installer
that browses the Oni Mod Depot and allows you to selectively install only the mods that you want.
  • Core fixes to the game data
installed automatically to correct menu and cutscene glitches.
  • Patches for the game application
to correct bugs and add some new features, as well as unlock Developer Mode.
  • Modding tools
used for exporting/importing and intelligently patching game data.

More details on each element can be found in the Directory to the right.

This seventh release of the project is the "final" iteration in the sense that the project is now de-centralized and self-updating. Instead of making a whole new release of the project every year or so with updated tools, mods and installer, we now push updates to the individual components whenever they are ready.

Requirements

Besides a retail installation of Oni, the Anniversary Edition requires Java (but this is bundled with the AE for Windows), as well as .NET in Windows and Mono on the Mac.

Downloads

Here is the Setup app for the latest release, Anniversary Edition Seven: