This is an in-engine modding toolkit for the SEGA game Sonic Frontiers. Releases can be found on GitHub or on the project's GameBanana page. A HMM update server is also available.
You will need to have the following prerequisites installed:
- Visual Studio 2022
- CMake 3.28 or higher
Check out the project and make sure to also check out its submodules:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/angryzor/sonic-frontiers-devtools.gitNow let CMake do its thing:
cmake -A x64 -B buildIf you have Sonic Frontiers installed in a non-standard location, you can specify that location
with the DEVTOOLS_GAME_FOLDER variable:
cmake -A x64 -B build -DDEVTOOLS_GAME_FOLDER="C:\ShadowFrontiers"Once CMake is finished, navigate to the build directory and open devtools.sln with VS2022.
You should have a fully working environment available.
Building the INSTALL project will install the mod into HedgeModManager's Mods directory.
DevTools has a builtin level editor complete with rendering of debug visualizations such as volumes and colliders:
As well as debug information left in the game's binary:
DevTools is able to manipulate datastructures and resources inside the game's memory through reflection:
DevTools has a resource browser where you can see the game's currently loaded resources, edit them and hot reload them while the game is running:
DevTools can edit NeedleFXSceneData graphics parameters in realtime, giving you instant feedback when modding postprocessing and lighting parameters:
DevTools provides inspectors for a variety of game systems, such as the memory allocation system:
