BiA SDK for Windows 7/Vista

Post date: May 17, 2015 6:6:23 AM

With the help of a friend Warrior250, I finally got the SDK working in Windows 7.

Check the Downloads page to get the files mentioned below if you are interested in creating your own modifications to this game.

Be sure to visit the Gearbox forums to share your ideas and get some modding help.

Basic RtH30/EiB SDK workflow for Windows 7:

1. Install game: hopefully this works with any version, Steam or DVD

2. Apply official patches to game (if necessary)

3. Make a backup of your BiA\System folder before the next step

4. Apply Windows 7 SDK fix: download the Windows 7 fix (EiB or RtH30) , and extract the contents to your BiA\System folder

5. Install SDK: If you have problems installing it, check the bia_fix.reg if you would like to try modifying your registry

6. Test "UnrealEd.exe" in BiA\System. You may or may not need to run this with Windows Compatibility Mode for Windows 2000 or XP.

7. If you only want to make simple modifications to maps, or create or modify textures and sounds, you can stop here. To use the compiler to create new and more complex scripts and classes, continue to the next step.

8. Open/run the batch file win7fix.bat in your BiA/System directory (installed with the fix above). If the packages do not compile without errors, then cannot compile scripts and you will have to restore your original System files. You did make a backup, didn't you?

9. Test "UnrealEd.exe" in BiA\System again. If you know how, create a custom class and try to compile it.