Modding



Modding (short for Modification,https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Syf2xwGhQyMDv96_zhao_6GkGLQ84b4/view?usp=drivesdk also known as Hacking if unfairly used) is the act of updating Smash Hit's files in order to add new content to the game, fix bugs and add features. While Smash Hit modding is not officially supported by the developers, they have previously expressed that they are okay with modding, so long as it is not giving users anything that would be paid for free.

History

 * This history mainly focuses on the ability and tools used for Smash Hit modding. If you are interested in the history of a mod, please check that mod's respective page.

Early History
It is not known when the first Smash Hit mod was created, though it is likely to guess that it was around Smash Hit's release; however, no mods were known to be published to the internet before 2020.

2019
In June 2020, NZMC published a video which claimed that Custom Hit was the first ever known Smash Hit mod. Also in 2019, Knot126 claims that he had started to work on modding Smash Hit and was able to load the debug menu in December.

2020
The year 2020 was the first known year where many Smash Hit mods were published online. The first major mod, known as Random Room Mix Mod, was created by Megadron on 2020-02-01. A day later, Knot126 released a clone of the mod titled Random Rooms Mod. The two mods have become known as the Random Rooms Mods. In the coming months, these mods would be updated.

In May, NZMC first published his Smash Hit mod titled Custom Hit, which featured some changed stages for one of the first times. Knot126 had started to experiment with making custom stages, and published videos on his YouTube channel before it was deleted. Megadron had also recently started work on a level editor.

On September 11, Megadron left the modding community, releasing the working portion of the editor, which was a segment viewer. On September 27, Knot126 released the first version of Smash Hit Blender Tools, which attempted to be a segment editor for the popular 3D software Blender.https://drive.google.com/file/d/153cT0lO0DWWra_yiv6_sXjmFbfqzt4Gx/view?usp=drivesdk

In December, many new Smash Hit mods were announced and/or released. The first version of MTXBake was released, which would allow creation of custom images' files that could be loaded into Smash Hit.

2021
As most Smash Hit modders took a break or temporarily left the community in January 2021, not much happened.

In February, mesh files were fully documented and the ability to create mesh files arrived. Many Smash Hit mods had also started to develop greatly during this time period.