Modding Tools and Resources and Total War World Catalouges

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Originally posted by Simetrical updated by Lusted

Modding Tools & Resources

Modding Tools

• PAK Extractor (by Vercingetorix)
• Mod switcher program (by Vercingetorix)
• export_descr_buildings.txt modification tool (Excel spreadsheet) (by Godless Graham)
• Caligula and Hadrian, unit and building editors (by GodsPetMonkey)
• TiME Map Editor (by MrHide)
• XIDX Animation/IDX editor (by Vercingetorix)
• Settlement Plan Editor (by [cf]Adherbal)
• Another Settlement Plan Editor (by SigniferOne)
• Zhanguo TW Settlement Plan Editor (by HanBen)
• TGA-HGT Converter for BI 1.4 and RTW 1.3 (by alpaca)
• BrandonM's descr_strat editor (by BrandonM)
• Photoshop DDS plugin
• Fileparser for XPAK (by Arbaces)
• The Lordz Public Modding Tools (by the Lordz)

Modding Guides

Map/Starting Conditions

• How to make an entirely new campaign map (by Myrddraal)
• How to change the starting diplomatic stance of factions (by Myrddraal)
• How to edit a resource (by Myrddraal)
• How to change the starting owner of a province (by Myrddraal)
• How to assign starting generals different bodyguards (by Epistolary Richard)
• How i made my maps (by bdh)
• How to make gloss files (by Little Legionaire)
• How to add a province/change settlement names (by Seleukos)
• How to make character traits (by Spartan)

Units and Buildings

• A complete breakdown of export_descr_building.txt (by MasterOfNone/Dol Guldur)
• How to add and edit buildings (by TDarksword)
• How to add and edit units (by Burebista, Ungar the Ugly, et al.)
• How to make province-specific units (by Myrddaal)
• Multiple Bodyguard Units (by MasterOfNone)
• How to add officers to mounted units (by Epistolary Richard)

Text

• How to change faction names (by Myrddraal)
• How to give city rebels different names (by Monkwarrior)
• How to edit unit names (by Myrddraal)
• How to edit faction names (by Myrddraal)
• How to give different factions different building descriptions (by Dol Guldur)

Aesthetics

• How to edit unit cards (by Myddraal)
• How to edit faction banners and symbols (by Monkwarrior)
• How to edit game music and unit voices (by King_Azzole)
• Basic modeling tutorials (list by alin)
• RTW-specific modeling tutorial (for experienced modelers) (by Hoggy)
• RTW modelling tutorials (by Professor420)
• Night Battles for RTW 1.5 (by DimeBagHo)
• How to create new skins using GIMP (by tFighterPilot)

Miscellaneous

• How to change strategic unit speeds universally (by Myrddraal)
• How to change strategic movement speeds for ships and agent types (by maxpublic)
• How to edit city battle-map layouts (by dsyrow1/SigniferOne)
• List of hardcoded limits (list by Simetrical, with contributions by many)
• List of common modding errors (by Khelvan)
• How to change AI construction tendencies (by CA)
• How to create a new culture in Barbarian Invasion (and 1.3/1.5) (by MasterOfNone/Dol Guldur)
• General Guide to Mod Development Management (by General_Sun)
• Deleting Alpha Channel parts in 3dsMax renders (by Nero666)

Tutorials & Walkthroughs

• Basics of Gimp: A short guide to get you started (by Hader)
• How to: The Battle Editor, Movie Cam, Show err, Unlock all factions (by Hader)
• Tutorial: Making Unit Cards with Gimp(by Hader)
• Unpaking Files:Step-by-Step(by Publius)
• Quick Guide to taking Great Screenshots (by Hader)
• Tutorial: a basic guide to the UVW modifier(s) (by Goscinio)
• Rendering in 3DS Max (by Goscinio)
• 3DSMax and tool tutorials (by Alin)
• How to make an Animated Text Signature (with Photoshop) by Flip2121

Other Compilations of Tutorials

• The Guild: Scriptorium
• Total War Center: Tutorials and Walkthroughs

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-THE TOTAL WAR WORLD-

_______Medieval Total War_______

After Action Reports
A history of Russia

Battlefield Strategy Guides
Medieval Total War - A Treatise on Battlefield Tactics

Strategy Guides
MTW F.A.Q.
The Almohads
The Byzantines (General)
The Byzantines (Early)
The Byzantines (High)
Byzantines (Late)
The Danes (Early)
The Danes (Late)
The Danes (High)
The Danes (Hard)
The English (Early)
The English (Late)
The English (High)
The English (General)
The Holy Roman Empire (General)
The Holy Roman Empire (Early)
The Holy Roman Empire (High)
The Holy Roman Empire (Late)
The Italians
The Russians (High)
The Spanish (General)
Aragonese (Early)
Aragonese (High)
Aragonese (Late)

_______Medieval Total War-Viking Invasion_______

After Action Reports

Battlefield Strategy Guides

Strategy Guides
The Hungarians
The Poles (Early)
The Sicilians
The Welsh
The Vikings
The Northumbrians
The Mercians
The Irish
The Picts
The Saxons
The Scots

_______Rome Total War_______

After Action Reports

Battlefield Strategy Guides
SPQR - Battle walkthrough - Battle against the Gladiators
SPQR - Battle Walkthrough - Brutii vs. Macedon
SPQR - Battle Walkthrough - Rome vs Carthage (lots of ellies)
Phalanx Position Tactic

Strategy Guides
Armenians
Britons
Dacians
Gauls
Greeks
Iberians
House of Julii
Macedon
Numidians
Parthians
Pontus
Scipii

_______Rome Total War-Barbarian Invasions_______

Strategy Guides
The Western Roman Empire Walkthrough

Great news, indeed.

Good work.

well, let me know where you want to move it and it'll be stickied. good work. reps awarded. :thumbsup2

The Mod Workshop and the Tutorials and Walkthroughs section please. :)

And i have renamed the thread

I dont think that this thread is needed anymore since we now have this one. Can a mod please take care of it? thank you

In case the "Modding tools & Tutorials—read me first!" thread is deleted could you please copy over the MapAnalysator tool from the old list to the list of modding tools at the start of this thread? Thank you :wink:

Hadrian dl link is dead...

The links to Vercingetorix's tools in top thread don't appear to work, they are available in download section:
PAK extractor now seems to be on
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...?do=file&id=43
and IDX extractor
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...?do=file&id=32
could they be updated and this post deleted?

There are multiple places that are listings for tools, so I don't know which one to post into. Tamur over at the org had created a trait/ancillary validator, and has given me permission to improve upon the work he started. The attachment in this post is the most current version of the trait/ancillary validator. Here's a link to the original thread at the org.

I hope this is the right place to post. I have made a name generator which creates names.txt from descr_names.txt.
Here is the download link:
http://files.filefront.com/Name+gene.../fileinfo.html

Readme is included, you can find every instructions there.

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Originally Posted by Batu33

I hope this is the right place to post. I have made a name generator which creates names.txt from descr_names.txt.
Here is the download link:
http://files.filefront.com/Name+gene.../fileinfo.html

Readme is included, you can find every instructions there.

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Re-uploaded, see this thread: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...50#post6399550