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Map ground types.tga

2024-02-13T08:56:44Z

Gigbot: /* Impassable Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassable Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassable by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey (64, 64, 64) - M2TW only, not available in RTW/RR
:Impassable Sea - Dark Blue (0, 0, 64) - M2TW only, not available in RTW/RR -- works only on land tiles despite the name

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassable terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassable terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassable terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T12:38:13Z

Gigbot: /* Impassable Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassable Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassable by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey (64, 64, 64)
:Impassable Sea - Dark Blue (0, 0, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassable terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassable terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassable terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T12:36:54Z

Gigbot: /* Impassible Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassable Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey (64, 64, 64)
:Impassable Sea - Dark Blue (0, 0, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T12:34:35Z

Gigbot: /* Impassible Land Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassible Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey (64, 64, 64)
:Impassable Sea - Dark Blue (0, 0, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T10:30:06Z

Gigbot: /* Impassible Land Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassible Land Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey (64, 64, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T10:29:49Z

Gigbot: /* Impassible Land Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassible Land Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land - Medium Grey(64, 64, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T10:27:49Z

Gigbot: /* Other Land Ground Types */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassible Land Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land (64, 64, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0) - uses texture of fertility low
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Map ground types.tga

2024-02-12T10:25:15Z

Gigbot: /* Impassible Land Terrain */

{{DISPLAYTITLE:map_ground_types.tga}}
[[Image:Map_ground_types.jpg|right| Enlarged section of the vanilla M2TW map_ground_types.tga]]

The map_ground_types.tga is the tga that controls both the type of terrain displayed on the campaign map and on the [[battle map]].

Map_ground_types.tga will be found in the ''data/world/maps/base'' folder of a [[vanilla]] installation, it may also be placed in the ''data/world/maps/campaign/campaign_name'' folder if the other map files are copied there as well.

Note that the map_ground_types.tga does not determine the amount or shape of sea shown on the campaign map. The coastline shown in [[map_heights.tga]] is the one that determines where land and sea are placed, if there is any discrepancy between the files a default ground type is used for the incorrectly designated areas. For instance if an island exists in map_heights.tga but is marked as sea in map_ground_types.tga it will still appear on the campaign map but with a default fertile terrain type.

==Size==
The map_ground_types.tga must be twice the size of map_regions.tga plus one pixel on each axis. So if map_regions.tga is 100 x 100 pixels then map_heights.tga must be 201 x 201 pixels.

==Key to colours==
The following key is taken from Myrddraal's tutorial [http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50437 Making a New Campaign Map] 
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)
:Beach - White (255, 255, 255)

==Impassible Land Terrain==
The following types of terrain are impassible by units.
:Forest Dense - Dark Green (0, 64, 0)
:Mountains High - Light Brown (196, 128, 128)
:Mountains Low - Brown (98, 65, 65)
:Impassable Land (64, 64, 64)

City and port positions in map_regions.tga should not coincide with areas of impassible terrain.
Resource, watchtower and starting unit coordinates in descr_strat.txt should also not be located in areas of impassible terrain.

Use of mountain types effects the way the heights are rendered on the campaign map. Using 'mountains low' gives a smoothing effect and heights will appear lowered. Using 'mountains high' gives a peaked effect making heights appear greater, the .cas model for mountains high also places peaks randomly so they will not necessarily tie up with your highest points.

(For RTW only: Very large areas of impassible terrain can cause the same '[[Landmass Crash]]' problem as having too large a sea area.)

==Other Land Ground Types==
:Fertile Low - Grey-Blue (0, 128, 128)
:Fertile Medium - Light Green (96, 160, 64)
:Fertile High - Olive (101, 124, 0)
The above are fairly obviously fertile ground types, a small area of fertile ground is needed for each region. The areas of fertile terrain on the campaign map will be displayed with an overlay of a different tga when farms are built in a region, see [[#Visual_Effects_on_Campaign_Map| Visual Effects on Campaign Map]].

:Wilderness - Black (0, 0, 0)
:Hills - Olive-Brown (128, 128, 64)
:Forest Sparse - Green (0, 128, 0)
:Swamp - Bright Green (0, 255, 128)
:Beach - White (0, 0, 0)
Are the passable but non-fertile terrain types. They have various effects on both the campaign and battle maps. Swamp for example drastically slows down armies movement speed on the campaign map.
Use of 'hills' terrain increases the apparent effect of heights on the campaign and battle map.

==Sea Ground Types==
The different types of sea 'ground type' affect the movement of boats.
:Ocean - Dark Maroon (64, 0, 0)
:Sea Deep - Dark Red (128, 0, 0)
:Sea Shallow - Red (196, 0, 0)

Sea shallow allows greater movement than sea deep. 

In RTW the ocean ground type is impassible by ships and also therefore prevents the spawning of rebel (pirate) ships. For that reason it is best used for small lakes which don't have ports and to block of areas of the map you don't want accessible.

The area between Europe and America in M2TW is the ocean ground type. Only ship types with the ocean_going tag in descr_ship.txt can traverse ocean tiles.

==Visual Effects on Campaign Map==
The files used as 'textures' to paint the campaign map when it is rendered are mainly contained in
''data/terrain/aerial_map/ground_types'' folder. These files are referenced from descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt two short excerpt from that file shows how the climate as defined on [[map_climates.tga]] and the ground type combine to determine which tga is used.

climate semi_arid
{
cultivated_low middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_medium middle_east_farm.tga
cultivated_high middle_east_farm.tga
fertility_low fertility_5.tga
Each climate type has a separate list of all the ground types below it. Different tga's can be used for the same ground type under each of the different climates. The tga specified for cultivated_low will replace the one used for fertility_low when farms are built in a region, cultivated_medium replaces fertility_medium etc.

[[Category:RTW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:M2TW Campaign Map Modding]]
[[Category:RTW Files]]
[[Category:M2TW Files]]

Gigantus

2020-03-01T06:12:17Z

Gigbot:

{{member|name=Gigantus
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Divus'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Ornamentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] https://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and now still serves as Admin Emeritus. Following his "[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus.png|30px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:CMS Blog Bronze.png|38px]] || [[The CMS Blogger award]] || Awarded for having posted at the least 5 blogs of minimum 500 words. Received on November 20, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor. Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModService.png|50px]] || [[Modding Service Award]] || Participated within a workshop section with distinction over the span of 6 months and released a hosted modification. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:LEGIO501.png|50px]] || [[ Legio 501st Modder]] || Awarded for a remarkable act that benefits TWC modding community. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2020-03-01T06:10:01Z

Gigbot:

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Ornamentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] https://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and now still serves as Admin Emeritus. Following his "[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus.png|30px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:CMS Blog Bronze.png|38px]] || [[The CMS Blogger award]] || Awarded for having posted at the least 5 blogs of minimum 500 words. Received on November 20, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor. Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModService.png|50px]] || [[Modding Service Award]] || Participated within a workshop section with distinction over the span of 6 months and released a hosted modification. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:LEGIO501.png|50px]] || [[ Legio 501st Modder]] || Awarded for a remarkable act that benefits TWC modding community. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2020-01-17T05:00:30Z

Gigbot: /* Awards Achieved */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus.png|30px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:CMS Blog Bronze.png|38px]] || [[The CMS Blogger award]] || Awarded for having posted at the least 5 blogs of minimum 500 words. Received on November 20, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor. Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModService.png|50px]] || [[Modding Service Award]] || Participated within a workshop section with distinction over the span of 6 months and released a hosted modification. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:LEGIO501.png|50px]] || [[ Legio 501st Modder]] || Awarded for a remarkable act that benefits TWC modding community. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

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== Summary ==
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Gigantus

2020-01-17T04:42:33Z

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus.png|40px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor. Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModService.png|50px]] || [[Modding Service Award]] || Participated within a workshop section with distinction over the span of 6 months and released a hosted modification. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:LEGIO501.png|50px]] || [[ Legio 501st Modder (Gold)]] || Awarded for a remarkable act that benefits TWC modding community. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|}

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[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

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== Summary ==
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Gigantus

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor. Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModService.png|50px]] || [[Modding Service Award]] || Participated within a workshop section with distinction over the span of 6 months and released a hosted modification. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:LEGIO501.png|50px]] || [[ Legio 501st Modder (Gold)]] || Awarded for a remarkable act that benefits TWC modding community. Received on October 04, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

File:LEGIO501.png

2020-01-17T04:32:57Z

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== Summary ==
Legio501 GB reduced to 50*50

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2020-01-17T04:30:56Z

Gigbot: ModServiceBig reduced to 50*50

== Summary ==
ModServiceBig reduced to 50*50

Gigantus

2020-01-17T03:45:12Z

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{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2020-01-17T03:44:32Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Resources */

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801333 Creating a World - Desktop Shortcuts for the Kingdoms Campaigns]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2020-01-17T03:42:22Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Tutorials */

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|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

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[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2020-01-17T03:38:50Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Tools */

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801440 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Animation Editing]
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?801425 Creating a World - Developer's Setup Kit for Sound Editing]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-07-28T05:01:40Z

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
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|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?593134 1648 - Thirty Years of War] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798765 Rule Brittania] - ported to Steam
*[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?798859 Kingdom of the Scots] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-07-28T04:54:20Z

Gigbot: /* Mods */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam
*[[Rule Brittania]] - ported to Steam
*[[Kingdom of the Scots]] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-07-18T09:40:38Z

Gigbot: /* Mods */

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance Total War]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod]] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

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[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-07-18T09:37:39Z

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Renaissance]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[La Guerre de Cent Ans]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[Kingdoms Grand Campaign]] - ported to Steam

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-28T08:54:32Z

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{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds Across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-28T08:52:45Z

Gigbot: /* Mods */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The Long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-28T08:49:05Z

Gigbot: /* Current Ranks held */

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Artifex.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Citizen.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:3K_Patrician.png|100px]] || [[Patrician]] is an honorary title and user group reserved for those who hold one of the large medals, and also for former Administrators who served for at least six months.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Admin Emeritus || Retired Hexagon member retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Emeritus || Retired Senior Moderation staffer retained for advice
|-
|rowspan="1" | Modding Emeritus || Retired Senior Modding staffer retained for advice
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T15:25:51Z

Gigbot: /* Current Ranks held */

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|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Patriarch]] || [[Patriarch]] Text to added
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Admin Emeritus]] || [[Admin Emeritus]] Text to added
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Moderation Emeritus]] || [[Moderation Emeritus]] Text to added
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[Modding Emeritus]] || [[Modding Emeritus]] Text to added
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T15:12:15Z

Gigbot: /* Awards Achieved */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [[Site Award]] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Divus]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T14:13:40Z

Gigbot: /* Awards Achieved */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Divus_medium.png|50px]] || [[Divus]] || Awarded for distinguished contributions to the community and exceptional service to TWC as an administrator. Received on May 24, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Wiki-contributor-medium-bronze.png|50px]] || [[TWC Wiki Editor Award]] || Awarded for merit and time served as a non-staffer Wiki Editor Received on May 11, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ModStaff_Medium_Bronze.png|50px]] || [[Modding Staff's Anvil]] || Awarded for merit and time served in Modding Staff. Received on June 19, 2019.
|-
|}

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[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

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Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:54:45Z

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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[For King or Country]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:52:20Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Resources */

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:51:35Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Resources */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:50:52Z

Gigbot: /* Modding Resources */

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?795778 Creating a World - Black Settlement Fix for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791937 Creating a World - Fixing the "Failed to Initialise Audio System" Error]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?785849 Creating a World - The Recruit Limit Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:46:20Z

Gigbot: /* Current Ranks held */

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|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
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=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:46:10Z

Gigbot: /* Former Ranks held */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:44:54Z

Gigbot: /* Mods */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing
*[[Clouds across Europe]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms
*[[The long Road]] - ported to Steam and Kingdoms

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2019-06-27T13:42:34Z

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{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2018 Site Award small.png]] || [https://wiki.twcenter.net/index.php?title=Site_Awards Site Award] || Awarded for winning the Funniest Member, Staff Award and Most Helpful Member in the 2018 Site Awards. Received on February 15th, 2019.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|-
|}

{{People}}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

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Gigantus

2018-12-27T09:39:02Z

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{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011. Resigned November 22, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|}

[[Category:Administrator]]
[[Category:people]]
[[Category:Famous Modders]]
[[Category:Citizen]]
[[Category:Novus]]
[[Category:Asterix's Loincloth]]

Gigantus

2018-12-27T09:37:50Z

Gigbot: /* Awards Achieved */

{{member|name='''Gigantus'''
|avatarimagelocation=Gig's Avatar.gif
|mainrank='''Administrator'''
|ranks=[[Administrator]], [[Artifex]], [[Citizen]]
|patron=[[Nicholas Rush]]
|patronof=none
}}
=History=
=== The Birth ===
Mighty [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=14940 Gigantus] Joined TWC on August 29, 2006. No one knows what dragged Gigantus here but when he joined Mother TWC knew that she has found her lost child that will now guide his TWC brothers out of the modding darkness & make her proud.

=== The Struggle ===
Gig's involvement with computers is at least as old as that great movie and hasn't diminished since. From his first Amiga 64 over that chunky 8086 he has been fascinated by the capabilities of those calculators. And then he met RTW!. The child in him was enthralled with this strategy game. The more you get, the more you want - After enthusiastically beating back the unwashed heathen on his favorite bridge near Masilia he decided that he wanted more. And RTR gave it to him, the game experience and that nagging desire to see what makes this thing tick.
:Not that he actually managed to get something working on his own, but he found about 172 ways how not to mod. While he was still lost in that first modding jungle along came M2TW. And there was light in his modding darkness! his first steps dabbling with the map were met with varying success, but the fora helped. Soon he joined up with the mod leader of PRO DEO ET REGE and helped him make his map. Then he continued and worked on various mods like Last Kingdom (Oranmentum), Rise of Empires, Ferrum Aeternum etc.

In between these mods he started the releasing of "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]", a series of tutorials for modding noobs this was the turning point of his modding career.

=== Rise to Fame ===
There is no actual event that can be called upon as a reason for his fame as there are many. One could conclude that due to his caring, dedication, and effort to make the TW community a better place, at his own expense, one small step at a time is the primary reason. He can be called the king of the Mod Workshop, helping new modders and old modders alike to solve their problems, always concluding with his trademark gesture "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iYzyDQ3hQ One is glad to be of service] http://www.twcenter.net/forums/images/smilies/emoticons/buba8qe.gif". If you're wondering... "So what? The workshop doesn't create mods for me to play, those posts aren't showing shiny models and textures for my drooling pleasure. What gives?"

:What gives is that all modders get their start and get their help from the culture that is encouraged by the workshop. Without the tutorials to reference and the community to appeal to when you run up against a nasty CTD, many modders would be stuck, frustrated with their problem and without a body to turn to. And the central pillar of this culture in the M2 Workshop is Gigantus. Those posts aren't work being put into a mod that is going to get him recognition or acclaim. They're entirely selfless acts to help facilitate the work of other modders, so that they may succeed in their projects and produce the works which we can then enjoy.

He reached cloud no. 9 when he received an [[Opifex]] medal (On Dec 24, 2009) as a token of appreciation for all the work he has done for the community in a plethora of ways, some tangible, and many intangible.

= Present Endeavors =
Gigantus was an [[Administrator]] and faithfully executes the responsibilities thereof. Following his "[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/tags.php?tag=creating+a+world Creating a World]" series he continues to aid new modders through the forums. He is also known to help new modders via private messages although this is not recommended unless for very specific inquires.

= Modding Contributions =
So you really wanna know? Of course you do. He has served the modding community by many means whether by the means of modding tutorials or working for various development teams.

===Modding Tutorials===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208570 Creating a World - Basic mapping from Scratch]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=410461 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=225194 Creating a World - Adding a new Faction]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346170 Creating a World - Character Portraits, Creation and Use]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=174024 Creating a World - Adding detailed Regions]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=346783 Creating a World - Working with the Demis online Mapper]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304177 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=295845 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=224335 Creating a World - Height Map with 3Dem]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=181697 Creating a World - Using the Install Creator]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=212674 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=561640 Creating a World - Named Forts]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=572483 Creating a World - Killing Characters multiple Ways]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=631276 Creating a World - Importing Units from another Mod ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=643718 Creating a World - Faction Limits for Agents]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?663024 Creating a World - Unit Sprite Generating]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?667241 Creating a World - LOD reduction without texture loss ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?688368 Creating a World - Converting Install Disk to Steam ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?691356 Preserving a World - Basic modelling with Autodesk ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?696575 Creating a World - Disasters and the add_events command ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?702927 Creating a World - Building and maintaining unique Buildings ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?707820 Creating a World - Advanced recruiting with event counters ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?708773 Creating a World - Fixing the 'Box Graphic' Bug ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?714887 Creating a World - Using Kingdom Campaigns as Mod Base ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?741786 Creating a World - Starting RTW Mods the Batch Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?745692 Creating a World - Starting Steam Mods the easy Way ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?749098 Creating a World - Moving Steam's Game Library ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748456 Creating a World - Steam Install for SS 6.3 and 6.4 ]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?748601 Creating a World - Steam Install for TATW 3.0 and 3.2 ]

===Modding Resources===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=352216 Creating a World - Bare Geomod]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=357896 Creating a World - Gig's Map Collection]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399622 Creating a World - High Resolution Screenshots]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=168944 Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=360228 Creating a World - The Geomod Manual by gig]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=170327 Creating a World - Stone Forts on the Battle Map]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=196382 Formatted modeldb Files for all Campaigns - Kingdoms & Vanilla 1.5]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=539149 Creating a World - Editable Settlement Faction Symbols]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?606609 Creating a World - Accelerating Stratmap Animations via Script]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?629329 Creating a World - Fixing square Projectile Trails]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?635725 Creating a World - Changing hidden Keyboard Settings]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?636796 Creating a World - Converted battle, tooltips, shared and strat TXT Files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650584 Creating a World - Instant garrisons and their disbandment]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?650050 The mystery of the missing reinforcement portrait solved]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?677656 Creating a World - 29 Factions on selection display]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?703242 Creating a World - Implementing custom campaigns for single player and hotseat]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270926 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=200653 Creating a World - Map Templates with Worldwind]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287046 Creating a World - Adding a Culture]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?735800 Creating a World - Reduced City Textures for EBII]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?746123 Creating a World - Script and Fort fixes for Kingdom Campaigns]

===Modding Tools===
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176031 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550619 Creating a World - Unpacking the Game]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=585726 Creating a World - The BinEditor]
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=748756 Creating a World - Java Script for lower case Conversion]

===Mods===
Gigantus has worked for various mods, the list is given below:
*[[Falcom Total War]] - Mapping
*[[PRO DEO ET REGE]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Regions & Provinces Mod]] - Coding, Scripting, Bug fixing
*[[1648 - Thirty Years of War]] - Mapping, Coding, Scripting
*[[Africa: Total War]] - Mapping
*[[Dragolance: Total War-Takhisis Rising]] - Mapping
*[[East of Rome]] - Mapping
*[[Ferrum Aeternum]] - Mapping
*[[The Last Kingdom]] - Mapping
*[[Latinokratia|Latinokratia: Rebuilding the Empire]] - Mapping
*[[Paeninsula Italica]] - Beta Tester
*[[Wrath of the Norsemen]] - Mapping
*[[Ornamentum]] - Coding, Scripting
*[[Invasio Barbarorum]] - Mapping
*[[Claimants, Heirs, and Conquerors]] - Mapping
*[[Shizoku no Sensō]] - Mapping
*[[Rise of Three Kingdoms]] - Team Leader
*[[The H.E.L.P. Project]] - Member
*[[Europa Barbarorum II]] - Scripting, Testing

= Total War games owned =
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Box Art''' !! '''Type'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Romebox.jpg|50px]] || [[Rome: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:RTWBIBA.JPG|50px]] || [[Barbarian Invasion|Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval 2: Total War]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TWKBA.jpg|50px]] || [[Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms|Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms]]
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Empire Total War cover art.jpg|50px]] || [[Empire: Total War]]
|}

=Ranks And Awards=
=== Current Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Administrator radadir.png|100px]] || Administers TWC and TWC forums, a job not meant for a faint-hearted person. Promoted officially on October 18, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Artifex radadir.png|100px]] || An [[Artifex]] is someone who earned their rank through modding a TW game. Rank Achieved on 16 Aug, 2008.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Citizen radadir.png|100px]] || [[Citizen]] is special rank is given as a reward by the CdeC to those members who make a significant contribution to the Forum.
|}

=== Former Ranks held ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Rank''' !! '''Description'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Moderator.png|100px]] || [[Moderator]]s form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line site moderation.
|-
|rowspan="1" | Moderation Mentor || Mentors usually aid young moderators who are not familiar with their tasks and powers, they provide guidance and help to moderators whenever they require.
|}

=== Awards Achieved ===
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Award''' !! '''Type''' !! '''Reason'''
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Opifex_large.png|50px]] || [[Opifex]] || Awarded for exceptional modding or other TW-related contributions to the board. Received on Dec 24, 2009.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 09.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Mentor (M2TW)' category in the 2009 Modder Awards. Received on Feb 20, 2010.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:M2TW Maward 10.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Favorite Mapper (M2TW)' category in the 2010 Modder Awards. Received on February 13, 2011.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2011 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2011 Modder Awards. Received on May 03, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2012 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Tutor (M2TW)' category in the 2012 Modder Awards. Received on Jan 17, 2014.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod Award 2013 M2TW.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Most popular Modder (M2TW)' category in the 2013 Modder Awards. Received on May 06, 2015
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ME_75X75_14.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2014 Modder Awards. Received on October 26, 2016
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2015 m2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2015 Modder Awards. Received on January 03, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2016 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2016 Modder Awards. Received on June 08, 2017
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2017 med2 large.png|50px]] || [[Modding Award]] || Awarded for winning the 'second runner up in Most Popular Modder' category in the 2017 Modder Awards. Received on July 13, 2018
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:2011large.site.award.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2011 Site Awards. Received on February 07, 2012.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Twc trophy 2012.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the 'Best Mentor' category in the 2012 Site Awards. Received on January 01, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:SiteAward_LG_15.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the "Most Helpful Member" category in the 2015 Site Awards. Received on May 30, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2016_small2.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning the Best Technical Poster, the Most Helpful Member and the TWC Staff Awards in the 2016 Site Awards. Received on February 27, 2017.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Site_2017_large.png|50px]] || [[Site award]] || Awarded for winning Most Helpful Member & TWC Staff Award in the 2017 Site Awards. Received on February 09, 2018.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Mod_Mace_Amethyst_large.png|45px]] || [[Moderator's Mace]] || Awarded for time served as a Moderator for more than three years. Received on May 15, 2013.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Novus_large.png|50px]] || [[Novus]] || Awarded on June 24, 2014 for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:Loincloth large rahl.png|35px]] || [[Asterix's Loincloth]] || Awarded on January 21, 2015 for demonstrating purity of mind and spirit on TWC, in the pursuit of humor and good times for all members.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:10 year.png|50px]] || [[TWC Milestone Award]] || Awarded for having been on TWC for 10 years and accumulating more then 10,000 posts. Received on September 07, 2016.
|-
|rowspan="1" | [[File:ScriptAwardGd_bg.png|50px]] || [[Scriptorium Contributor's Medal]] || Awarded to the utmost contributors to the Scriptorium archives, having authored five or more articles now in the Scriptorium. Received on August 28, 2017.
|}

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[[Category:Novus]]
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'''TWC Staff are in charge of running various parts of the site. They currently fall into six major categories: Hex (aka Administration), Moderation, Technical, Tribunal, Content, and Gaming.'''

''For more information about the site, see also:''
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*''[[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service]]''
*''[[TWC:FAQ|FAQ]]''

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:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?97029{{Admin Colour|text=lolIsuck}}] - Moderator Hex
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:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14940{{Admin Colour|text=Gigantus}}] - Modding Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}] - Gaming Hex

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:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?65910{{Admin Colour|text=Tango12345}}] - Overseer
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:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?90254{{Moderator Colour|text=TheDarkKnight}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?49652{{Moderator Colour|text=Katsumoto de Voltaire}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Moderator Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?563882{{Moderator Colour|text=NorseThing}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?102075{{Moderator Colour|text=Paleologos}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?36087{{Moderator Colour|text=♔Greek Strategos♔}}]

==<big>[[Modding Staff|{{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14940{{Admin Colour|text=Gigantus}}] - Modding Hex & Modding Staff Director - Main area M2TW
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?43977{{Modding Colour|text=Axalon}}] - Main areas STW, MTW
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?107541{{Modding Colour|text=Leonardo}}] - Main area Downloads
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?74886{{Modding Colour|text=Magister Militum Flavius Aetius}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?115779{{Modding Colour|text=Pikestance}}] - Main area TWA
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?77696{{Modding Colour|text=Steph}}] - Main areas NTW, Warhammer
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10263{{Modding Colour|text=Van Zandt}}] - Main areas RTW, M2TW
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?278816{{Modding Colour|text=SharpEyed}}] - Main areas TWA, Rome2
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Modding Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?559173{{Modding Colour|text=Gyrosmeister}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?131396{{Modding Colour|text=z3n}}]

==<big>[[Technical Staff|{{Tech Colour|text=Technical Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?21866{{Admin Colour|text=GrnEyedDvl}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?12850{{Admin Colour|text=pannonian}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?23386{{Admin Colour|text=Squid}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32629{{Admin Colour|text=y2day}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14571{{Tech Colour|text=Augustus Lucifer}}]

==<big>[[Tribune|{{Black Colour|text=Tribunes}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?169922{{Black Colour|text=Dante Von Hespburg}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?27614{{Black Colour|text=Jom}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?50444{{Black Colour|text=Tiberios}}]

==<big>[[Content Staff|{{Content Colour|text=Content Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32629{{Admin Colour|text=y2day}}] - Content Art Hex

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=Content Artists}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Content Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?65699{{Content Colour|text=cedric37}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?102075{{Content Colour|text=paleologos}}]

===<big>[[Critic's Quill|{{Content Colour|text=The Critic's Quill & Writers' Study}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Content Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Director
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?410442{{Content Colour|text=Caillagh de Bodemloze}}] - Deputy Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32817{{Content Colour|text=Darkan}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?495381r{{Content Colour|text=theSilentKiller}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?302154{{Content Colour|text=Turkafinwë}}]

===<big>[[Eagle Standard|{{Content Colour|text=The Eagle Standard}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?36306{{Content Colour|text=♔Old Dragoon♔}}] - Content Director
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}] - Deputy Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?77237{{Content Colour|text=Garbad}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?57302{{Content Colour|text=La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?25300{{Content Colour|text=Lord William}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?235336{{Content Colour|text=Theramines}}]

===<big>[[Gamer's Gazette|{{Content Colour|text=The Gamer's Gazette}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?68964-irontaino{{Content Colour|text=irontaino}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]

===<big>[[Helios|{{Content Colour|text=The Helios}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?169922{{Content Colour|text=Dante Von Hespburg}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?90254{{Content Colour|text=TheDarkKnight}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?35571{{Content Colour|text=isa0005}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?82426{{Content Colour|text=Narf}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?120089{{Content Colour|text=Quintus Hortensius Hortalus}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10263{{Content Colour|text=Van Zandt}}]

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:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?480830{{Content Colour|text=Benjin}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?527374{{Content Colour|text=BlackFire Forge}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Content Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The Illustrator}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Content Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}] - Content Director

===<big>[[News Team|{{Content Colour|text=The News Team}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?410442{{Content Colour|text=Caillagh de Bodemloze}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The Picture & Video Competitions}}</big>===
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Content Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]

===<big>[[Scriptorium|{{Content Colour|text=The Scriptorium}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?183879{{Content Colour|text=joerock22}}] - Chief Librarian
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?73851{{Content Colour|text=Maximus IV}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Facebook Team}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?56254{{Content Colour|text=Noif de Bodemloze}}] - Content Director

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Twitter Team}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?61336{{Content Colour|text=Gunny}}] - Content Director

===<big>[[TWC_Wiki|{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Wiki Team}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?9390{{Content Colour|text=makanyane}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?278816{{Content Colour|text=SharpEyed}}]

===<big>[[TWC University|{{Content Colour|text=The University}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?125689{{Content Colour|text=General Brewster}}] - The Dean

==<big>[[Gaming Staff|{{Gaming Colour|text=Gaming Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}] - Gaming Hex

===<big>{{Gaming Colour|text=Play by Post RPGs}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?94104{{Gaming Colour|text=Lucius Malfoy}}] - Gaming Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?45705{{Gaming Colour|text=Barry Goldwater}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?135633{{Gaming Colour|text=Gandalfus}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?125689{{Gaming Colour|text=General Brewster}}]

===<big>{{Gaming Colour|text=Total War Hotseats}}</big>===
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?385929{{Gaming Colour|text=BerryKnight}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?357620{{Gaming Colour|text=General Dragon.}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?183879{{Gaming Colour|text=joerock22}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Gaming Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?545114{{Gaming Colour|text=Mergor}}]
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= Description of Roles=
:''Descriptions below have been taken from this [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?780569-The-Staff-of-Total-War-Center&p=15554950&viewfull=1#post15554950 post] by [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?315099 Commissar Caligula_]''

=={{Admin Colour|text=Hexagon Council (Administration)}}==
The '''[[Hexagon Council]]''' or ‘Hex’ are the main body which performs the day-to-day administration of Total War Center and its forums. They are the highest rank of staff on Total War Center and can be contacted should you have any concerns or questions that you feel other staff cannot answer.
'''If you wish to suggest new features for Total War Center, please refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?9-Questions-amp-Suggestions Questions & Suggestions] fora.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
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=={{Moderator Colour|text=Moderation}}==
'''[[Moderator]]s''' form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line moderation and they work to ensure the [[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service]] are upheld. Global Moderators are Moderators who have moderating powers over most forums on TWC. While regular Moderators usually only moderate one forum or set of forums (e.g. the M2TW forums), Global Moderators are trusted with moderating powers in most forums. They are chosen from existing Moderators and share a badge with other Moderators.
'''If you wish to appeal a decision made by a moderator, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?146-The-Tribunal Tribunal] or the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1309-Praetorium Praetorium].''' 
Moderators can be identified by the following badge: 
[[File:Moderator.png]]

=={{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}==
The '''[[Modding Staff]]''' aim to make TWC a great place for both modders and mod-users! As well as helping modders in any way they can, the Modding Staff help users find answers to queries about mods and modding and work to keep TWC's information about mods and downloads up to date.
They can be identified by the following badge: 
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=={{Tech Colour|text=Technical Staff}}==
Total War Center's '''[[Technical Staff]]''' fix technical problems on the site, ensure that it runs smoothly and may add, configure or remove features if necessary. 
'''If you wish to conduct informed technical discussions related to TWC's software, hardware, or similar issues, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?321-Technical-Bazaar Technical Bazaar.] For things like "Why doesn't this feature work?" or "I found something wrong", please use [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?9-Questions-amp-Suggestions Questions & Suggestions] instead.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
[[File:Technical_staff_radadir.png]]

=={{Black Colour|text=Tribunes}}==
The '''[[Tribune]]s''' form the Tribunal, a body which exists to provide those members of TWC who have been punished by the Moderation Branch with a place to request the reversal of their punishment. This is in no way a guarantee that the punishment will be removed, but every case presented will be reviewed by a panel of three judges. Tribunes are appointed by Hex to serve indefinitely, and are answerable only to [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?21866-GrnEyedDvl{{Admin Colour|text=GrnEyedDvl}}].
'''If you wish to appeal a decision made by a moderator, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?146-The-Tribunal Tribunal] and the Tribunes will judge your case.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
[[Image: tribune_radadir.png]]

=={{Content Colour|text=Content}}==
'''[[Content Staff]]''' are members of Total War Center who are dedicated to providing quality content including articles, interviews, reviews, art, competitions and news.
They can be identified by the following badges: 
[[Image:Content_director.png‎ ]] [[Image:Content_writer_radadir2.png‎ ]] [[Image:librarian_radadir.png]] [[Image:Artist radadir.png]]

==={{Content Colour|text=Content Artists}}===
The Art staff are a branch of Content Staff dedicated to making and improving the site's graphics. In addition they are able to provide art for TWC members on request, including sigs, userbars, badges, and banners.
See the Graphics Workshop [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?946-The-Graphics-Workshop here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Writers' Study & Critic's Quill}}===
'''[[The Writers Study|The Writers' Study]]''' runs a range of weekly and monthly competitions, in addition to regularly encouraging all forms of creative writing. The Writers' Study staff are also responsible for the '''[[Critic's Quill]]''', which produces articles related to the creative writing that has been submitted to the Writers' Study. View the Writers' Study [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1353-The-Writers-Study here] and the Critic's Quill [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?127-critic-s-quill here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Eagle Standard}}===
The '''[[Eagle Standard]]''' staff write articles on everything relating to TW games and mods. The articles range from game reviews to modding news, reviews and previews, occasional interviews with modders and, of course, reports on the annual TWC Modding Awards! View the Eagle Standard [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?126-eagle-standard_1 here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Helios}}===
The '''[[Helios]]''' staff write articles and reviews about anything connected with history. They provide reviews of historical TV shows and history books, academic analysis and personal reflections on the subject of historical eras and events. Read the Helios [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?124-helios here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The News Team}}===
The [[News Team]] produces TWC's Front Page Announcements. They promote Total War games mods and modding tools found on TWC and elsewhere, as well as announcing other items that might be of interest to TWC members. View the latest announcements on the [http://www.twcenter.net/ front page].

==={{Content Colour|text=The Picture & Video Competitions}}===
The Picture & Video Competition Director runs three weekly Picture competitions for edited and non-edited screenshots from Total War and non-Total War games. In addition, there is a monthly Total War Video Competition. If competitions do not particularly interest you, feel free to visit anyway to share your screenshots and perhaps get tips n' tricks. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?33-Screenshot-Galleries-Picture-of-the-Week-and-Video-Competitions here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The Scriptorium}}===
Librarians decide on the content of the '''[[Scriptorium]]''' and are the general custodians of the archives of TWC. As such, they are constantly looking around the forums in search of good articles, worthy of submission to The Scriptorium. View the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?157-Scriptorium here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Facebook Team}}===
Keeping you connected to all your Total War News 24/7! Follow TWC [http://www.facebook.com/twcnet here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Store}}===
At the official '''[http://www.cafepress.com/twcenter Total War Center Shop]''' you can get gear featuring official TWC logos and artwork, as well as art from some of your favorite mods. Each item you purchase puts $2 towards the support of TWC. Funds received from this store will be used to maintain and run TWC. This includes server maintenance, hosting, various software licenses, and prizes and competitions.

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Twitter Team}}===
Bringing Total War and Total War Center to the unwashed Twitter masses 140 characters at a time! Follow [http://twitter.com/twcnet?lang=en here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Wiki Team}}===
The '''[[TWC Wiki|Wiki Team]]''' adds content and updates the Wiki on subjects including; the Total War games, mods, modding and the TWC Forum itself. The team also supervise contributions made to the Wiki by other forum members. You are [[Main_Page|here]]!

==={{Content Colour|text=The University}}===
The '''[[University]]''' takes care of organizing and running courses based on varying subjects; while modding related stuff is usually more common, you can find there courses about history, language or misc subjects as well. Anyone can become a Professor: all that you need to have is an interesting course and some students for your class! View the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?370-TWC-University here]

=={{Gaming Colour|text=Gaming}}==
'''[[Gaming Staff]]''' are responsible for operating the several official TWC Gaming aspects of the website. 
They can be identified by the following badges: 
[[File:Gaming director.png]] [[File:Gaming staff.png]]

==={{Gaming Colour|text=Play by Post RPGs}}===
The Play-by-Post RPG Gaming Staff is responsible for overseeing the TWC Play-by-Post Community Section, promoting a friendly atmosphere, helping in the creation of roleplays and aiding in, not only forum moderation, but game moderation. The Gaming Staff also helps in moderating the community's discord server and ensuring that the same guidelines on the forum are applied there as well. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?968-Play-by-Post-RPG-Forum here]

==={{Gaming Colour|text=Total War Hotseats}}===
The Hotseat Gaming Staff are responsible for overseeing the Total War Hotseat Section and ensuring that the sections remains a friendly environment where anyone can feel welcome participating in the multiplicity of different hotseats available on Total War Center. Additionally, Gaming Staff are responsible for running official tournaments and the different official hotseat series in addition to numerous other hotseat games on various mods and submods. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1535-TW-Hotseat-Campaigns here]

[[Category:Total War Center Information]]
[[Category:Badges]]
[[Category:Ranks]]
[[Category:Staff]]

Staff

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Gigbot: /* {{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}} */

'''TWC Staff are in charge of running various parts of the site. They currently fall into six major categories: Hex (aka Administration), Moderation, Technical, Tribunal, Content, and Gaming.'''

''For more information about the site, see also:''
*''[[Total War Center]]''
*''[[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service]]''
*''[[TWC:FAQ|FAQ]]''

= The Staff of Total War Center =

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==<big>[[Hexagon Council|{{Admin Colour|text=Hexagon Council (Administration)}}]]</big>==
:*[[GrnEyedDvl | {{Admin Colour|text=GrnEyedDvl}}]] - Site Owner & Technical Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?23386{{Admin Colour|text=Squid}}] - Technical Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?12850{{Admin Colour|text=pannonian}}] - Technical Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32629{{Admin Colour|text=y2day}}] - Technical Hex & Content Art
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?65910{{Admin Colour|text=Tango12345}}] - Moderator Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?97029{{Admin Colour|text=lolIsuck}}] - Moderator Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}] - Competitions and Awards Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14940{{Admin Colour|text=Gigantus}}] - Modding Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}] - Gaming Hex

==<big>[[Moderation Staff|{{Moderator Colour|text=Moderators}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?97029{{Admin Colour|text=lolIsuck}}] - Overseer
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?65910{{Admin Colour|text=Tango12345}}] - Overseer
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?396788{{Moderator Colour|text=Abdülmecid I}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?38654{{Moderator Colour|text=alhoon}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?542692{{Moderator Colour|text=Belthasar Bolton}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?36954{{Moderator Colour|text=chriscase}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?90254{{Moderator Colour|text=TheDarkKnight}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?49652{{Moderator Colour|text=Katsumoto de Voltaire}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Moderator Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?563882{{Moderator Colour|text=NorseThing}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?102075{{Moderator Colour|text=Paleologos}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?36087{{Moderator Colour|text=♔Greek Strategos♔}}]

==<big>[[Modding Staff|{{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14940{{Admin Colour|text=Gigantus}}] - Modding Hex & Modding Staff Director - Main area M2TW
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?43977{{Modding Colour|text=Axalon}}] - Main areas STW, MTW
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?107541{{Modding Colour|text=Leonardo}}] - Main area Downloads
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?74886{{Modding Colour|text=Magister Militum Flavius Aetius}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?115779{{Modding Colour|text=Pikestance}}] - Main area TWA
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?77696{{Modding Colour|text=Steph}}] - Main areas NTW, Warhammer
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10263{{Modding Colour|text=Van Zandt}}] - Main areas RTW, M2TW
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?278816{{Modding Colour|text=SharpEyed}}] - Main areas TWA, Rome2
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Modding Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?559173{{Modding Colour|text=Gyrosmeister}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?131396{{Modding Colour|text=z3n}}]

==<big>[[Technical Staff|{{Tech Colour|text=Technical Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?21866{{Admin Colour|text=GrnEyedDvl}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?12850{{Admin Colour|text=pannonian}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?23386{{Admin Colour|text=Squid}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32629{{Admin Colour|text=y2day}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?14571{{Tech Colour|text=Augustus Lucifer}}]

==<big>[[Tribune|{{Black Colour|text=Tribunes}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?169922{{Black Colour|text=Dante Von Hespburg}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?27614{{Black Colour|text=Jom}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?50444{{Black Colour|text=Tiberios}}]

==<big>[[Content Staff|{{Content Colour|text=Content Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Hex
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32629{{Admin Colour|text=y2day}}] - Content Art Hex

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=Content Artists}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Content Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?65699{{Content Colour|text=cedric37}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?102075{{Content Colour|text=paleologos}}]

===<big>[[Critic's Quill|{{Content Colour|text=The Critic's Quill & Writers' Study}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Content Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Director
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?410442{{Content Colour|text=Caillagh de Bodemloze}}] - Deputy Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?32817{{Content Colour|text=Darkan}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?495381r{{Content Colour|text=theSilentKiller}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?302154{{Content Colour|text=Turkafinwë}}]

===<big>[[Eagle Standard|{{Content Colour|text=The Eagle Standard}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?36306{{Content Colour|text=♔Old Dragoon♔}}] - Content Director
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}] - Deputy Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?77237{{Content Colour|text=Garbad}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?57302{{Content Colour|text=La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?25300{{Content Colour|text=Lord William}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?235336{{Content Colour|text=Theramines}}]

===<big>[[Gamer's Gazette|{{Content Colour|text=The Gamer's Gazette}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?68964-irontaino{{Content Colour|text=irontaino}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]

===<big>[[Helios|{{Content Colour|text=The Helios}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?340747{{Admin Colour|text=Alwyn}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?169922{{Content Colour|text=Dante Von Hespburg}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?90254{{Content Colour|text=TheDarkKnight}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?35571{{Content Colour|text=isa0005}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?82426{{Content Colour|text=Narf}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?120089{{Content Colour|text=Quintus Hortensius Hortalus}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?96142{{Content Colour|text=San Felipe}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10263{{Content Colour|text=Van Zandt}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The Hub}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?37051{{Admin Colour|text=m_1512}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?480830{{Content Colour|text=Benjin}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?527374{{Content Colour|text=BlackFire Forge}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Content Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The Illustrator}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?71862{{Content Colour|text=Lifthrasir}}] - Content Director

===<big>[[News Team|{{Content Colour|text=The News Team}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?410442{{Content Colour|text=Caillagh de Bodemloze}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The Picture & Video Competitions}}</big>===
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Content Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]

===<big>[[Scriptorium|{{Content Colour|text=The Scriptorium}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?183879{{Content Colour|text=joerock22}}] - Chief Librarian
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?73851{{Content Colour|text=Maximus IV}}]

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Facebook Team}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?56254{{Content Colour|text=Noif de Bodemloze}}] - Content Director

===<big>{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Twitter Team}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?61336{{Content Colour|text=Gunny}}] - Content Director

===<big>[[TWC_Wiki|{{Content Colour|text=The TWC Wiki Team}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?9390{{Content Colour|text=makanyane}}] - Content Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?278816{{Content Colour|text=SharpEyed}}]

===<big>[[TWC University|{{Content Colour|text=The University}}]]</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?175218{{Admin Colour|text=Flinn}}]
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?125689{{Content Colour|text=General Brewster}}] - The Dean

==<big>[[Gaming Staff|{{Gaming Colour|text=Gaming Staff}}]]</big>==
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?10097{{Admin Colour|text=Hader}}] - Gaming Hex

===<big>{{Gaming Colour|text=Play by Post RPGs}}</big>===
:*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?94104{{Gaming Colour|text=Lucius Malfoy}}] - Gaming Director
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?45705{{Gaming Colour|text=Barry Goldwater}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?135633{{Gaming Colour|text=Gandalfus}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?125689{{Gaming Colour|text=General Brewster}}]

===<big>{{Gaming Colour|text=Total War Hotseats}}</big>===
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?385929{{Gaming Colour|text=BerryKnight}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?357620{{Gaming Colour|text=General Dragon.}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?183879{{Gaming Colour|text=joerock22}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?243573{{Gaming Colour|text=King Athelstan}}]
::*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?545114{{Gaming Colour|text=Mergor}}]
|-
|}

= Description of Roles=
:''Descriptions below have been taken from this [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?780569-The-Staff-of-Total-War-Center&p=15554950&viewfull=1#post15554950 post] by [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?315099 Commissar Caligula_]''

=={{Admin Colour|text=Hexagon Council (Administration)}}==
The '''[[Hexagon Council]]''' or ‘Hex’ are the main body which performs the day-to-day administration of Total War Center and its forums. They are the highest rank of staff on Total War Center and can be contacted should you have any concerns or questions that you feel other staff cannot answer.
'''If you wish to suggest new features for Total War Center, please refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?9-Questions-amp-Suggestions Questions & Suggestions] fora.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
‎[[File:Administrator_radadir.png‎]]

=={{Moderator Colour|text=Moderation}}==
'''[[Moderator]]s''' form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line moderation and they work to ensure the [[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service]] are upheld. Global Moderators are Moderators who have moderating powers over most forums on TWC. While regular Moderators usually only moderate one forum or set of forums (e.g. the M2TW forums), Global Moderators are trusted with moderating powers in most forums. They are chosen from existing Moderators and share a badge with other Moderators.
'''If you wish to appeal a decision made by a moderator, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?146-The-Tribunal Tribunal] or the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1309-Praetorium Praetorium].''' 
Moderators can be identified by the following badge: 
[[File:Moderator.png]]

=={{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}==
The '''[[Modding Staff]]''' aim to make TWC a great place for both modders and mod-users! As well as helping modders in any way they can, the Modding Staff help users find answers to queries about mods and modding and work to keep TWC's information about mods and downloads up to date.
They can be identified by the following badge: 
[[File:Modding staff badge.png]]

=={{Tech Colour|text=Technical Staff}}==
Total War Center's '''[[Technical Staff]]''' fix technical problems on the site, ensure that it runs smoothly and may add, configure or remove features if necessary. 
'''If you wish to conduct informed technical discussions related to TWC's software, hardware, or similar issues, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?321-Technical-Bazaar Technical Bazaar.] For things like "Why doesn't this feature work?" or "I found something wrong", please use [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?9-Questions-amp-Suggestions Questions & Suggestions] instead.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
[[File:Technical_staff_radadir.png]]

=={{Black Colour|text=Tribunes}}==
The '''[[Tribune]]s''' form the Tribunal, a body which exists to provide those members of TWC who have been punished by the Moderation Branch with a place to request the reversal of their punishment. This is in no way a guarantee that the punishment will be removed, but every case presented will be reviewed by a panel of three judges. Tribunes are appointed by Hex to serve indefinitely, and are answerable only to [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?21866-GrnEyedDvl{{Admin Colour|text=GrnEyedDvl}}].
'''If you wish to appeal a decision made by a moderator, refer to the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?146-The-Tribunal Tribunal] and the Tribunes will judge your case.''' 
They can be identified by the following badge: 
[[Image: tribune_radadir.png]]

=={{Content Colour|text=Content}}==
'''[[Content Staff]]''' are members of Total War Center who are dedicated to providing quality content including articles, interviews, reviews, art, competitions and news.
They can be identified by the following badges: 
[[Image:Content_director.png‎ ]] [[Image:Content_writer_radadir2.png‎ ]] [[Image:librarian_radadir.png]] [[Image:Artist radadir.png]]

==={{Content Colour|text=Content Artists}}===
The Art staff are a branch of Content Staff dedicated to making and improving the site's graphics. In addition they are able to provide art for TWC members on request, including sigs, userbars, badges, and banners.
See the Graphics Workshop [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?946-The-Graphics-Workshop here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Writers' Study & Critic's Quill}}===
'''[[The Writers Study|The Writers' Study]]''' runs a range of weekly and monthly competitions, in addition to regularly encouraging all forms of creative writing. The Writers' Study staff are also responsible for the '''[[Critic's Quill]]''', which produces articles related to the creative writing that has been submitted to the Writers' Study. View the Writers' Study [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1353-The-Writers-Study here] and the Critic's Quill [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?127-critic-s-quill here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Eagle Standard}}===
The '''[[Eagle Standard]]''' staff write articles on everything relating to TW games and mods. The articles range from game reviews to modding news, reviews and previews, occasional interviews with modders and, of course, reports on the annual TWC Modding Awards! View the Eagle Standard [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?126-eagle-standard_1 here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The Helios}}===
The '''[[Helios]]''' staff write articles and reviews about anything connected with history. They provide reviews of historical TV shows and history books, academic analysis and personal reflections on the subject of historical eras and events. Read the Helios [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/content.php?124-helios here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The News Team}}===
The [[News Team]] produces TWC's Front Page Announcements. They promote Total War games mods and modding tools found on TWC and elsewhere, as well as announcing other items that might be of interest to TWC members. View the latest announcements on the [http://www.twcenter.net/ front page].

==={{Content Colour|text=The Picture & Video Competitions}}===
The Picture & Video Competition Director runs three weekly Picture competitions for edited and non-edited screenshots from Total War and non-Total War games. In addition, there is a monthly Total War Video Competition. If competitions do not particularly interest you, feel free to visit anyway to share your screenshots and perhaps get tips n' tricks. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?33-Screenshot-Galleries-Picture-of-the-Week-and-Video-Competitions here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The Scriptorium}}===
Librarians decide on the content of the '''[[Scriptorium]]''' and are the general custodians of the archives of TWC. As such, they are constantly looking around the forums in search of good articles, worthy of submission to The Scriptorium. View the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?157-Scriptorium here].

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Facebook Team}}===
Keeping you connected to all your Total War News 24/7! Follow TWC [http://www.facebook.com/twcnet here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Store}}===
At the official '''[http://www.cafepress.com/twcenter Total War Center Shop]''' you can get gear featuring official TWC logos and artwork, as well as art from some of your favorite mods. Each item you purchase puts $2 towards the support of TWC. Funds received from this store will be used to maintain and run TWC. This includes server maintenance, hosting, various software licenses, and prizes and competitions.

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Twitter Team}}===
Bringing Total War and Total War Center to the unwashed Twitter masses 140 characters at a time! Follow [http://twitter.com/twcnet?lang=en here]

==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Wiki Team}}===
The '''[[TWC Wiki|Wiki Team]]''' adds content and updates the Wiki on subjects including; the Total War games, mods, modding and the TWC Forum itself. The team also supervise contributions made to the Wiki by other forum members. You are [[Main_Page|here]]!

==={{Content Colour|text=The University}}===
The '''[[University]]''' takes care of organizing and running courses based on varying subjects; while modding related stuff is usually more common, you can find there courses about history, language or misc subjects as well. Anyone can become a Professor: all that you need to have is an interesting course and some students for your class! View the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?370-TWC-University here]

=={{Gaming Colour|text=Gaming}}==
'''[[Gaming Staff]]''' are responsible for operating the several official TWC Gaming aspects of the website. 
They can be identified by the following badges: 
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==={{Gaming Colour|text=Play by Post RPGs}}===
The Play-by-Post RPG Gaming Staff is responsible for overseeing the TWC Play-by-Post Community Section, promoting a friendly atmosphere, helping in the creation of roleplays and aiding in, not only forum moderation, but game moderation. The Gaming Staff also helps in moderating the community's discord server and ensuring that the same guidelines on the forum are applied there as well. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?968-Play-by-Post-RPG-Forum here]

==={{Gaming Colour|text=Total War Hotseats}}===
The Hotseat Gaming Staff are responsible for overseeing the Total War Hotseat Section and ensuring that the sections remains a friendly environment where anyone can feel welcome participating in the multiplicity of different hotseats available on Total War Center. Additionally, Gaming Staff are responsible for running official tournaments and the different official hotseat series in addition to numerous other hotseat games on various mods and submods. Visit the forum [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1535-TW-Hotseat-Campaigns here]

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