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<center><big>'''Welcome to Total War Modding on the TWC Wiki!''' 

All the '''[[Total War Series]]''' games are modifiable to an extent, but the ease, scope and manner of possible modifications varies between the games.  

The popularity of the user-made modifications has contributed to the Total War games' ongoing success. Here you can find links to advice and tools which will enable you to make your own mods.</big>

If you're looking for mods to play, please refer to the [[Total War Mods]] portal.</center><br>  
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==Modding on Total War Center==
*On TWC each game has its own '''Modding Workshop''' section and sections where mods can be posted and discussed, additionally; 
*'''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php TWC Downloads]''' provides a categorised hosting facility for mods and tools. Files up to 100mb can be hosted directly on TWC, larger files hosted off-site can be linked to from the download pages. 
*TWC's '''[[Mod Register]]''' is available to provide basic information about a mod together with useful links and a permission statement. 
*Modders can apply for '''Hosted Forums''' by contacting {{ModdingHex}}. 

==Modding Information on the Wiki==
Most of the modding information is divided by game or engine, see the boxes below.
*'''[[Modelling, Textures and Graphics - Modding Index]]''' lists tutorials and resources that apply to all games.

===General-Purpose Resources===
* [[Useful Modding Programs]]
* [[Upload Sites]]
* [[Using Git for Modding]]


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==Warscape Engine Modding Overview==
The TW Engine 3 with the graphic engine "Warscape" has been used for [[Total War]] titles from [[Empire: Total War]] onwards, there are similar tools and principles used in modding these games.  Some, but not all, of the games benefit from Assembly Kit tools released by CA.

*[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Official_CA_modding_tips_and_tutorials Official CA Warscape Modding Tips] - at totalwar.com 
*[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Content_Creators#Creating_Mods_for_Total_War_-_Where_to_Start Where to Start Guide] - at totalwar.com 
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===Total War Saga: '''Pharaoh'''===
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[[Total War: Pharaoh]] offers support we've yet to investigate in detail, please update this before making public. Further information is needed on the game; anyone with further knowledge is free to expand this section!

For further modding information see:
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===Total War Saga: '''Troy'''===
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[[Total War Saga: Troy]] [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?807397-RPFM-supports-Troy! Rusted Pack File Manager] offers Thrones of Britannia support. Further information is needed on the game; anyone with further knowledge is free to expand this section!

For further modding information see:
* '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2302-Troy-Modding-Workshop Troy Modding Workshop]''' - on TWC, and the '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2310-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Tools, Tutorials and Resources section]'''
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===Total War: '''Three Kingdoms'''===
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[[Total War: Three Kingdoms]] benefits from an Assembly Kit released by CA, the kit includes Dave (for database editing), Terry (for battle map creation), BoB (for compilation of pack files), and the Variant Editor (for editing unit model collections), read more [https://www.totalwar.com/blog/announcing-mod-support-for-total-war-three-kingdoms/#English here].  To find the kit go to the 'Tools' tab in your Steam account.

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Total War: Three Kingdoms - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki for links to tutorials, useful answers to modding questions, tools and resources.
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2284-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources 3K Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums to reply with questions about the tutorials etc. or add your own!
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2278-Total-War-Three-Kingdoms-Mod-Workshop Three Kingdoms Modding Workshop] - to ask modding questions.
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===Total War Saga: '''Thrones of Britannia'''===
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[[Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia]] has an Assembly Kit tool. Both [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791847-PFM-5-1-Thrones-of-Britannia-Support PFM] and [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791476-Rusted-PackFile-Manager-now-supports-Thrones-of-Britannia! Rusted Pack File Manager] also offer Thrones of Britannia support.

For further modding information see:
* '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1514-Thrones-of-Britannia-Modding-Workshop Thrones of Britannia Modding Workshop]''' - on TWC, and the '''[https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1534-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Tools, Tutorials and Resources section]'''
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===Total War: '''Warhammer I, II & III'''===
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[[Total War: Warhammer]] benefits from an Assembly Kit released by CA, view the quick start guide for Terry [https://www.totalwar.com/blog/total-war-warhammer-assembly-kit-terry-quick-start-guide/ here]. Please note that due to the Games Workshop licensing, Warhammer has a more restrictive end-user license agreement (EULA) for modding than do the other titles. To be specific, the EULA of Total War Warhammer forbids any mods from including any copyrighted content other than that which is in "Warhammer Fantasy Battles". Even the copyrighted content that is within the other divisions of Warhammer (such as [[Warhammer 40,000]]) is forbidden. Search "Modding Terms" [https://store.steampowered.com/eula/364360_eula_0 here].

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Total War: Warhammer - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki for links to tutorials, useful answers to modding questions, tools and resources.
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2202-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Total War: Warhammer Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2197-Total-War-WARHAMMER-Mod-Workshop Total War: Warhammer Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions.
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===Total War: '''Attila'''===
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[[Total War: Attila]] has an Assembly Kit released by CA which incorporates Dave (for database editing), Terry (for battle map creation), BoB (for compilation of pack files) and TeD (for creation of individual battle-map tiles for land, sea and sieges).  Terrain Raw Data was also released allowing tiles created with TeD to be placed on the campaign map, read more [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?687925-Total-War-ATTILA-Assembly-Kit-Released here].  

For further modding information see:
* [[Total War: Attila - Modding Index]] - on TWC Wiki
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2113-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Total War: Attila Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2107-Total-War-Attila-Mod-Workshop Total War: Attila Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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===Total War: '''Rome II'''===
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[[Total War: Rome II]] has an Assembly Kit which includes Dave (for database editing), BoB (for compilation of pack files), and a Variant Editor (for editing the look of characters, units and ships), see the [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?638154-Assembly-Kit-Guide Guide to Rome II Assembly Kit].  

This [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?640987-Modding-Guide-for-Novices Modding Guide for Novices] also provides a good starting point for new Rome II modders.

For further modding information see:
* [[Total War: Rome II - Modding Index]] - on TWC Wiki
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2010-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Total War: Rome II Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1991-Total-War-Rome-II-Mod-Workshop Total War: Rome II Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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===Total War: '''Shogun 2'''===
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[[Total War: Shogun 2]] has an Assembly Kit which also allows for 'campaign map reprocessing', find more details about the kit [https://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Official_CA_modding_tips_and_tutorials.html here] and see this guide for [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?564514-How-to-use-the-Official-Modding-Tools How to use the Official Modding Tools]. 

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Total War: Shogun 2 - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1572-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Total War: Shogun 2 Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1552-Total-War-Shogun-2-Mod-Workshop Total War: Shogun 2 Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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==='''Napoleon''': Total War===
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[[Napoleon: Total War]] can be modified using user-created tools such as the Pack File Managers, there are no CA released tools for NTW.  

For further modding information see:
* [[Napoleon: Total War - Modding Index]] - on TWC Wiki
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1440-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Napoleon: Total War Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1435-Napoleon-Total-War-Mod-Workshop Napoleon: Total War Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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==='''Empire''': Total War ===
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[[Empire: Total War]] can be modified using user-created tools such as the Pack File Managers. CA have not released any official tools for ETW.  

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Empire: Total War - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1108-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Empire: Total War Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?651-Empire-Total-War-Mod-Workshop Empire: Total War Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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==TW Engine 2 Overview==
The TW Engine 2 was used for [[Rome: Total War]] and [[Medieval II: Total War]], there are similar tools and principles used in modding these games.  Compared to the Warscape games RTW and M2TW allow much greater modding potential including the possibility of making "Total Conversion" mods including completely new campaign maps.

Once familiar with modding one of the games you will find it relatively easy to mod the other.  The methods for changing the campaign maps are almost identical and many text files such as [[export_descr_buildings.txt]] and [[export_descr_unit.txt]] which control unit recruitment are also ''almost'' identical.  However, some recognisable files from RTW which still exist in the base M2TW files such as [[descr_daytypes.txt]] confusingly are not actually used by the M2TW game engine!


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==='''Medieval II''': Total War===
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[[Medieval II: Total War]] allows easy modification of many elements by straightforward text editing.  The campaign map for M2TW can be modified by altering .tga image files and text files.  Battlemap unit models and settlement structures can be edited via user-created tools many of which export and import to Milkshape ms3d files. 

M2TW provides a system of mod-foldering to help avoid over-writing the base files.  [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?352216-Creating-a-World-Bare-Geomod Bare Geomod] is a recommended resource to start modding on a bare but fully functional mod-folder of your own.

The M2TW game engine provides an automated system for the generation of unit sprites, but not vegetation sprites, [[IWTE]] can be used to create vegetation sprites and amend the descr_vegetation.db which does not auto-regenerate.  The [[descr_geography_new.db]] file can be made to re-generate but there are drawbacks.

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Medieval II: Total War - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki
* [[:Category:M2TW Modding|Medieval II: Total War Modding Category]] - for other Wiki pages
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?273-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Medieval II: Total War Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?272-Medieval-II-Total-War-Mod-Workshop Medieval II: Total War Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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===Total War: '''Rome Remastered'''===
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[[Total War: Rome Remastered]] uses an updated version of the Rome: Total War engine which will accept high definition textures and various other graphics improvements.  Many gameplay elements can still be modded just by altering text files, the political and battle-map can be altered by manipulating .tga files, however, the campaign map uses a modelled mesh for the visible strategic map.

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Rome: Total War - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki
* [[:Category:RTW Modding|Rome: Total War Modding Category]] - for other Wiki pages
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?191-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Rome: Total War Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?22-Rome-Total-War-Mod-Workshop Rome: Total War Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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==='''Rome''': Total War===
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[[Rome: Total War]] allows easy modification by text editing for many elements such as; unit stats and recruitment, character traits and diplomacy.  The campaign map for RTW can be modified by altering .tga image files and text files.  Unit recruitment, character traits, diplomacy and many other aspects can be modified by changing text files. Battlemap unit models and settlement structures can be edited with the help of tools such as the [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=141 CAS Importer/exporter for 3ds max] (by Vercingetorix).

The RTW game engine provides an automated system for the generation of unit and vegetation sprites. The engine will also regenerate a modified descr_vegetation.db file and descr_items.db (for battle-map structures), the [[descr_geography.db]] file will not regenerate.

There are minor but important differences between the game engines for RTW and the BI and Alexander expansions see [[Features of Rome - Total War's Different Game Engines]] for details.

For further modding information see:
* '''[[Rome: Total War - Modding Index]]''' - on TWC Wiki
* [[:Category:RTW Modding|Rome: Total War Modding Category]] - for other Wiki pages
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?191-Tools-Tutorials-and-Resources Rome: Total War Tools, Tutorials and Resources section] - on TWC Forums
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?22-Rome-Total-War-Mod-Workshop Rome: Total War Mod Workshop] - to ask modding questions
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==TW Engine 1 Overview==
The TW Engine 1 was used for [[Shogun: Total War]] and [[Medieval: Total War]].

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==='''Medieval''': Total War===
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[[Medieval: Total War]] was the first readily 'moddable' Total War game.

For further modding information see:
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?826-Medieval-Mod-Workshop Medieval Mod Workshop] - on TWC Forums
* [https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php/40-M-TW-Modification M:TW Modification] - Forum on the .org


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==='''Shogun''': Total War===
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[[Shogun: Total War]] was the first-ever game in the Total War Series, it is widely regarded as being hard/impossible to mod. Some unit stats and other small matters can be altered if The Mongol Invasion expansion is used, but most modding efforts were concentrated on the more receptive next game in the series. 

For further information see:
* [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2244-Shogun-Total-War Shogun: Total War forum] - on TWC
* [https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php/71-S-TW-Modification S:TW Modification forum] - on the .org

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