Aradan

Modder Profile

History

Aradan is the current Mod Leader and the Coding & Build Manager of The Fourth Age: Total War, Norman Invasion and Viking Invasion II. He started modding in spring 2007, as a beta tester for FATW, but gradually worked himself up and became a developer of the mod soon after. He has been part of several teams and a prominent figure of the RTW modding community since then.

Released Modifications

Released mods he has worked on:

• The Fourth Age: Total War (current leader, general coding, campaign and unit balance, and more)
• Norman Invasion (current leader, campaign and unit balance, trait and ancillary coding, campaign scripting, general testing and tweaking, and more)
• Viking Invasion II (current leader, campaign and unit balance, trait and ancillary coding, campaign scripting, general testing and tweaking, and more)
• MasterOfNone and Makanyane's Multi-Mod Sampler (unit balance)
• MasterOfNone's Gods and Fighting Men (balance, ancs/traits and advice coding)
• Halie Satanus's Sicilia (coding)
• Halie Satanus's 300 Warlords of Sparta (coding, balancing)
• Rome Total Realism (Fate of Empires) (coding/general advice)

To-Be-Released Modifications

Unreleased (yet) mods he was worked/is working on:

• Roma Surrectum (RS2)
• Europa Barbarorum (EB2)
• Hegemonia: City-States
• Inca: Total War.

Tutorials and Tools

Tutorials and guides released so far:

• Complete EDU (export_descr_units) Guide.
• Editing Character Names
• Beginner's Modding Manual for RTW

Tools released so far:

• EDU-matic (automatic EDU balancer/generator for RTW/M2TW)
• Regional Lordship Titles System Generator

TWC Profile

• Joined TWC on June 10, 2007.
• Awarded the title of Opifex on September 9, 2008.
• Became a site Administrator on September 25, 2008.
• Awarded Best Modder, Best Coder, Best Mentor, Best Scholar in TWC Modding Awards 2008.
• Awarded Favourite non-moderator Staff Member, Most Helpful Staff Member, Most Helpful Member in the TWC Site Awards 2009.

Currently holding the Modders Representative and CA Liaison offices of the TWC Administration, as well as well as a seat in the Consilium Belli.