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)
• Aristeia: Total War (ancillaries, coding 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

Link to forum profile

• Joined TWC on June 10, 2007.
• Joined the Consilium Belli on April 12, 2008.
• Awarded the title of Opifex on September 9, 2008.
• Became a site Administrator on September 25, 2008, holding the Modders Representative and CA Liaison offices.
• Awarded RTW 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.
• Resigned as an Administrator on January 30, 2010.
• Awarded RTW Best Mentor, Best Scholar in TWC Modding Awards 2009, runner up for Best Modder, Best Coder and M2TW Best Tool.
• Resigned from the Consilium Belli on February 27, 2010.
• Re-joined the Consilium Belli on April 27, 2010.
• Awarded the title of Divus on June 7, 2010.