TWC Wiki:Tutorial Indexes Project

TWC Staff are looking at transferring the lists of tutorials for each Total War game onto the Wiki. This will mean that Content and other staff, and general members, can all help keep them up-to-date without needing moderator permissions - and the wiki also provides better formatting options (Table of Contents, and sub-headings etc) - and an easier to view 'history' to spot what's been added when...

Once we've got the indexes up-to-date (or at least better than forum versions) we can get stickied threads put in the game sections to direct forum users to the wiki page/s, along with a helpful message about how to get a wiki account to help make updates/corrections.

Queries/Issues

1. How much do we try and standardise this, e.g. do we want separate pages for Tutorials, Resources, & Tools for every game regardless of how many (how few) entries they might have?

2. How much to try and standardise topic headings, e.g. Mapping / Units/ Sounds / db Editing? Mak' suspects we could standardise RTW with M2TW; and then probably all the Warscape ones together (though there's probably some oddities like only Shogun allowing new maps?)

3. Method of handling Tutorials/Tools that apply to multiple games.

Try to include them on each of the relevant games' lists? (could be more accurate if something applies to 5 out of 6 games only)

Include them only on a general 'Warscape Tutorials List'? (might be harder to find)

Stick them on a template that could be 'transcluded' into each warscape game's page? (so they'd only need updating in the one place)

4. Find someone helpful that knows enough about Warscape modding to identify all the Tools/Tutorials that are common to multiple games! NOTE: Please don't anyone go off and bug modders for help without clearing it with Wiki Director first!

Status

Current status of information is shown by game below.

RTW

Forum has:

• Compiled Total War Eras Information
• Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools (Last Update: 22 Sep, 2011) - title says 2011 but edit record says updated 2014
• List of RTW Tutorials and Useful Tools - Aradan's 2008/9 version
• Modding Tools and Resources and Total War World Catalouges - 2006 thing which is looking like a not so useful early version of Compiled Total War Eras Information

Wiki has:

• RTW_Modding_Tutorials_(index) - which was updated 2017 - which attempts to indicate which tutorials might be more useful
• Category:RTW Modding Tools - which shouldn't be on a category page and looks like 2011

M2TW

Forum has:

• M2TW Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools - which says updated in 2018

Wiki has:

• M2TW_Modding_Tutorials - which is mainly 2009
• M2TW_Modding_Tools - which was partially updated 2018

Empire (ETW)

Forum has:

• Links to basic 'how to' guides for new modders - which doesn't seem to have many things included
• There's lots of threads in tutorials section - and from here on the tutorials sections aren't divided into sub-categories!

Wiki has:

• ETW_Modding_Tutorials - text was updated 2012
• Category:ETW_Modding_Tools - which shouldn't be a category page and possibly not worth the trip as a separate page...
• list on the Modding Portal - (which needs to change to make the headings easily linkable!)

Napoleon (NTW)

Forum has:

• NTW Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools (Last Update: 21 Dec, 2011) - actually updated 2014 but title not changed

Wiki has:

• NTW_Modding_Tutorials - which looks like 2011 but only beginners bits
• Category:NTW_Modding_Tools - which shouldn't be on a category page...
• possibly better list on Modding_Portal

Shogun2 (TWS2)

Forum has:

• TWS2 Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools (Last Update: 21 Dec, 2011) - actually showing 2014 edit...

Wiki has:

• nothing on tutorials
• Category:TWS2_Modding_Tools - which shouldn't be on a category page!

RomeII (TWR2)

Forum has:

• No index - lots of tutorials

Wiki has:

• very short list on Modding Portal

Attila (TWA)

Forum has:

• No index - lots of tutorials

Wiki has:

• short list on Modding Portal

Warhammer I/II (TWW)

Forum has:

• No index list - lots of 'resources' a few tutorials

Wiki has:

• short list on Modding Portal

Three Kingdoms (TW3K)

Forum has:

• No forum list - but only 6 tutorials, 2 tools, 2 resources total in workshop section.

Wiki has:

• zero - someone forgot to add it to the Modding Portal...

Thrones of Britannia (ToB)

Forum has:

• No forum list but only 4 tutorials, 6 tools in section.

Wiki has:

• zero