Talk:Empire: Total War - Modding Index

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The links in the 2017 version of the article have now been sorted into sections if relevant - those not thought to be relevant have been removed and are listed in the spoiler below for information:

Removed Listings:

DEFINITELY NOT IN: Sample Mod Pack for those who want a starting point to mess about - missing DL - don't include. Adding Victory Conditions to factions (Decoded completley, unfortunatley unuseable) - says it doesn't work - attachment dead - seems superseded by tools startpos.esf catelog - noted as incorrect due to 2009 startpos changes Faction List - doesn't seem to be a list of useable factions - just list of UI folder names from early version Making Mod work for 1.5 - assume later patches and definitive edition mean this 2009 thing isn't needed. Unused formation spacing values - they're unused by the game - not a potential thing to add... Modding Standards - proposed idea not implemented - not tutorial More Artillery Pieces in a Unit - needed a DL which is missing "FACTIONALLY SPECIFIC" BATTLE TUNES Short Guide! - no thread found How To Fix UAC and VirtualStore Problems - relates to Med2 and windows 7 and pictures missing How to change the cannon/mortar projectile effectiveness in land battle - not actually finished - discussion thing, not tutorial How works the morale system in Empire: Total War - not a modding thing - not finished How to get rid off those floating flags permanently - OP edited to say "This tutorial is outdated" Changing Governement Election Time - relies on pic that's missing - v little info anyway C1a5s1c's Tutorial Workshop [TUT1- Realistic Texturing - non-specific to ETW - Photoshop tutorial where the pics have gone missing... How to edit EXISTING historical events - just says 'open .loc file edit and save' How to make FACTION SPECIFIC battle tunes in EMPIRE TOTAL WAR part 1 - no thread found ANNOYING DRUM ROLL REMOVAL IN CUSTOM BATTLE - no thread found DUBIOUS, MAYBE IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON SUBJECT: How to set your own research time for technology - not much info - seems to be old version How to Edit Traits/Ancillaries and Add/Remove from Characters - not much info - seems to be old version How to change the weapons range in ETW - not much info - seems to be old version How to change the weapons that the units use - not much info - not very clear Functional government tab for emergent factions(policies still don't work) - has admitted CTD issue and husserlTW seems to think it's incorrect method! How to post .NET exceptions - by LtChambers - OK but it's just telling people to post bug reports for his tool in spoilers Tooltip cycling descriptions - says if you delete the text from .loc you don't see the text in-game - not sure how helpful explaining that is! HOW TO HAVE MORE THAN 20 UNITS IN CAMPAIGN'S ARMIES - not suitable method for modding & reported as causing CTD

-Makanyane (talk) 02:12, 1 May 2020 (MDT)

Relevant links from old forum list now included - see below for excluded ones and reasons:

Not included:

Tutorials: " How to change Population and Religion of a Region through ESF-Editor - unreadable - missing images Resources: Courtesy of CA - Unit stats land completly explained - no file, probably missing attachment Modding-Kit Flags - no file found at link DB Schema 1.8- knowing unknown columns & tables - dead attachment links Updated DB Editor Schema based on the raw XML and XSD files released by CA - WIP thing during tool development The size of the units according to the XVIII century "military organization" - research/discussion thread - no compiled information Complete XML and XSD files for ETW by CA - attachment gone missing - found Leonardo's reupload and linked to download page instead. Some Excel Tables - missing attachment In the wind courses - link to missing research group/forum - no real info Nafziger Collection - only a link - link doesn't work Campaign map image- on attachments - attachments caput Icons - requires log-in to Russian site Nedims Flags 1.0 - missing attachment Id faction list - missing attachment Factions - generally available game info (on Empire wiki page) Preparing Modding Summit - questions and discussion - not a resource Faction Colours Documentation - colour explanation thing that's no use without the missing images Tools: DBEditor 1.96.3 - dead download EasyLoc 1.0.1 (17/12) missing attachment Esf Editor says out of date use daniu's Up to 4294967295 turns per year! - Editor v1.01 released missing attachment Land Unit Stats Editor v0.1 missing attachment ETW Unpacker dead dl site Esf Editor 1.4.3 missing attachment Editor (units, building effects, gov effects) missing attachment Perfect ESF<->XML converter and revolution in ESF modding no download WIP: Naval Units Editor v0.6 {Update July 12} no download For Demo: UnPACKer, loc converter missing attachment Darius Toolkit dead downloads Pack File Manager Switcher missing attachment Esf Total Editor missing attachment Groupformations.bin converter missing attachment An unofficial DBEditor 1.6.1 with all saving bug fixed includes patch2.pack dead download Excel-like Editor 0.6 missing attachment Localization Editor (Updated Oct 1, 2009) missing attachment Campaign Organizer Spreadsheet missing attachment variant_part_mesh converter - one-way decoder available (mostly) no dl Improved Python pack extractor no dl cs2.parsed converter - coming soon no dl LOC <-> TSV converter no dl User Script and Preferences Editor for ETW, NTW, SHO2 no dl Batch script for crux3D's "Stupid" tool missing attachment Pack File Manager 2.2 out of date Symphony (sound unpacker/packer) no dl W.A.L.I. (Warscape Added Lua Interface) dead download

- Makanyane (talk) 01:13, 12 May 2020 (MDT)