TWC Wiki:Tutorial Indexes Project/NTW forum list

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Tutorials

• - Change/Edit traits,ancillary,attributes and abilities of faction leaders and generals
• - Use a part of a unit from another faction
• - Create,modify and save your textures with the best quality - Diffuse/Gloss/Normal
• - How to make your own historic events
• - How to add Stonewall/Fences to Custom and Campaign Battle Maps First Part
• - Groupformations: Warscape Battle Formations.
• - Adding your own version information to the main menu.
• - Another Unit Icon Tutorial 47th way
• - How to get 20+ units per army in the campaign.
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Adding Your Own Music and Sound Effects
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Changing, Adding and Removing Unit Parts
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Creating Your Own Unit
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Changing and Adding a Units Names
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Creating Your Own Unit Card
• - DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Getting Started & Making a Simple Mod
• - How to use modfoldered map files in the multiplayer campaign
• - HOW TO CREATE CUSTOM UNIT step by step (Part 1)
• - How to create custom missions
• - HOW TO HAVE MORE THAN 20 UNITS IN CAMPAIGN'S ARMIES
• - Compressing Direct Draw Surface (DDS) files
• - The Uniform Tutorial
• - Adding a Gatling into your NTW mod
• - How To Fix UAC and VirtualStore Problems
• - BMA's MAKING YOUR OWN MUSIC
• - How to add deployable objects in historical battles (that don't have them)
• - The Ministry of War: Video Modding Tutorial #1 (Pack Files and Adding Units)
• - How to add building slots in cities and how to change the type of slots in towns and facilities
• - How to Repair NTW if Modding "Breaks" Your Game
• - Creating your own Music Mod
• - Using OpenOffice to edit DB entries (via TSV export)
• - A guide to the modding process
• - How to Mod Folder Multi Startpos Files
• - Earn fast chevrons
• - One turn technology
• - Removing the Defensive requirement for abilities.
• - Edit the Time of playing
• - Replacing a unit's hat
• - Saving large texture files without a memory overload
• - How to edit in-game text such as unit names and descriptions.
• - Minister Effects
• - Government Effects
• - Technology - The Basics
• - AI Campaign Bonuses - The Basics
• - Projectile Basics. (Reload Times, Ranges, Lethality, and shot dispersal)
• - How to remove bayonets.
• - Changing the firing angle of cannons to allow them fire over obstacles.
• - How to create a custom unit card (icon and info pics)
• - How to mod a new unit with PFM
• - MODIFICATION BASICS: How to become a modder, and how to use Pack File Manager to make a mod
• - Fixing the Horse Artillery "Chasers"
• - Changing buildable structures in towns.
• - Global Effects for Buildings
• - Enabling Two Rank Fire for Infantry
• - How to add an Empire Total War unit in Napoleon Total War
• - How to Dismount/Mount a General and his bodyguard now with fire from horseback or dismount and fire!
• - Changing the firing arc of a unit.
• - How to eliminate the episodic restrictions of the Italy and Egypt historical campaigns.
• - How to add starting armies in custom battles for newly added factions
• - How to create a custom unit in NTW
• - How to add a unit to another faction
• - How to change faction leader´s portrait and name
• - How to Create a Mod
• - How to avoid the black screen bug and put the starting camera on your faction´s capital.
• - Changing Victory Condition Date
• - Mod Packaging for Modders a reminder
• - How to unlock non playable and emergent factions
• - Mod Managing for NTW
• - Changing unit sizes MID-CAMPAIGN.
• - Larger Unit Sizes/Bigger Battles.

Resources

• - "Script-o-Rama 2]
• - Archduke Charles Personal Portrait and Thumbnail
• - Complete DB update [Release 2]
• - Working decompiled UI files
• - NAVAL MODING NTW.
• - Egypt Campaign Map
• - UI Layout file documentation
• - Ntw Modding Notes
• - The NTW Script-o-Rama
• - The Complete Guide to NTW Modding Tutorials, Tools and Resources
• - Guide to the NTW mapping
• - Scripting Commands.
• - Decompiled UI scripts
• - Courtesy of CA - Unit stats land completly explained.
• - A simple solution to eliminating the melee bug
• - Before you start your mod - a list of what can and can't be modded.
• - Tips and Tricks in modding ETW and NTW
• - Editing Effects (e.g, explosions, firing effects, ambient effects).
• - Updated DBFileType list (Unknown columns named)
• - Target Unit mod: a mod to help make mods
• - Do's and Don'ts
• - Uniforms (pictures)
• - STARTPOS.ESF analysis and modifications
• - The great DB Manual
• - Nafziger Collection
• - Don't settle for forced MEDIUM settings on older comps!
• - Guide to get the unrestricted camera for beginners
• - .Pack Files: What We Know So Far

Tools

• - "Savegame Parser support tool for EditSF]
• - Easy Launcher
• - DBEditor 1.96.3
• - EasyLoc 1.0.1
• - EasyEsf for NTW
• - HIBAM Editor: Map & Historical Battle editor
• - Symphony (sound unpacker/packer)
• - NTW Model Converter Now Released v1.1
• - Atlas Manager
• - unit_variant <-> txt converter for NTW and S2TW
• - atlas<->tsv converter
• - Scripting And Debug Toolkit
• - Pack File Manager Switcher
• - NTW Data Checker (V1.4)
• - UI Layout file converter
• - International Programmatic Laboratory
• - Model exporter
• - Rigid spline converter
• - TSVEditor (AD) v2.0
• - An Access Database to mod NTW land units
• - Pack File Manager 1.5.9 [Now edits .atlas and .unit_variant files]
• - Mod Manager for NTW
• - User Script and Preferences Editor for ETW, NTW, SHO2
• - MS Visual Studio 2010 RC
• - Napoleon PFM Released