[ETW] Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools (Last Update: 21 Dec, 2011)

[Ishan]

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Index

• Tutorials
• Resources
• Tools

Tutorials

• STARTPOS.ESF analysis and modifications. HYBRID startpos.esf (1.4 changes)
• How to create a custom unit - a complete guide
• Breaking up existing and adding new Building Chains
• Sample Mod Pack for those who want a starting point to mess about
• Rename your Admiral's / General's / King's / Edit Family Tree
• How to add new building slots upgrading cities - NEW
• Modding game mechanics in DB files
• Guide to Using DBEditor *Added Explanation of TSV Ability to Part 2*
• How to add a new faction replacing an existing one
• ~ Ketzer's Guide On Getting Rid Of Projectile Clairvoyance ~
• How to add buildings/slots to Cities
• How to add from another faction's unit to your faction
• How to remove the Fog of War Bug from Minor Factions
• How to activate an emergent port or town-UPDATED (startpos.esf 22/06)
• Rookie's guide on how to mod unit specs with PFM 1.9.9
• Adding Victory Conditions to factions (Decoded completley, unfortunatley unuseable)
• Diplomacy editing
• How to add new flags - COMPLETED
• Merging parts of models in MilkShape 3D
• Replacing the grand campaign
• How to get rid of the Warpath menu and get your old menu back
• How to Enable Unique Regiment Names
• How to create your own modded patch.pack files
• How to get Infinite Money ~without altering game files
• Limited ammo setting in preferences file
• startpos.esf catelog
• Faction List
• Getting your custom weapons in game
• How to Change/add Victory Conditions
• Making Mod work for 1.5
• Unused formation spacing values
• Added Norwegian Ski Troops
• How to get 20+ units per army in the campaign
• Mod-Foldering regions.esf and other campaign map data
• Modding Standards
• More Artillery Pieces in a Unit
• How to change national language
• Keeping your old flag after a revolution
• Editing Campaign Unit Sizes/Scale MID-CAMPAIGN
• "FACTIONALLY SPECIFIC" BATTLE TUNES Short Guide!
• Guide on using your own MP3s to replace in-game music
• Gloss maps explained
• How to add a new Cannon Model
• How To Fix UAC and VirtualStore Problems
• How to install mods
• Fixed Squares with larger unit sizes
• How to change the cannon/mortar projectile effectiveness in land battle
• How works the morale system in Empire: Total War
• How to set your own research time for technology
• How to Edit Traits/Ancillaries and Add/Remove from Characters
• How to get rid off those floating flags permanently
• Changing Governement Election Time
• How to change the weapons range in ETW
• Change region ownerships without FOW bug (easy method)
• C1a5s1c's Tutorial Workshop [TUT1- Realistic Texturing]
• How to edit Turns Per Year in startpos.esf by using ESF Editor
• Change ministerial titles
• How to edit EXISTING historical events
• How to change the weapons that the units use
• Perfect ESF<->XML converter - Modifications Tutorial
• How to add a custom Battle Building
• How works the accuracy system in Empire: Total War
• HOW TO HAVE MORE THAN 20 UNITS IN CAMPAIGN'S ARMIES
• How to save changes in *.loc file
• How to mount multiple views of pack files simultaneously
• How to make FACTION SPECIFIC battle tunes in EMPIRE TOTAL WAR part 1
• Adding New towns to a Region
• Functional government tab for emergent factions(policies still don't work)
• How to change marines in naval-battles
• How to change factions' turn order
• How to disable the replenish troops button in Grand Campaign
• ANNOYING DRUM ROLL REMOVAL IN CUSTOM BATTLE
• Howto edit Victory Condition & Regions to capture by editing startpos.esf
• How to post .NET exceptions
• Tooltip cycling descriptions
• How to use modfoldered map files in the multiplayer campaign
• Adding pistols to cavalry
• How to add "sabotage army" ability
• Icons with Photoshop CS4
• How to add new new cultures and subcultures
• [Advanced] How to make complicated startpos changes - hyprid method limitations - God Startpos
• Regions of recruitment or AOR-system
• How to add new building chains
• Modeling & DB. Milkshape & UU3D. How wangrin and I [Bethencourt] use them
• Changing a king to a queen
• Guide for adding a new building to the campaign map
• Changing a units 2nd weapon
• How to change Population and Religion of a Region through ESF-Editor
• How to change a region's religious percentage using-ESF-Editor

Resources

• Guide to the ETW map
• The great DB Manual
• NAVAL MODDING
• Research of Unknown Areas in Startpos.esf
• Regions List
• Tips and Tricks in modding ETW and NTW
• Courtesy of CA - Unit stats land completly explained
• [Modding-Kit] Flags
• DB Schema [1.8] - knowing unknown columns & tables
• Farm_Tile_Templates Research
• Complete guide to ETW's localisation files (aka "The Loc")
• Updated DB Editor Schema based on the raw XML and XSD files released by CA
• The size of the units according to the XVIII century "military organization"
• Complete XML and XSD files for ETW by CA
• Some Excel Tables
• Lua code snippets in etwng repository
• In the wind courses
• New github repository etwng for all format discoveries and code opened
• FUSE driver for mounting .pack as virtual filesystem (for OSX and Linux)
• Nafziger Collection
• Campaign map image
• Icons
• Nedims Flags 1.0
• Id faction list
• Factions
• Preparing Modding Summit[/U]
• Faction Colours Documentation
• ETW Runtime Memory Stucture Documention

Tools

• Pack File Manager 1.12 (w/ integrated .loc editor)
• Mod Manager 1.5
• DBEditor 1.96.3
• DBEditor 1.8
• EasyEsf 1.0 (15/12) Important fix for ETW version
• EasyLoc 1.0.1 (17/12)
• Esf Editor
• Up to 4294967295 turns per year! - Editor v1.01 released
• Land Unit Stats Editor v0.1
• ETW Unpacker
• EsfEditor 1.4.5 (Updated Oct 24, 2009)
• Rigid_model / rigid_mesh converter
• Python converter for .variant_weighted_mesh model
• Esf Editor 1.4.3
• Editor (units, building effects, gov effects)
• Perfect ESF<->XML converter and revolution in ESF modding
• WIP: Naval Units Editor v0.6 {Update July 12}
• Projectile model + Equipment model converter + Animation converter. UPDATED: New plugin released, more model support available
• Saved Campaign Unit Multiplier Editor
• For Demo: UnPACKer, loc converter
• Darius Toolkit
• Pack File Manager Switcher
• Esf Total Editor
• Stupid (supertexture tool)
• Groupformations.bin converter
• An unofficial DBEditor 1.6.1 with all saving bug fixed includes patch2.pack
• Excel-like Editor 0.6
• Esf Transformation Scripts - the most awesome thing in esf world since esf2xml
• Localization Editor (Updated Oct 1, 2009)
• DB<->TSV converter
• Campaign Organizer Spreadsheet
• UI layout file <-> xml converter - now handles 94% files from both ETW and NTW
• variant_part_mesh converter - one-way decoder available (mostly)
• Improved Python pack extractor
• cs2.parsed converter - coming soon
• BIK RAD TOOLS
• LOC <-> TSV converter
• Sinuhet ETW groupformations editor
• User Script and Preferences Editor for ETW, NTW, SHO2
• farm_fields_tile_texture packer and unpacker released!
• Batch script for crux3D's "Stupid" tool
• Command line pack file builder
• bridge.markers converter released!
• anim_sound_event converter
• atlas<->tsv converter
• EasyDb for ETW Units
• Pack File Manager 2.2
• Symphony (sound unpacker/packer)
• Easy Launcher
• W.A.L.I. (Warscape Added Lua Interface)
• Savegame Parser support tool for EditSF

Last Update: 15 March 2014 by LolIsuck

[Ishan]

21 Dec, 2011.