Preparing the 2d Modding Summit - late January - 2014

[wangrin]

WARNINGS

Please, not spam this thread with questions not related to those subjects or complains about CA.

Before posting here, please read :
TW:R2 :
TW:S2 : Total War: Shogun 2 > Total War: Shogun 2 Mod Workshop > [TWS2] Index of Modding Tutorials, Resources & Tools (Last Update: 21 Dec, 2011)

CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES

This thread is intended to collect questions to prepare CA Modding Summit according to the agenda from CraigTW :

10am Welcome to CA by CraigTW, Community Manager and introduction to the new members of the CA community team.

10.15am Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director, discusses modding from a corporate standpoint and our vision for the future.

10.45am Guy Davidson, Coding Manager at Creative Assembly, discusses why our codebase works the way it does. Opportunity for Q&A.

11.45am Jack Lusted discusses how to best mod units and how the AI copes with modded troops.

1.00pm Round table: What’s your experience with our mod tools to date?

2.00pm Round table: What could we do better in terms of modding?

Moreover, after a brief exchange with Nico CA, the French community coordinator, asking him what could be done to "help" them to organize this event, he answer me :

Bonjour wangrin,

Pour l'instant, rassembler les questions que vous avez et les catégoriser (ex : unités, programmation, conception 2D/3D, legacy modding, hors sujet, etc...) est un bon début et nous aidera à estimer les ressources nécessaires pour cet événement.
J'ai déjà regroupé et catégorisé un certain nombre de questions, mais si vous avez un document plus précis, n'hésitez pas à me le faire parvenir.

Nico CA

Translation :

For the time being, collecting your questions and categorizing them (example : units, programming, 2D/3D design, legacy modding, others, etc.) is a good start and will help us to estimate resources needed for the event.
I have already collected and categorized some questions, but if you have a more precise document, don't hesitate do send me it.

So, objectives are :

1. to list and categorize questions about TW:R2 modding
2. to list and categorize questions about the use of TW:S2 Assembly Kit tool

ORGANIZATION

The first post underneath will be use to collect questions related to TW:R2.
I propose these categories :

1. Mapping (Campaign Map & Battle Map), 3D modeling & animations
2. Gameplay (Campaign & Battle) : seasons, CAI characters, etc.
3. User Interface (UI, sounds, etc.)
4. File formats : DB, ESF, LUAC, etc.
5. Others

The second post underneath will be use to collect questions related to TW:S2's Assembly Kit.
I propose these categories :

1. CS2 converter & raw models (campaign map & models)
2. BoB : pack creator
3. Unit editor
4. DaVe : db editor
5. TEd : Battlemap editor
6. Others : file formats, luac, etc.

Please, go to the TW:R2 > Tools, Tutorials and Resources > [Resource] Preparing Modding Summit to post your question, experiences, etc.

LINKS

TWcenter.net : Modding Summit announced : late January
Totalwar.com : Second Modding Summit announced: Get involved!

[wangrin]

Please, do not post here but in the main thread located in TW:R2 Tools, Tutorials & Resources sub-forum.

Thanks