SDK for Napoleon "In the near future"

MODS: Wasn't sure whether to put this in the modding section or not, feel free to move it.

Hey guys,

We over at Strategy Informer just did an interview with Jamie Ferguson over Shogun 2, and we managed to get some news out of them regarding the SDK for Napoleon. Thought it might be of interest!

Strategy Informer: Obviously Creative Assembly has a long-standing history with the modding community. I think it's fair to say that things have been a bit rocky since Empire, the tools weren't showing up-

Jamie Ferguson: Yeah it wasn't something that was ever intentional. I think we kind off... you know sometimes you can upset your friends without meaning to. What we were trying to do was create a game that would run faster but at the same time was moving things forward and looking good. I think the unintentional result of that was that in some ways it was harder to mod. Things are starting to move on though, people are getting familiar with the new file formats, and are really starting to unlock new areas and getting into the details.

But we are planning to launch an SDK for Napoleon in the near future, we want people to know we're not abandoning our old games. We want people to continue playing them as well as Shogun. We want people to constantly look at Total War as a continuing on-going experience. It's not like when we move on they have to move on and not touch it again. We'll give them the kind of support that they need to get that going.

You can read the news peice we did on the story here. The rest of the interview (which is in two parts) can be read here and here.

Good they affirm what they said before about mod tools for NTW or ETW.
I hope they will keep their promise this time so that the modders can come up with even more beautiful mods.

dont hold your breath..

I know this should be good news but I can't help but think that its not going to come out and we'll be let down again. Really don't want that, I would love to see what modders can do with NTW.

Fingers crossed this wasnt CA in Bulshit mode!

Nice. I hope it's right.

Well thats some backup for there post here. Thats good to know, I believe CA this time.

a few things:

-it was not unintentional. the special edition units were evidence enough that the data structure was planned to be mod-proof. they further confirmed it with the pdlc business model. that isn't something you do on a whim. it takes planning

-when it comes to ca, until i get my hands on it, i will consider any proposed or "confirmed" feature to be a lie/vaporware. i recommend everyone else follows this rule as well, unless you take pleasure in being disappointed.

Originally Posted by cinco

a few things:

-it was not unintentional. the special edition units were evidence enough that the data structure was planned to be mod-proof. they further confirmed it with the pdlc business model. that isn't something you do on a whim. it takes planning

-when it comes to ca, until i get my hands on it, i will consider any proposed or "confirmed" feature to be a lie/vaporware. i recommend everyone else follows this rule as well, unless you take pleasure in being disappointed.

I like to take the 'hope for the best and prepare for the worst' approach.

Although since I'm not working on any mods at the moment, I can't really prepare for the worst.

But my advice to mod-makers is to carry on with what you're doing as if the SDK isn't coming out, but to maintain hope that it will.

^Thats what I'm doing