CA reveal the developer's plans for releasing an SDK

Very good news guys.

find !!! from http://www.strategyinformer.com/news...he-near-future

Modders rejoice! Creative Assembly has confirmed that they will be releasing a set of modding tools for Napoleon: Total War "in the near future".

The news came out during Strategy Informer's interview with Total War: Shogun 2's Lead Designer Jamie Ferguson, where we asked him why the relationship with the modding community had been a bit rocky recently .

"Yeah it wasn't something that was ever intentional," he said.

"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."

He then went on to reveal the developer's plans for releasing an SDK for Napoleon.

"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 couldn't pin them down on an exact time-table, and when asked as to whether an SDK for Shogun 2 was also in the works, he was equally as vague:

"I wouldn't rule it out. I don't know when or in what form that would take, but it's something we will probably be looking at as well," Ferguson commented.

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The good new is that CA have heard and understood our fears and responded to our criticisms. Thanks very much CA !! Cant wait !

you're 2 months later

Originally Posted by Swagger

you're 2 months later

so what? this is still good news and i havent heard of it.
I really hope CA releases it imagine the mods... OMG

hmmm, any help for someone who doesnt understand abbrieviations, what does SDK mean?

Originally Posted by emotion_name

hmmm, any help for someone who doesnt understand abbrieviations, what does SDK mean?

SDK = Software Development Kit

PS. Good news! DS.

Originally Posted by Rex Armeniae

SDK = Software Development Kit

PS. Good news! DS.

Ahhh, i see! It seems so simple now! Thanx fella!

Untill it happens im assuming it won't. Just like most of their previous prmoises about modding.

Originally Posted by Irish guy

Untill it happens im assuming it won't. Just like most of their previous prmoises about modding.

Moan, moan & moan...Don't you get bored?

Not jumping up and down untill I see it.

Would mean that they listen and act accordingly

Its a positive message, good news :

Sounds good. The modders of Empire and Napoleon could use some help. Even though they were/are able to produce amazing mods.

nice. i cant wait.

I'll be excited when i see it. hopefully this isn't anything like the Uniform Editor.

That being said, seeing the mods we have now, with no tools except what we've made... just imagine what mods we would have!

Excellent news.

i believe it when i see it
and not a single day earlier

Could any modder tell me if the SDK could be of use for S2:TW as well? Seeing they use the same engine.

Just like the uniform editor. Don't hold your breath.

I don't see why it couldn't be tweaked, unless they've done something to make sure you can't. (And even then we probably could, just saying.)

We've known this since October 2010 (CA had an actual post on their total war site after they finally told everyone that the uniform editor wasn't coming). ETA is 'first half 2011' given that the development of Shogun 2 goes without major problems or setbacks.

So they outright lied about the editor and people believe them about this? This is SOLEY to appease fans and get them to buy stw2.