Mod Tools For NTW

**Andreius Pretorianus** · February 05, 2011, 02:08 AM

I found this at the Shogun 2 Thread

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

It says that there will be released mod tools for NTW etc.

I think this are great news ,and hopefuly will help the modders from TGW to achieve theyr objectives and why not make it more faster

Cheers

**[N]Fullin** · February 05, 2011, 03:15 AM

Iam not commenting on that...

**Aanker** · February 05, 2011, 03:17 AM

Now that could be quite something.

**a tw player** · February 05, 2011, 04:24 AM

Wasn't that said a couple of months ago?

**RO Citizen** · February 05, 2011, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by a tw player

Wasn't that said a couple of months ago?

It's something bigger now, they actually promised a SDK "very soon". Although I learned to not trust them anymore when it comes to modding, they might do something now.

**a tw player** · February 05, 2011, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by RO Citizen

It's something bigger now, they actually promised a SDK "very soon". Although I learned to not trust them anymore when it comes to modding, they might do something now.

No, look at the date of the article in the link, 13th December 2010

**Seashore** · February 05, 2011, 12:51 PM

if "soon" is never how long is "very soon"?

**[N]Fullin** · February 08, 2011, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Seashore

if "soon" is never how long is "very soon"?

Pure Logic Jim:

very never

**zxcvmnb** · February 05, 2011, 03:07 PM

Well, best of hopes, mods like this one that require a lot of editing could really take off if mod tools were released.

**Wallachian** · February 09, 2011, 04:55 AM

Does anyone know what these tools will consist of? Like what mod changes will they allow?

**.Mitch.** · February 09, 2011, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Wallachian

Does anyone know what these tools will consist of? Like what mod changes will they allow?

Nothing we can't do already.

There are only two things that modding in NTW need, and they are:
1) variant model format documentation
2) World/Map/Region Editor

As it won't be 2, they would never allow their community to be able to create a Japanese map, for instance, just before Shogun or during Shogun obviously.
It won't be 1 either that documentation is far too complex for the modding community that the tools are addressed to, would appritiate.

It will be very much along the lines of, worst case scenario the uniform editor they'd planned, best case scenario a slightly improved PFM.

That being said, I honestly believe it will never come to anything other than another empty CA promise.

I'm also closing this thread, discussion on modding tools has no place here.