After the release of Shogun 2, do we have Mod tools to Napoleon?

CA said it intended to release MOD tools to Napoleon after the release of Shogun 2, if possible, what can we expect?

Some proper tools, tutorials and help. But they will continue working on shogun 2. So support will be in the second half of this year.

hmm.....i dont think they will release anything

They'll be the same as the Empire tools....an empty promise.

Hey, guys, have some faith in CA, these guys know their work, and they will release the tools....







Ok, ok, this was crap, they won't release anything, but hey, it isn't for the first time. Cheers.

This is what they said, back in October:

The recent announcement that the uniform editor was being dropped jumped the gun a bit.
It’s true that we’re not planning to release the tool we originally designed. Some feature designs don’t pan out as imagined, and this one was frankly not great. All it would allow was the setting of colours for a particular unit type. It was clunky and didn’t do what most people actually wanted.
What we are planning to do is to release the full unit editor along with the data builder tool. This is the tool chain we used to create and edit the units in the game. It’s far more powerful than the uniform editor would have been.
There aren’t any areas of the game which in principle we don’t want players to be able to mod, but there are difficulties in practice in making it possible, and we do have some work to do to package up the tools.
We are intending to come up with a more comprehensive long term strategy on encouraging and facilitating mods, and will talk more about this soon, but for now I can say for sure that the Napoleon unit editor tools remain a priority. The tools are currently scheduled for release in the first half of 2011, this is of course dependent on how Shogun 2 progresses, and we will keep you updated.
We haven’t and won’t forget this, hence putting a date to it. For now Shogun 2 remains our top priority.
Thanks,
Mike

Originally Posted by DUKE OF CAXIAS

CA said it intended to release MOD tools to Napoleon after the release of Shogun 2, if possible, what can we expect?

epic levels of bs followed by nothing.

I won't buy Shogun 2 for the moment as I want to see if they'll release the mod tools for NTW... I love the Total War series but I'd like them to actually keep their promise on this.

Originally Posted by Leoben

I won't buy Shogun 2 for the moment as I want to see if they'll release the mod tools for NTW... I love the Total War series but I'd like them to actually keep their promise on this.

Im doing the same thing and because I rather not buy a buggy unfinished game like I did with empire

Originally Posted by Leo4444

Im doing the same thing and because I rather not buy a buggy unfinished game like I did with empire

Agreed, and I feel it was regressive of CA to take the series back in time. The Warscape engine was designed for introducing firearms to the series so bringing back the old hammer and anvil tactics of medieval warfare feels like a bit of a waste to me. Also the state of the AI in the demo and that they had to script it has made me wary of buying the game. Maybe pick it up around christmas for a tenner when they've got it in working order and we know the score with these supposed modding tools.

I won't be buying STW2 until it's in the bargain bin. If at all.

I supported CA through the lies of Empire. I was disappointed when they ditched it for Napoleon, but I kept my cynicism at bay for a while. Then they repeated the same process.

Sorry, CA. You don't get a third strike. Or any more of my money. I'm done.

Originally Posted by Swerg

I won't be buying STW2 until it's in the bargain bin. If at all.

I supported CA through the lies of Empire. I was disappointed when they ditched it for Napoleon, but I kept my cynicism at bay for a while. Then they repeated the same process.

Sorry, CA. You don't get a third strike. Or any more of my money. I'm done.

+1

Well, we know they are spending the next 4 weeks fixing Shogun2, so it won't be within the next month, that's for sure.

I'll probably buy Shogun 2, but not until there's mod support for NTW and ETW.

Same here. No way I'm going to buy SH2 until I see that damned square istant bonus fixed as promised bfore NTW release. And we're many thinking the same in Lordz community.

Originally Posted by LEGIO_Desaix

Same here. No way I'm going to buy SH2 until I see that damned square istant bonus fixed as promised bfore NTW release. And we're many thinking the same in Lordz community.

I agree!!!!

I will buy all TW games untill I die! Long live CA!

Originally Posted by Sir Nicholas Altman

I will buy all TW games untill I die! Long live CA!

I second this, we need to yell more and mod less.

No tools, no money CA.

Originally Posted by DUKE OF CAXIAS

CA said it intended to release MOD tools to Napoleon after the release of Shogun 2, if possible, what can we expect?

Hopefully when CA is through with the Warscape engine(S2 with DLC's) and start off with another engine(hopefully) for the next TW