CA! Time is almost up!

[alhoon]

http://blogs.sega.com/totalwar/2010/10/22/modtools/

In 2 days the first half of 2011 ends.

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

[Graphic]

I'm with you but this belongs in the Napoleon section.

Just like all the general TW discussion threads belong in the general TW discussion section.

People assume the section for the newest TW game is a free-for-all general section and who can blame them? This forum appears to lack a "move" option for moderators.


....but yeah, how 'bout the uniform editor, CA?

[Achilleslastand]

Funny how the blog is down for maintenance. Wanna bet that when it goes back up the blog in question will have vanished like a fart in the wind.
It was nothing more then to keep the fans satisfied about it to ensure more sales of S2TW.
If you believe the mod tools and unit editor will be released in the next 2 days or even at all the i have some beachfront property in montana to sell you.

[Pharoah]

Funny how the blog is down for maintenance. Wanna bet that when it goes back up the blog in question will have vanished like a fart in the wind.
It was nothing more then to keep the fans satisfied about it to ensure more sales of S2TW.
If you believe the mod tools and unit editor will be released in the next 2 days or even at all the i have some beachfront property in montana to sell you.

Aren't segas blogs part of the sega pass system?

[alhoon]

I'm with you but this belongs in the Napoleon section.

....but yeah, how 'bout the uniform editor, CA?

But this is the place where people from CA check from time to time! I haven't seen them in NTW's section for quite some time.

Also let's not forget that S2TW was the official reason stated that they couldn't give the unit editor.

[♔DARTH LEGO♔]

But this is the place where people from CA check from time to time! I haven't seen them in NTW's section for quite some time.

Also let's not forget that S2TW was the official reason stated that they couldn't give the unit editor.

agreed and the nap boys have a few related posts going in that forum anyway

[emotion_name]

in 2 days the first half of 2011 is up, and in 3 days CA will post saying "S2TW patches and support means we havnt packagaed these tools yet, but we hope to get them to you by end of the year"


Jokes, CA aint even gonna say anything about it, they just hope it all goes away!

(i can see why youd post it here mind, guessing more CA staff check this forum than the NTW one)

[fd7s]

be awakard if they release the tools

[♔DARTH LEGO♔]

be awakard if they release the tools

.. although the eternal optimist...fat chance of that methinks.

and not nearly as bad as they will be feeling for hoodwinking us for so long.....

....for mod tools i would suffer all the awkwardness in the world TBH

[fd7s]

.. although the eternal optimist...fat chance of that methinks.

and not nearly as bad as they will be feeling for hoodwinking us for so long.....

....for mod tools i would suffer all the awkwardness in the world TBH

im with you on that although im pretty sure theyll be as happy as ever for hoodwinking us

[Ludicus]

Time is almost up, but CA is down...

[Charsi]

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.

I think they left themselves an out.

[Humble Warrior]

I think they left themselves an out.

There`s always an `out` for them. Even when they corner themselves and there`s no `out` they do whatever anyway. We have literally no effect on them. It`s a joke.

[dmcheatw]

There`s always an `out` for them. Even when they corner themselves and there`s no `out` they do whatever anyway. We have literally no effect on them. It`s a joke.

yeah that's pretty much it. if you take this company at their word or at face value, then you are either new or i feel sorry for you.

they also regularly contradict themselves.

and all their employees wear a signature dissolving them from responsibility for their posts (unless like craig they only ask questions never make statements). so even when a CA official makes a post, it isn't "official."

kind of sad really.

[Fuzzynut]

Adding my support to this thread.

[ProvostGuard]

Even if it the tools (or the uniform editor) turned out to be time-consuming and impractical, this would still have been an excellent opportunity for CA to redeem themselves in the eyes of many fans. I'm guessing they don't value their image.

[Achilleslastand]

Even if it the tools (or the uniform editor) turned out to be time-consuming and impractical, this would still have been an excellent opportunity for CA to redeem themselves in the eyes of many fans. I'm guessing they don't value their image.

I dont think they have valued their image over the last 3 releases lmao. Im done with their imcompetence and shenanigans.

[random_samurai]

I think they left themselves an out.

I'm sure they'll use it that way, but haven't they been going on and on (in interviews) about how S2 was the most polished product at launch yet?

I'm sure we'll hear about DX11 (if we hear anything at all) as to why it hasn't been completed/even started on.

[Huberto]

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.

I think they left themselves an out.

OK but what's the "we will keep you updated" part there for?

I'm going to withhold comment 'till Friday.

[alhoon]

I think they left themselves an out.

They said they will keep us updated. They need to keep us updated by 29 June 2011 if they don't intend to give us the tools by 30 June 2011.

Of course, they have an other outing in that thread on what they work on now.
"Hey! We kept you updated! Did you see "mod tools" in that thread of 22 June? Nope. It was "bug fixing"! "