Sega and The Creative Assembly have released modding tools for Total War: Shogun 2 with integration to the Steam Workshop. The modding kit, or the Assembly Kit, lets people build ground up mods, and even enhance and mod the Battle Map Editor.
Mods can be, not surprisingly, uploaded to Steam Workshop for other players to use and rate.
- Accounts of this week's Creative Assembly mod summit have been hitting Total War community forums, with word of Steam Workshop support for Total War: Shogun 2 and plans for an upgraded set of CA.
- DarthMod Shogun Last Edition with Steam Workshop support! Oct 2 2012 News 5 comments. This is the last version for DarthMod: Shogun II made with a hope you enjoy it.(It may get hotfixes according to feedback).
- Total War: Shogun 2 is a strategy video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega in 2011. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War, after a series of games set mainly in Europe and the Middle East.
Does anyone know why they did not use Steam Workshop for Rome II. Was it underused in Shogun II? Just curious if it was something that did not make the cut do to the game being rushed, or if it just was not effective. I felt it was a decent feautre if not perfectly implemented in Shogun II. The Rome II Steam Workshop is a directory of user created modifications for the game that can alter many different areas of the game, from simple balance mods to adding new units to changing the graphics in the game. You can browse the Workshop for mods you would like to have in your game and subscribe to them.
“Total War has a dedicated mod scene with some truly heroic modders wrestling with a gigantic game and turning out some incredible work,” said Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director. ”Until now though there’s never been a useful set of tools that really opened up the possibilities in the game the way we knew they wanted. However, while we gear up for Rome II’s release next year, I’m happy to say that the team were able pull out all the stops and put together a kit we hope will really inspire them.”
Here are details on the Assembly Kit, as given by the devs:
- TWeak is a software framework that contains two key plugins for Total War modding:
- DaVE, The Database Visual Editor tool, enables modders to edit any database values in the game, including those which dictate campaign map start positions, game logic, unit values and much more.
- The Unit Editor tool enables modders to alter the look and feel of existing units and create new ones, with custom skins, armour, helmets etc.
- BOB is a data-processing tool, which enables modders to process models, animations, textures and many other assets into a game-usable form.
- The Mod Manager enables modders to upload their mods to Steam Workshop.
Sega and The Creative Assembly have released modding tools for Total War: Shogun 2 with integration to the Steam Workshop. The modding kit, or the Assembly Kit, lets people build ground up mods, and even enhance and mod the Battle Map Editor.
Mods can be, not surprisingly, uploaded to Steam Workshop for other players to use and rate.
Shogun 2 Steam Workshop
“Total War has a dedicated mod scene with some truly heroic modders wrestling with a gigantic game and turning out some incredible work,” said Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director. ”Until now though there’s never been a useful set of tools that really opened up the possibilities in the game the way we knew they wanted. However, while we gear up for Rome II’s release next year, I’m happy to say that the team were able pull out all the stops and put together a kit we hope will really inspire them.”
Here are details on the Assembly Kit, as given by the devs:
Total War Shogun 2 Steam Workshop
- TWeak is a software framework that contains two key plugins for Total War modding:
- DaVE, The Database Visual Editor tool, enables modders to edit any database values in the game, including those which dictate campaign map start positions, game logic, unit values and much more.
- The Unit Editor tool enables modders to alter the look and feel of existing units and create new ones, with custom skins, armour, helmets etc.
- BOB is a data-processing tool, which enables modders to process models, animations, textures and many other assets into a game-usable form.
- The Mod Manager enables modders to upload their mods to Steam Workshop.