Tool - IDX extractor - by Vercingetorix - the original unpacking tool.
Tool - Return of XIDX - by Europa Barbarorum Team - updated unpacker.
Tutorial - Unpacking Files Step-By-Step - by Publius.
Sound and animation files remain in separate packs after this process and need additional tools to unpack them. Many file in the base RTW game are supplied in packed format, a modder will often need to unpack them.
#Rome 2 resource map how to#
Answer - How to make a basic mod folder.
Answer - How to make an useful RTW shortcut - by Arbaces.
Answer - A Modder's Best Friend: Command Line Switches - by Simetrical.
Answer - A Beginners guide to Preferences.txt - by Borsook.
Answer - Hader's Pref.txt Quick Walkthrough - by Hader.
Tutorial - How To Fix UAC and VirtualStore Problems - by SigniferOne.
#Rome 2 resource map manual#
Tutorial - Beginner's Modding Manual (RTW) - by Aradan - Covers the full process of setting up a mod-folder and making map, unit and text changes.
Many tutorials have unfortunately lost their explanatory images - those tutorials which no longer make any sense without images been removed (see list on discussion page) - the tutorials shown below in italics suffer from loss of images, but may still be useful in some circumstances. Tutorials listed first and in bold type are most likely to be commonly used. Much of the information below was originally taken from this post at TWC.
Making PBR Textures for Rome Remastered Units - by KurdishNomad.
Rome Remastered specific forum tutorials include:
Creating New Campaign Map in Rome Remastered.
Rome Remastered specific information can also be found on the following wiki pages (work in progress, please help!): Unless otherwise noted most of the information in the Common Information section below will also be of use in modding Rome Remastered.įeral have released modding tools and documentation for Remastered on their Rome Remastered github.
The Wiki has categories covering RTW Modding the main sections are: