n00bs question

[The Foolish Horseman]

where do you learn to mod and skin and things like this? Athough im a historian at heart, i would also like to learnn these other things

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi,
May I suggest that you visit the Scriptorum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=77), the R:TW Modding Questions Forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=73), the Repository (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=39), the Alchemist's Labs (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=18) and the M2:TW Learn to Mod (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=173) forums! However beware - to mod you need a huge hard drive to fit all the files from the .pak files in (something like 50GB of free space for M2:TW) and you often need expensive programs such as photoshop, and a degree in computer science, to skin (believe me I tried and failed, or was that just my idiocy!). Cheers!

[The Foolish Horseman]

which photoshop? is 5.0 sufficient? is it cs2? or elements i need?

Edit: i have bought cs2 a few weeks ago to edit some photos i have laying about my computer....what a stroke of luck!!

Any other software i need?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Really you just need anything which can open .tga files. Other than that I believe you need 3DMax (or something like that) to do modelling (there is a 30 day trial version yet afterwards you have to buy it) and to edit text files you need a text editor such as notepad.