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    Default Basic modding question

    I would like to get into modding and im not sure where to start.Id like to mod the unit graphics of MTW,maybe more.....ive read a few of the guides and still feel lost.......any advice......and what tools do i need to download from the tools/download section?

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    Beauty hunter Senior Member Raz's Avatar
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    Unit graphics as in sprites? I don't do too much of that, so I can't tell you specifics of what to do in a step by step guide... but I can tell you that you'll be needing the tool readBIF. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in the downloads section.

    What it does? Well it does what it's name suggests - it opens, reads and to an extent edits the .BIF files. BIFs are the graphics files that house all the unit's that you see on the battle-map. As I said, it is limited in it's use to edit them, but you can extract the frames (12 frames) as .bmp files and edit them using say Photoshop or GIMP. But other than that, I cannot tell you more.

    Hope that helps.
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    Default Re: Basic modding question

    Hello Achilleslastand,

    RSW's Readbif indeed to edit unit animations but also various pictures in .BIF

    A paint program to edit TGA can be nice, PaintShop Pro or Gimp.

    There's a FactionColorTool made by Lord Xelous http://www.mizus.com/files/files/Too...ColourTool.zip

    Duke John made a distribution of tools recently: http://www.mizus.com/files/files/Too..._resources.zip
    It's a 50 mb download and includes many tools you need: Lukemapmaker from Wellington, BIFReader by RSW, Gnome editor, Mithel Imageconverter..
    Ja mata

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    Nur-ad-Din Forum Administrator TosaInu's Avatar
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    Default Re: Basic modding question

    And a nice guide about editing MTW: https://forums.totalwar.org/?q=node/45
    Ja mata

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