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| − | This is the Big Cahuna, the key to most of the non-"eye candy" aspects of the game. As of version 1.11, the Pack File Manager does not decode all the contained files. But many that it can understand are quite useful | + | This is the Big Cahuna, the key to most of the non-"eye candy" aspects of the game. As of version 1.11, the Pack File Manager does not decode all the contained files. But many that it can understand are quite useful: |
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| + | === building_effects_junction === | ||
| + | This is a join table of buildings and their effects. | ||
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| + | === building_factionwide_effects_junction === | ||
| + | This is a join table of buildings and the global effects they have faction-wide (instead of using a "global" flag in building_effects_junction). | ||
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| + | === building_levels === | ||
| + | This describes the buildings and improvements to them that can be built at a settlement. | ||
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| + | === building_units_allowed === | ||
| + | This describes what units can be built at which buildings. | ||
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| + | === campaign_map_settlements === | ||
| + | This describes all the regions on the strategic map. | ||
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| + | One interesting entry is "settlement:acadia:louisbourg_ep3", which is the name of the settlement for lesson (episode) 3 of the Road To Independence tutorial. In the regular campaign, the name of the same settlement is Fort Nashwaak. | ||
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| + | === campaign_map_towns_and_ports === | ||
| + | This describes the small towns and ports for regions on the strategic map. | ||
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| + | === factions === | ||
| + | This describes the major & minor factions. | ||
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| + | === regions === | ||
| + | This describes the regions on each continent. | ||
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| + | === units === | ||
| + | This describes the available units. There are lots of statistics, this table is a subset. | ||
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| + | === unit_required_technology_junction === | ||
| + | This is a join table describing which techs are required before being able to build certain units. | ||
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| + | === units_to_exclusive_faction_permissions === | ||
| + | Despite the long-winded name, this just describes which factions can build which units. | ||
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| + | Note that the "episodic" units are for the Road To Independence tutorial lessons (episodes). | ||
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--[[User:MikeV|MikeV]] 19:07, 7 April 2009 (CDT) | --[[User:MikeV|MikeV]] 19:07, 7 April 2009 (CDT) | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 8 April 2009
At the heart of any game beats a spreadsheet (the cleverer ones hide this fact well). For complex games, there are several.
Thanks to the excellent Pack File Manager by LtChambers, we can now look at (many of) the data files for Empire: Total War.
When the Steam client caches the game on your system, it tucks the data files into %ProgramFiles%\Steam\SteamApps\common\empire total war\data, as a collection of .pack files. These are archives that contain other files, much like .zip or .cab files.
There are several .pack files: the following sub-sections contain a quick look at some of the interesting things revealed.
Contents
- 1 main.pack
- 1.1 regions_continents
- 1.2 building_effects_junction
- 1.3 building_factionwide_effects_junction
- 1.4 building_levels
- 1.5 building_units_allowed
- 1.6 campaign_map_settlements
- 1.7 campaign_map_towns_and_ports
- 1.8 factions
- 1.9 regions
- 1.10 units
- 1.11 unit_required_technology_junction
- 1.12 units_to_exclusive_faction_permissions
main.pack
This is the Big Cahuna, the key to most of the non-"eye candy" aspects of the game. As of version 1.11, the Pack File Manager does not decode all the contained files. But many that it can understand are quite useful:
regions_continents
This is simply a list of valid continent identifiers, as referenced elsewhere.
| Continent ID |
|---|
| cont_africa_south |
| cont_america_latin |
| cont_america_north |
| cont_europe |
| cont_impassable |
| cont_india |
| cont_middle_east |
| cont_se_asia |
building_effects_junction
This is a join table of buildings and their effects.
building_factionwide_effects_junction
This is a join table of buildings and the global effects they have faction-wide (instead of using a "global" flag in building_effects_junction).
building_levels
This describes the buildings and improvements to them that can be built at a settlement.
building_units_allowed
This describes what units can be built at which buildings.
campaign_map_settlements
This describes all the regions on the strategic map.
One interesting entry is "settlement:acadia:louisbourg_ep3", which is the name of the settlement for lesson (episode) 3 of the Road To Independence tutorial. In the regular campaign, the name of the same settlement is Fort Nashwaak.
campaign_map_towns_and_ports
This describes the small towns and ports for regions on the strategic map.
factions
This describes the major & minor factions.
regions
This describes the regions on each continent.
units
This describes the available units. There are lots of statistics, this table is a subset.
unit_required_technology_junction
This is a join table describing which techs are required before being able to build certain units.
units_to_exclusive_faction_permissions
Despite the long-winded name, this just describes which factions can build which units.
Note that the "episodic" units are for the Road To Independence tutorial lessons (episodes).
--MikeV 19:07, 7 April 2009 (CDT)
