Difference between revisions of "ETW Data"

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	== <tt>models.pack</tt> ==		== <tt>models.pack</tt> ==
	13,596 files.		13,596 files.
−		+	See the [[ETWmodels.pack|<tt>models.pack</tt>]] topic for details.
−	=== <tt>artillery/</tt> ===
−	<tt>field_cannon/</tt>
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−	=== <tt>buildings/</tt> ===
−	<tt>american_bridge_basic/</tt> to
−	<tt>western_fort_command_hq/</tt>.
−
−	=== <tt>db/</tt> ===
−	<tt>battle_groundcover_density_maps_tables/</tt> to
−	<tt>warscape_underlay_textures_tables/</tt>.
−
−	=== <tt>enginemodels/</tt> ===
−	<tt>ancient_field_24lb</tt> to
−	<tt>rocket_large_lod{1-4}.animatable_rigid_model</tt>.
−	Sub-directories <tt>congreve/</tt>, <tt>destruction/</tt> (includes animations), and <tt>textures/</tt> (.dds files).
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−	=== <tt>rigidmodels/</tt> ===
−	<tt>3dindicators/</tt> to
−	<tt>waypointmarkers/</tt>.
−
−	=== <tt>ships/</tt> ===
−	<tt>1deck24/</tt> to
−	<tt>fsteam_frigate/</tt>.
−
−	=== <tt>unitmodels/</tt> ===
−	<tt>african_slaver_musketeers</tt> to
−	<tt>wild_geese_lod{1-4}.variant_weighted_mesh</tt>.
−	Sub-directories for mounts (<tt>camel/</tt>,
−	<tt>elephant/</tt>, and <tt>horse/</tt>),
−	<tt>campaignpieces/</tt> (<tt>{east,euro}_campaign_{admiralship,ship}_weighted_model.variant_weighted_mesh</tt>), and
−	<tt>textures/</tt> ([[Acronyms Abbreviations Shorthand|<tt>.dds</tt>]] files).
	== <tt>movies.pack</tt> ==		== <tt>movies.pack</tt> ==

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Revision as of 23:09, 10 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.

anim.pack

6335 files in animations/, from aaa_warscapeframe to test.

battlepresets.pack

103 files in battleterrain/presets/, from afghan_mountains to wooden_fort.

battleterrain.pack

1347 files in battleterrain/: blend_maps/, cliff_maps/, colour_maps/, detail_maps/, farm_templates/, forest_underlays/, grass/, groundcover_density_maps/, groundcover_distribution_maps/, rock_maps/, surfaces/, tiled_maps/, tiles/, and walls/.

boot.pack

Front End User Interface TGA, .fx, and .dds files for Initial loading: commontextures/, fx, and ui.

groupformations.pack

1 file: groupformations.bin.

local_en.pack

1362 Localization resources, in the "en" (English) locale: advisor/, font/, and text/.

main.pack

663 files. This is the Big Kahuna, 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.

Important: the files in patch.pack override the ones here.

Contains LUA scripts for episodicscripting, events, export_advice, export_ancillaries, export_historic_characters, export_historic_events, export_missions, and export_triggers. The export_ed files all note they were exported from empire.mdb, an M$ Access database.

Sub-directories contain:

campaign/

TGA, mesh, and .dds files for clouds/, coastline/, and terrain/.

commontextures/

.dds files for battle_building_brdf to velvet.

customsprites/

.dds and TGA files for general_radar_pip to water_texture.

db/

Rather than just present them in alphabetical order, we've grouped the files into (hopefully useful) categories:

Geography

The tables in these files describe elements of the strategic map.

• regions_continents
• regions
• region_unit_resources
• campaign_map_settlements
• campaign_map_towns_and_ports

Buildings & their Effects

• building_levels
• building_chains
• building_upgrades_junction
• building_effects_junction
• building_factionwide_effects_junction
• building_research_thread_junction
• building_resources_junction
• building_units_allowed

Factions & Groups

• factions
• groupings
• units_to_groupings

Units

• unit_category
• unit_class
• units
• units_to_special_editions_juncs
• unit_required_technology_junction
• units_to_exclusive_faction_permissions
• unit_abilities
• unit_to_unit_abilities_junction
• unit_experience_thresholds
• unit_stats_land
• unit_stats_naval

Governments

• government_types
• units_to_gov_type_permissions

Economics & Trade

• region_economic_factors
• trade_theatre_commodities

Technology & Research

The "tech tree."

• technology_threads
• technologies
• technology_required_technology_junctions
• technology_effects_junction

Historical Events & News

• events

Traits & Ancillaries

The E:TW VnV system.

• trigger_events
• trait_triggers
• trigger_effects
• trait_level_effects

effects/

XML files for campaignmap, landbattle, and navalbattle. textures/ contains .dds and TGA files for default_pfx_packed_normal to whispy_smoke_diffuse.

fx/

.fx files for battlefieldterrain to weather, and supporting (fragment) files.

heightmaps/

1 file: default.tga.

indicators/

.dds files for move_arrow_head_diffuse to target_arrow_tail_diffuse.

multiplayer/

2 files: filter.txt and region_qos.xml.

rti/

Files for the Road To Independence mini-campaign battles. rti_battles/ contains .xml and .battle_script files for rti_{boston,smith}_battle.

scenarios/

Files for the stand-alone scenario battles. Contains TGA, .battle_script, and/or .xml files for battle_of_{brandywine,cowpens,fontenoy,lagos,leuthen,porto_novo,rossbach}, mp_battle_of_{brandywine,porto_novo}, and shannon_vs_chesapeake

sea/

Contains TGA and .dds files for bow_wave to wake_distortion.

text/

2 files: credits.xml lists the ETW people, and default_keys.xml defines the default ETW key bindings.

tutorialbattles/

Contains .battle_script and .xml files for the land and naval battle tutorials.

(End of main.pack.)

models.pack

13,596 files. See the models.pack topic for details.

movies.pack

movies/ contains the .bik files, from eur_con_vic (European Conquest Victory) to sword_rvg_rk_01.

movies/audio/ contains localized audio from "actor_2," for countries ar, cz, du, fr, ge, hi, it, pe, pl, po, ru, sp, sw, tu, uk, and us.

patch.pack

3402 Files intended to replace those in the original distribution. As of the 30 Mar 09 patch, these include:

• LUA script files for episodicscripting, events, export_advice, export_ancillaries, and export_triggers.
• groupformations.bin
• advisor/ .mp3 files
• animations/
• battleterrain/
• buildings/
• db/
• fx/
• indicators/
• rigidmodels/
• rti/
• scenarios/
• sea/
• sfx/
• sounds/
• sounds_packed/
• testdata/
• text/
• tutorialbattles/
• ui/
• unitmodels/

patch_en.pack

Patch data, localized for the "en" (English) locale.

seasurfaces.pack

The waves and cute lighting effects: wind_level_{0-4}_{sea,swell}.

sound_non_wavefile_data.pack

2 files in sounds_packed/: sound_bank_database and sound_events.

sounds.pack

73 files, sounds/ contains CSV files for movie_volumes and sound_categories (currently, only music or weather), and XML files sound_bank_ for ambient_battle_forest to unit_voice_events, and sound_settings.

sounds_animation_triggers.pack

2,602 .anim_sound_event files in animations/. See the sounds_animation_triggers.pack topic for details.

sounds_campaign.pack

273 WAV files in campaign/ for various campaign map sounds. See the sounds_campaign.pack topic for details.

sounds_music.pack

228 .mp3 files in music/ for various parts of the game. See the sounds_music.pack topic for details.

sounds_other.pack

25 WAV files, borrowed from M2:TW -

other/med ii/arrows/med2_arrow_flyby_{01-25}_gme.wav

sounds_placeholder.pack

1 file: placeholder/silent placeholder/empty.wav.

sounds_sfx.pack

3592 WAV files in sfx/ for various special effects noises.

See the sounds_sfx.pack topic for details.

subtitles.pack

120 subtitle text string files in movies/, in CSV format, for various .bik files, localized to 7 countries: cz, de, en, fr, it, po, and ru.

The Campaign files follow the naming convention {eur,ind,ott}_{con,mon,rep}_vic.bik_lc.csv, corresponding to the culture and Government type at victory.

The RTI files follow the naming convention rti_cs{1-6}_v0n_bink_sound.bik_lc.csv, where the "cs" number identifies each episode, the n is presumably a version id, and the lc is the country (locale) code.

supertexture.pack

2 files: world_.stpd and world_.stpi. Presumably, the 1st one contains data and the 2nd one contains index information to find the data.

terrain_templates.pack

509 TGA files in battleterrain/templates/. See the terrain_templates.pack topic for details.

testdata.pack

TGA, mesh and .dds files for animations/, buildings/, campaignflags/, clouds/, coastline/, diplomat/, euroline/, fence/, gun/, legs/, loki/, musketman/, overlays/, ranger/, splines/, terrain/, trees/, victory/, wakes/ and water/, and XML files for the world/.

Very important -- start here before modding!

ui.pack

17430 TGA and compiled LUA files in ui/ for various User Interface elements.

This is the main file for the dynamics of the application. See the ui.pack topic for details.

ui_movies.pack

1 file: movies/frontend.bik.

voices.pack

24,055 .mp3 files, for events from armies_generic_response (for each Government type) to unit_type_selection on the generals_unit, from 7 actors, localized to 17 countries: ar, cz, du, fr, ge, hi, it, pe, pl, po, ru, sp, sw, tu, uk, us, and us_trib).

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--MikeV 7 April 2009