Packs can contain any file within them, and by default the game reads a lot of stuff through pack files. 'Mod' will be used when talking about the high concept and design of your creation 'pack' will be used when referring to the file structure. A pack file can contain a lot of different things!Īs we talk, the words mod and pack can be considered interchangeable. As you can see within this, a pack has folder, and it has files - same as any other directory on your computer. Using a proprietary file called a pack file (heretofore called 'packs'), you can load up files for the game to load and use in runtime.Ī pack opened within RPFM (more on that in the next section!). Mods take many different forms in many different games, but for Total War they're a feature supported by Creative Assembly natively. 'Mod' is shorthand for 'modification' - it's any thing that changes the game. There will be a lot glossed-over in this tutorial, intentionally - it's better to get into hands-on as soon as possible, instead of being bogged down by theory.īefore we do anything at all, let's talk a little bit about mods - what they are, what they can do. This tutorial is written using Warhammer 2 as the example game, but all of the concepts and practices apply to every Total War game since Empire.Īs a final note, I'll be making an effort to out-link to as many pages as possible, to provide deep dives into specific topics. A focus here is to 'learn how to learn', and I will be providing methods and best practices everywhere that's possible. However, the primary attempt here is to equip someone brand new to modding - no experience in anything needed - with all the tools and skills they need to have a good level of understanding, and to have the ability to solve some problems on their own. By design, it can't cover ever facet of modding, and the author's knowledge will prevent him from covering every subtopic possible extensively. This tutorial attempts to be a comprehensive beginner's guide that will take you through all that you need to begin your journey modding.

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