Total War: Shogun 2 is a strategy video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega in 2011. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War, after a series of games set mainly in Europe and the Middle East. So Creative Assembly listened. Specifically, Shogun 2’s now packing full Steam Workshop support, some seriously upgraded map-making tools, and a brand new “Assembly Kit.” Find out about all the new ways you can make sweet, sweet war to your friends after the break.
- Hit the source to check out Shogun 2 on the Steam Workshop, and head here if you're curious for details on the new mod tools. Source: Steam Workshop. Alternate Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
- Well Shogun 2 is already graphically impressive, so I haven't really looked into any that improve the look. And unlike other TW games, Vanilla S2 is perfect the way it is. Sure there is some unbalancing (Such as the Bow Samurai spam), but the game isn't fun if there are no challenges. There are lots of mods out there.
Sega and The Creative Assembly have released modding tools for Total War: Shogun 2 with integration to the Steam Workshop. The modding kit, or the Assembly Kit, lets people build ground up mods, and even enhance and mod the Battle Map Editor.
Mods can be, not surprisingly, uploaded to Steam Workshop for other players to use and rate.
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“Total War has a dedicated mod scene with some truly heroic modders wrestling with a gigantic game and turning out some incredible work,” said Rob Bartholomew, Brand Director. ”Until now though there’s never been a useful set of tools that really opened up the possibilities in the game the way we knew they wanted. However, while we gear up for Rome II’s release next year, I’m happy to say that the team were able pull out all the stops and put together a kit we hope will really inspire them.”
Here are details on the Assembly Kit, as given by the devs:
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- TWeak is a software framework that contains two key plugins for Total War modding:
- DaVE, The Database Visual Editor tool, enables modders to edit any database values in the game, including those which dictate campaign map start positions, game logic, unit values and much more.
- The Unit Editor tool enables modders to alter the look and feel of existing units and create new ones, with custom skins, armour, helmets etc.
- BOB is a data-processing tool, which enables modders to process models, animations, textures and many other assets into a game-usable form.
- The Mod Manager enables modders to upload their mods to Steam Workshop.