

This tool package comes with an ArchiveViewer, which lets you preview and extract certain files. For download and usage read carefully the whole topic. Though there are some other bar readers, a \'must-have\' is AoE3Ed. The basic modding tools 1) The most important tool is a text editor 2) For deeper modding you need access to the datas in the. Hint: hotkey for copy is \"Ctrl-c\", for paste \"Ctrl-v\". You select a file with left mouseclick (or multiple files with Ctrl-leftclick) within Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer), rightclick -> Copy, go to a separate directory (which you perhaps created before) and place the stuff with rightclick -> Paste. If you\'re unsure how to use, consider to read the appropriate Windows help. manually saving the file(s) For this you use the \'copy and paste\' method from Windows. But merely the files you\'re actually going to change need a backup. and if you have space abounding on harddisk or perhaps a CD/DVD writing drive. It is not needed, to backup the whole program directory - though it\'s easy. How to backup files As mentioned above, a backup is a safety-copy of the whole program or particular, certain files. A backup is nothing else than copying and saving the file(s) to a safe place. A failure in an edited file can ruin the program - if you have no possibility to restore the previous (last running) state, a new installation is required.

Modder\'s first rule: Never touch a non-backup\'ed file! That can\'t be told often enough. for games) to get a new outlook, other behavior, adapt on individual requirements or to add new features. That means changing existing stuff (espec.
