Hi everyone,

Good news from the modding front. Tests are going well and our mod guide has grown to a whopping 22.5k words, or 86 pages. To show you what we’ve been up to, here are some examples from our test mods. All these should become available as soon as we officially launch mod support.

Example 1: Sun Burst Cosmic Event

Let’s start with a simple Mod. Say you don’t like the Dark Sun Cosmic event reducing the Vision range by -2. With this simple mod we’ve changed – i.e. replaced – the Dark Sun Cosmic Event to Sun Burst which increases the vision range for all player by +2 while it is active. No more early game exploration expeditions ruined or surprise brigand attacks. Functionally this mod is a simple as tweaking a variable, but if you want do it well can you add a new icon and a bit of lore.

Example 2: Goblin Ninja Unit



Here example of a basic unit mod. Say you are a fan of martial arts and like goblins. Time to replace the Goblin Marauder into a Ninja Goblin! We’ve attached two Draconians swords – using some scaling and offsets – added the Marial Arts, Urban Concealment, Coupe de Grace, and Projectile Avoidance abilities and … voila a new cool looking Ninja Goblin.

Example 3: Nekro Ghost Rider Unit & Hope Crusher Ability



Now let’s take this a bit further. For this new undead unit we actually created new abilities. Phase Charge allows the Ghost Knight to phase and move at the same time with full move points.

And Hope Crusher, which attempts to inverts positive morale to low morale on each strike. Failing to resist applies a -500 morale penalty to any target the unit hits. The ability and unit creation systems are the same as used by the designers at Triumph. As for looks we’ve attached a Lost Soul body to a Nightmare mount, gave him the Deathbringer’s sword, and add ghostly particles, red eyes and we’ve added a new icon. Of course it’s your job as a Modder to ensure things stay balanced so people will actually use your mod.

Example 4: Halfling Plougher Unit



We’ve taken the Halfling Farmer, placed it on the Settler”s Ox to make the Halfling Plougher. Try to dodge its ponderous charge and shudder in fear for the trod-by mad chicken throwing attack ; )>



Next to testing mods and writing guides we’ve also added some nice nifty features for all you aspiring AoW3 modders out there. More on those in future posts!