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Modpack Stable
Published on 10-12-2008; updated on 08-17-2014

Welcome to the ModPack Stable, your source on how to transform and bend Age of Empires II to your liking! From graphic modifications to changes in the statistics and rules of how units / technologies operate, the ModPack Stable provides a large library of information you can use to accomplish your modding goals!
DRS AoK is a tool created by Ykkrosh
that allows you to quickly view and extract data from AoK's DRS files,
which contain graphics, sounds and other types of data.
The Sound Resource list, compiled by zyxomma100,
lists every sound that AoK uses and explains where to find them. ModPack Studio
is required.
Find out what other tools you might need to edit
in-game files!
ModPack Studio 2.0 by j_c_a was one of the
first graphic modification programs available for Age of Empires II.
Last updated in 2001, MPS allows you to install the different modpacks
available in our Blacksmith onto your computer; it also allows you to modify
and change unit graphics.
ModWorkshop 1.4 by Jatayu is a newer
graphical modification program, released in 2008 as an alternative to
ModPack Studio and boasting more features. Although it lacks a GUI interface
and has no auto-install option, it works on all computers/OS, has fewer bugs,
lets you create SLPs from scratch, and much more.
Turtle Pacl 1.4.8 by Hawk_Ruralist is the latest in
graphic modification programs, released in 2012. It combines the existing programs
SLP Editor and DRS Editor with the addition of a
program called Animation Preview. Together, these make Turtle Pack a very
powerful tool, rivalling each and every one of its present alternatives.
The first editor of it's kind available for AoE2 and developed by
Ykkrosh, GeniEd 2 allows a user to modify internal statistics
for Age of Empires II from the two central data files, empires2_x1.dat and
empires2_x1_p1.dat. storycreator_t_c expanded on
Ykkrosh's work and released an enhanced GeniEd, that allows you
to change even more data, such as buildings and sounds.
AGE 1.7 is an advanced version of GeniEd that was created
by stsb77, providing access to far more data than the
original GeniEd, such as technologies and every statistic known to
every unit. It's less user-friendly, but is much more powerful and in-depth
than any of the other versions of GeniEd.
Find out exactly what a ModPack is!
Detailed information on the Age of Kings SLP
graphic/animations files.
Detailed information on the Age of Kings DRS
database files.
Detailed information on the Age of Kings color
palettes.
The University is your near-bottomless source for Age of
Kings information.
Check out pictures from some of the best-crafted Age of Kings
mods in the Blacksmith!
The current forum for discussing everything covered
by the ModPack Stable and more, such as mod project announcements
and the latest game editing developments!
Got a question about modding? Sebastien's Modding Guild thread
in the SD&M forum is the place to go and ask the pros!
The archived ModPack forum, which contains plenty of invaluable
data for all modders!
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