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.

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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!