PC Powerplay Gameguide Article 2001
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SCN Punk steals some limelight:
AoK Punk Map Design
For those of you who are interested in map design and don't know where to start, there is a sizable online community of Scenario Designers who are more than happy to help get you started. Firstly I suggest a short trip to AoK Punk Map Design, the address for which is listed above. Here you can quickly and easily discover the essential tricks you will need to know to create interesting custom scenarios.

The AoK Punk "Eye Candy" section is filled with interesting tips on how to make your maps look prettier, should you require help on how to create a convincing river, town or mountain.

For a comprehesive tutorial on how to create triggers in your scenarios, see Puzzle Man and Lord Robster's "Ulitimate Trigger Tutorial" in the "trigger tricks" section of the AoK Punk Map Design. This document is rather long, as it covers almost every conceivable trigger combination in the game. Anything you can't learn from this tutorial you can improvise by maing slight modifications to an existing set of triggers.

Modders receive mention:
MPS Tutorial
If you are intersted in scenario creation and want your scenarios to stand out from the crowd, the best way to make them do so is to incorporate you own custom made modpacks into your game. This way you can dramatically alter the visual appeal of your game adding statues or features, changing the skins of important characters in the game any number of other things. To create your own Mod Packs you will need a copy of Mod Pack Studio installed on your computer. Secondly you will need a list of all the resource numbers of the .SLP files in the game. The web address above will take you to a page where you can download a nifty Tutorial that will teach you how to create a simple Mod Pack by replacing an existing .SLP file (a statue graphic) with a bitmap of a different image. Included with the tutorial is the Graphics DRS list. This list contains over 5,000 graphics from within the game and a short description of what the graphic is.

EE Mod Pack by Wildfire Studios
This Mod Pack gives a first look at SSSI's up and coming game Empire Earth. The building have been gathered from screenshots, among other sources from EE fansites.


Oh my, there's Cheese on the ground by The King Of Cheese
This popular Mod is a great example of how simple MODifications can completely change the look and feel of the game.


Rome at War by Wildfire Studios
The largest Mod for Age of Empires: Age of Kings featuring the replacement of the Mesoamerican civilizations of the Aztecs and the Myans with Romans and the Greeks.


Wizards and Warlocks by Agamemmnon
This Mod Pack changes the Janissary into a Wizard, and the Bombard Cannon into a Warlock.


Bloody Mess by Ronin
This Mod Pack increases the blood in AoK making battles look much more hard fought.


Ice World by JCA
This was the first Total Conversion Mod Pack for AoK. This Mod Pack converts the ground to snow and places snow/ ice on everything.


Campaign Coverage:
Emperor Wendi, First of the Sui by Zanzard Lothar
It is the year of our lord 581. The Grand Duke of Sui, acting as Northern Zhou Chancellor, as long gained the true political power of his kingdom.

Glory of the Tang by Stan (aka The Conqistador)
The Tang dynasty was the apex of the Chinese Empire. During the time that it existed, the Chinese Empire reached its maximun in all aspects.

Uber Utilities:
Age of Empires and Age of Kings Campaign Manager by Lloyd Kinsella
Age of Empires and Age of Kings Campaign Manager allows you to easily edit any Campaign file from any Age of Empires and/or Age of Kings game.

DRS Builder by Stoyan
DRSBUILD is a command-line utility for building MS Age of Empires data resource (.DRS) files from wav sound (.WAV) files, shape graphics (.SLP,.SHP) files and various binary (.BIN) files.

MPS (Mod Pack Studio) v2.0 by JCA
This program is the be-all-and-end-all of resource editors.