Civ4 Useful Programs: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:21, 15 April 2010

This page provides links to programs that are useful and help with modding Civilization IV.

A text editor, such as Notepad++, emacs, vim, or even WordPad and Notpad (which come with Windows)
- Vim and Emacs are good for hardcore programming - Notepad++ is good for just about anything.
A diff/merge tool, such as WinMerge or Beyond Compare
- Vim, Emacs, and some other text editors contain merge/diff tools in themselves.

There are some XML editing tools for civ4, but most modders prefer the directness of a text editor like Notepad++
Civ4 XML Editor
Civ4 File Checker
XML Marker

Guide to installing the SDK (It is highly recommended you read this before starting SDK work on Civ4)
Compilers:
- Visual Studio 2008 Express (recommended method)
- CodeBlocks (obsolete in many ways; cannot create a debug dll)
Libraries:

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 * [http://www.python.org/ Python IDLE]
 * [http://civ4bug.sourceforge.net/PythonAPI/index.html Civilization4 Python API Reference Guide]
+== Graphics Programs ==
+* [http://www.blender.org/ Blender]
+* [http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135740 BMP To WorldBuilderSave Converter]
+* [http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Editors/DXTBmp.shtml DXTBmp]
+* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
+* [http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/dds/ GIMP DDS Plugin]
+* [http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax Gmax]
+* [http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifTools NifTools]
 == SDK Programs ==