#ROME 2 GRAPHICS MOD MOD#

The load order within mod packs is determined by the order they are entered in the script file. pack ' in the user script file in the user setting directory (location depending on game and Windows version). For the game to load them, there needs to be an entry 'mod. 'Mod' files are the type intended to be used by modders. Entries embedded in the packs themselves ensure that patch files are loaded in the correct order. 'Patch' packs carry additional data upon game updates. 'Release' packs contain CA's game data upon first release. After the first start, the compiled data is loaded from a cache directory.

Compilation is done upon first startup (and the reason the first start of the game takes so long). The 'Shader' files contain graphics rendering code, in uncompiled form because that is dependent on the user's graphics card. Only one boot.pack exists at a time it contains data needed during the very first initialization (like the loading screen image). There are several types of pack files (in order of being loaded by the game): They can be opened and browsed by the PackFileManager (see 'Other Tools' section below).

Pack files reside in the data/ folder of your game installation and establish a virtual file system that is being loaded by the game. These are what's getting updated in patches (apart from the software themselves) and what's being edited when modding.

3.3 EditSF - allows editing of ESF filesДЄ Pack File is the way CA packages their configuration data.

3.2 PFM - Pack File Manager (the original community modding tool).

2.1.3 Edited groupformation doesn't get added to mod pack.

2.1.2 startpos.esf does not get added to mod pack.

2.1.1 Campaign processing starts Game/Mod Manager.

Rome 2 graphics mod