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Adding Resources In RTW

by Hussarknight

A nice feature of RTW is the resources that appear on the map and influence trade income and the training capabilities of a given province. What's great about this is that you can give a province extra resources and make your own. This guide will show you how.

The resources in RTW can in general be divided into three groups: trade resources, mounts and hidden resources. Slaves are another group, but they should not require any editing unless you are adding an entirely new territory to the campaign map. I will now go through the process of adding resources step-by-step. Note that not all steps are required for all types of resources.

Step One: Adding It Internally

This step is required for adding and creating all types of resources.

Make a backup of RTW\data\world\maps\base\descr_regions.txt. Now open the file. Inside it you'll find a list of all provinces in the game and their properties. This is what a typical entry will look like:

Venetia
	Patavium
	gauls
	Veneti
	13 198 117
	slaves, glass, textiles, dogs, pigs, italy
	5
	14

Now find the entry of the province you want to give an extra resource. The sixth line is all that needs editing. It's easy: just add the name of the resource of your choice to the end of the line, like this:

slaves, glass, textiles, dogs, pigs, italy, marble, coastal

Now you've added the resource internally, it will influence the province you've given the resource to.

Step two: adding it graphically

This step is not required for hidden resources. It is recommended for trade resources and mounts.

Make a backup of RTW\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt and open the file. When you scroll down a bit you'll find a list of resources. This is what a typical entry will look like:

resource

gold,

45,

135

Copy a random entry and paste it at the bottom of the list, so that you'll be able to find it more easily.

The first thing to do is setting the position for the resource. You can easily find out the coordinates of a place on the campaign map. First, place your cursor on the tile you want to know the coordinates of. Then press the ` or ~ key. Type show_cursorstat and press enter. It will now give you the x and y coordinates of the tile your cursor is hovering over. Now replace the x and y values you copied with the ones you just got. Like this:

resource

gold,

93,

86

Now you can easily change the type of the resource by changing it's name. This also works for mounts. It will now look like this:

resource

marble,

93,

86

Before the resource will show up, you'll need to go to RTW\data\world\maps\base and delete the file called map.rwm. Do not worry, the game automatically recreates this file when it starts up. If you don't do this the resource will not show up on the map.

Step Three: Hidden Resources

This step is required for adding entirely new hidden resources only.

Make a backup of RTW\data\export_descr_buildings.txt. Inside the file you'll find settings for all buildings in the game. At the top of the file you'll find a list of all hidden resources that can be used. Simply add your own to the list, like this:

hidden_resources sparta rome italy coastal

Not doing this will not cause a crash, but it will cause the hidden resource to be unusable and it will also cause an error message when exiting the game.

Step Four: Models And Skins

This step is required for adding entirely new trade resources only.

In RTW\data\models_strat you'll find 3D models (.cas files) for all resources and other objects on the campaign map. Copy the model of an existing resource and rename it to fit your own resource. For example:

resource_salt.cas

Now you can change the model of the resource to suit your own needs.

You'll also need to change the texture (often called skin) of your resource. The texture files are located in RTW\data\models_strat\textures. The skin needs to be named after the following format: resource_.tga.dds. Something like this:

resource_salt.tga.dds

For links to image editing and modeling software, see here.

Reference: a list of all default resources

Trade resources:

• iron
• wine
• lead
• silver
• gold
• marble
• timber
• glass
• grain
• amber
• textiles
• pottery
• hides
• olive_oil
• marble
• copper
• purple_dye
• incense
• silk
• tin
• wild_animals

Mounts:

• camels
• elephants

Hidden resources:

• rome
• italy
• sparta