In general it is never easy to mod (seriously/extensively anyways) – utterly regardless of game/engine. I think that the most major/larger solo-projects are still found in MTW1 – but, of course, I could be wrong about that.

Modeling/skinning/etc is basically the same: export model, make changes, import model, update in files (DB for Warscape, text file for M2/Rome).įrom what I hear, RTW is the easiest to Mod, I think it was Aradan that told me that long time ago. However, if you want to implement some complex system, LUA has a lot more tools than the M2/Rome languages, so it's much easier to implement things there where you don't need to jump through hoops. Empire/Napoleon/Shogun II use the LUA programming language for scripting, so you have to know a bit more about language fundamentals. Scripting in Rome/M2, for example, uses a CA-defined language with some fairly basic interrelated constructs (commands/events/conditions). Empire/Napoleon/Shogun II all use the Warscape engine, which as of this time you can't create new maps for, meaning the scope of mods has generally been limited to period mods.

Rome/Medieval II have the most features that can be modded, with Medieval II being the newer game and having a few more features (hence why teams like EB have ported their sequels to it).

Easiest games to mod