Modding Guide for Anno 1800

Getting Started

• Tools you need
• Structure of a mod
• How to: Change an existing mod

Tutorials

Detailed walkthrough the creation of mods.

1. Tutorial 1 - Get started
2. Tutorial 2 - Making new specialists
3. Tutorial 3 - Making a new production chain
4. Tutorial 4 - Making a new ship

• Map Fertilities (Overview)
• Documentation
• Guide to make AI use new buildings

Advanced Tutorials/Guides

5. Tutorial 5 - Making a new session
6. Tutorial 6 - Basics Modelling

• Lua Scripting
• Tutorial Making Quests

Handbooks

ModOps, Dependencies, modinfo.json

• New modloader features with GU17 - more powerful ModOps, dependencies/loading order and sub-mods
• ModOps Guide - basic ModOp explanations
• XPath Cheat Sheet - needed for advanced ModOps
• Mod Compatiblity Guide - learn how to make mods compatible with others
• Explanation of inheritance (unfortunately German only)
• Modinfo.json manual - mod meta information, dependencies
• iModYourAnno Tweaks

Further Topics

• GU 17 update guide
• GU 16 update guide
• Object Variations and Skins (for Buildings, including automatic neighbors)
• Create .RDM Animations with Blender
• Editing .RDM models with Animations (with solving the problem of disappearing objects)
• Create Cloth .RDMs
• RDP Particle Files
• Mesh Height Maps
• Build and deploy mods in VSCode
• Edit-Island-Meshes.md

More

• Tools Overview
• Schwubbe's modding blog
• Asset and Text Browser: a1800.net
• Anno Building-menu Customizer (ABC)