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Additional runtime files
(required by X2/X3 Editor and X2/X3 ModManager)
Visual Basic Runtime Libraries
(required by X2/X3 Editor and X2/X3 ModManager)
X3 Tutorials
| File | Author | Description |
| Northstars Modding Guide for Beginners | Northstar |
Tutorial which covers various aspects of modding. Note that this is still work in progess and the conent will be updated |
Other programs for X3
| File | Author | Description |
| X3 Script Manager | Cycrow |
Program for creating and installing script packages in to X3 |
Documentation for X2
Other programs for X2
| File | Size | Description |
| X2Patch 09b | 43 KB |
Tool for extraction of CAT/DAT archives, decoding of PCK files and save games modification. Written fully in assembler! Warning: It may fail to unpack some CAT archives. Use X2 Modder in such case. |
| X2 Modder 0.2 | 258 KB |
CAT/DAT extraction, decoding of multiple PCK files at once. Needs .NET runtime (will be downloaded during installation if neccessary) |
| X2 Archiver 1.02 | 780 KB |
Can show content of CAT archives and selectively extract files from them, can decode PCKs at the time of extraction from archive. (No additional support files needed) |
| BOD Viewer 1.2 | 189 KB |
Program for viewing objects in BOD format (either in BOD or PBD format). Its interface is written in
Russian alphabet so you will see strange characters unless you have default windows font set to
Cyrillic. |