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Additional runtime files

(required by X2/X3 Editor and X2/X3 ModManager)

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C runtime and zlib1 library installation233 KB

Visual Basic Runtime Libraries

(required by X2/X3 Editor and X2/X3 ModManager)

FileSize
Visual Basic Runtime1.62 MB

X3 Tutorials

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Northstars Modding Guide for BeginnersNorthstar 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

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X3 Script ManagerCycrow Program for creating and installing script packages in to X3

Documentation for X2

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StormFront's Mod Kit v.5 (1.4)49.8 KB Essential document which describes format of most of T files

Other programs for X2

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X2Patch 09b43 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 0.2258 KB CAT/DAT extraction, decoding of multiple PCK files at once. Needs .NET runtime (will be downloaded during installation if neccessary)
X2 Archiver 1.02780 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 1.2189 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.
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Interactive Universe MapAro Universe Map in FlashPlayer. You don't need the game to try it. Requires Macromedia Flash Player.
Galaxy Editor (made by XeHonk)XeHonk Galaxy Editor made in Java. Needs Java runtime.