Bannerlord Finally Got Its Official Modding Tools
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has received official modding tools. For now, they are available in beta version and enable us to edit maps, clothes, character models and textures.
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has received the official Modding Kit.
- All game owners have access to it on Steam.
- For the time being, it is available in beta and enables us to edit, among others, maps, character models, etc.
- To be able to use them, we must have the current version of the game installed.
The element that significantly influenced the success of Mount & Blade games is their modding scene. Fans have been able to recreate on the engines of these games Middle-earth from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the world known from G.R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, and even the galaxy of Star Wars. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord continues this tradition. A number of unofficial projects have been created since the title's early access release, and a number of others is in the pipeline. This is all the more impressive because so far the community has not had any official modding tools. However, this has finally changed. TaleWorlds Studio, after a slight delay, released their beta version.
Access to TaleWorld's modding tools is available to all Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord owners. They have been added to their Steam library as Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Modding Kit. To use them, we must have the current version of the game installed.
But what can we really do with the current edition of the official Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord modding tools? Quite a lot. Here's the list of features:
- Entity Placement Tools
- Terrain Import, Export, and Editing Tools
- Navigation Mesh Tools
- GI Baking Tools
- Level System Editing Tool
- Path Editing Tools
- Resource Browser
- Material Editor
- Mesh Editor
- Texture Editor
- Body Editor
- Cloth Editor
- Atmosphere Editor
- Skeleton Editor
- Particle Editor
- Model & Animation Viewer
Full documentation of the tools for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord can be found on TaleWorlds forum. In the video below we will see how the map editor works. It should help us start the adventure of creating our own projects.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord owners can now rub their hands in glee. Soon, the web should be flooded with even more fanworks that will enable us to lead our avatar and their troops in a variety of universes and historical periods. We can be almost certain that the community of the latest game of the TaleWorlds will keep surprising us.
Finally, it is worth noting that Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has also received a new, small update. It fixes, among other things, problems with crashing into desktop during battles. More details can be found here.
