Anno Modding Tools

Tools to create mods for Anno 1800 and Anno 117: Pax Romana.

Feature Overview

See also the CHANGELOG for recent changes.

Navigation and IntelliSense

• Outline: Navigate with Anno-specific outlines.
  Secondary Side Bar or Ctrl+Shift+O
• Annotations: Inline asset name display next to GUIDs
• Definitions: Jump to asset (vanilla or modded).
  Ctrl+T > type name; or right click on GUID > Go to Definition
• Name to GUID conversion and auto GUID counter. Ctrl+Space
• XML auto completion (only Anno 1800)

Syntax and Error Checking

• Modinfo.json syntax analysis
• XML syntax analysis using Red Hat XML (only Anno 1800)
• Live patch error and performance analysis
• Missing filename check

Utilities

• Templates: Create empty mod from templates.
  F1 or right click folder in explorer > Anno: Create Mod from Template
• Show Diff: Compare original and patched result.
  Right click in text editor or explorer > Show Diff
• Deploy Mod: Copy to mods/ folder and generate DDS (with LODs) and other files automatically.
  Status Bar > click on Anno 1800/117: ModID button

Model and Texture Utilities

• Convert to and from Anno specific file formats (DDS <> PNG, RDM <> glTF, ...).
  Right click in explorer > Anno: Convert to ...
• Import from Blender glTF to .cfg, .ifo and .cf7.
  Right click in explorer > Anno: Import from ...
• Reskin existing models without touching .cfg, ... (only Anno 1800)

Quick Setup

See also the Setup page for detailed documentation.

How to open files

Most features only activate if you a open folder (e.g. File > Open Folder...) that includes one or more full mods (detected by modinfo.json).

You can also work with parent folders, or your complete mods/ folder.

Check configuration

Go into File > Preferences > Settings and search for anno to configure the following:

• Anno.*: Game Path: Path to your Anno installation.

  E.g. 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Anno 117'.

Credits

This is a personal project and not an official product of Ubisoft. Anno is a trademark of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Special thanks go to the original author of the modloader:

• https://github.com/magicalcookie/anno1800-mod-loader

Big thanks go to the external projects I'm using for this extension:

• AnnoFCConverter - https://github.com/taubenangriff/AnnoFCConverter/
• annotex - forked from https://github.com/richgel999/bc7enc_rdo
• FileDBReader - https://github.com/anno-mods/FileDBReader
• gltf-import-export - https://github.com/najadojo/gltf-import-export
• RDAConsole - https://github.com/anno-mods/RdaConsole
• rdm4 - https://github.com/lukts30/rdm4
• xmltest - https://github.com/jakobharder/anno-mod-loader