Creator of the WC4 The Nuclear War Mod here, I can give you a quick rundown on how to mod World Conqueror 4 today (Some details may be missing).
Important tools to have for modding(For Android or PC only,
no iOS because of Apple's regulations)Note: Those are the tools I'm using for my mod, other people may have other different tools.
1. MT Manager (or any files manager)
- MT Manager may not be available anymore on the play store, you may need to find a working and safe apk. Some people have sent links in the forum, you can use the search bar and check to download them.
- MT Manager will be your main tool (100% of the time). It allows modification and access to the game's files. Such as .json, .xml and etc. without it, you can't mod.
- When opening MT Manager, go to -> Download folder, this will be the place where your apk and the materials you downloaded are contained.
2. PhotoEditor (or any photoshopping apps)
- Free and available on the play store
- Can pretty much do everything, it's very reliable. But if you have a PC, you can use Gimp or anything you want.
- Photoshopping is important if you want to modify the game's images or edit units, generals and flags for example.
3. Unlocked WC4 apk - Not the one on the play store, it will never work.
- You need to download a cracked apk of WC4. I recommend downloading the v.1.6.0 unlocked WC4 released by a taiwanese modder named eV69: "https://youtu.be/ew13Iv7ElDU?si=E5CfDyXDKgCOC5OD" (This version contains Frontier Mode but it isn't up to date to EasyTech's recent v.1.10+ update releases)
- You can try an find one in this forum, however, it's outdated.
- Once downloaded the apk, it will show in MT Manager in the -> Download folder
4. Android Emulator (
PC only)
- People may mod on PC without emulators but I'm more used with android. You can try and mod with both your android device and PC, or mod on PC with an android emulator in it.
- For android emulators, you can download them on websites such as NoxPlayer or Bluestacks (choose one of them, or another emulator if you want)
- It works like an android device, you can download MT Manager and the WC4 apk on it. It's the only way to test and play WC4 mods.
5. Hex Editor (outdated for WC4)- People may still use it today but I don't recommend it since we now have a map editor for WC4 since 2020 (It saves up your time by 500%).
- If you only have an android device, you can try hex, it's used for .btl files which are all related to conquests and stages.
- However, it's very complex and requires a deep comprehension.
6. Map Editor (PC only)- Important tool to change anything related to conquest maps, mission stages and etc. (that includes, units placing and positioning, adding generals to the map, adding more countries, change borders, events and etc.)
- Download link: MapEditor_CaptainStryker_NWM.zip: drive.google.com/file/d/18i7RDr-2G2EJoJ8YCKJWhjcSOMjiuhv_/view?usp=drive_link
- The Map Editor should be available on Canadian Modder's Map Editor youtube video, but he took down the link unfortunately.
- The one above is not the original map editor version, it's the NWM version. There are no significant changes, so nothing to worry.
- I included some text files in English that may help, especially the keys for inputs in MapEdit.jar (the map editor) and rule file for FBTool.jar (successor of the hex editor).
- To open the map editor or any .jar files, you need to download Java first, preferably Java 8. Once downloaded, you should be able to open them. Here's the link:
www.java.com/en/download/7. Google Drive (or any link providers)- Used for creating download links for people to play your mod.
- To import your mod to google drive, you need to use MT Manager, click on your WC4 mod and share it to google drive.
- Once fully imported, make it public
First Step to Modding:- Let's try something simple, how about setting Tito's price to -999'999 medals? This was one of the first things I did when I started modding.
1) Open MT Manager, go to -> Download
2) Find your WC4 unlocked apk
3) Tap on the WC4 apk and view it:
4) Go to Assets folder (this will contain the majority of the files that you can modify)
5) Then go to Json folder
6) Try and find GeneralSettings.json, then open it
7) Once you're in there, find Tito and make sure that his id is four digits, there may be more than one Tito in the file
8) Find the medal cost, and correctly change the value to -999'999.
9) Once it's done, save the file and exit
10) Return back to the download folder, tap on the WC4 apk again, this time, press on function and sign it (it's important to sign after each modifications).
11) Once sign process is finished, download the _sign version of the WC4 apk.
12) All done, check in the HQ if Tito's value has changed.
I have only covered the basics for modding, things such as adding new units, countries, map editing will take a lot of time to explain. However, make sure to try to explore and test by yourself first.
