EE-modders / Empire-Earth-toolbox

A collection of tools and guides for Empire Earth

Empire Earth tools and tutorials

A collection of tools and guides for modding Empire Earth

• There are some links that are very outdated and do not work anymore - we will try to replace those
• in the future most of the tools will move into the wiki page

a list of modding tutorials can be found in the wiki section of this repo

list of file types in EE + tools for modding

file extention	name	description	tool(s) for modding	notes	link	documentation / guides
SSA	Stainless Steel Archive	archive format where multiple files can be packed into	Empire Earth Studio II		download	GitHub wiki
SST	Stainless Steel Texture	special image file format for textures	Empire Earth Studio II	SST-image_slicer is needed for backgrounds	download	GitHub wiki
TGA	Targa Image File	image file format	almost any image viewer / editor	EE uses TGA format 2 without RLE compression		TGA format spec
CEM		special EE format for 3D models	CEM-tool	Blender addon to import and export CEM files + other tools for converting	CEM-tool	GitHub wiki
EES / SCN	Empire Earth Scene / Scenario	file format for storing scenes and scenarios	ingame scenario editor			GitHub wiki
CIV		special file format for storing civilisations	online CIV editor, CivEdit		online CIV editor, CivEdit	GitHub wiki
DAT	Database		DB Editor		download	GitHub wiki
DAT	Elevation File	elevation data for creating custom maps				GitHub wiki
TAI			any text editor			GitHub wiki
BIK	Bink Video	video format for videos	Bink Video Tool		download	GitHub wiki
language.dll	Language File	stores most of the text strings of the game	Ressource Hacker		Ressource Hacker	GitHub wiki
Empire Earth.exe	main game executable		any HexEditor, Ressource Hacker		Ressource Hacker

additional recommended software:

• Game Extractor (download)

• Notepad++ text editor (download)

• GIMP image editor (download)

• XnView (Classic) image viewer (download)

• XnConvert image converter (download)

• Blender 3D editor (download)

• HxD Hex editor (download) | for Linux: Bless or wxHexEditor

• Audacity audio editor (download)

• VLC video player (download)