# Any modding tutorial?

**URL:** <https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097>\
**Category:** III - Modding\
**Created:** [October 17, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097 "2020-10-17T12:41:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/windedroom46540/32/29756_2.png) [@WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/WindedRoom46540)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097/1 "2020-10-17T12:41:39Z")

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Hello there.  
Because I am very new to modding Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition (to be exact, I tried to replace some test textures, but that didn’t work, even if the game displayed that the mod was loaded), I want to know how to mod properly. So, is there anyone who could tell me what I should do to replace textures and units? (sadly, I noticed that you can’t change the 3D files…)

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**Author:** ![WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/windedroom46540/32/29756_2.png) [@WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/WindedRoom46540)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097/2 "2020-10-20T16:25:10Z")

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So, I still got no answer. So, another question, that I started to ask myself:  
Is this definitive edition a flaw in terms of modding?

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**Author:** ![EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/eaglemutop/32/29206_2.png) [@EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EaglemutOP)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097/3 "2020-10-20T17:26:01Z")

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> [@WindedRoom46540](#):
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> I tried to replace some test textures, but that didn’t work, even if the game displayed that the mod was loaded

The path should look like  
mods\local\Winded Art Mod\Art\ …  
continue based on location of the file you’re replacing.

> [@WindedRoom46540](#):
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> Is this definitive edition a flaw in terms of modding?

It is the first time in history that AoE3 has an officially supported modding platform, so that’s pretty good for modding.

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**Author:** ![WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/windedroom46540/32/29756_2.png) [@WindedRoom46540](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/WindedRoom46540)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097/4 "2020-10-20T18:15:27Z")

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Thanks for answering 🙂.  
So, the way I’ve done it before is that I compressed the files to a bar file and used the  
path in there. So, is the usage of bar files for modding obsolete now?

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**Author:** ![EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/eaglemutop/32/29206_2.png) [@EaglemutOP](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/EaglemutOP)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/any-modding-tutorial/104097/5 "2020-10-21T07:10:34Z")

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Yes, you don’t need to put anything into bar.