Here you can find information about useful third party software that can aid your modding effort.
Text and script editor software (XDB and LUA files)[]
- Notepad++ - Powerful multipurpose free text editor.
- HoMM5MapScriptsEditor - Exclusively made for editing map lua scripts.
Archivers[]
- 7zip - free archiver than can do any packing and unpacking of the game file
Texture editor software (DDS and ICO files)[]
- Adobe Photoshop with DDS plugins - Plugins are required for editing DDS files, which are large portion of games visual inventory.
- GIMP 2 with dds plugins - Free alternative of Photoshop.
- IconCool Editor - Free app which is great for editing icon files.
3D visual editor software[]
- Granny 3D viewer - 3D Models and Skeletons viewer.
Audio editing[]
- Audacity - Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
- Mp3 Surgeon - Mp3 to OGG converter
Hex editor software[]
- IDA Pro with Hex Rays decompiler - the best software for reverse engineering and altering binary files.
- Ghidra - NSA's open source software for reverse engineering.
- Cheat Engine - Game oriented binary editor. Includes great tutorial for beginners.
- x64dbg - Free real time binary debugger.
- Resource Hacker - Simple binary editor.
- Deflaktor's Hex Patcher
- Disassembly 101
Happy modding!