External tools

An external tool is a piece of software that works with Anno 2070, but is not part of the game itself.

Official toolset

The game developers use programs specifically designed for creating maps and scenarios in Anno 2070. These are called ToolOne and World Editor.

The versions of these tools for Anno 2070 have not yet been released. Presumably these will be made available to fans at some point.

Calculators

An assortment of calculators has been created. These can tell you how many production buildings you will need to satisfy the demands of your inhabitants, or how many of your inhabitants will ascend to each class, once all demands have been satisfied.

Supply & demand calculator

Determines how many production buildings you'll need to satisfy all demands, based on the number of inhabitants and the productivity bonuses/penalties you have.

http://odegroot.nl/anno2070/calculator.html

Author: Grilse (talk)

Anno 2070 Assistant

The Anno 2070 Assistant is a light-weight offline application that simplifies game play. It allows you to calculate the demands of your population, as well as how many of each production chain is necessary to supply that population. You can also view production chains, as well as their cost values, building layouts, housing layouts, production comparisons, etc. You can even save your civilization numbers into the program for quick access, as well as change the look and feel of the program itself.

Data Release v1.0b is available for non-american users experiencing calculation issues. Please visit here and read the the Data Release 1.0b details BEFORE you download to make sure this applies to you.

Click here to Download!

Anno 2070 Assistant forums

Author: BlueSin2 (talk)

Calculator spreadsheet by Acke87

Download link: Anno 2070 Production Calculator v1.0

Author: Acke87 (talk)

Anno 2070 Warenrechner

Currently not yet complete, and only in German. By the creator of the Anno 1404 Production calculator.

http://2070.anno1404-rechner.de/

Author: Markus Schönbein (forum)

Building production/consumption rates

Displays production and consumption rates of all buildings. If you enter total efficiency for each type of building (double-click on blue column) it calculates the net production/depletion rate.

http://www.codepowered.com/annocalc/

Author: Codepowered

Universal Calculator

The universal calculator is a spreadsheet that includes calculators for population and production buildings. It includes building calculators with separate production chains and one with everything combined.

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?frd4h7cv881kuc5

Author: ZalmanW (talk)

Fan-made tools

Anno Designer

This application provides tools to build layouts and export them as images.

Project page: http://code.google.com/p/anno-designer/

Author: ZackSchneider (talk)

RDA explorer

The game's data is packaged into a number of .RDA archives. You can find these in your installation folder. For example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\anno 2070\maindata\Data0.rda

Mrboese has created an RDA explorer, that allows to you view, extract and modify the contents of these archives. It was created for Anno 1404, but also works on Anno 2070's archives.

Download page: http://rdaex.tilegame.bplaced.net/

Discussion thread (German): http://www.annozone.de/forum/thread.php?threadid=10901&page=1

RDA file organization

Data0.rda

Most AI files.

Data1.rda

Specifications of buildings, items, etc. Contains balancing settings.

Data2.rda

Most of the GUI can be found here

Data3.rda

Maps, generators, islands: They're in here.

Data4.rda

Movies and sound/music.

Data5.rda

Post-effects and shaders.

eng0.rda

Localization data.

eng1.rda

Localization data.

patch1.rda

Updated copies of balancing settings, icons, and more.

patch2.rda

Updated copies of AI, config, graphics, levels, scripts and system. Also has the folder 'guidata'.

See Also

Development Pages : A place on the wiki where programmers here can freely communicate about any tools being developed for Anno 2070 (since we know that the official forums are evil).

The article on external tools for Anno 1404: http://anno1404.wikia.com/wiki/External_tools