...Overall, the modding future for Universe at War looks fairly bright. The main dampeners on the modding community so far have been Live restrictions. Universe at War Patch 2 is suppose to enable an override folder that will allow modders to create mods without messing up Universe at War. The new tools show Petroglyph was listening to the Empire at War modder community input and their frustrations on alamo 1.0 engine limits. While the Toolkit may not be a full blown SDK; the alamo engine has become far more moddable thanks to Petroglyph's toolkit.
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