Shadow Empire Modding Reference

Game version: 1.32a

Everything you need to mod Shadow Empire, read straight from the game's own data files — the real names, IDs, columns, arguments and scopes the engine uses (not guesswork). Use the search box up top to jump to any function, flag, table or ID.

• Tables

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  Every data table the game holds — schema, columns and IDs, one page each. The moddable tables have full editing guides (every column, scope, gotchas).

  Browse tables · Mod tables

• ID lookups

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  The real ID lists you reference from logic: skills, items, techs, assets, OOB, model types, feats.

  ID reference lookups

• Flags

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  The runtime flag instructions & key namespaces the engine substitutes — ZONEID, ZONEKEY.danger, REGKEY.*, TECH.*, …

  Flags & key namespaces

• EXE functions

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  The exe(code, …) calls that do something (mutate state) in SET logic — AddHexPerk, GiveTech, DeclareWar, …

  EXE functions

• CHK functions

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  The chk(code, …) calls that read or compute a value in IF logic — they always return a value — SkillRoll, ZoneHexCount, relations, counts, …

  CHK functions

• Scopes

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  Which flags & key namespaces actually resolve in each story scope — and why using one out of scope is a build error.

  Per-scope availability

How modding logic reads

A logic string is little inline calls separated by ;. An argument can be a literal number, an $N$ library ID (resolved on import), or a flag the engine substitutes at runtime. For example exe(346,24,ZONEID,$1$) adds perk $1$ to this zone — so it only works where ZONEID is set (a zone-scoped story). Using a token out of scope is a build error; see Flags & scopes.

bool args are 0/1; xy args are XY-encoded hexes (12008 = x12,y8); a trailing arg may be a text DataString. The friendly-name pages show each function in both its raw exe(…)/chk(…) form and a readable name.

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Shadow Empire is a game by VR Designs, published by Slitherine. All names, descriptions and data values reproduced here are the game's own — an unofficial, fan-made reference. Table IDs, column counts and codes are version-sensitive and shift between patches.

This doc was generated from extracting data from Shadow Empire version 1.32a on 2026-06-05 06:56 UTC.