How To: Port a RTW mod to ATW - guidelines(WIP)

**CaesarVincens** · September 19, 2009, 01:32 PM

There are a few places to look for internal names: the top of DS, descr_sm_factions.txt, and expanded_bi.txt are all good places, expanded_bi.txt should even tell you what the external names are for reference.

**Kylan271** · September 22, 2009, 01:53 PM

Oh appreciated the input.

Secondly I stumbled into a reference by LT in SPQR that the Turtle is not usable in ALEX,I think Florin you saw this also???? I have not used Rome unit types to find out if true? Until I have time to check,can anyone confirm,yes or no??? If LT was concerned then I am afraid it is true??? Hope not..."turtle" is important feature for Rome faction.

**Bardo** · September 22, 2009, 04:03 PM

I can confirm turtle formation works under ALEX.
We have used it since first release in our mod.

**florin80** · September 22, 2009, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Bardo

I can confirm turtle formation works under ALEX.
We have used it since first release in our mod.

Thanks! Aqd confirmed it too. I`ve asked him to try it after I`ve read lt`s post claiming that you can`t have the "turtle" with atw.

Originally Posted by Kylan271

Secondly I stumbled into a reference by LT in SPQR that the Turtle is not usable in ALEX,I think Florin you saw this also?

I haven`t made any specific reference in the first post here because frankly, it would have been weird not to have the same abilities as in rtw since atw draws from it, but if you`d have read the spqr thread after lt`s post you`d have seen my post about it there. If something actually goes the other way around I`ll add it to the guide.

**Kylan271** · September 23, 2009, 01:12 AM

OK didn't read all the thread,my error,so missed your replies fully. Had me worried though,sheesh.

**Hopit** · September 23, 2009, 08:13 AM

I'm going to made vanilla rtw mod to my alex, so i can play vanilla whit better engine

**Killerbee** · September 23, 2009, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Hopit

I'm going to made vanilla rtw mod to my alex, so i can play vanilla whit better engine

Please do , and please release it

**Kylan271** · September 23, 2009, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Hopit

I'm going to made vanilla rtw mod to my alex, so i can play vanilla whit better engine

Oh I forgot Conquistador was working on a vanilla sub Mod also,but via RTW engine. Maybe he should look at Alex also? But,not everyone has Alex so less players,what was told to me. That is the only real prob with Alex.

**florin80** · October 02, 2009, 09:30 AM

First post updated after confirmation from aqd that the marian reform works with atw too and also with the addition that there seems to be a change in the way it is triggered. Apparently it can`t be triggered before 220 BC even if an imperial_palace is built in a settlement whose region has the italy hidden resource.
For the source thread see this:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=300127

**florin80** · April 20, 2010, 06:10 PM

First post updated with the info from III 10 and 11(the text files Battlefields_regions_and_settlement_names and descr_fmv).

**Kylan271** · December 17, 2010, 05:19 AM

Just a note,something I missed earlier. The MTW2 engine has about same DMB limit as ALEX,and the faction limit is about 30ish(in RTW 20+). The question I have to ask,is there a change also in the faction limit for ALEX? I am not experienced in testing so can't confirm anything.

**florin80** · December 17, 2010, 05:34 AM

I doubt it, but I haven`t tried. I did try to add an extra faction in BI though and it didn`t work.

**AngryTitusPullo** · September 14, 2011, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by florin80

11. A new text file that exists in ATW`s main data folder and did not exist as such in RTW and BI, descr_fmv allows the repath of the intro movie clip or the rename of the file itself. Source. Also important to know is that while in vanilla ATW there is only one intro clip, you can set it up to have two, just like in vanilla RTW, playing one after the other. By adding an extra line under the first. For example:

Code:

no_skip alexander/data/fmv/ATVI_Spinning_Logo_640x480.wmv
no_skip alexander/data/fmv/rome_title.wmv

Now, the no_skip command will make it so that you can`t .. skip the intro movies by pressing Esc. If you wish to be able to skip the intro movies at any time during their play replace the no_skip command with can_skip. For example:

Code:

can_skip alexander/data/fmv/ATVI_Spinning_Logo_640x480.wmv
can_skip alexander/data/fmv/rome_title.wmv

Source.

Can this be use for faction defeat movie ? When I run RTR VII with Alex the faction defeat movie did not show. The intro movie runs perfectly without replacing the movie in vanilla BI folder.

**florin80** · September 14, 2011, 09:09 AM

I`ve no idea how you could specify which file to be used when. Which limits the use of the file to editing the intro movie alone. Until someone discovers otherwise of course.

**ahowl11** · April 27, 2014, 01:14 AM

Okay, I could make my mod playable with the ALX.exe just by making a shortcut of the ALX.exe and putting -show_err -mod:my_mod in the target line.
Would I then have access to the 512 DMB slots etc?
Or would I need to edit existing ALX files to do this?