Yet another tool to help people still dedicated to the RTW community.
Tired of spending ages to swap or replace factions to get the best out of RTW's hardcoded features? Fear no more - you won't make RTW crash in a whole new way because of your poor modding skills, since this tool does it all for you.
How to use:
1) Put rome_faction_swapper into your MOD-FOLDER
2) The program will get a list of all the required files
3) Select two factions to swap, or replace an existing faction with a new one
4) Hit the Start button!
5) All detected files are copied into data_swapped/ and edited there
6) After first run you can continue swapping factions - all files are edited in data_swapped/
7) Once you're done, copy the files to your mod-folder (backup is always nice!) and test it out
8) Next time you run rome_faction_swapper, the files are again copied from the data folder, so you start from scratch!
Warning: This is still a Beta version, so there might be some errors. That's why I'm requesting the help of other modders to try out this tool and report where it goes wrong. (not all mod-files have the same structure!)
Changelog:
v1.0 Working
- Fixed all the bugs - swapped factions without a crash in mod "Extended Cultures"
- Now copies menu/symbols/, if the files exist
v0.9 Beta
- Added a debug window
- Window is now maximize-able (for debugging purposes)
- All files are saved in correct Encodings (ANSI or Unicode), so they don't cause a crash anymore
- Dozens of flaws in replacement code fixed
- Most amusing replacement fails fixed (replacing parthia with huns -> white_huns -> white_parthia....)
- Copying UI cards is now optional and disabled by default
Here are some screenshot of the beast in action: (v0.7)
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Here's the link:
>>> DOWNLOAD FACTION SWAPPER v1.0 <<<
I hope it makes your life tons easier