Extended Rome: Total War [WIP] (Parthia, Bactria, & Epirus Complete! Plus Campaign map screens!)

[ahowl11]

Thanks! By the way if anyone has M2TW water/sea textures for the campaign map, could you send them to me so I can implement them? Thanks.

[JayPix]

Will a water texture file form the gold edition work?

[ahowl11]

It has to be from M2TW that's all I care

[JayPix]

Okay, just tell me what the file(s) are called and how to send them to you.

[ahowl11]

To be honest with you man, I couldn't tell you I don't even know what files to work with

[JayPix]

Look them up or ask someone and then I can help you.

[danny X]

data/terrain/aerial_map/sea................. sky_environment_summer

[ahowl11]

Oh okay awesome, would you be able to post the M2TW file of it? Also, what text file do you edit to fully implement it?

[danny X]

this is a water texture that is compatible with m2 tw kingdoms, i know little of rome's file, so i cant be confident it will work for rome as is and in a similar folder.

+ rep for me, yes?

[ahowl11]

Thank you, +rep

[JayPix]

Looks like you got what you needed, cool. When will there be a beta or something for the mod?

[ahowl11]

Well, problem is I implemented the file but the vanilla sea texture still comes up. I am going through the text files but I can't find where I need to make the text change. Anyone know?

And I will have a preview up today of progress once I finalize everything but I still have 8-9 faction rosters to complete and I need to implement the AOR system as well as some other small things. Hopefully soon, but it depends on how fast I do everything

[JayPix]

Okay that cool.

[danny X]

try this one, a vanilla m2tw version, slightly different format

[ahowl11]

It's not that it's the wrong file or anything, it's the fact that I don't know which text file to edit

[Milner]

Ahowl11, you need to include this folder (in red):

data/terrain/aerial_map/sea

And don't forget to pack the new files (mod_0, for example) if your mod is modfolder, to the changes works fine .

Regards.

[ahowl11]

I have included the 'sea' folder. It still doesn't show. There has to be a text file that needs to be edited somewhere

[Milner]

Nope, you only need to pack the files .

[ahowl11]

I've never packed files before, which ones do I need to pack and how do I pack them?

[Milner]

You must use this tools (sorry i haven't the links):

-Fileparser
-xpak extractor

And the steps to pack the files are:

1-Into your modfolder you need to include a new folder (packs), put into it the above tools.
2-Run fileparser, it's a very intuitive tool. You must make a new pak file, you may rename it mod_0 (for example).
3-Browse (select files button) with this tool the files that you want to pack (you can put them into the new packs folder to a easy search of them).
4-Finally press the "create files" button.
5-Now you have new files in your pack folder, run the mod_0 (if you rename it mod_0 ) bat file and wait untill it finish to pack the files.
6-A new pak file is now in your folder, that's the file that the game read now .

Files that need to be packed (that i know):

-Skies
-Sea
-Aerial map's elements as boats, wagons, bridges...
-Building's textures
-Menu cursors

I'll hope this help you, if not...tell me, please-

All the best .