Optional RTJ?

**aion2006** · February 07, 2007, 04:20 PM

I'm wondering if we can customize our game when installing. If we want real blood, super blood, or real building or low res building etc... There's been a few suggestion of other mod to implanted so I'll list a few more. I just think It's great if player has a choice.

Dark Night!
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=1155

Low Res City/Castle (Less lag/Faster load)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=1103

Re-texture Blood!
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=1101

Edit: I just notice, after months of reading at twcenter and finally posting lol reach 50 post. Never posted that much in my life. LOL. Well what can I say, this is an awesome community and with awesome smart members. ^^

**Cymera** · February 07, 2007, 05:05 PM

If these stay optional, then they would be a good addition. I don't care for the low texture buildings though. Good options though!

**aion2006** · February 07, 2007, 11:52 PM

A quick question, I know this is off-topic here but its quite annoying though and I wonder if anybody knows the answer.

Every time I change my preference (video, sound, setting, all of them) it changes back to what I had it before...(it doesn't keep my setting)

The only way I can truly change my preference is if I were to go to my medieval2.preference.cfg and change it from there. And to be honest I don't know 100% what I'm changing it to.

Anybody knows if I were to change a setting in-game it would keep that setting? It happen before until I reinstall m2tw. The only time I would access medieval2.preference.cfg is to turn off the annoying unit banner and of course using
[io]
file_first = true

I also have the file to "read only" after I'm done.

**Cymera** · February 08, 2007, 12:35 AM

I thought that read only solved that... hmm...

**Rammstein** · February 08, 2007, 03:12 AM

will try the blood out maybe it better than horsearcher, thanks for keeping me up to date with mini mods

**Spartiate14** · February 10, 2007, 06:34 PM

hi guys... is it possible for someone to tell me how to install the real arrow mini mod to run with RTJ 2.1 ive installed it a number of times without sucess... thanks alot.

**aion2006** · February 10, 2007, 11:53 PM

lol, don't worry buddy, I'll try to help you. I got it to work though I too had trouble in the beginning.

Install Real_arrow_1.2 into ur medieval 2 folder.
Once u do that, open it copy the data and paste in your medieval 2 folder (overrite it)

Then there should be ANOTHER real_arrow folder inside it. Copy the data on that one. Do the same thing.

Then if u havent done it already. Go to your medieval2.preference.cfg
and open with notepad. Write in
"[io]
file_first = true"

Then save.

Test it out.

Good luck out there buddy.

**Spartiate14** · February 11, 2007, 10:53 AM

@ aion

still not working properly, i install it all as you said but when i start a battle the screen goes black and i have to exit the game... is there away i can make arrows permenant without using the real arrow mod and just editing the files manually??

**aion2006** · February 11, 2007, 11:57 AM

Screen goes black? O_o I never had that problem. I know your not suppose to put any of the real_arrow file in roadtojerusalem folder. Hrmm, I woudlnt know, he changes alot of thing in the projectile and stuff. I'll look around.

**Spartiate14** · February 11, 2007, 12:22 PM

ok thanks alot i will have another go now

**Cymera** · February 11, 2007, 12:24 PM

Make sure to make backups and play around that is how i changed the textures on the strat map for RTW, just experimentation.

See, just experimentation

**Spartiate14** · February 11, 2007, 01:27 PM

nop still no look lol ive tried installing that re-texture blood mod aswell of which i just followed the read me guide and copied the files to the medieval overlaytexture folder i then started the game set up my amry and my enemies clicked start battle, and then when it loads up you see the battlemap for a split second and then it goes into a black screen... hmmmm i must be doing something wrong, does it matter that i have installed the 1.1 CA patch? or wil that make no difference?

edit - ive now got the real arrow mod to work thanks alot for your help

**aion2006** · February 11, 2007, 02:14 PM

Well, having 1.1 should really help. As for the blackscreen, jeez thats really not good.

Note: I hope you have your medievalperfrence.ctf as "read only" after u edit it with the [io] read first stuff.

Does the blackscreen happen to any other game? If does not then try.
-Uninstall Medieval 2
-Check if the Sega/Medieval 2 folder still there and delete every folder.
-Reinstall, Patch,
-Then add mod
-Also make sure u have latest driver.

**Cymera** · February 11, 2007, 03:26 PM

Actually, the latest ATI drivers push the cards more to achieve more results, this can end in overheating, which could give the black screen.

**aion2006** · February 11, 2007, 04:05 PM

Really now? lol I haven't been an ATI user since Rome Total War. lol. The driver to me personally suck. Geforce ftw.

But that was interesting, seem ATI haven't loose their touch.

**Spartiate14** · February 11, 2007, 04:31 PM

ive got it working now.. i have geforce 7950gt so the ATI issue was not the problem i suppose i will never know... any how thanks for your help.

**aion2006** · February 11, 2007, 04:50 PM

cool, lol I have about 3 or 4 mod working with RTJ w/texture that was not included.
Here's a list if you wanna try. It brings out full blast experience total war while playing.

-Low Res Building
-Retexture Blood
-Real Night (Pretty dangerous but nice ^^)
-Real_Arrow_1.2
-Xenophonia Sound mod (Each nation speak its own language. No more semi-english accent)
-Darth Warpack
-Dust Mod
-Smoke Mod

also a few mod I'm reading up to see how I'm gonna implent it with RTJ. Mostly EDU stuff. I wish horses can smash through infantry line like they would in TLR mod and the animation balance EDU.