Giving Dvor stakes

[hshiek]

is there any easy way i can give the dismounted dvor for the russians the plant stakes ability?

[pwijnands]

Yes, unpack export_descr_units and find the dismounted dvor. Find it's attribute lines and add stakes to it, some units have this attribute listed twice, but I don't know if that's necessary.
Open up your shortcut to the game and add the following behind the target area:
--io.file_first
You have to add it past the stuff in the brackets ( "....." ) and with a space in front of it.

[hshiek]

where is the unit file i have to unpack?

[pwijnands]

The file is packed in a pack file (sort of a zip archive with lots and lots of files in it). Go to the tools folder and then the unpacker folder. Right-click on a batch file that says unpack_all (or similar) and chose to edit it.
Remove the existing stuff and add the following to the file:
unpacker.exe --source=..\..\packs\*.pack --destination=c:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\Data --filter=export_descr_units.txt --verbosity=1
Everything has to go on one line. Save it with a different name and run the bat file. You'll have to confirm two or three times and then it will unpack the right file for you.
To make the game use your file, make a duplicate of the shortcut you use. Rightclick the new one and go to it's properties. Add the following after the stuff that's in the target area:
--io.file_first
Add a space between this and the stuff inside the "" brackets. Example of my shortcut:
"C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe" --io.file_first