Basic Text Editing Tutorial

[YankeePhan123]

Hi Everyone this is my Tutorial on Basic Text Editing.

Requirements:

• A text editing program, Word Pad or Note Pad are fine
• To Have unpacked all of your files
• Have your io file first setup and your log ready in case of errors

The first thing that will be covered is Character Editing and Creating. Now, the first thing you need is your descr_strat.txt file contained in "C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial campaign" folder. In this file you can find every single city and army in the entire campaign. You can do many things here, such as create a new army, change which factions are playable, change what level a city is, and more...For now though, we will stick to characters. Now, for this example I will create a character on the campaign map with an entirely new name. First I need to choose what Faction I will create him for, for this example I will choose England. So, scroll down to england's entry and find their Generals. The Entry Should Look Like This:

character Richard, spy, male, age 20, x 107, y 160
traits GoodSpy 2

character Samuel Blacke, merchant, male, age 25, x 110, y 134
traits GoodMerchant 1

character Laurence Bidell, diplomat, male, age 29, x 107, y 130
traits GoodDiplomat 2

character Aston, priest, male, age 35, x 113, y 151
traits NaturalPriestSkill 2 , StrongFaith 2 , PriestLevel 1

character Robert, named character, male, age 24, x 104, y 134
traits GoodCommander 2 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Cecilia, princess, female, age 25, x 111, y 151
traits IAmPrincess 1 , NaturalPrincess 2 , GoodPrincess 1

character Rufus, named character, male, heir, age 26, x 109, y 158
traits Factionheir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 1 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Arthur, general, male, age 26, x 107, y 155
army
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Now, I will add a unit into this entry, just mimic what you see in the above lines, like this:
character Chuck Norris, general, male, age 99, x 106, y 152 (The Coordinates I made up)
traits LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0


Now you have the entry ready just add it under the generals, like so:
character Richard, spy, male, age 20, x 107, y 160
traits GoodSpy 2

character Samuel Blacke, merchant, male, age 25, x 110, y 134
traits GoodMerchant 1

character Laurence Bidell, diplomat, male, age 29, x 107, y 130
traits GoodDiplomat 2

character Aston, priest, male, age 35, x 113, y 151
traits NaturalPriestSkill 2 , StrongFaith 2 , PriestLevel 1

character Robert, named character, male, age 24, x 104, y 134
traits GoodCommander 2 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Cecilia, princess, female, age 25, x 111, y 151
traits IAmPrincess 1 , NaturalPrincess 2 , GoodPrincess 1

character Rufus, named character, male, heir, age 26, x 109, y 158
traits Factionheir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 1 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Arthur, general, male, age 26, x 107, y 155
army
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Chuck Norris, general, male, age 99, x 106, y 152
traits LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodCommander 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Now to see the General's Name in the game, you have to go to ""C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\descr_names"
Here you should see all of the Factions in the game and all of the names they can possibly have, all you have to do is just add Chuck and Norris to the names like so:

faction: england

characters
Alfred
Ambrose
Anselm
Augustine
Anthony
Aelfgar
Arthur
Aston
Auncell
Barnaby
Charles
Christopher
Chuck
Davy
Edward
Edmund
Edgar
Francis
Fraunce
George
Gregory
Godwine
Geoffrey
Garret
Geiles
Harold
Harry
Howard
Henry
Hugh
Hubert
Humphrey
James
John
Jasper
Jacob
John
Josias
Laurence
Leonard
Lewes
Loefwine
Morcar
Michell
Morris
Nicholas
Nigel
Paul
Perkin
Phillip
Robert
Ralph
Roger
Robin
Rufus
Richard
Simon
Stephen
Samuel
Symond
Tostig
Thomas
Toby
Walter
William

surnames
Audley
Adames
Allen
Allthredge
Angell
Apperry
Arthure
Awood
Baker
Barnard
Barnes
Bennett
Bidell
Blacke
Bower
Bridgeman
Browne
Bucknell
Budinge
Buttler
Berkeley
Beaufort
Becket
Burnell
Basset
Bourchier
Canton
Carpenter
Caston
Chamberlyn
Chapman
Churborne
Clarke
Clinton
Colesey
Cooke
Cornwall
Cowles
Cracker
Cromwell
Courtnay
Curnocke
Curtice
Curthose
Dane
Dangerfyeld
Davis
Dawby
Dawe
Dobes
Dowell
Despenser
de Vere
de Beauchamp
Edwardes
Ellice
Elliotts
Estington
Fitzwalter
Fitzneale
Filde
Flower
Fowler
Frankline
Frigge
Gilforde
Glassenbury
Godwinson
Grainger
Gryffin
Gaveston
Gascoigne
Giffard
Grey
Greystoke
Hasting
Herbert
Holland
Hardine
Harfford
Harmer
Harris
Harrold
Haynes
Heaven
Hewlinge
Heyway
Hicke
Higgines
Hill
Hobbes
Horston
Jenkines
Kinge
Knight
Kynner
Lambert
Learner
Lewes
Liddyatt
Longe
Langton
Longchamp
Mobray
Mortimer
Maitland
Montfort
Maise
Mantle
Marment
Merrett
Middlemore
Millord
Morgan
Mors
Mylles
Naishe
Neville
Norris
Pole
Peckham
Percy
Plantagenet
Paggs
Parsones
Payne
Pegler
Pilson
Potter
Powell
Robins
Rodgers
Russell
Roos
Scrope
Stuart
Stanley
Stafford
Swynford
Sandy
Selwin
Shillam
Smithe
Sparke
Spill
Spynner
Stainey
Staite
Stratford
Stringer
Swanley
Synnigar
Tailor
Terrett
Townsend
Tyler
Talbot
Uhtred
Underwood
Vicke
Walkley
Warner
Watkins
Webbe
Went
Weste
Wilkines
Witcombe
Wolman
Wood
Wynckworth
Wyndow
Yeonge

And there you go. You should see character Chuck Norris at the Position you named.

Most of the Simple but fun stuff can be accessed in the Descr_Strat file so go gettem!

[Nietzsche]

Hello TWC world, very long time lurker very new member here. I have a question that is related to this topic.

By my understanding of the OP, I can go into the Descr_Strat file for my current SS6.1 campaign and change a Generals name? The reason I ask is I married an Irish Princess (mine) to a Scottish family member (theirs) and for some strange reason the game renamed him ",". That's right his name is now the symbol for a comma. (Is this a known bug? I've married princesses to other faction members numerous times before and this never happened).

So, opening the Descr_Strat file I should find my General now known as "," and be able to rename him something like Ewan MacGregor or Sean Connery (supposing both names are on the availability list)?

[krycek]

Thanks for this tutorial.

[Augustus Lucifer]

Nice name choice (he's an alumni of my high school, Go Spartans!)

Does anyone happen to know about rebel names?

I added a slave faction character named "Milorad Cavic" to one of my scripts, but in the slave area of the descr_names.txt it has old roman names. Can I just put the name/surname in any faction?

Cheers,
Augustus

[krycek]

Nice name choice (he's an alumni of my high school, Go Spartans!)

Does anyone happen to know about rebel names?

I added a slave faction character named "Milorad Cavic" to one of my scripts, but in the slave area of the descr_names.txt it has old roman names. Can I just put the name/surname in any faction?

Cheers,
Augustus

I tryed doing that once and the name never showed up i would think that it needed to be under the correct faction.

[Eothese]

Does anyone happen to know about rebel names?
I added a slave faction character named "Milorad Cavic" to one of my scripts, but in the slave area of the descr_names.txt it has old roman names. Can I just put the name/surname in any faction?

Rebel names are for witches and heretics, if you want to add a name for a general you will have to use _
eg. Augustus_Lucifer

[Lord Condormanius]

Nice name choice (he's an alumni of my high school, Go Spartans!)

Does anyone happen to know about rebel names?

I added a slave faction character named "Milorad Cavic" to one of my scripts, but in the slave area of the descr_names.txt it has old roman names. Can I just put the name/surname in any faction?

Cheers,
Augustus

Just put the names in the proper files. In descr_names, just choose a faction that you would not mind seeing with those names, since they may be used by the faction at some point during the game.

Hader,

Yeah, it should be right in the data folder. You might want to unpack again. Sometimes some of the files don't unpack. It has only happened to me once, but I think I remember some other people with the same type of issue.

[redxavier]

It's somewhat related so I shall ask here, but is it possible to spawn an army without a general at its head? Can you create or spawn armies with priests and other characters?

[Hader]

I cannot seem to find the descr_names file. I know where it is supposed to be, but it isnt there. I dont know why it isnt, the only mods I have made to vanilla are in descr_strat, which have been working fine anyways. Am I missing something here?

Edit: yes my game is patched

[GrnEyedDvl]

Is it unpacked?

[Hader]

Yup, I did the unpacking 3 days after installing patches and all, just because I wanted to play an unmodded version. But then I decided to begin modding it, unpack everything, etc., and still run into problems.

It was still tougher than RTW was

[GrnEyedDvl]

Well I dunno why it wouldnt be there. hmmm