Editing building construction time and effects

[ys5]

How to edit building construction time, cost and building effects.
MTW 1.3 + teutonic knights. (for any of them)

my Thanks.

[Gigantus]

{
    convert_to core_castle_building
    levels wooden_pallisade wooden_wall stone_wall large_stone_wall huge_stone_wall 
    {
        wooden_pallisade city requires factions { northern_european, middle_eastern, eastern_european, greek, southern_european, } and event_counter governor_present 1 
        {
            convert_to 1
            capability
            {        
                recruit_pool "Jerusalem Sergeants"  1   0.05   1  0  requires factions { england, france, hre, spain, aragon, aragon, venice, sicily, milan, scotland, denmark, norway, portugal, poland, hungary, papal_states, }  and hidden_resource aor_levant 
		recruit_pool "Dismounted Jerusalem Knights"  1   0.05   1  0  requires factions { england, france, hre, spain, aragon, venice, sicily, milan, scotland, denmark, norway, portugal, poland, hungary, papal_states, }  and hidden_resource aor_levant 
		recruit_pool "Jerusalem Knights"  1   0.05   1  0  requires factions { england, france, hre, spain, aragon, venice, sicily, milan, scotland, denmark, norway, portugal, poland, hungary, papal_states, }  and hidden_resource aor_levant 
                           
                wall_level 0
                tower_level 1
                free_upkeep bonus 4
                law_bonus bonus 1
                recruitment_slots 2
            }
            material wooden
            construction  4
            cost  2500
            settlement_min village
            upgrades
            {
                wooden_wall
            }
        }

The example is the first building (walls) from the export_descr_building.txt (EDB) file.
Red= building effects
Blue - building time and cost

[ys5]

That`s what I`m looking for, but I can`t find that file. I use the windows search, with any keywords "export" , ".txt" "building" etc. Also tried to search within the file ("a word or phrase in the file" ) a phrase from the text you posted. It won`t find such a file.

[Mythic_Commodore]

You have to unpack the game. Be sure you have 7-10GB of free hard drive space, then proceed to your Medieval II Total War/tools/unpacker folder and double click on unpack_all.bat. After that is done, go to your Medieval II Total War/data folder and you can open the export_descr_buildings file. If you want to get into some more advanced editing, then check out this simple guide to the file: http://medieval2.heavengames.com/m2t...de/index.shtml

EDIT: Be sure to open your Medieval II Total War/medieval2.preference.cfg file after unpacking. This file stores all of your settings for the game, like graphics options. Add the following lines to the end:
[io]
file_first = true

Then save and make the file read-only. This prevents the game from taking out those options when you next start it up.

[ys5]

Wow 7-10 GB !

I don`t have enough space and it wouldn`t be easy to free up.

Is there a way I can unpack\get only the files that I need?

(I have the teutonic only installed, if it matters) would it affect the old mtw or new mtk.

[Mythic_Commodore]

Yes, there is a way, though I can't remember how. It involves editing the batch file. Try and search around a bit.

[ys5]

Thanks a lot. I`ll try it.

[Gigantus]

Edit the unpack_all to add the part in red. The example will unpack only txt files.

unpacker.exe --source=..\..\packs\*.pack --destination=..\..\ --verbosity=1 --filter=*.txt

[ys5]

Yeah that`s what I need.

Is it cmd I should use? I don`t remeber how to use it.

[Gigantus]

To edit: right click and choose 'edit' on the drop down menu.
To run: double click.

[ys5]

Yes it worked. Thanks !

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service