Help with editing unit stats please :)

[Yoshyy]

Heyy i've been playing the America's Campaign, an i think the Conquestidors (sp?) are wayy to under powered i mean there covered in plate armor and they die to easily.. could some-one please send me a edited copy of the Export Unit.txt (sorry don't know what it's called as i can't find it in my data folder) i'v tried the unpacker d/l but it didnt work so i was wondering if some-one could do it for me and edit the New Spain Units Please.

If you are willing to help (thanks Alot ) i would like the Conquestidors to have 4 hitpoints, attack power of 30 and defense as 30, same for dismounted (Both will have 50 men per unit).

The Spainish Dragoons to have missile damage of 30, melee damage 20, and armor 20, and 3 hitpoints (with 40 per unit)

The terico pikemen to have 30 damage, 20 armor and 3 hitpoints,

The Musketeers and Crossbowmen to have 30 missile and 20 melee, and 20 armor and 3 hitpoints.

And Finnaly the Bodyguard 40 Attack and Armor and 5 Hitpoints Please


I'm soo sorry if this is complicated but i cant edit the files my self cause im pretty much a noob so if you can be kind enough to help i deeply appreciate it (oh and bdw the other units can stay the same i dont use them, part from the cannons)

Thanks in Advance

[Krieg_Boy]

That IS over powered!

[Mythic_Commodore]

Yeah, it is overpowered. Just put the file into your mods/americas/data folder and then right-click your shortcut to the Americas campaign and put at the end of the target line, after the quotes --io.filefirst After that is done, enjoy overpowered Spaniards! When you get sick of them, move the file out of your Americas folder. Enjoy!

[Yoshyy]

Thanks Alot really appreicate it i would rep you but i cant/ no idea how too Haha and it wont be that overpowered il only use a few per battle say 100 v 2000+ or so anyway im off killin some aztecs thanks for the help again

Heyy.. erm iv put the text file in the americas data folder and iv put the lil bit at the end of the target line, and the fails to start and a box pops up and says a fatal error has occured :S help please

[Mythic_Commodore]

Funny. I have an idea, though. Do you run Medieval II Total War from the launcher normally or from desktop shortcuts?

[Hunter Makoy]

if u are puting the EDU file in the Americas/data folder u dont have to put anything after the shortcut path, u've simply overwritten the vanilla file.

[Mythic_Commodore]

No. Americas uses pack files.

[Hunter Makoy]

if his America's folder is unpacked then he just needs to drop in the modded EDU and let it overwrite if he wants. other then that it will have to be set up as a seperate mod.

[Yoshyy]

i run it threw a shortcut why? and im sure iv tried it with out adding the tag line part and the units came up as normal (not the uber 300 style soldiers i was hoping for ) Oh and how do i make it a seperate mod?

[Mythic_Commodore]

To make it a separate mod you have to copy your entire mods/americas folder. If it worked without adding the tag, try it without - I might have the spelling or something wrong in the tag and that is making the game freak out.

[Yoshyy]

Ohh il try that asap cant get to it atm as the pc with it on is at my dads an i only go there at weekend anyway il try to make it a seperate mod and il see how it goes

[Hunter Makoy]

Yoshyy where exactly did u put the modded export_descr_unit file? what is the path?

[Yoshyy]

in the americas data folder don't know the exact path as i'm not at that pc now lol

[Hunter Makoy]

if u put it in there and the data folder is unpacked, and u overwrote the original, then u should be able to run it without altering the shortcut.

[Mythic_Commodore]

The reason that the soldiers come up as normal is because you haven't added in io file first. In your Medieval II Total War folder, look for a folder called medieval2.preference.cfg . Add this to the end:
[io]
file_first = true
Save and make the file read-only. This should do it. Hunter Makoy, the reason that you probably don't have to do that is that you probably already have that line in your main .cfg file.

[Hunter Makoy]

yeah u have to have file_first for some reason. but u dont want anything written into the shortcut path. also, the file_first command has to be at the top of the file as well.

[Mythic_Commodore]

Then how come it works for me at the bottom of the file? And it does work in the shortcut as well.

[Yoshyy]

So i add the [io] file_first = true to the medieval2.preference.cfg and it should work or do i creat a seperate mod aswell?

[Hunter Makoy]

if u add that, it should work.

[Yoshyy]

Okay Thanks i'l try it when i'm able to get to that pc which should be on saturday il post then to say if it's worked or not