A Beginner's Guide to the Export_Descr_Unit

[Emperor Tom]

This doesnt work.....

type Hillmen

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dictionary Hillmen ; Hillmen
category infantry
class spearmen
voice_type Light
accent Scottish
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Welsh_Spearmen, 60, 0, 1
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 5, square, schiltrom
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 7, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 0.6
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr spear, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 0, 3, 3, flesh
;stat_armour_ex 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental 5, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 210, 100, 85, 65, 340, 4, 80
armour_ug_levels 0
armour_ug_models Welsh_Spearmen
ownership portugal
era 1 portugal
era 2 portugal
;unit_info 7, 0, 6

type Mailed Pikemen

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dictionary Mailed_Pikemen ; Mailed Pikemen
category infantry
class spearmen
voice_type Light
accent German
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Flemish_Pikemen, 60, 0, 1
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, pike
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 8, square, phalanx
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 9, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr spear, long_pike, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec 8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 5, 3, 0, metal
;stat_armour_ex 5, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 4
stat_ground 1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental 5, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 340, 155, 85, 65, 340, 4, 80
armour_ug_levels 2
armour_ug_models Flemish_Pikemen
ownership portugal
era 2 Portugal
;unit_info 9, 0, 8

[Gigantus]

Then your error is somewhere else, check Moon's post.

[Taiji]

Incorrect in M2TW as far as I know. You need to list the faction in the area line(s) below the ownership for that.

Actually it is correct. When you select 'all' in a custom battle it ignores the 'era' lines.

[Emperor Tom]

Then your error is somewhere else, check Moon's post.

But thats just it, I never touched anything else, never modded anything at all. This was the first file I touched and absolutely nothing.

Ishan sent me a private message to launch "IO command in the .cfg file?" what in the world is that? And where can I find it?

[Moon]

Post 60 is what you have to do and the preference file is in the main Medieval 2 folder where the dll's are.

[Emperor Tom]

Are you using file_first?

Setting up io.file_first
with a text editor add the following to the top of medieval2.preference, this file might be set as read only so remove this attribute make your changes and make sure you reenable it or the game will set it back to its default setting.

[io]
file_first = true

The easy way to check it's working is to give the ownership of a mercenary unit (Mercenary Frankish Knights as an example) to a specific faction and try a custom battle, it should be available at the bottom of the unit roster.

Yeah, I believe Gigantus is right.

Went to preference and cant find it anywhere. All's I see is

advice, keys.dat, and player.

UPDATE found it but doesnt works still.

[Gigantus]

Actually it is correct. When you select 'all' in a custom battle it ignores the 'era' lines.

Learned something again, thought "All" simply meant to choose all available era entries for that faction and display it (which is kinda "ignoring it" in the first place). Thanks.

[Emperor Tom]

edited the file now the game just crashes....why me?

For years I have been trying and failing to mod this game.

[Ishan]

If the mod even fails to start then u have done something wrong either in the EDU or BMDB file.
Revert all the changes and start from scratch and mod one unit first to grasp the method properly.

[Emperor Tom]

If the mod even fails to start then u have done something wrong either in the EDU or BMDB file.
Revert all the changes and start from scratch and mod one unit for first to grasp the method properly.

I just realized after unpacking everything that I didnt delete the geographical things that make the game crash. Did that ASAP and now it runs again. HOWEVER just to check something I deleted the entire export_descr_units list and saved and guess what, the game runs as if nothing is wrong. In other words this file is not affecting the game and as far as my computer is concerned doesnt exist.



Ummm....does it matter that I am using windows Vista?

[Ishan]

The files are unpacked from .pack files now if u delete sau EDU file then the game will use the file inside the .pack file..
So i'm saying is that the games using IO command seeks unpacked files first then goes for the .pack files if anything is missing.

It has nothing to do with ur OS.

[Emperor Tom]

The files are unpacked from .pack files now if u delete sau EDU file then the game will use the file inside the .pack file..
So i'm saying is that the games using IO command seeks unpacked files first then goes for the .pack files if anything is missing.

It has nothing to do with ur OS.

aaaaaaa.....whaaaaaat?

[Taiji]

I just realized after unpacking everything that I didnt delete the geographical things that make the game crash. Did that ASAP and now it runs again. HOWEVER just to check something I deleted the entire export_descr_units list and saved and guess what, the game runs as if nothing is wrong. In other words this file is not affecting the game and as far as my computer is concerned doesnt exist.

Read the readme for the unpacker, it tells you how to run the game with modified files.

Thanks.

Welcome

[Emperor Tom]

Read the readme for the unpacker, it tells you how to run the game with modified files.



Welcome

lol read it and it didnt help me a bit.

[Ishan]

lol read it and it didnt help me a bit.

Do have a back up of the EDU file that u messed up or not?
If not reinstall and unpack again coz i don't think u'll get the specific file unpack part.
Then we will start from scratch.

[Taiji]

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V. USING MODIFIED FILES
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- To use the modified files create a batch file in your
Medieval II: Total War folder

- In the batch file add the following line

medieval2.exe --io.file_first

- NOTE: Due to a timestamp check, the following unpacked files will
cause the game to crash and must be deleted before the game is
launched:

data\descr_geography_new.txt
data\descr_geography_new.db

- Save the batch file and then launch Medieval II: Total War using the
newly created batch file.

Are you having problems understanding what that means?

Or have you done it already and it's not working?

[Emperor Tom]

Do have a back up of the EDU file that u messed up or not?
If not reinstall and unpack again coz i don't think u'll get the specific file unpack part.
Then we will start from scratch.

EDU?

Are you having problems understanding what that means?

Or have you done it already and it's not working?

I understood it mostly. deleted what it said and now no more crashes.

[Spitfire -WONDERBOLT!]

Why is the minimum unit size 4?

[irishron]

Hardcode.

[Spitfire -WONDERBOLT!]

And there's no way to change that?

Also if the minimum's four is that on normal unit size or another setting?