Desert Tribes Crown

**BamaToon** · March 31, 2009, 10:49 AM

I downloaded and installed DLV 6.1 over the weekend, excited to try a game as the Desert Tribes. The first thing i immediately noticed upon loading the game was that their leader did not have a crown. I played the game for a little while thinking maybe he would get one later through an event or something.

Anyway, he never got a crown and eventually became Offensive to Nobles. I finally had to quit the game because I was losing government points every turn with no way to stop it.

I posted my discovery in the General forums, and agistournas was kind enough to point out that there was no hedjaz_crown ancillary in the game, and therefore no crown for the DT king. So I took it upon myself to mod it in and playtest it. I used the Egyptian crown as the model and slightly edited the effects and description, so the pictures used are those of the Egyptian crown, but the description and effects are new.

I also added royal banners for the king and heir, again using the Egyptian ones as models. I used the Mongol banner effects for morale and movement, since the DT have to cross large expanses of desert and wilderness (and being lightly armed desert raiders, they should be able to move swiftly).

I started a new game last night and have played quite a few turns. I'm now on my second king, so I can verify that the succession model works as well. I moved my new king into the capital and the next turn, he got the crown, and the new heir got a royal banner.

I can upload the edited files for the DT crown and royal banners if anyone is interested, per suggestion from Blackleaf-Wille. They're not perfect, but at least they make the DT playable.

UPDATE 04/06/2009: Thanks to Tokus*Maximus for providing some pictures for the crown and royal banners. I have included the new picture files and a new ancillaries file (to enable the pictures to work) along with the original files in a rar file.

Installation Instructions:
export_descr_ancillaries and export_descr_ancillary_enums both go into C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\dat

export_ancillaries goes into C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\data\text

descr_strat goes into C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign

As Blackleaf-Wille pointed out, I forgot to tell you where to put the TGA files.

They go in C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\data\UI\Ancillaries. Sorry for leaving that out initially. Thanks B-W for pointing that out.

EDIT 08/03/09 : Per suggestions from Grimblade and Xtiaan72, I added some lines to the "export_descr_character traits" file to give the DT sultan the "at the seat of power" trait. The new "export_descr_character_traits" goes in C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\data.

I have to thank the following people for their comments and suggestions on how to improve the mod:
Agis Tournas
Blackleaf-Wille
Grimblade
Xtiaan72

Tokus*Maximus for the graphics on the crown and banners

Repman (of course) for creating the greatest TW mod ever

If I left anyone out, please feel free to PM me and I'll make sure your name is added to the credits.

8/24/10: I know, this is long overdue, but I just wanted to point out that this mod is no longer necessary since it is automatically included in the latest version of DLV.

**Taiji** · March 31, 2009, 10:54 AM

Nice work, well done BamaToon

+rep

**Kjertesvein** · March 31, 2009, 12:10 PM

Cool man, no idea why they didn't have a crown in the first place. You should edit the first post after each update etc, like Taiji does

Where is the banner files again?

**BamaToon** · March 31, 2009, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Blackleaf-Wille

Cool man, no idea why they didn't have a crown in the first place. You should edit the first post after each update etc, like Taiji does

Where is the banner files again?

I think the banner files are also in the export_descr_ancillaries file. I had to scroll down to find them.

EDIT: Oh right, you meant the picture files, not the text files.

I'll post the edited files up tonight when I get home. I'm still at work right now and don't have access to my DLV directory.

**Agis Tournas** · March 31, 2009, 02:17 PM

I feel very proud and extremely happy that I could be of help to BamaToon.
Very nice thought, and very nice initiative!
+rep for you my friend
Cheers
Agis

**BamaToon** · March 31, 2009, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by agistournas

I feel very proud and extremely happy that I could be of help to BamaToon.
Very nice thought, and very nice initiative!
+rep for you my friend
Cheers
Agis

I would never have thought to look in the files had you not pointed it out to me. So this is really your mod too.

I'll be at work for another few hours yet, but I will post the files when I get home.

**Kjertesvein** · March 31, 2009, 03:11 PM

chill out & pull your pants up. This is your mod.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Looks like the banners are in the file called

C:\Programfiler\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\DLV_ext\data\banners

he he, looks like you going to need some sort of texture opener or a program to convert the texture-files.

peace

**BamaToon** · March 31, 2009, 09:48 PM

I have now posted the required text files along with instructions on where to put them.

Oh yeah, good call on the banners, Blackleaf-Wille. The next step will be to find some custom graphics for the banners and crown, if I ever get around to it. Enjoy the mod. I'm off to play some more as the DT.

**BamaToon** · April 01, 2009, 06:03 PM

Well, it seems I may have hit a bug in my current game. I started a new game today and my first king died unexpectedly on the second turn. I moved the heir into the capital as usual, but he never got his crown. It has now been 5 or 6 turns and still he has not received his crown. I don't know what to do here. I'm looking back at all the files I edited and don't see any reason why he wouldn't receive his crown. It worked the first time I played the game, so I don't understand why it's not working now. This is really annoying.

Update 04/08/2009: I think I now know what may have happened. In my current game, the original royal line died out, and the husband of a princess who had married into the family became regent. Since he wasn't a true heir, he never received the crown upon becoming faction leader. I have the same situation in my current game. My faction leader has the "regent" trait, which prevents him from being crowned as a true heir. He does have a son who should be recognized as the true heir of a new dynasty, so I'll keep playing and see what happens.

**BamaToon** · April 04, 2009, 05:21 PM

See my post above for an explanation on why I was having problems when playtesting.

**Kjertesvein** · April 04, 2009, 08:05 PM

Nice to know there is progress..so do you need a crown and a banner? TGA format?

**BamaToon** · April 04, 2009, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Blackleaf-Wille

Nice to know there is progress..so do you need a crown and a banner? TGA format?

Yeah, I've been looking for some custom graphics for a crown and a banner but haven't been able to find anything I like.

**missu** · April 05, 2009, 07:05 AM

why not ask tokus? should be a matter of no time, a banner and a crown...

**BamaToon** · April 05, 2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by missu

why not ask tokus? should be a matter of no time, a banner and a crown...

Not a bad idea. Think I'll send him a pm and see what he says. Thanks for the suggestion.

**BamaToon** · April 06, 2009, 10:37 PM

Thanks to Tokus for providing some new graphics files. I have updated the first post in the thread and included the graphics files for the crown and banners. I'm still trying to work out the faction symbols, but we're getting there.

**Kjertesvein** · April 06, 2009, 11:39 PM

Cool dude, awsome to try out Hedjaz and kick the other ME factions

So you place the TGA-files in the folder named...?

This is only for Imperial campaign(Not custom/historical map)?

**BamaToon** · April 07, 2009, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Blackleaf-Wille

Cool dude, awsome to try out Hedjaz and kick the other ME factions

So you place the TGA-files in the folder named...?

This is only for Imperial campaign(Not custom/historical map)?

Oops, I forgot to tell you where to put the TGA files. I will edit the first post in a minute.

That's now done. See the first post for where to put the TGA files.

I know this works for the Imperial Campaign. I haven't tested it on any other campaign.