TATW Unpacking

**Comrade the Colonel** · April 30, 2009, 11:18 AM

Hey guys, i want to ask how to unpack the mod Third Age: total war. I would like to customize it for personal use, but i dont know how to unpack the files. Thanks for your time.

**Comrade the Colonel** · April 30, 2009, 02:58 PM

anyone?

**Socal_infidel** · April 30, 2009, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by Polite Assassin

anyone?

A mod by its very nature contains all the files you need if you would like to tweak it. And since TATW is a total conversion, they must have used every damn file to create that lovely!

**Nakharar** · April 30, 2009, 03:02 PM

err it is unpacked...

**Comrade the Colonel** · April 30, 2009, 09:29 PM

mine isnt. I want to edit the music, but instead of having the MP3s like i was able to do in SS and M2TW, it has music in a DAT and IDK file. I want to get the files out.

**Mythic_Commodore** · April 30, 2009, 09:34 PM

You need Vercingetorix's Pack Extractor - search for it in the RTW tools section.

**Comrade the Colonel** · May 02, 2009, 08:36 PM

i got it, doesnt work :/

**Mythic_Commodore** · May 02, 2009, 11:01 PM

Really? That's strange. Have you put all of the files in the sounds folder of TATW and are you using the unpack_sounds.bat?

**Comrade the Colonel** · May 03, 2009, 12:28 AM

wait, i just put 1 file int the folder. i need all of them?

**SSJPabs** · May 04, 2009, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by Polite Assassin

wait, i just put 1 file int the folder. i need all of them?

From the README:
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Installation Instructions:
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Installation

To extract sounds -
Unzip xidx.exe and extract_sounds_idx.bat to your ~~Rome~~ Medieval 2 Total war\data\sounds folder
Then run extract_sounds_idx.bat