Problem with modding life-span

[WImPyTjeH]

Hi, I've been making a mod about Númenor and the problem is that these guys lifed for at least 300 years. So I've been testing with the descr_campaign_db file and I changed it into this:

   <family_tree>
      <max_age uint="320"/>
      <max_age_for_marriage_for_male uint="300"/>
      <max_age_for_marriage_for_female uint="250"/>
      <max_age_before_death uint="350"/>
      <max_age_of_child uint="10"/>
      <old_age uint="260"/>
      <age_of_manhood uint="30"/>
      <daughters_age_of_consent uint="25"/>
      <daughters_retirement_age uint="250"/>
      <age_difference_min int="-40"/>
      <age_difference_max int="100"/>
      <parent_to_child_min_age_diff uint="20"/>
      <min_adoption_age uint="60"/>
      <max_adoption_age uint="150"/>
      <max_age_for_conception uint="280"/>
      <age_of_manhood_close uint="28"/>
      <max_number_of_children uint="5"/>
   </family_tree>

But now whenever my character reaches 128, it's resetted to 0. Is this a hardcoded fact in the engine or is it modable somewhere?

I also failed in changing the age at which the character's portret becomes grey.

[Gigantus]

Looks like the limit. 128 ring a bell? 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,512,1024 = binary system

The portrait 'becomes gray' (different portrait is used) when the character is dead.

<max_number_of_children uint="5"/> - doesn't work, 4 is max

[WImPyTjeH]

Looks like the limit. 128 ring a bell? 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,512,1024 = binary system

Well yeah.. But is it modable or hardcoded, that's my question.

The portrait 'becomes gray' (different portrait is used) when the character is dead.

No, I mean the grey hair, normally when they reach 50.

<max_number_of_children uint="5"/> - doesn't work, 4 is max

Ah thanks.

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

Looks like the limit. 128 ring a bell? 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,512,1024 = binary system

The portrait 'becomes gray' (different portrait is used) when the character is dead.

<max_number_of_children uint="5"/> - doesn't work, 4 is max

actully the max is 6 but the characters won't show up on the family tree but they will still be there.

[Gigantus]

grey hair: data\ui\culture_name\portraits\portraits\old\generals

Not sure when they become active. Could be a set time of years or a percentage of the max age. My bet is on the last option.

[Augustus Lucifer]

grey hair: data\ui\culture_name\portraits\portraits\old\generals

Not sure when they become active. Could be a set time of years or a percentage of the max age. My bet is on the last option.

Probably has to do with this one:

      <old_age uint="260"/>

[axnsan]

From my experience, the age at which the portrait switched to old always matched with this. But since you say you can't get your generals over 128, you probably won't have it.

      <max_age_for_conception uint="280"/>

[WImPyTjeH]

From my experience, the age at which the portrait switched to old always matched with this. But since you say you can't get your generals over 128, you probably won't have it.

      <max_age_for_conception uint="280"/>

That's the problem, none of these parameters are read by the engine, it just ignores them. The engine automatically resets characters to 0 at the age of 128.

[CommanderDAZ]

must be my lucky day today, i just joined up to ask somthing simular to this and was going to do a new topic.

i've read lot of threads about changing the age limit.

and this is the one that i liked most.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ortal+generals

tho they didn't mention anything about an age reset happening.

my problem is that i can't even find the descr_campaign_db.xml file.

can some one help me along but filling in the blanks
C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\????????????\descr_campaign_db

[Gigantus]

It is one of the thousands of packed files. This one is in the C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data folder.
To unpack, go to the tools\unpacker folder. Run unpack_all.bat. Read the ReadMe file to find the names of the two files yo have to delete.

[WImPyTjeH]

No-one seems to have tested the engine limitations of age so far. If the values were to be followed the characters should at least reach 260 (old_age uint).

Technically immortallity could be achieved by having your character resetted by the engine over and over again, which is quite silly.

I think the max age of 128 is hardcoded, these values are only valuable to modders when they want to tweak age of men between 0 and 128 I presume.

[Gigantus]

I was under the impression that a crash will occur eventually because of that.

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

no your 5th child will be there they just won't be sence on the family tree.