Edit Faction Description

[gilmeiri1]

Somebody now how to edit the Faction Description?


[In Israel it's Yom Kipur no TV no driving... BORED]

[husserlTW]

Somebody now how to edit the Faction Description?


[In Israel it's Yom Kipur no TV no driving... BORED]

See my answer here, it is exactly the same thing.

[Lazy Knight]

the entry to edit is found in the startpos in the campaign preopen map info of the faction.

[TuranianGhazi]

the entry to edit is found in the startpos in the campaign preopen map info of the faction.

This is only partially true.

Using ESFEditor, open an ESF and go to CAMPAIGN_PREOPEN_MAP_INFO / FACTION_INFOS:
1) DOES show start_pos_factions_description_XX
XX is the number or ID of the faction
EX: XX = 35 for Crimean Khanate.


HOWEVER, to EDIT the faction description text... there is an easier way to go about this

2) Use PFM and open any UPC localization... for example, if using DarthMod Empire's UPC... it'll be DME_UPC_v6_3.pack. [Also, for vanilla ETW, localisation_en.pack will work]

Text > localisation.loc

Go to start_pos_factions_description_XX, where XX is the ID of the faction you want to edit the faction description for

Ex: For Crimean Khanate with ID of 35, I'd go to the following entry
start_pos_factions_description_35

Note: The optimal way to figure out faction IDs is by using ESFEDitor and going by METHOD #1. It definitely beats what I did by trial and error, ONLY using METHOD #2 and trying to find out which ID matched which faction lol

Hopefully, using BOTH methods now, it'll be very easy to:
A) find out the ID (35 for CK, 36 for France, for example) of the faction to change the faction description by using ESFEditor to open an ESF file
and then
B) actually changing the text entry using PFM and opening up a UPC localisation pack.

Now, I hope I saved somebody an exercise in stupidity that I've performed of pinpointing Crimean Khanate's ID to 35 by trial and error. DOH! /facepalm

Best, peace
TG

[gilmeiri1]

This is only partially true.

Using ESFEditor, open an ESF and go to CAMPAIGN_PREOPEN_MAP_INFO / FACTION_INFOS:
1) DOES show start_pos_factions_description_XX
XX is the number or ID of the faction
EX: XX = 35 for Crimean Khanate.


HOWEVER, to EDIT the faction description text... there is an easier way to go about this

2) Use PFM and open any UPC localization... for example, if using DarthMod Empire's UPC... it'll be DME_UPC_v6_3.pack. [Also, for vanilla ETW, localisation_en.pack will work]

Text > localisation.loc

Go to start_pos_factions_description_XX, where XX is the ID of the faction you want to edit the faction description for

Ex: For Crimean Khanate with ID of 35, I'd go to the following entry
start_pos_factions_description_35

Note: The optimal way to figure out faction IDs is by using ESFEDitor and going by METHOD #1. It definitely beats what I did by trial and error, ONLY using METHOD #2 and trying to find out which ID matched which faction lol

Hopefully, using BOTH methods now, it'll be very easy to:
A) find out the ID (35 for CK, 36 for France, for example) of the faction to change the faction description by using ESFEditor to open an ESF file
and then
B) actually changing the text entry using PFM and opening up a UPC localisation pack.

Now, I hope I saved somebody an exercise in stupidity that I've performed of pinpointing Crimean Khanate's ID to 35 by trial and error. DOH! /facepalm

Best, peace
TG

I must say that I was pretty suprised to see my thread at the first page after nearly 4 years lol.
My English was improved a lot in those years and I stopped trying to edit those files long ago but thanks for the help.

[gilmeiri1]

thanks again