Help modding character names and age

[dLakne53]

Im a bit of a newb when it comes to modding so i need specific help with certian things(using the retrofit mod) :

1. I am trying to mod the character name of certain people (i.e the sicilian king Roger to Robert Guiscard).
2. Also trying to change the ages of other character but with some it doesn't allow me to go below there age or above it. (i.e it won't allow me to lower the age of the english faction heir Rufus)

Any help would be welcomed

p.s I am new to posting so tell me if this makes no sense and i will try and be more accurate.

[konny]

Ages are limited by the ages of the relatives. For example when a character is 20 and has a child of 4 you cannot reduce his age because he needs to be at least 16 years than his eldest child. When a character is 20 and his father 36 you cannot raise his age for the same reason. Or, when a character is 20 and his mother dead since 20 years you cannot lower his age either because he cannot be born after the year his mother had died.

Another problem could be that you want to reduce the age of a character placed on the map to below 16. In this case you would need to remove him from the map and make him a child by character_record.

Names are defined by the files descr_names, descr_names_lookup (folder data) and names (folder text). Check if the name is legal for this faction in descr_names, if not you need to add it. Please check the tutorial section for a how-to: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=273

[dLakne53]

Thanks for the help on the ages.

On the character names. I tried to use this tutorial http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=85474 But I was unable to locate the folders descr_names.txt, names.txt.bin, descr_names_lookup.txt.

I had previously downloaded the stainless steel 6.0 mod and it had held these folders when the other mods and games did not ( e.g the retrofit and the kngdoms expansion). After removing the stainless steel mod these folders seem to have disappeared but the game still works fine. Can you help me locate them or tell me another way to mod names other than the way mentioned in this tutorial.

[konny]

But I was unable to locate the folders descr_names.txt, descr_names_lookup.txt.

...../data

names.txt.bin,

...../data/text

[dLakne53]

I am probably sounding like a complete idiot but i cannot find them in either of those locations.

I might be looking in the wrong place though.
I tried to find descr_names.txt, descr_names_lookup.txt by looking in C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\retrofit\data but it wasn't there.

While i was looking for names.txt.bin in C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\retrofit\data\text but it also wasn't there

[konny]

ah, I see: You need to unpack your files (check the tutorial section again)