Hidden Resources

**Il Ducce** · November 02, 2009, 07:08 PM

I am curious as to how to add a hidden resource to the game and how to add one to an existing region.

Any advice would be appreciated.

**Matthias the great** · November 02, 2009, 10:49 PM

hello
open the file descr_regions who is in the data\world\maps\base folder, you will find those lines :

Britannia_Inferior
Eburacum
britons
Brigantes
232 41 198
slaves, lead, dogs, pigs
5
5
Tribus_Saxones
Bordesholm
germans
Saxones
232 41 55
timber, slaves, amber, dogs, pigs
5
3

this is the file from rome TW, but i remember it is the same for MTW2 (not acces to this last at this moment).

Words in bold are the hidden ressources, and i remember that you can add, but do not delete some because it can make unhappy certain files like export_descr_building.

you can find a lot of tuto in the Mod workshop thread, in the mapping part.

here is the link :

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=275

and you can look at :

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ghlight=hidden

**Muffer Nl** · November 03, 2009, 03:45 AM

Code:

Anfalas_Province
    Anfalas (Name)
    sicily (Starting owner)
    English_Rebels (Type of rebels once rebbeled)
    232 41 198 (Probably some coördinate stuff. Don't mess with this)
    coast, not_forest, sicily, arable (The resources)
    5 (dunno)
    1 (dunno)
    religions { catholic 5 orthodox 5 islam 0 northmen 5 heretic 0 numenorian 85 } (Hard one ain't it :P)
Belfalas_Province
    Belfalas
    sicily
    English_Rebels
    203 202 201
    coast, amroth, not_forest, sicily, arable
    5
    3
    religions { catholic 7 orthodox 3 islam 0 northmen 5 heretic 5 numenorian 80 }
Anorien_Province
    Anorien
    sicily
    English_Rebels
    173 172 171
    multi, not_forest, westroad, sicily, arable, crusade
    5
    3
    religions { catholic 7 orthodox 5 islam 3 northmen 5 heretic 0 numenorian 80 }

These are the first three regions in the [your drive]/program files/SEGA/Medival II Total War/mod/Thrd_Age/data/world/maps/base/descr_regions.txt file.

**Beregond** · November 03, 2009, 04:12 AM

so it should be possible to set the cost of these resources...but where?

**Muffer Nl** · November 03, 2009, 05:06 AM

These are in fact hidden resources. They do not have a price but it's mroe like this:
This building/unit requires this region to have this hidden resource. For example some regions in Harad have the hidden resource Mumak which enables you to train them. The hidden resource coast enables the harbor buidlings etc, etc.

**Il Ducce** · November 03, 2009, 09:11 AM

So, I've tried messing with these files, and when I start a new campaign, I still can't recruit AOR units in those provinces. What might cause this?

also, +rep to Matthias and Muffer

**Muffer Nl** · November 03, 2009, 09:39 AM

Then I have no clue...
This might help:
http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Descr_regions.txt

**Killerbee** · November 03, 2009, 10:02 AM

*Sigh* You also need to add the hidden resources in EDB at the top, and there add it at the end of a unit's line (the unit you want to have AOR) :

..... and hidden_resource 'your resource'

1 (dunno)

This is city growth and wealth stuff. Like in RTW, the cities in Greece had a high number here(and the Egyptian ones too, i think you remember Alexandria having about 9% grwoth sometimes ?), while "barbarian" and desert settlements had a low number here.

**Il Ducce** · November 03, 2009, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Mr.Blackadder

*Sigh* You also need to add the hidden resources in EDB at the top, and there add it at the end of a unit's line (the unit you want to have AOR)

I am using a pre-existing hidden resource. Do you have any idea what would make it not work if I added it to the descr_regions file?

**NSFW** · November 03, 2009, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by Il Ducce

I am using a pre-existing hidden resource. Do you have any idea what would make it not work if I added it to the descr_regions file?

Might be easier to help if you tell us what it is you're trying to do, & maybe show us the changes you've made to the file in CODE tags?

**Il Ducce** · November 03, 2009, 01:55 PM

I re-added KK's Gondor Militia units from 1.0 back into 1.3 (running the expanded map mod). I recast them as men-at-arms for Dol Amroth, but I wanted to be able to recruit them in Tarnost and Edhellond as well. So I added the hidden_resource amroth in the file C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\data\world\maps\base

Code:

Tarnost_Province
    Tarnost
    sicily
    English_Rebels
    200 100 200
    coast, amroth
    5
    5
    religions { catholic 12 orthodox 5 islam 3 northmen 5 heretic 5 numenorian 70 }

Edhellond_Province
    Edhellond
    sicily
    English_Rebels
    203 178 26
    amroth, coast
    5
    5
    religions { catholic 7 orthodox 3 islam 0 northmen 5 heretic 5 numenorian 80 }

Thanks for the help!

**Il Ducce** · November 03, 2009, 07:41 PM

recruit_pool "amroth men at arms" 1 0.34 4 0 requires factions { sicily, } and hidden_resource amroth

That's pretty much how they look.

**Killerbee** · November 04, 2009, 05:46 AM

That should be correct. Did you also put them at the top of the file ?

**Il Ducce** · November 04, 2009, 11:51 AM

If you mean the EDB, then yes, that hidden resource is pre-existing. And this does work in game, but only in Dol Amroth, which is the only settlement which had this hidden resource to begin with. My problem is I would like to add this to other settlements and the units aren't turning up in those settlements despite having added amroth to their entries in the descr_regions file.

Again, thank you for your response.

**Killerbee** · November 04, 2009, 01:04 PM

delete map.rwm ?

**Muffer Nl** · November 04, 2009, 02:14 PM

Yeah probably a temp that is. Didn't think of that.
Great job Theoden...

**Il Ducce** · November 04, 2009, 04:34 PM

Worked like a charm! Thanks everyone for all your help!

Follow up: is it possible to exclude certain regions from recruitment, such as not being able to recruit Gondor militia in one or two provinces while being able to in all others normally?

**Matthias the great** · November 04, 2009, 11:57 PM

create a hidden ressource that can be found in lot of settlements but not where you don't want. you can put everywhere this hidden ressource for example called militia, except where special units are recruitable.

**Killerbee** · November 05, 2009, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by Matthias the great

create a hidden ressource that can be found in lot of settlements but not where you don't want. you can put everywhere this hidden ressource for example called militia, except where special units are recruitable.

Or add a hidden resource to those 2 regions, and then add the following at gondor_militia :

and not hidden_resource 'resource'

just a bit more practical