MEDIA MANAGER HELP

[Hernando_Cortes]

i downloaded media manager several times and it wont load up when i click on the shortcut on the desktop. it says "medieval 2 total war manager has stopped working. a problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. windows will notify you if a solution is available." AND IT WONT LOAD. i looked for other links in google besides this website but couldn't find any. does anyone know where i could find another link or what is wrong with my computer? thanks for your help.

[Gigantus]

What does the program do (designed for)? Please provide a link.

[Hernando_Cortes]

ok, i found another way to mod through alpaca's folder. however it only works in the test run. when i copy and paste the export_descr_unit file back into the regular data folder, everything plays as it always does as if i havent modded anything. (i made tlaxcalan mercenaries available for spain)

so, how do i make the game read the mods i made?

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=76099 theres the link. if it doesnt work, just search MOD FOLDER INSTALLER

[Gigantus]

Try my "Bare Kingdoms" tutorial\installer. Does the same thing. If you use only the medieval2.exe intead of the kingdoms.exe, the you have to delete the mods\bare_kingdoms\data\sounds\event files and replace them with the files from the med2\data\sounds folder.

[Hernando_Cortes]

i tried it and it worked pretty well, but it didn't work when i copied it into the regular folder. i guess it would be alright just playing it through your test run file. but do you know where i can find the script for spanish dragoons, new world bodyguard, and crossbowmen to put them in the test file? the main goal here is to be able to use these in cinematic editor on custom battles. is there a way to edit the kingdoms script? because i cant find the export_descr_unit in the kingdoms folder. the main thing I want to do is just make tlaxcalan mercenaries and tlaxcalan archers available in custom battles on kingdoms. that should be pretty simple. i was gonna use cinematic editor and all to make some battle movies.

[Gigantus]

You need to unpack the campaign and then in EDU add the faction name in the ownership line.

[Hernando_Cortes]

yea, i did that for the vanilla, but it didn't work (it works, but the units don't change). i unpacked everything. when i start the game through clicking your exe file, the units do change and work. so, I'm not sure why. but i will just try to do what you said for kingdoms. if i can accomplish that, i wont care about vanilla.

btw how do i unpack americas. i cant find where to edit expansion factions. thanks.

and how do i create a batch file out of nowhere. i skipped that step because i couldn't figure out how. thanks again.

[Hernando_Cortes]

GOOD NEW! GOT THE VANILLA TO WORK! just needed to make the batch file lol.

I still want to figure out how to unpack americas and mod it though.

thanks for all of your help.

[Gigantus]

Let's back pedal a little bit:
1. what do you want to achieve?
2. have you got kingdoms installed?

[Hernando_Cortes]

i want to mod americas since i only want a couple of tlaxcalan units available to spain. and yes, i have kingdoms installed all the way up to 1.5

[Gigantus]

If you have kingdoms installed, then you should have a batch file in the tools\unpacker folder named: unpack_americas
Using (double clicking\running) this file will unpack the campaign into it's mod folder.

Please read the ReadMe file in the unpacker folder about deleting the geography files.

[Hernando_Cortes]

sega>medieval2>tools>unpacker

thats where i went and it wasn't there. i also looked through the mods/americas file and couldn't find it.

[Gigantus]

For changes to show up in your modifications, you will have to create a batch file and a configuration file that will be placed in the mods\americas directory. to make you r life easier, I have made those files for you, all you have to do is to unpack the two files into your mods\americas folder and create a desktop short to the "executive" file.

Edit: unpack the unpack_americas file into the unpacker folder and run it.

[Hernando_Cortes]

thanks a lot. downloading.....

[Hernando_Cortes]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! IT WORKED! i don't know why i didn't have those files, but i have them now and they definitely work. thank you.

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service