Using PFM to Edit Files

**apw2** · April 20, 2011, 07:31 AM

Hi,

Is it not possible to use the PFM to edit the files? Such as Unit_Tables?

I have been reading through the forums about using the HxD program, but that is beyond my understanding sadly.

I recall using the PFM in Empire: Total War to alter and then extract files, which the game would register and use. In Shogun 2, i open up the pack files, change the unit recruitment lengths to 1 turn and increase some of the squad sizes, but when i extract the file it does not register.

I have gone into all of the pack files (and the data pack), altered the files in the pack and saved it down. When i re-open any of these, they still have the same values. Larger unit sizes, 1 turn recruitments and slightly cheaper recruitment costs.

So the extracted files have been changed, the pack files have been changed. Bu when i open up the game they are still at the standard settings!

Is there a file somewhere i must alter which changes where the game gets it's information from? (i.e. It looks up from the extracted files rather than the Pack files).

HxD is beyond me - i have seen the main forum post with a brief walktrhough of how to use it, but i still don't understand the Hex values, which is why i have tried the PFM (i love the simplicity of it).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

**Condottiere SOG** · April 20, 2011, 10:55 AM

Ditto...

**Aira** · April 21, 2011, 04:09 AM

Are you altering the vanilla .pack files, or have you created a new pack with just the files you edited? If you created a new .pack, the problem is likely that you haven't set its type to movie, so it isn't automatically loading.

**apw2** · April 21, 2011, 04:33 AM

Vanilla! I didn't realise that you would have to create a whole new pack file just to alter a few little details in a text file.

Can the new pack file be gien any name? And how come it overrides the default pack files when the game is looking up data?

**roodbaard67** · April 21, 2011, 12:09 PM

I do have the same problem and did each already read the same thing somewhere as Aira said but how can you then set its type to movie?

EDIT: Did already found it right mouse click on the pack change pack type and then movie