Add an era

**cquentin48** · February 16, 2012, 02:34 PM

Hi everyone,

I'm making a mod (a century of war) and I need more than 3 period than this game gives us!
Can someone tells me how if we have discoverded to change the number and add more.
Sorry if this question is already in this forum and sorry again for the mistakes (I'm a french guy)
Thanks already,

cquentin48

Edit : nice to meet you, you are from where?

**Taraphir** · February 16, 2012, 03:26 PM

I would also like to know if this is possible and would like to join in cquentin48´s request.
Nice to see someone from France on the forum by the way.

**cquentin48** · February 24, 2012, 03:54 PM

I up for call help for this problem if someone has the solution

**Flikitos** · February 24, 2012, 05:47 PM

Three periods?? Where are the three periods that you are talking about mate?

**shokh** · February 24, 2012, 06:07 PM

Do you mean the episodes? - Road to independence?

**cquentin48** · February 25, 2012, 03:50 AM

My question was to add more than the three periods of battle (in custom battle, we have only early, middle and late). I'd like to create a period for each war in the 20th century (7 periods).
But if you have the way to have more than 5 episode of the road to independence, i'll hear you too.

**Flikitos** · February 25, 2012, 04:46 AM

If we could have three periods with vanilla we would not work on IS 2.2.1 at the time that we are talking now.

Also in custom battles with only have two periods (early and late).

I think at least we will add an other period thanks to the Bethencourt mod so as to have a Napoleonic stage and so in order to have 4 periods (early, middle, late, and ultimate). Also so as to add a an era you need to create new units, new technologies, new buildings, a huge work.

**cquentin48** · February 25, 2012, 09:31 AM

Yes it's my goal to add it, i think it will better because i'm trying to make a mod about the 20th century and i need at least 5 periods for custom battle (Pre WWI, WWI, between wwi and wwii, wwii, and the cold war)

**Taraphir** · February 25, 2012, 09:45 AM

Just one question:

Is it possible to add more than the two already present eras (early and late) into Empire Total War?

**cquentin48** · February 25, 2012, 02:46 PM

I'd to know too. I think it's possible because in napoleon total war there is 3 eras

**Flikitos** · February 25, 2012, 03:20 PM

It is possible to have three periods, we are working on that with the IS team.

**cquentin48** · February 26, 2012, 02:54 AM

how do you add a period?

**cquentin48** · February 29, 2012, 06:10 AM

i add up again in order to resolve this problem

**Flikitos** · February 29, 2012, 09:00 AM

You can not add 5 periods, it is hardcoded, but you can unlock the third one (however I do not know how to do it yet).

**Taraphir** · February 29, 2012, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Flikitos

You can not add 5 periods, it is hardcoded, but you can unlock the third one (however I do not know how to do it yet).

Can this be done with tools like Pack File Manager or do you have to right a lua script?
Just to get it right is three or even four the maximum of possible eras?