Who Wants More Than 20 Controllable Units In Their Armies?

[NinjaSquirrel]

I've been playing some M2TW custom battles over the last few days and I've been disappointed with the fact that we are only allowed 20 units in our armies. I thought 20 was the limit a decade ago. It is 2012, machines are powerful enough these days to allow 40 or MORE units in our armies. Why is there no mod for this yet?

Does anyone else want to control 40 or 50 units in custom AND campaign battles? There has to be a way to make such a thing a reality. It is 2012! Anyways, that is it for my rant. I'm interested in seeing what you all think about this.

[Emperor of Hell]

It is NOT possible. If it would be possible, there would already be a mod

[NinjaSquirrel]

It is NOT possible. If it would be possible, there would already be a mod

It's possible on Napoleon: Total War

[Toho]

it is possible but it would require people very savvy about the M2TW engine to break it apart and reconfigure it as they want. this is illegal btw and if CA found out they would crush it with a mountain sized hammer.

[Emperor of Hell]

That's a different engine .

[NinjaSquirrel]

Yeah, I was just reading that M2TW is hardcoded I wonder if you can use a trainer to find and alter the values that restrict the unit count.

[lolIsuck]

Every game has hardcoded limits, they are just different. And like said, altering the amount of units you can get in one stack is illegal and will probably get you banned from the forum.

[NinjaSquirrel]

That is retarded. Killing someone is illegal. Robbing a bank is illegal. Having 21 units is illegal? LMAO! I understand... Maybe I'll just install the game on my laptop and play a Lan game and just control both machines.

[lolIsuck]

Because the game is owned by CA and they put effort and money in it, we need permission from CA to mod the engine (or at least to share it, you can do whatever you want yourself) and your not gonna get that.

[NinjaSquirrel]

I just want to recreate the Battle of Agincourt Maybe I'll find a Medieval units mod for Napoleon: Total War.

[Emperor of Hell]

Because the game is owned by CA and they put effort and money in it, we need permission from CA to mod the engine (or at least to share it, you can do whatever you want yourself) and your not gonna get that.

It's not even legal for yourself. You've accepted that you would not touch the engine when installing the game (remeber that huge amount of text that everyone ignores ). Of course they'll never find out, but it's not legal .

[absinthia]

It is 2012!

you do realize that it does not matter what year it is now when the game was made ages ago...?!

[lolIsuck]

I never said it was legal but he could if he wanted break up the entire engine. As long as he doesn't share it or posts pics of it here there's nothing we can do.

[Col. Tartleton]

Edit: Nevermind. Apparently all you are paying for is the right to use it under their terms...

So how is modding legal at all?

[lolIsuck]

Here you go:

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[King William the Conqueror]

Here you go:

wait. So how are we aloud to mod at all?

[Chevalier IX]

wait. So how are we aloud to mod at all?

There is a reason that ca does not inform or comment on our modifications in am official capacity,as this is indeed a soft breech of the terms of service when the game is altered and redistributed wether there is financial gain or not.the only time a dev supports alterations is when it is done using tools provided by them in an official capacity.as it stands the most valuable tools around are the ones made by users.thus cas inability to advise as to how certain things can be achieved

[The Despondent Mind]

21 unit ? The mere mentioning of it is madness . It's the key to the ultimate power that's why CA won't allow it to anyone ...


Just talking about it makes our lifes in danger

[Savoyard]

It's distributing the modified .exe that is illegal (It's essentially the game). Playing with it yourself can't be enforced.

[King William the Conqueror]

okay.