Creating buildings in-game

[Deathkorpsman]

Hey RTR folks,

I posted a thread previously about certain towns not being able to advance their government tree past Occupation, but it sounds like I might just have a bad install or a glitch or something. Is there a console command for adding buildings in an ongoing campaign? I am going to have serious issues with those two towns if I'm not able to put in the new government structures. The game was well advanced by the time I noticed the issue and I don't really have a save game near when I conquered them.

The vanilla create_building command doesn't seem to work, or I'm doing it wrong, so if that is the method of adding a building could someone put up the code for adding a Hegemony I or Kleroi to Carthage? Thanks much!

DKM

[Hannibal Baca]

If you are using win7 than consloe wont work.
Tutorial i found on TWC Support forums.

first, you go to the map "data".
now go to the map "text".
use a standard text editor (like notepad/word etc.) to open "descr_shortcuts"
go down until u see "misc." (at the start of the line)
there should be a line with "show_console" here, and it says "hidden" behind it.
remove "hidden" and save the file

start Rome: Total War, go to controls and press reset to default
there should now be a line "show debug console" in the list of misc. controls
set whatever key u like to it, press the key during the game, and there you go, a nice console"

[Deathkorpsman]

I'm fairly certain mine still works, despite using Win7, because I've used other cheat commands successfully. Create_unit was one I used when I didn't receive my Spartan units at the correct time. Some of the commands don't work like they did in vanilla though, so I was wondering if anyone knows of an updated command for create_building.

[Hannibal Baca]

RTRVII uses BI engine so this cheats shoud work.
http://www.cheatcc.com/pc/rome_total...ats_codes.html

[Deathkorpsman]

That's the site I got the original code I was trying to use from. If someone knows how to make the create_building code work in RTR can you please put up an example? I don't use codes often, so the format often throws me.

[Hannibal Baca]

Those are BI cheats they shoud work on BI .
Maybe win7 wont support cheats you need to enable them.
I tried to build base_reforms it didn't work activate console by tutorial and try again .

[Maurits]

Do you realise that you will probably need to use the building's internal name to successfully spawn it?

[Deathkorpsman]

That's kinda what I thought. Any ideas what the proper name would be and whether any special symbols like quotes or under-scores are necessary? For Kleroi, as an example, I tried both the in-game name and epirote_govt_7. Neither worked. I'm also wondering if there is more to the command than just create_building. Do I need to be in a city's building browser in order for it to work? How does the game know which town to put the building in?

[Hannibal Baca]

What is inter game name for base_reforms ?

[Maurits]

Today, I tried some commands like add_population and process_cq. I got neither of them working. It seems like in RTR, only basic commands like 'auto_win' or 'toggle_fow' work. Of course, I'm a noob when it comes to cheating, so maybe it's just me doing something wrong.

[Caligula Caesar]

I've definitely used process_cq. I think, but am not 100% sure, that it uses the name that you see rather than the internal name for settlements. It might be the other way round, though. The internal names can be found in text/b_i_regions_and_settlements_...

I can't remember for sure on the other two, but I know that a lot of the so-called cheats don't actually work, and have to be put into the script. This can actually be done quite easily. Just add something along these lines to data/scripts/show_me/background_script:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType [internal faction name]
and FactionIsLocal
console_command ["cheat"]
end_monitor

Then activate the script, hit end turn, and the desired effect should happen at the start of the next turn. Don't forget to remove it afterwards, or it will trigger again and again

[Deathkorpsman]

I've definitely used process_cq. I think, but am not 100% sure, that it uses the name that you see rather than the internal name for settlements. It might be the other way round, though. The internal names can be found in text/b_i_regions_and_settlements_...

I can't remember for sure on the other two, but I know that a lot of the so-called cheats don't actually work, and have to be put into the script. This can actually be done quite easily. Just add something along these lines to data/scripts/show_me/background_script:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType [internal faction name]
and FactionIsLocal
console_command ["cheat"]
end_monitor

Then activate the script, hit end turn, and the desired effect should happen at the start of the next turn. Don't forget to remove it afterwards, or it will trigger again and again

Can you throw in an example of what it would look like for the Epirotes to add a Hegemony I to Carthage? All that other stuff is pretty complex for me. But being able to put those buildings in there would let me continue my campaign. I'm starting to come up against the unrest wall.

[Caligula Caesar]

Try this:

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName QART~HADAST
console_command create_building Qart_Hadast epirote_govt_8
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

Simply put it after "; 1.0 Misc ;" in the script file. Oh, and I can't recall what Carthage is known as in the last patch. If it isn't Qart Hadast, then find it in text/barbarian_invasion_regions_..._..._... and replace the settlement names in the script with the names there (the one in the { } will be the one you replace Qart_Hadast with, and the capitalised one QART~HADAST).

[Deathkorpsman]

Try this:

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName QART~HADAST
console_command create_building Qart_Hadast epirote_govt_8
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

Simply put it after "; 1.0 Misc ;" in the script file. Oh, and I can't recall what Carthage is known as in the last patch. If it isn't Qart Hadast, then find it in text/barbarian_invasion_regions_..._..._... and replace the settlement names in the script with the names there (the one in the { } will be the one you replace Qart_Hadast with, and the capitalised one QART~HADAST).

Thank you thank you thank you thank you CC. This worked perfectly, as advertised. The names for Carthage were different, as you suspected, being Carthage and CARTHAGO instead of Qart Hadast, but otherwise your fix worked flawlessly. The integration is a bit weird, as I had to exit all the way back out of the game and reload to make the game "see" the new building and adjust settlement unrest accordingly, but otherwise it is perfect. All the units are there, unrest seems to be right, it's all good!

Even after building Hegemony I, I don't see the tree in Carthage's building browser. This doesn't particularly surprise me, being a forced build, but something I noticed. I'll have to use this strategy a bit down the road to put in a Hegemony II, but now that I know what to do it will be easy. It also didn't overwrite the Occupation that was already there, but demolishing the occupation and reloading the game reset the settlement to using the Hegemony.

Again, many thanks CC!!! ++++rep

This would have been a severe annoyance if it wasn't fixable. I'm glad there was an option!

- DKM

[Hannibal Baca]

Caligula choud you do it whit base reforms building for Achean Leuage ?

[Caligula Caesar]

Try this

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName AIGION
console_command create_building Aigion base_reform
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

(and don't forget to remove it afterwards - the building browser would look very strange with 30 reform buildings in it )

[Hannibal Baca]

Thanks @Caligula Caesar ,now i can trigger all reforms that are not working.
+Rep
Edit:
It is working just fine,i posted a picture under the spoiler as prof.

The Prof

Off Thread:
Is RTR VII going to put all non map and txt files in pack ?
It will increse speed and reduce lags on multicore PC-s.

[Caligula Caesar]

Pleasure to be of help

I've never been able to master the art of packing and unpacking, so I can't say whether we'll do it It would make the download bigger, though.

[Hannibal Baca]

You chould just include packing tool whit explanation.

[Caligula Caesar]

Since I can't work out the explanation myself, I am not sure that would help