How do I mod TFT?

[Blokhoofd67]

Hello everybody,

After playing TFT for a while, I found I wanted to change some of the units' stats, two HP's is too much for me. So I unpacked the TFT_Caesar file in a separate folder, found the EDU and changed some stats. The problem is, how do I ''pack'' it again, so the game will read my unit stats instead of the TFT defaults?
Any help would be appreciated.

[Publius]

As a general rule, here is a way around your problem without having to repack. When you unpack, make sure that ALL of the unpacked files go into the proper directories in the data folder. Then delete the pak files you just unpacked (make a backup!). Now in the folder where your pack used to be, make a blank txt file and give it the same name as the pak file you just deleted (include ".pak" at the end). Then whatever changes you make should (again, as a general rule) show up in game

[Stuie]

The files are not "pak'd" in that sense, Publius. They are just loaded directly from an .exe file every time you start the game.

To mod them:

1. Right click on the TFT_Caesar.exe (or whichever you wish to mod) and select "Open with WinRAR".
2. Navigate to the file(s) you want to mod and make the changes.
3. Save the file and say "Yes" to updating the archive.
4. Close WinRAR.

Now when you launch the game it will use your modded files instead of the excellent files I originally provided.

[DaVinci]

I second this what Stuie said above the excellent files . If 2HP AI seems to be a bit too hard, then just try for the battle difficulty one step below than you usually play (and perhaps also for the campaign difficulty). And then just increase the (battle-)difficulty successive to your battle-tactic experiences with the time.

[Blokhoofd67]

Thanks alot Stuie. It works now.

To Da Vinci: that would mean playing at Medium Campaign difficulty. And no matter the difficulty level, the AI will always have 2 hp's. And I just can't stand it when my legionaries are getting cut to pieces by a unit that is supposed to be exactly simular. Or a unit that is supposed to be a lot weaker. 2 HP skirmisher warband, wtf? They kill my legionaries!

[DaVinci]

Thanks alot Stuie. It works now.

To Da Vinci: that would mean playing at Medium Campaign difficulty. And no matter the difficulty level, the AI will always have 2 hp's. And I just can't stand it when my legionaries are getting cut to pieces by a unit that is supposed to be exactly simular. Or a unit that is supposed to be a lot weaker. 2 HP skirmisher warband, wtf? They kill my legionaries!

Hmm, the recommended difficulty is actually M campaign and VH battle for TFT. Personally, i never lost a quite "fair" battle in TFT. If you make all AI units only 1 HP, then you would have to mod the edu stats anew to have not a whining weak enemy in TFT, plus without a then new edu base the special and intended battle challenge is gone.

Don't know how this comes that skirmishers can hunt down your legionaries ... i never experienced those things, if it reminds me right at least.
Perhaps, if those skirmishers are equipped with the highest possible upgrades, i can imagine this ... and then, if they come from the rear :wink: or your legionaries got already quite a lot hits.

[Sarkiss]

to be honest, i never experienced any problems with any barbarians. hardly ever lost a battle against them. unlike legionaries. remember one massive battle. two full stacks! me - Pompey against Caesar. man, that was fun! it ended up with Caesar himself charging to my flank. Pompey promptly followed to the same spot, but as you can probabably imagine he (we:tooth: ) lost.

that was one hell of a battle!

and i always play on VH.

[misplacedgeneral]

I'd agree with the 2 HP thing, I was pretty mad when half naked Gauls were cutting down equal sized units of Legionaries, or worse, my Pila would not kill more than a man.

The worst was against the Parthian Cataphracts, as Crassus.

I do hope the second TFT will have a single hit point (or perhaps optional)

[Octavius Vatco]

im just got started playing the first time. which one set to 2 HP? the gauls or everything??

[misplacedgeneral]

Any AI controlled unit has 2 HP, I do believe.

The Players troops do not have 2 HP, by the way :p

[Octavius Vatco]

you mean. theres alot of phyrric victories in this mod?? its very challenging though as long as they can be easily be put to flight when you use a very effective strategium..

[misplacedgeneral]

Tends to be difficult, I generally find that morale ties in far too much with casualties for that concept to work, unless you are able to perhaps mass charge with cavalry in the rear. But when the AI cavalry is used effectively (surprisingly often on hard levels) then your cavalry has little chance, anyhow.

[Stuie]

... as long as they can be easily be put to flight when you use a very effective strategium..

That was one of the goals of TFT - making the player actually THINK about what they were doing in battles, how they were using their various unit types. In vanilla RTW it was far too easy to just smash into the enemy line with whatever and win.

[Turk]

You should take a look here:http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local_links.php?catid=80
İ hope there is what you are looking for

[Octavius Vatco]

thanks turk...is there no certain thread that leads to how you can make an event?? like a character dies in certain date??

[Turk]

oh there is one,if not i can post you what the command line for it is

but i have no time atm i will post you links etc later

[Octavius Vatco]

fine with me. thanks for info turk?? im ok to wait..

[Salvor Hardin]

This is the code that you should insert in the script:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType romans_julii
and I_TurnNumber = 20

console_command kill_character "Gnaeus Pompeius"

terminate_monitor
end_monitor

Just make sure to check that the name of the character is the one from the descr_strat file.

[Octavius Vatco]

Thnks Salvor.. this code is for the 4tpy right?? is there any connected txt i also need to edit for this code to work??

[Salvor Hardin]

Not really. Although if I remember correctly the 4TPY file is different for each campaign and is compressed in the corresponding zip/exe file.