Time scale.

[Wolfrum]

Hey just wanted to say that I absolutely love this mod and since I've installed it I don't even think I will be going back to the original game.

Thing is with my original game, I edited the game files so that instead of 300/400 turns or whatever it is, I'd have about 4000 just because I like to keep it going for as long as I feel like.

What I'm wondering if there is anyway to do this with this mod, just a simple change. I tried to look but in fear of screwing something up I decided to post on here for a more definitive answer.

[ElvenKind]

You can add 12 turns per year script and have around 1200 turns..

Open your M2TW\ mods\ Third_Age_3\ data\ world\ maps\ campaign\ imperial_campaign and first make a backup of these two files:
campaign_script .txt and descr_strat .txt.

Now open campaign_script .txt file, and scroll down to Aging & Season script, ccopy \ paste this code:

declare_counter month
set_counter month 1 ;set to January

monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal ; set the season for each month
	if I_CompareCounter month == 1 ;January
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 2 ;February
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 3 ;March
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 4 ;April
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 5 ;May
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 6 ;June
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 7 ;July
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 8 ;August
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 9 ;September
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 10 ;October
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 11 ;November
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	
	if I_CompareCounter month == 12 ;December
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	
	inc_counter month 1 ;advance the month
	if I_CompareCounter month == 13 ;start a new year
		set_counter month 1
	end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType slave
	and I_CompareCounter month < 12
	console_command season summer
end_monitor

And put it over the same one which is there, so that it looks like this:

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And then open descr_strat .txt file, and change the start date to winter, and timescale to 0.0835, so that it look like this:

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Save and exit.

Delete map.rwm file found in M2TW\ mods\ Third_Age_3\ data\ world\ maps\ base folder and start a new game.

[knight of meh]

can't he just change the end date in descr_strat .txt or is that stupid...

[SandraDevilGirl]

I was thinking the same thing.

[ElvenKind]

can't he just change the end date in descr_strat .txt or is that stupid...

I was thinking the same thing.

Of course he can do that too
I just don`t know is there some specific end date for game engine, but it can be done that way, just add any year you want in descr_strat .txt file ( for example, instead of 3080, you can put 4080 to have 4000 turns ).

After you have made changes, delete map.rwm file found in M2TW\ mods\ Third_Age_3\ data\ world\ maps\ base folder and start a new game.

[Wolfrum]

Thanks for the replies guys, but atm I'm having some troubles installing the mod itself but will def try both ways to see what works best after I've figured it all out.