Technical Q&A

[Sacrebleu!]

Questions about startpos ESF:

1. Am I looking at the right place to link specific factions to a designated culture?? (I can't seem to find it)


2. Am I suppose to create 5 more cultures below?


The aim is to identify the problem below. I think some entries (PFM or ESF I'm not sure) are incorrect which meant the link between new cultural portraits and the randomly generated generals are broken.



I believe the game has already separated all 5 playable factions into unique cultural groups, so it's a matter of solving the broken link...

...please do correct me if I'm wrong though.

[Sacrebleu!]

while searching for a solution, I stumbled upon this part in data.pack that has something to do with culture / subculture settings but is uneditable in PFM. Just putting it out there: I don't know if it's linked to the bug.

[Sacrebleu!]

1. Am I looking at the right place to link specific factions to a designated culture?? (I can't seem to find it)

Looking around I have reasons to believe CULTURE_UNIT_CLASS_MAPPING is what's causing the bug below. Steph do you know what's the function of CULTURE_UNIT_CLASS_MAPPING ?

[Sacrebleu!]

btw I've looked all over startpos for any entries that shows culture, but only REGION_MANAGER \ REGIONS_ARRAY have those entries!?

[Steph]

Looking around I have reasons to believe CULTURE_UNIT_CLASS_MAPPING is what's causing the bug below. Steph do you know what's the function of CULTURE_UNIT_CLASS_MAPPING ?

I don't think I used it so far. Or if I did, I forgot about it.

[Steph]

This thread is for technical exchanges: if you want to ask me how I did something, or propose way to add new things to the game, this is the place to discuss it.

[Sacrebleu!]

I looked again, your MoE startpos did not touch CULTURE_UNIT_CLASS_MAPPING. When I used your MoE startpos for testing I noticed the same bug is also there.... no offense but I think you haven't solve this bug, or if you have you just didn't upload your latest startpos yet.

So the big question is; did you really succeeded in creating unique recruitment pools for each faction? If so do you have some screenshots?

[Steph]

I honestly don't remember. I'm sure I got culture specific portrait in the recruitment pool, but I cannot guarantee I get the portrait rights in game.
I don't have the time at the moment, but in July I'll probably make a small pass on the campaign to update it a little:
- Check the culture specific portraits are working, and fix the issues if I can.
- Update the starting units to be sure that they use MoE units (but I won't change the number of units)
- Maybe fix the script for uniform evolution.

It will still be far from finished, but it will be a little more playable.

[Switz]

Install help: I just installed and played a custom battle with no problems. Then I decided to start a campaign, but every time and for every faction once the campaign loaded, the entire main screen is black. The only thing you can see is the placeholders for the UI. Any quick guesses on what I forgot to install. I installed all the main files (blue) and then overwrote everything that was yellow and orange. This is a fresh install.

[maks]

Hi swizz, same issue here......i have mine put in the bug report section! Very strange isnt it?

Maybe a missing file somewhere?

[Steph]

Hi, there was an error in the user script, preventing it from being correctly loaded and it creates the black screen issue.
I have corrected it, expect an upload today.

[biasedplatypus7]

Hey, I have downloaded the 4 Core files and some of the extra files however the names for the units do not show up. For Example, when I go to the unit selection screen for Great Britain all of the units only say their unit type (Grenadier, Line Inf, Skirmisher, Lancer Cav, etc.) Is there a file that I need to download to get the names or is it just a bug?

[Steph]

You need to download the core files, and everything with yellow/orange background.
The names are in the "localisation file", but be careful, there can be only one. So if you have another mod which also provide a localisation file, they will conflict.

[gary]

where is the don load link mate all i see is a graph? Ive just re-installed NTW so i want this mod as i already have ACW running. thanks. great work btw.

[Steph]

There is a sticky "Download and installation", with a BIG download link...

[gary]

There is a sticky "Download and installation", with a BIG download link...

I see Steph, my bad four down loads.... Do i need to down load the campaign part of this mod separate or is it contained in the 4 part at the top of the list? Thanks for the prompt reply.

ah its ok ive seen and read, so the cam maps and the cam or at the bottom. thanks

[biasedplatypus7]

Ok Steph, I do have another mod and that is probably the problem, Thanks for the help.

[Steph]

Then you could fix it by merging the two files. Copying for exemple all the lines containing "MoE" from my localisation file into the other one

[gary]

is it possible to put all te files in to a sub-folder in data, to run MOE. something like, C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Napoleon Total War\data\MOE
I rum ACW mod through a sub-folder just wondering if it is possible?

[Steph]

I don't know, I used a sub folder only for the campaign.