Editing unit stats & game crashing. help please :) & free kingdoms game.

[silvan27]

I have looked extensively into editing unit stats on TATW and other total wars to see if they can help. I have made copies etc (I'm not stupid). When it comes to altering unit stats in the "export_descr_unit" file and putting the file back into data it crashes and quits as soon as I start loading the game. Even something as simple as opening "export_descr_unit", saving it, and then putting it back without any changes whatsoever causes it to crash. This makes me think that its some how protected as it detects that I have opened the file. I have deleted the decr_geography files x2. And also changed it from read only in properties. Any ideas. Thanks. Also I'm using Divide & Conquer mod.

And I've got a spare copy of Medieval total war 2 gold including kingdoms expansion if anyone wants it

[silvan27]

p.s. I keep checking and the game runs fine until I open the file and then put it back, no other problems.

[ElvenKind]

p.s. I keep checking and the game runs fine until I open the file and then put it back, no other problems.

Did you perhaps delete both descr_geography_new files? DaC submod needs these files AFAIK.

Also, open your TATW CFG.file ( with Notepad++ ), which is
in ..\M2TW\mods\Folder where DaC is installed, and check do you have this text:

[io]
file_first = true

If you don't have it, add it. Delete map.rwm file and try again.

[alreadyded]

I have looked extensively into editing unit stats on TATW and other total wars to see if they can help. I have made copies etc (I'm not stupid). When it comes to altering unit stats in the "export_descr_unit" file and putting the file back into data it crashes and quits as soon as I start loading the game. Even something as simple as opening "export_descr_unit", saving it, and then putting it back without any changes whatsoever causes it to crash. This makes me think that its some how protected as it detects that I have opened the file. I have deleted the decr_geography files x2. And also changed it from read only in properties. Any ideas. Thanks. Also I'm using Divide & Conquer mod.

And I've got a spare copy of Medieval total war 2 gold including kingdoms expansion if anyone wants it

p.s. I keep checking and the game runs fine until I open the file and then put it back, no other problems.

I have had this happen to me a few times in my modding adventures, the file itself may be corrupt (or the game engine thinks it is). Try copying the contents into a new text file and saving it with the same name. That worked for me a few times. So did simply restarting my PC on a few occasions oddly enough so it might have something to do with windows and the game, I am not sure what causes the problem.

[Infidel144]

Are you using notepad++ to edit the file?
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
If not that may be the source of your problem.

[silvan27]

Yes I am, It just doesn't make sense at all. If I can't even save it and put it back with no changes then I must need to alter something to allow me to I guess. Thanks for the reply

[Ngugi]

Do you have Windows 7 or 8? Could be the Virtual Store perhaps