Could someone point me to the direction on how to tweak this mod?

**User29** · February 23, 2015, 08:08 PM

Don't get me wrong, I love like 99% of the mod, I just really don't like that from Gaul to Galatia there is a united Celtic culture and yet weirdly Britain stands out as... British? It jusk irks me, and I would like to change it back to Celtic, any advice would be welcome in this regard

**Stonebonez** · February 24, 2015, 01:30 PM

I don't believe there's an easy answer to what you seek. My advice is that you visit the modding forums and make use of some of the tutorials they have there, especially concerning the use of PackFileManager. You have to start from the ground up I'm afraid, but it doesn't take long to understand the basics. After that you can create a submod and try experimental changes. Good luck.

**FlashHeart07** · February 24, 2015, 02:07 PM

I could when and if I get the time try and take a look at it. My best advice would be to just open up the mod with the PackFileManager and look at the different tables.
But I dont know how easy it is to change the culture since each culture also got subcultures and the reforms are also tied to these I believe.

**geala** · February 25, 2015, 03:54 AM

I did not find yet a tutorial how to change cultures, just Dresden's tutorial about changing startpos.esf, but I does not contain cultures. It's here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...e-Assembly-Kit Maybe some other can give better advice.

BTW I would not change British culture to Celtic. The material culture on the British isles differed considerably from that of Celtic continental tribes, especially La Tene culture. Never played a British faction, would be extraordinary if they had a special culture.

**User29** · February 25, 2015, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by geala

I did not find yet a tutorial how to change cultures, just Dresden's tutorial about changing startpos.esf, but I does not contain cultures. It's here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...e-Assembly-Kit Maybe some other can give better advice.

BTW I would not change British culture to Celtic. The material culture on the British isles differed considerably from that of Celtic continental tribes, especially La Tene culture. Never played a British faction, would be extraordinary if they had a special culture.

Honestly I just can't stand the thought of spreading British culture on the mainland. If it wasn't called British I might be able to get over it.

**Augustusng** · February 25, 2015, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by User29

Honestly I just can't stand the thought of spreading British culture on the mainland. If it wasn't called British I might be able to get over it.

Would Britannic be better, or what?

**User29** · February 25, 2015, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Augustusng

Would Britannic be better, or what?

Not to me, it's just not a culture. I understand that they aren't purely celtic due to the picts(the jury is still out on them) but they aren't more distinct from celts as the nervii are from galatia.

**geala** · February 26, 2015, 07:37 AM

As it is in my opinion the best theory that the Picts spoke a Celtic language and were just one of the descendants of the old Caledonian population, I would not concur with you. Having a Celtic language however (and the Britons/Welsh, Irish, Scotish at least later had a Celtic language, so I find the sometimes hot debate wether they were Celts or not a bit moot) does not mean having a common "Celtic" material or political culture. As early as the 3rd c. BC a more or less British culture is not per se nonsense, as it differed much from the Celts on the continent. I see your problem. But instead of eliminating a "British culture" we should at most invent more additional Celtic cultures.

**User29** · February 26, 2015, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by geala

As it is in my opinion the best theory that the Picts spoke a Celtic language and were just one of the descendants of the old Caledonian population, I would not concur with you. Having a Celtic language however (and the Britons/Welsh, Irish, Scotish at least later had a Celtic language, so I find the sometimes hot debate wether they were Celts or not a bit moot) does not mean having a common "Celtic" material or political culture. As early as the 3rd c. BC a more or less British culture is not per se nonsense, as it differed much from the Celts on the continent. I see your problem. But instead of eliminating a "British culture" we should at most invent more additional Celtic cultures.

I actually never said British culture was nonsense... not a single time.

Not totally against more divisions culturally, it's weird that Galatia is Celtic, and the Nervii are Celtic, and the Boii are Celtic, but the Iceni are somehow as different from the Celts as the Germans, and that's just very not right to me.

**Augustusng** · February 26, 2015, 11:58 AM

Well, there are Gallic and Celtic subcultures (determine which factions can confederate) in the overall Celtic group, but yeah, it would be cool to at least add a Belgic culture.

**User29** · February 26, 2015, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Augustusng

Well, there are Gallic and Celtic subcultures (determine which factions can confederate) in the overall Celtic group, but yeah, it would be cool to at least add a Belgic culture.

Even that is weird to me

if you're gonna separate the british celts it would make sense to do the same with the rest of it.