M2TW Config File How To's

[Cyrene]

2 Simple questions...
1- Do I put these Codes Under The Codes Were Written Before I Edited it? Like These:<config>
<databases>
<skin file="/Config/Skins/Default/default.xml"/>
<localisation file="/Config/localisation/localisation.xml"/>
<news file="/Config/News/news.xml"/>
<update file="/Config/Update/update.xml"/>
<versions file="/Config/Update/version.xml"/>
2-Shall I Add < Or > To The Beginning And Ending Of The Code(s)?

[Ishan]

What? .cfg file is opened with notepad and doesn't uses <> & neither is a .xml file.

[PunitorMaximus]

i added
[io]
file_first = true
to the medieval2preferences, but when i try to launch the changed americas(archers damage increased, square formation replaced by horde) i get a ctd after booting.
its like this: i hit the americas launcher on the desktop, the game launches, this aztec guy with jade piercings, the town in the background and the credits appears, booom ctd, im back at the desktop. what should i do?

solved it

[mrhamster1]

Just a question. I somehow screwed up my game as it being black screen. I've uninstalled and installed MTW2 and tried playing the vanilla version. But my game still starts out as black screen and I can't see anything. I've tweaked some things in Rage of Dark Gods' configurations.cfg because when I installed the game, it didn't go to full screen but only a part of it. But after I did this, MTW2 including the vanilla version is all black. I can hear the music in the background and can move the mouse and click on places where things like buttons like campaign and options would be located and by the sound, I know that it works. But I can't see . Do you know what the issue is? I've tried deleting the Config folder and tried deleting the CFG.file (medieval2.preference) but nothing got resolved. I know the game is working perfectly fine because when I do alt+tab, I can briefly see the game screen in an enlarged version. Do you know how to solve this?

By the way, can someone post their CFG (medieval2.preference) file? Thanks,

[irishron]

Start a campaign and it will generate one.

If you're using a mod, it has its own and this could be the problem.

[mrhamster1]

I'm not using any mods right now. I've tried doing it with just MTW2 vanilla and it doesn't work. I'm trying to solve the issue so that I can at least play the vanilla version.

[irishron]

Could youi ever start a campaign on this computer?

[mrhamster1]

yeah It worked perfectly until I messed around a bit. Now I can't even see the screen.

[irishron]

I'd say you need a clean reinstall of the game. If it still does it, the problem is elsewhere.

[mrhamster1]

How do you do a clean reinstall? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game like 3 times. The problem never got resolved

[irishron]

Steam or dvd or other download?

XP,Vista or Win7?

[mrhamster1]

CD, Win7

[irishron]

uninstall the game starting with the Kingdoms campaigns. Any other order messes it up.
Delete both Medieval2 folders, Program files (x860 and users\username\appdata\roaming\you're on your own.
Run a registry cleaner like Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. The uninstaller does not remove them.
Restart your computer.
Install the game in C:\Games with the UAC disabled. The game hate the UAC and the games folder will get you out of the virtual store garbage.

[mrhamster1]

Thanks for the help. Gigantus helped me solve the issue through the Virtual store thing. It's similar to what you just said

[RubiconDecision]

There is a cfg switch called"
[misc]
nice
Where I believe that the value for nice can = 0-6. I believe this to be so since in the kingdoms.exe there is a nice value of 0-6 for the cinematic editor. I have no idea what it does, or what each level does, or if the values for the attribute are the same or if it is 0 or 1. Does anyone know or what its function is?

[alreadyded]

Any way to set it up so 'Use Passwords' in Hotseat is disabled by default?

[Gigantus]

Here you are:

[hotseat]
passwords = 0 # use individual passwords for players

[alreadyded]

Thanks. Does 'campaign_map_speed_up' make it so you don't have to press space to speed it up? Currently I have scripts that do it for me, would be nice to find a better way though.

Also, any way to have the menu default to very hard? And have no battle time limit enabled by default? I tried no_campaign_battle_time_limit and no_battle_time_limit, it didn't work for me.

[Gigantus]

Fast strat movements by default:
[game]
campaign_map_speed_up = 1

No battle time limit:
[game]
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 1


While you can test in the script for the battle and campaign difficulty level there is no way to preset it either in the CFG file or the script that I know of. It does however have to be set somewhere as once chosen the level remains the same for the next game.

[alreadyded]

Muy Apreciado!