M2TW Config File How To's

[Ishan]

Download this then paste your modded files in this mod's data folder and you are good to go.

[mscline]

If anybody knows please tell me how to change profit from the merchants and parameter of attack on buildings in ballista!

[Ishan]

If anybody knows please tell me how to change profit from the merchants and parameter of attack on buildings in ballista!

It would far easier for you to increase the trade value of the resources themselves from the descr_sm_resources.txt file. And as for ballista's attack you can increase it's attack from the export_descr_unit.txt file.

[Freelancer Tex]

Hi,
I have followed the instructions about the modfolder. But i have a problem: I have put in my mod folder some modded files (descr_mount,export_descr_unit and descr projectile),but when I start the game,It load the vanilla files instead of my. How to solve it?
Thanks

[irishron]

Did you put

[io]
filefirst = true

in your .cfg?

[Freelancer Tex]

Thanks,
i have put it in "medieval2.preference.cfg" but it doesn't work. The game still use the vanilla files.

[Moon]

Make the .cfg read only after inputting
[io]
filefirst = true

[Freelancer Tex]

First of all,thank you very much,guys. You help me a lot.

Still doesn't work. It loads the vanilla files instead of my.So,let's start from the beginning:
1)Created the .bat file with this code: "medieval2.exe @TexMod.cfg"
2)Make a copy of the cfg files and renamed it "TexMod.cfg"
3)Added the following codes to TexMod.cfg:
"
[features]
mod = TexMod

[io]
filefirst = true"
4)Created a new folder call "TexMod". Inside of it,i've put the data folder with the sounds and world folders.
5)I've placed my modified files into data folder (Export_descr_unit,descr_mount,descr_projectile)

What did I do wrong?

[irishron]

Make a .bat and a .cfg for TexMod in tits modfolder and put these lines in its .cfg.

[Freelancer Tex]

Make a .bat and a .cfg for TexMod in tits modfolder and put these lines in its .cfg.

what do you mean? Make a copy of .bat and .cfg and put them inside the "TexMod" Folder?The .bat file doesn't work without the medieval II exe.
Sorry if I am annoying

[Moon]

Download one of these, it will save anymore confusion.
Med2
Mod folder installer
Kingdoms
Creating a World - Bare Kingdoms

[Freelancer Tex]

I've already tried this mod folder and the others,but none works for me. That's because I try to make a mod folder for myself. I have the same problem everytimes

[dizzy_xc]

Read all 9 pages of this thread, spent 2 hours looking over the web. Cant find out how to turn off the campaign map tooltips.

I even added 'show_tooltips = 0' to the [game] section of the medieval2.preference.cfg file to no avail. I did manage to get it to windowed mode with no problem, so editing it isnt an issue.

I think all the mouse tooltip issues are resolved only on the battle map, but are not fixed on the campaign map. Is this something that cannot be turned off. It is so freaking annoying. Any help would be very much appreciated, its driving me bonkers!

[Ishan]

That command is for battle map only, for campaign map you have to edit the tooltips.txt.strings.bin.txt file in the data\text folder and delete all the entries that you don't want with a simple space, that way you will only get a small square. I believe that's the only way.

[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.