How to get lusted's AI for M2TW and instructions for installing the mod :) Enjoy everyone.

[Matthewcthf]

Hello everyone, I have been playing Total war games for years but it has been some time since I played M2TW as I gave my cd to my niece and nephew. Recently I found the cd on Amazon for "like new" for $4 and it works great. I have already played several campaigns as Milan, Byzantines, Egyptians, France and the Moors. I have actually played as every faction before and I have researched the game heavily. I am considering righting a guide but I am holding off for now.

Now everyone knows the AI sucks. Without any mods it is you vs the entire AI world and this sucks because the AI sucks and the game is way to easy. Also diplomacy pretty much means nothing. I do not own nor have I every played Kingdoms so I could not try Stainless Steel or Third Age but I did an extensive search for other mods and they all did not work or had no download link. I managed to get Ultimate AI and Darthmod but both of them did not work. All I really wanted to do was just make the AI better. I love the Vanilla Game.

Well I finally found (Jack?) Lusted's AI and got it to work but I noticed most people were confused on how to install it so here we go.This is only for those that have M2TW Vanilla with the 1.2 patch although I read it should work with Kingdoms but you may have to install an additional patch.

STEP 1: Find the 1.2 patch online. A google search should find sites that are hosting it. This patch is easy to install and you do not need the 1.0 patch to install 1.2 so only install the 1.2 patch. Click the download button and follow the instructions. This fixes several bugs in the game and improves diplomacy some.

STEP 2: Go to this website: http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2013/01/medieval-2-total-war-concentrated.html The link takes you to a site where a mod is being hosted that allows you to randomly generate your starting locations for each team. Now this mod is to confusing to install so I only took Lusted's AI from it. If you do install the entire mod and you have issues you will have to do a total reinstall of the game and start over. Again I do not know how to install the mod but we don't need it.

STEP 3: Now inside the mod folder that you downloaded you will find two separate folders. BAI and CAI. (Battle and Campaign AI) Take only these folders and move them to your desktop where you can easily find them for now. Now find your M2TW game folder. You will probably have to go to "Local Disk (C" and go to program folders. You should find a Sega Folder and M2TW is inside there.

STEP 4: Go to your "Data" folder in M2TW. Copy all of the files from your BAI (highlight the files and right click and copy) and paste them into the "Data" folder. Now do the same with the CAI. Nothing in the folder will match these files and that is fine. Do not put the entire folders in there. Just the files. All of them.

STEP 5: Go out of your "Data" folder and find your "World" folder. Go to maps, campaign and then imperial campaign. Go into your "desc_strat.txt" file and scroll down until you find all three of the islamic factions. (Egypt,Turks,Moors) and change the Ai_label to "islam" for each faction.

FINAL STEP Now find your M2TW shortcut on the desktop. Right click and go to properties. Find the shortcut name. It will look like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\Launcher.exe"

Now you need it to look like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\Launcher.exe" --io.file_first

Make sure to have a space between .exe" and --io.

Now it should work. Just go into your M2TW game and play

The AI now makes full stacks, builds forts, defends cities better, has better diplomacy and in battles they have better armies, some with all cavalry and they even have cavalry on their flanks. It makes for a better game.

You can also unlock all factions in the "desc_strat.txt" folder and even change the rebel spawn so rebel armies can't spawn. I don't have time to explain these two but google searches will help you and I might explain these later. I hope this helps. Enjoy everyone.

This works for M2TW Vanilla with the 1.2 patch and without Kingdoms. For Kingdoms you may need another patch.

[Frunk]

Hi Matthew, welcome to TWC!

Interesting guide! I don't think this section is the best place for it, but I haven't decided where to move it to yet.

I followed the link you gave, but I don't see a download on that specific page.

What's the reason for Step 5 (the Ai_label changing), and why would you want to disable rebel spawns (genuine questions).

In any case, great work! +rep

[Matthewcthf]

I thought more people would see it here in this forum. I apologize if this is the wrong place but so many people have been asking for mods according to my own search for mods to make the game better. When they do find the mods they want I head most of the people were confused on how to install them. Plus not everyone has Kingdoms. It took me forever to find this mod and I could not figure out how to install it. What I really wanted was Lusted AI files from it. The mod I linked has Lusteds files inside the mod folder. I had to download the entire mod just to get the ai files I wanted. I then found a thread on here where Lusted explains how to install his mod but most of the responses were "How do I install it?" so many people were still confused. It took me awhile to figure it out.

You have to change the islamic factions to "islam" in the file. I don't know why but that is what Jack Lusted said to do.

Sorry that was the wrong page. Could you update the link in the original post or can I edit my post? Correct download link:
http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2013/01/me...centrated.html

The reason to limit the rebel armies is so beginners do not get overwhelmed with hundreds of rebel armies spawning. You should not completely remove them but just slow them down but if you like to fight lots of rebel armies then don't change a thing.

Hi Matthew, welcome to TWC!

Interesting guide! I don't think this section is the best place for it, but I haven't decided where to move it to yet.

I followed the link you gave, but I don't see a download on that specific page.

What's the reason for Step 5 (the Ai_label changing), and why would you want to disable rebel spawns (genuine questions).

In any case, great work! +rep

[Matthewcthf]

I want people to enjoy the game with better AI since that is pretty much the game. Lusted AI is easy to install and improves the game a lot. It's not perfect but the AI is not so stupid and more organized. Everyone should have this mod.

[Frunk]

Thanks for your answers. I'll update your post with the correct link. You'll be able to edit your own posts after making 25.

There's no problem posting here, but for organisational purposes, moderators like me like to move threads to the best possible location. In this case, I'll move it to the Released Mods section, as that is where many users go to find mods or addons.

Thread moved from Medieval II: Total War General Discussion.

[s1111233]

really thank

it helped a lot!!!

[Matthewcthf]

really thank

it helped a lot!!!

I'm glad it helped. I hope everyone gives this mod a try. Who would not want the stupid AI to play smarter and better? This mod changes nothing in the game but the AI and works with out without kingdoms.