General discussion (use of already implemented functions, etc.)

**Lord Baal** · June 23, 2021, 11:42 AM

NAVAL BATTLES ON CAMPAIGN MAP FOR MED2????? Are you serious? Or is this some kind of late April fools joke? Did I died and this is my very lame version of heaven?

**youneuoy** · June 23, 2021, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by Lord Baal

NAVAL BATTLES ON CAMPAIGN MAP FOR MED2????? Are you serious? Or is this some kind of late April fools joke? Did I died and this is my very lame version of heaven?

well, it's just a Battleship implementation. And this is not ready. But it is possible to do it in the Lua script as well - I chose c++ as it is more familiar to me.

**youneuoy** · June 23, 2021, 03:44 PM

Now there will be a release

**Lord Baal** · June 23, 2021, 06:14 PM

Well it's a start. I guess eventually someone will open up a real time implementation. However battleship style is still far better than nothing/autoresolve.

**Nelduin** · June 28, 2021, 05:53 AM

Great news and congrats on the new release.

**youneuoy** · June 28, 2021, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Nelduin

Great news and congrats on the new release.

Do not post in a topic with download links, pls

**Zarax** · July 01, 2021, 01:15 AM

Hi youneuoy, do you think you will ever extend this to Rome: Total War too? Given the disappointing remaster it could be extremely interesting for modders.

**sharkeyyyy** · July 01, 2021, 07:57 AM

Hey, this is really interesting but I'm not sure exactly what it does or how it has come about. Is there an FAQ or something ?

Is this something I can use with old mods for M2TW Kingdoms, such as TATW ?

Thanks !

**youneuoy** · July 01, 2021, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Zarax

Hi youneuoy, do you think you will ever extend this to Rome: Total War too? Given the disappointing remaster it could be extremely interesting for modders.

Hey.
If we are talking about a remaster, then I will copy the answer I gave yesterday to one person on the discord server:
with this everything is very ambiguous. Even if they suddenly fix all the problems and start to improve the game, it will be extremely difficult to transfer m2tweop there, because:
1) despite the presence of common places, the code of the games is very different (I checked)
2) since the code is different (and almost all the data too), and also the bit depth (x64 instead of x32) to adapt, I will have to rewrite almost all the m2tweop code, after which at least a couple of months to reverse the game in order to just do all the functions that were ready for m2w.
3) point 2 is relevant only if there are no updates for the game. If they are, then EVERY of them can (and will) nullify a considerable part of my work.
4) I wanted to write something very important and forgot

5) until they stop making updates that break m2tweop, a lot of time will have passed and by that time the m2tw remaster will be ready. And in general not very good. it's nice to spend a lot of time on things that are developed, if they have the source code, will potentially break with any slightest change.

In general, I am more likely to start adapting m2tweop if the update is really something worthwhile(I think it will not be), as well as if there are no more updates after this (or something appears to make my work easier - convenient tools, funding, game source code, etc. But none of this will appear).

If we are talking about the original of the game, then only part of the above is true. I will not transfer the program to the original either, but if someone takes up adaptation (as part of m2tweop), then I will provide all possible help(including help with reverse engineering and coding). I think it is possible to provide a single scripting interface for both games and so on, but it will also take a lot of time and effort. It might be easier to port the modifications to the existing m2tweop platform.

Originally Posted by sharkeyyyy

Hey, this is really interesting but I'm not sure exactly what it does or how it has come about. Is there an FAQ or something ?

Is this something I can use with old mods for M2TW Kingdoms, such as TATW ?

Thanks !

Look here

**Basileos Leandros I** · July 03, 2021, 07:47 PM

Youneouy, I saw the announcement on the main page, just dropping by to congratulate you on going to the very limits of the M2TW engine. Thank you for the work.

(also wish we had this when M2TW was released, would have been great to create some immense mods right after it got launched)

**Wittz8** · August 02, 2021, 03:37 PM

Is there any documentation on writing lua scripts? I found this page, but I can't find anything on where to place scripts or how to run/trigger them. Could someone here point me in the right direction?

**Lord Baal** · August 04, 2021, 12:20 PM

You could make any questions and find help and guide on the discord channel.

**jurcek1987** · August 18, 2021, 05:50 AM

This might sound dumb but could anyone please explain the basic steps I need to do for EOP2.0? I tried searching and then trying myself with no luck. Is there a guide like there was for the previous versions on how to get started? I'd just like to implement the stratmap model change and the vassal functions. Thanks in advance

**R.I.P.SPQR107BC** · November 19, 2021, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by youneuoy

If we are talking about the original of the game, then only part of the above is true. I will not transfer the program to the original either, but if someone takes up adaptation (as part of m2tweop), then I will provide all possible help(including help with reverse engineering and coding). I think it is possible to provide a single scripting interface for both games and so on, but it will also take a lot of time and effort. It might be easier to port the modifications to the existing m2tweop platform.

Can you post or pm me a doc with instructions on how to reverse engineer and code for the original RTW based on your experience and know-how with m2tweop. I have a couple of years of experience with C++ but less with reverse engineering and would like to try my hand with it and anything i manage to do i'll put it on the Discord and here. I'm GrandmaOnThePhone in the Discord.