Forum: Modding Questions

I have a problem when I open a model with Milkshape, even if I do not alter it in any way, just open and then immediatly save it again, the model in the game is messed up. This has something to do with the textures/materials but I have no idea what causes this. What Im trying to do is change the...

i already know how to use the tool for MTW2 but i have no clue how to unpack file for kingdooms...can some1 pls kindly help me. TY

Hi guys this is my first post, I hope some help:help::help::help::help::help::help::help:, i played Turks and many were archers and i always lose battles against any army has infantry or cavalry so i tried to change some files battle_model.modeldb 16 ottoman_infantry 1 3 70...

Hello guys, I just added Cornwall as a province to MTWII and everything works fine in the campaign. But whenever a fight a siege battle at Exeter, the capital, I get a CTD as soon as the battle loads. There is a large black patch under the assaulting army and then in suddenly CTD's. Can...

PLEASE HELP ME!!! :help: I'm totally new to modding, but if anyone could help me, please answer this, or even put a link to some tutorial!!! I've never been satisfied with the focus on British Isles until Kingdoms was launched, but even after it, I continue looking for it. If finally I can made...

Hey, I've been playing around with some triggers and this is one that I'm not sure I can figure out. As I thought I understood it, it should be triggered whenever a diplomat or princess is involved in negotiations. However, I'm not sure anymore. I've been testing it using the English princess...

I change the retrofit mod game files a little. I make unlockable factions to be playable. And change the turn system from 2 to 0.5. And I got CTD when loading the battle. I noticed that it happens just with fighting French, sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. Hope to get responses.

Hi, I'm new at modding and I've recently used a lot of info from this site that helped me a lot, but now I've encountered the following problem and I desperately need some help solving it. I used the string converter posted by alpaca I think somewhere on this forum to convert the...

I've been following the tutorial mentioned here... http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?76289-HowTo-Set-up-MTW2-for-modding I have tried both methods he has described. But all that ever happens when I try and run the mod is the game crashes. I have deleted descr_geography_new.db and...

This is my first post and I was thinking of modding medieval 2 total war but I have a question before i start. Is there a place where all the medieval 2 total war hardcodes are posted. Thanks in advance.

When trying to change the timescale from 2.00 to .50 it said "make sure path and file name are correct" Why won't it let me do the modding?

One of the main reasons that a settlement couldn't hold out was that retreating members of its society would rush to the relative protection of the walled settlement. Now suddenly the city/castle is forced to feed and offer water to a lot more people. And that's much more than they can plan for. ...

Hey there fellow m2tw players and modders I need your help! I've already posted this on twcenter but got no answer so far and I really want to get this done today because I won't have any time to play over the course of the week. So my problem is that I've been trying to make all knightly...

Hey all, I've got M2TW Gold installed and unpacked, and was about halfway through giving Scotland Arquebusiers when I realized- I can't find the Unit_Models folder. Here's what I've got: http://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv310/tlunsford729/missingfile.jpg What am I missing here?

Im toying with the idea of modding M2 and had a quick question. I wanted to make a region-specific unit, ie- a unit that can be built by pretty much anyone as long as they own x province. I trust this is possible? as I was reading some modding guides and it implied that some tricky colour...

Im trying to open up the higher level cannon buildings for the byzantines. And Im using the retrofit/grand unit add on mod. To this end Ive gone into the data, export_descr_buildings file. The first city based gun building is the gunsmith with this entry- gunsmith city requires factions {...

is there a guide for adding settlements? u know, increasing settlement #s, and editing the campaign map stuff and so forth? other info - specifically im workin with m2tw.vanilla campaign right now. i have kingdoms aswell. also on a side note, does anyone know off hand the max ranges of the...

Hey, I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but is there any way for character to age appropriately, or to control how much time passes between turns? e.g. a character bonrn in 1080 will be 20 in 1100, rather than 5. Thanks :)

Hi I've been looking at trying to code in a trait for Kingdoms (vanilla M2TW in this case) and was wondering if anyone could help as I am having no luck getting the game to pick it up. I have:- 1. used unpack_all.bat 2. found export_descr_character_traits.txt and added my trait (1. at the...

I hope someone can help me with this, it has been a long time since I have played Total War. I have just installed it on my laptop which has Core2 Duo 1.50Ghz cpu, 2GB of ram and an NVidia 8400M GS graphics card, The OS is Win7. I have installed Kingdoms (not patched) and am trying to run an old...

When I change my descr_strat file, afer I save it and start the game the changes don't take effect. I have also tried restarting the cpu afterward. The only change that took effect is when I changed the "The World Is Round" event to take effect sooner. What I tried to do was change what characters...

How can I anticipate the Mongol/Timurid invasion??? :help::help::help::help:

hi my name is Druvatar on TWC I have a mod I have been working on there and would like to post it here as well but this site is set up differently and I am confused by the navigation any help in directing me to the right area would be appreciated thank you!:stupid::stupid:

No matter what I do my computer is absoloutly refusing to uncheck read only and so I am unable to make any even minor modificatioin, is there anything I could do? Sorry about the caps lock, but I'm not a computer idiot, and this has made me feel like I lost my nerd/geek status.

sorrry for my poor English:sweatdrop: siege engine, such as siege tower, in the descr_engines.txt file, you see arrow_generator 2 21.8 3.3 aim_dir 0.0 0.0 1.0 aim_arc 1.0 fire_interval 1.5 how does it work? does it attact enermy units on the ground automatically?

I've made a couple new strat models as per instructions... and they haven't exactly turned out as planned: http://snorkius.googlepages.com/assassin.jpg The white is actually lighting/shiny - it moves around with the model. I know 100% that the texture is fine but don't have the slightest...

I have the 1.3 version and it's not unpacked. I tought I make battlemap or few but I couldnt enable it for the game. I got it enabled on my mod (sethian) but it closes when I start to run it because I havent unpacked the files to mod folder. (I have no space for them atm). It just doesnt come under...

Have the right forum this time Hi again all, So my last PC finally crapped out and I finally got a brand new machine with Windows 7 Installed my Med II Gold edition - all fine Downloaded 1.5 - seemed all fine: kingdoms displays as 1.5 in kingdoms games and the game seems to play ok.

Hey there I just made a simple text mod, edited the export_descr_vnvs_enums, export_descr_character_traits, and text/export_VnVs. I simply added a new trait for testing purposes. I used the --io.file_first command in a .bat file, at the end of the target of the desktop shortcut, and tried by...

Is there a trick to it? I thought if I just went into desc_strat I could change a character's name, but it usually crashes when I do. Is there more that needs to be changed than desc_strat? I'm currently using Stainless Steel, if that helps. On a similar note, where would I go to change the...