Can you play as Aztecs, The Mongols etc.

[danobnano]

First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

Is it possible?

Is it also possible to destroy The Mongols?

It's my first post.

[Afro Thunder]

You can play them, but not in Vanilla M2TW.

[Hoplite7]

Yes, but you'll need to do a quick edit of a game file.

"Barbarian Invasion players out there may recall that I once released an All Factions mod for BI which including allowing you to play as the various emergent factions as they appeared in the vanilla game by having the game auto-pilot to the point they emerged and then handing the player control.

I was going to release a similar mod for M2, however CA have made it so staggeringly easy that no modding is required!

Here's what to do:

Have a look in your Medieval II Total War folder and you'll see a file called medieval2.preference.cfg - right click on this file and go to Edit and the file will open in Notepad.

Add the following three lines to the [multiplayer] section (which were originally posted here):

[multiplayer]
playable = true
hotseat_turns = true
hotseat_scroll = false


Then start a campaign as normal and select England (remember to deselect any other factions additionally highlighted).

Launch the campaign and bring down the M2 console by pressing the ' key.

Type in:

control mongols

or

control timurids

depending on which you want to play as. Then type in:

control england




The game will then autopilot you (warning this may take a while) to the appearance of your chosen faction and give you control of them."

Credit is due to author of this thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...ngols+timurids

[danobnano]

thanks alot guys.
appreciate it :)

i love the game.

it's the best!

i hope you bring out a new one if possible :)

[Tristrem]

Going along with this, is it possible to save one of these campaigns and later be able to load it?

[danobnano]

oh no!

it didn't work :(

i opend the file

edit - brung up notepad
scrolled down to multiplayer

then i pasted what i needed to put in


i launched mtw2

started a campaign as england - short. medium difficulty.

pressed ' key.

typed in

control mongols

then

control england

then nothing happend.......


could you send me what's in your multiplayer section on notepad?

please

[Hoplite7]

Try this, it worked for me:


[multiplayer]
playable = true
hotseat_turns = true
hotseat_scroll = false
hotseat_update_ai_camera = false
hotseat_disable_papal_elections = false
hotseat_autoresolve_battles = false
hotseat_save_prefs = true
hotseat_disable_console = false
hotseat_validate_diplomacy = true


Also: When you are finished editing it, be sure to make it a "Read-Only" file, under properties.

[danobnano]

ahhhh thanks mate

is it possible to save as The Mongols?

because when I went to load it again, it came as an English Campaign....

[IPoseTheQuestionYouReturnTheAnswer]

Hmm, doesn't work for me either. Just tells me that console commands are disabled in multiplayer, blah blah french stew. I edited preferences, unselected the other factions...not sure what I'm doing wrong?

[Hoplite7]

To be honest I've never saved as the Mongols or Timurids, but I'm guessing you would just redo the two console commands.


As for the console not being available in multiplayer, just edit prefrences so that it allows console to be used.

Edit: As a sidenote, playing as the Aztecs is very glitchy, and they are underdeveloped (you can't build any buildings, for instance). You cannot create ships to go to Europe either, as far as I know.

[IPoseTheQuestionYouReturnTheAnswer]

I did edit preferences - pasted just what is printed above - but it no workie.