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piratehooker
04-18-2009, 04:05
so i figured it all out and made a cool battle, but i have no idea how to make a side playable. Help me!
Nachtmeister
04-18-2009, 08:49
so i figured it all out and made a cool battle, but i have no idea how to make a side playable. Help me!

I'm not sure what you mean by "side", but in case you are referring to "starting positions" in multiplayer battles - try setting someone as "defender" and someone else as "attacker". Just an idea, have not tried it myself yet.
piratehooker
04-18-2009, 14:26
yeah i made it multiplayer and made one side the attacker but i cant either faction to be 'playable' in the start screen. ive looked everywhere but i cant find it. and the sanity report thingy doesnt give me any tips so i think im just missing a small but crucial step.
any help is very appreciated!
abou
04-18-2009, 14:38
You have to go into the descr_battle.txt in the folder and remove instances of ", fe_notplayable".
DaciaJC
04-19-2009, 01:07
A quick question: is the battle editor a separate thing from custom battle?
Nachtmeister
04-19-2009, 03:54
A quick question: is the battle editor a separate thing from custom battle?

I think it is the setup for / thereby a component of / any custom battle.
Moros
04-19-2009, 14:43
A quick question: is the battle editor a separate thing from custom battle?

It is a program within the rtw.exe which allows you to make your own custom battle maps and historical battles. There's a guide explaining the basics: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2169752&postcount=1

To enable it you've got : Right-click your shortcut, go to properties and go to the Target line at the end of the target line, type in -enable_editor
darius_d
05-30-2009, 23:12
Hello all!

I am delighted fan of EB, and this post (whihc is the first here) is about custom battle maps.

I would like to play a pitched custom battle in Galia between Romans and Gauls.
However no available EB custom map (in ver 1.2) gives access to a piece of land which is without trees:no:
I checked Western Gaul, Eastern Gaul, Arvernia and Lugdunensis.

So I thought of doing my own custom map, but my question is: if I do such a map will this change on a map be restricted to custom battles only, and without any risk for the campaign map?