Modding help request

[Red Harvest]

Hi-

Download site doesn't work properly unless you are into S&M, so I'm having to guess as to how to edit the unit txt file. What is the proper format and what should be used as editor (remembering downloads unavailable?) It *looks* OK as Excel tab delimited, but the save is about 20KB smaller and the game won't run like that (message about wrong number of columns.)

Related info. I'm adding some of the non-playable factions and was going to do the following:
1. Make the Almughavars an Aragonese, Aragon region only build (requiring both swordsmith and spearmaker's workshop.) I might change the build time to 2 years depending on how effective these guys are in battle...
2. Change Varangian's availability to include Late period. Seems a bit daft to take away the Byzantines best unit just as everyone else is getting theirs.
3. Perhaps improve the availability of Jannisaries a notch by altering the tech tree for it a bit (getting rid of the "unique" Grand Mosque limitation and replacing with other buildings as suggested by some others.)

What else should I be doing as a matter of course? (Particularly for factions like the Hungarians, Swiss, or Sicilians.) I'm thinking about some things I've heard mentioned about Lithuanian cav. and the Polish retainers.

Thanks in advance.

[jayrock]

fire me an email, and i'll send you lord gnomes editor, it can edit unit, building, and projetile files, keeps it nice and organized...

as to what to give for faction specific units, all i can say is playaround with them and see what balances, that's the hardest part for me is getting good play balance, i always make one side to strong or another to weak..lol..

any way email is: procious@acsalaska.net

[Red Harvest]

Thanks for the response. After two days of trying I finally was able to grab the editor from the download site. I notice it is also reducing the file size so I had the right approach before with tab delimited Excel. Turns out the problem was with the specific mod I was trying. Having trouble getting Footknights available as well...not sure why yet. I've got the Varangians fixed to appear in all periods, and mounted crossbows no longer appear before the crossbow...

Finding a few interesting bugs like I can't specify the Aragonese as the only faction for a unit build (at least with Almughavars--works if I list a couple of other factions as well.) I think I'll change the Almughavars to require Spearmaker's Guild + Swordsmith's Workshop so that they are a bit more challenging to get in Early (set them to plain Swordsmith + Spearmaker's Workshop.) Going to change their kills for valour boost from 3 kills (&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif to 2. Also think I'll alter them from "WEAK" characterization to "DEFENSE" and see what that does. I have some trouble getting them to engage with "WEAK". They won't even throw a volley before they withdraw. Trying to set the Aragonese to have titles for buildings, but first attempt didn't take...