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Brennus
05-08-2012, 20:24
I know I shouldn't post this here but the modding forum for MTW seems moribund at the moment. Lately I have been wanting to modify Viking Invasion slightly, change the name of the Welsh to "Britons" and split the Vikings into "Danes" and "Norwegians". How easy would this be? If it is quite simple I would also like to add Strathclyde as a faction.
drone
05-08-2012, 22:36
Were you planning on new units or buildings? For the new factions, are you going to reuse existing flag/shield graphics, or create your own?

Has anyone figured out the Viking raid mechanism, does it only apply to the faction FN_07? You might only be able to allow one Scandinavian faction to raid.
Brennus
05-09-2012, 09:06
Were you planning on new units or buildings? For the new factions, are you going to reuse existing flag/shield graphics, or create your own?

Has anyone figured out the Viking raid mechanism, does it only apply to the faction FN_07? You might only be able to allow one Scandinavian faction to raid.

I was planning to simply use the same unit roster for Danes/Norwegians, although if I created a Strathclyde faction I would want to create heavy cavalry of some kind. I was intending to create a new unit sig for the Norweigans, based on St. Olav's battle standard.
drone
05-09-2012, 15:47
Changing the name of the Welsh should be fairly easy, you just need to scrounge around in the various names.txt, changes.txt, viking_faction_specific.txt, etc. files and to change how actions/characters of the Welsh are presented in text.

For new factions, I suggest starting with starkhorn's guide (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/bak-jun-2005/Adding_new_faction_guide.pdf). The guide is mostly geared to the MTW grand campaign, but it should get you started. Instead of early.txt/high.txt/late.txt you will be changing the viking.txt startpos file. Once you determine the unit roster and buildings available to the new factions, you will need to edit the vikings_unit_prod.txt and vikings_build_prod.txt to make sure the new factions get access to the units/buildings. Make backups!
Brennus
05-09-2012, 15:53
Thanks drone!

Real noob question here; how do I get into the game script?
Jack50
05-09-2012, 23:32
Just right click on the shortcut, should bring up all the files. Then you can use notepad to open up that file(s). Make sure you have made a backup and then pull the file out onto your destop. Should be able to open the file from desktop and it would use notepad (99% of the time). make your changes, save and then re-insert the new file back into the shortcut. close the shortcut down, double-click to start as normal, cross your fingers and see if it works!

All of what I said is for a Windows based computer:creep: