GA mods

[Mount Suribachi]

GA is my preferred style of play over the total conquest route, but since the day of release, I've been disapointed in the fact that there are only a handful of non-conquest GAs. I was hoping VI would remedy this but http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif Has anyone manged to create a mod with new & improved GAs?

Also, was it decided for certain if the the GAs were still bugged in VI?

[Pdifolco]

I always play GA too myself, and I was wondering how one can mod them : when I tried to play a "new" playable faction in WesW mod (Sicilians), the game crashed when I hit the GA button http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
So I had a look in all files and searched "GloryGoals" (their "code name") in the various txt files : but alas I only found references in Buildings file (for building-based goals), and in the Loc message files... Nowhere are the GA defined AFAIK, they're hardcoded and can't be edited.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif
Maybe I missed stg, if some more knowledgeable modder could confirm or deny...

[Portuguese Rebel]

GAs can be edited, but just the ones related to the Homelands. I modded my game and replaced the aragonese with the portuguese. I then edited the regowner_table file to give Portugal as a homeland for my new faction. So these GA objectives are not Hardcoded.

However, the dates used to calculate the GA points are not moddable.

[Pdifolco]

Portuguese Rebel,
Thanks for the tip At least it allows for avoiding crashes with new faction GAs, even if "real" new GAs can't be added http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
Is the Regowner_table file a txt file editable with Notepad (or any editor) ? I thought it was a structured data file http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

BTW I also think there is more than just the dates that are hardcoded : for example if you play High Russian, you'll start with a set of GAs (Homeland + Conquest only), then in 1225 you have a new set (survive the Horde)...
GAs are in fact somewhat dynamic.