Unlocking the Saharas successfully!

[PseRamesses]

This has been bugging me since the beginning but since I don´t want to screw things up I thought I´d better ask you guys. How do I unlock the Saharan province successfully with a minimum of hazzle? I´ve read a lot of posts on the topic but couldn´t find a "manual" for it. Anyone?

[VikingHorde]

You will need to decleare it in the startpos files (early.txt ect.) and set it up with borderinfo, ports, castles and owner. I did the same thing with the new provinces I made and it works ok.
For new provinces, I used Ultimate Paint to edit the LukupMap and thereafter restore the pallette with Mithel Image Converter, and then I could skip LMM. I have added 6 provinces untill now and no problems.
I use the pallette that came with LMM and used the coulors (number 200-215 on the pallette) to add borders and province coulor.

[Duke John]

Everything you need to know is in this thread. (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=26;t=14827)

Good luck,
Duke John

[BarkingBeagle]

Hi, uh... Does anyone know of a working Middle East map for VI? There&#39;s a fairly OK one for MTW, but it doesn&#39;t work in VI... >.<
Preferably one with a fairly large focus on Israel and a few provinces in it? That&#39;d be neat.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Ahem, ahem.... Lets not go into that right now. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-confused.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[PseRamesses]

@Duke John,
This was exactly the thread I´ve been searching for, thanks. Gonna give it a go tonight. I´ve been having some serious virusprobs the last 3-4 weeks and I do feel like doing something fun for a change.

@Vikinghorde,
When will the next version of XL be ready? Can´t wait I also want to go through it before Wes releases his beta - hopefully within a week.

[VikingHorde]

Quote[/b] (PseRamesses @ June 08 2004,19:01)]@Vikinghorde,
When will the next version of XL be ready? Can´t wait I also want to go through it before Wes releases his beta - hopefully within a week.
It will sadly be a month or so before it&#39;s done. I have just started adding new units, but it will be huge. 80% of the map has been made and 10% of the units. The scots and serbs will change a lot, getting a new line of units. Im putting a huge amount of work into the units, something I allso hope to do with the FotN mod.

[PseRamesses]

I´m stuck guys. I´ve followed DJ´s link and changed all suggested text lines but now MTW won´t even start when I click on the desktop icon (or anywhere else). Errghaaamvh http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif

[VikingHorde]

You should allso add the province in the names.txt, changes.txt, VARIABLES.TXT and REGION_SPECIFIC.TXT. If you want the province in GA mode, just add a extra line ind regowner_table (easy with xl mod). The line should be added after the last province (sicily). Hope this helps.

[barocca]

a formatted version of the original regowner table is here,

organised by provinces to make modding the table easier,

this table WILL work just fine in Medieval.

regowner_table formatted by Viking Horde (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/regowner_table_formatted_VikingHorde.zip)

many many thanks to Viking Horde
B.

[VikingHorde]

Quote[/b] (barocca @ June 26 2004,11:42)]a formatted version of the original regowner table is here,

organised by provinces to make modding the table easier,

this table WILL work just fine in Medieval.

regowner_table formatted by Viking Horde (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/regowner_table_formatted_VikingHorde.zip)

many many thanks to Viking Horde
B.
No problem, it&#39;s a very usefull file to have. People can probely save 1 or 2 hours on this one http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif