Am new to the group

[Ghost]

Hello am new to this site and i need help in mod the rtw. And i need to know do i save and make a back up of the rtw date file before i mod anything in it.

[Stuie]

Yes - it's probably a good idea to backup the entire Data folder unless you're only modding a couple files - then you can just backup the individual files.

Or - you could make a folder to save backup files of the originals for each file you mod, but that can get complicated.

Basically it comes down to whatever works for you. ~:)

[wlesmana]

"And i need to know do i save and make a back up of the rtw date file before i mod anything in it."

Copy and paste the entire Data folder.

[Deutschordensritter]

My method of playing with Total War mods are space consuming, but extremly safe: After installing the game (and patches + possible official expansions) I make a copy of the whole game folder and rename it to " _original MTW/RTW/STW", after that I never edit a single file within this folder. Then I just copy this game folder for each mod.

For example, I have installed 7 Medieval Total Wars (vanilla + MedMod IV, MedMod Viking, BKB, XL, Reconquista, Italy), 2 Rome Total Wars (vanilla + RTR 6) and 1 Shogun Total War.

My Total War folder size is 24,6 gt ~:)