New faction?

[Baron von Alvincy]

Hy there, I know, I am asking a question which is already answered, but the link in the thread does not work.
How can I add a new faction?
How must I do that exactly?
you must know, Iam trying to mod Nap I, so it would be usefull to know..:book:


Thanks
BvA:egypt:

[Baron von Alvincy]

come on, I am sure you know it!

[macsen rufus]

Yeah, but we like to create a feeling of suspense :clown:


Well, this one worked for me just now, so give it a whirl - it's where I went for my first lessons in modding :2thumbsup: http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/bak-jun-2005/Adding_new_faction_guide.pdf

[Baron von Alvincy]

Thank you very much, that should work^^

[Baron von Alvincy]

sry, but I can not find that UnitBuildProj_Editor2.0 written by Gnome.
Can you post a link or so, sorry, but I can not find it.....

[macsen rufus]

You can find it here (http://www.mizus.com/Tools/Files/) along with lots of other goodies :2thumbsup:

[Baron von Alvincy]

Thank you very much for the reply, but it seems that it does not work.
I used your guide, and I am at step 3.2.12, but there is no name of the faction in the game, and the king is called "King 1"
I have done everything correctly, but maybe it does not work, because I am working on Napoleonic tw?

[macsen rufus]

Hmmm, it's a familiar problem, but I can't quite recall the quick easy answer... so you will need to check the following:

* campmap/names/heroes.txt - have you set up "famous kings" and a name list for your new faction? Especially check if you DO have a famous kings list, that you have the right number entered in the first row - the most common error.
* startpos/ ...txt - have you declared faction, declared it as FN_MAJOR, set start king, placed him, selected his number correctly (sounds like you have though)
* loc/(ENG)/names.txt - do you have translations for all your names? If not you will get a translation error message rather than a blank name, though... have you missed a " [ ] { or } anywhere in this file?
* loc/(ENG)/faction_specific - do you have all the entries for your new faction?
* what in-game name did you use to declare the faction in your startpos? Not sure how NTW does it - FN_Name or FN_Number? If you use FN_Number then you must declare all numbers consecutively (ie if you have an FN_20, you must also have FN_00 to FN_19)

That should be enough to look at for now :bow: My money is on the first one though :clown: