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.
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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.
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. ~:)
"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.
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 ~:)