Editing in M2TW

Hello

I want to find out if I am the only one to prefer to alter a little bit the conditions of the initial game - to add some fun here and there.

For example: I always try to play some factions that are from the area where I actual am : byzantium, hungarians - and those need unlocking.

Also I tried to give me a head start - making my starting cities very big - at least 15.000 people.

Also - I am making my leader younger - as in 35-38 years old - 'cause I like to play a lot with him as my strongest general.

For all these I am editing the file : descr_stat.txt in the imperial campagn folder.

As for the units: I always try to add some features to make them more history-like. Like the english Longbows would have to have the highest attack of all the missile units in early period

So I am editing the descr_units.txt file.

And so on and so forth...

Please share with us your unique ideas and views concerning the topic

I always think that the best things will emerge from a pool of different opinions..

AlexCezar

Wisdom and courage make the deadliest combination in the times of war !!!

How do you make factions playable?

Unlocking factions is very similar to the technique used in RTW, but in addition they have added a configuration file line also

see https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=72109

do a search for "unlock faction" using the Edit/Find (on This Page) function on the top Explorer Bar and it will take you right to it (about 3/4 of the way down the page)

The only editing ive done is in the preferences file, opening factions, resetting the advisor that tells you were to conquer cause i started a campaign with advice off, checking to see if you can still specificly alter unit sizes,(Which sucks that you can't)

Shouldnt this be in the Mod Section?
To unlock factions you dont jsut have to conquer them, you can start a campaign and finish it to unlock ALL of them,
if you are going to use the conquer campaign way I suggest you start on Short Campaign, its easier.
I have modded probaly every single file there (Unpacked) and have had to re-install M2TW a LOT of times because of forgotten Back-ups...

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As for the units: I always try to add some features to make them more history-like.

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This is what I changed to my export_descr_unit file, to make it more historically accurate and make battles more difficult:

All longbows:
- +3 missile attack
- +30 range
- recruitement cost increased

Crossbows:
- mounted crossbowmen +5 missile attack
- foot crossbowmen +3 or +4 missile attack
- recruitement cost of some crossbow units increased
- stat_fire_delay increased to 60 for all peasant crossbow units, 54 for all militia crossbow units, and 48 for all 'regular' crossbow units (standard is 18)

Knights (both mounted & dismounted):
- Armour increased (up to 2x for knights wearing plate armour)
- Defence skill increased
- Recruitement & upkeep cost much higher --> no more armies consisting of nearly only knights. Knights now dominate the battlefield, like they should, but they cost a lot.

Gunpowder infantry:
- Musketeers (including mounted musketeers) +3 missile attack
- Musketeers (including mounted musketeers) -30 range
- Arqubuesiers -30 range

All infantry (except peasants)
- Mass increased, to make cavalry charges a bit less effective.
A well-executed charge can still destroy a whole unit of light infantry, but usually only kills the first 2 lines of heavily armoured infantry like foot knights or JHI.



With these changes, there's much more difference between armies of all factions, and battles generally are a lot more difficult (f.e, any type of knights can completely decimate several units of light infantry, so you need to counter them with your own knights, etc)