Im a modding Newbie

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 04-01-2008, 13:05

Thanks, so you have to use the notepad??? Great... I was just wondering, if i unpack the files, isnt my game supposed to crash until i delete a certain file, well how do i delete this file, i cant find it and i cant edit any of CA's original files, even the descr_strat thing is difficult, i managed to do it, but i wouldnt let me save, or am i supposed to save it in a modding folder, and edit the things in my modding oflder, although im not sure how editing something in a different folder would edit the games features, or is there a way to deactivate certain files that CA put their originally???

**PBI** · 04-01-2008, 16:39

The very first thing you need to do is to run the unpacking program CA have published. I think it's included in the 1.2 patch or on the Kingdoms disk. It sounds to me like either you haven't done this yet or it hasn't worked properly. If it's worked then your "data" folder should contain two files with "geography" in the name, plus a whole bunch of other files and directories. These two geography files are the ones you need to delete, but if they aren't there to start with then the files haven't been unpacked.

You could try reading the readme that comes with the unpacker if your having trouble with the tutorial.

Most of the files are originally marked as "read only" which is probably why you can't save them. You need to uncheck the box for this in the properties dialogue.

You then need to set up a batch file to run the game from your modded files rather than the packed files, otherwise none of your changes will appear in the game. Alpaca and the readme both explain how to do this.

You don't need any other programs besides the unpacker itself and notepad to get the game set up for modding.

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 04-01-2008, 20:14

So this will be in the original folder... aka /SEGA/M2TW thing, well i cant seem to alter those kinds of files, or do i have to make them non read only, but then wont i have to save it elsewhere??? Ill try to make another mod folder, I couldnt find Alpacas until midnight last night

**irishron2004** · 04-01-2008, 23:19

Originally Posted by Insane834

So this will be in the original folder... aka /SEGA/M2TW thing, well i cant seem to alter those kinds of files, or do i have to make them non read only, but then wont i have to save it elsewhere??? Ill try to make another mod folder, I couldnt find Alpacas until midnight last night

You have the wiki you can search, you have every tutorial and all the feedback in them, you have all the mods out there you can download and install to see how the other modders did theirs by comparing folders and files, so dig in and have fun. Experience is the best teacher and the worst thing you could do is have to reinstall the game. Also use my computer and notepad to your advantage to read the readme files, .txt files, .cfg files, etc. It's called learning and it involves a lot of research and reading that research.