question: changing unit points

[belliger]

hi. i have a question for the RTW/EB veterans:

into export_descr_unit.txt and change the points of some units, what can happen?

for example upgrading morale points, or adding new attributes(like testudo, hardy, saddle etc. ), does it crash? will it affect properly the game? or umproperly?

[Korlon]

It won't crash. It will affect the units you edit of course. It's also save compatible.

[Watchman]

Well, it's not like it was impossible to make modifications that crashed the game mind you...

[belliger]

thamk you thank tou

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Remember to change the one in the "sp game edu backup" file as well, if you are using the trivial script.

[belliger]

another question (i apologize.-..) :
this 'trivial script', that all the people are always mentioning, sounds me like a sort of foggy, cruel threat that hangs over my inexperienced head/pc/game.
is it (as i think) something that works already in my pc?
can you readdress me to any place where i can read about what it really is, and get something like garlic - cross - exorcism to deal with?

thanks

[belliger]

sorry to disturb again, but where is this 'sp game edu backup' file? i made a research on the EB folder, but i couldn't find it out....

[belliger]

hi marcus.

i found the 'sp game edu backup' folder, into the EB folder.

you were right: my changes - made yesterday - are not on the 'today' EDU file; completely disappeared.

you mean that i have to make the same changes in both the files, in both the folders? : data and sp game ? what about to do changes in one EDU file, copy it and paste (overwrite) into the other folder? could it work?

thanks
belliger

[belliger]

HELP .
I made changes in EDU.txt into DATA folder, then copied and pasted into SP game EDU folder (overwriting the existing file).

then i launched the EB game (a copy that i have on the My Documents folder),
but, after a brief image of the opening screen .... CTD !

i tried to restart, re-overwriting the original EDU.txt file, but always CTD.


and, moreover and desperate ..... even the other copy i have still on the hard disk does CTD .
what what happened?
what should i do?

[Watchman]

Can you describe the nature of these changes ? There's a few which can mess things up, and of course a simple typo will get you a syntax error... (...been there... )

[belliger]

oh, i made a lot of changes.
i intervened on about 40 units to make them more powerful, making higher the number of javelins, the morale, and so on. gave more arrows and bullets.
i added saddle to some cavalry units, changed the slashing sword in piercing sword sometimes, added the ap (armour piercing) attribute, added also testudo attribute
hide_long_grass to some units (also to few cavalry units), and so on.
didn't change the nature of the units, didn't give them weapons they shouldn't have (didn't give horses to infantrymen, 'f course),

so, i intervened quite a lot on this EDU.txt file...
i intervened on it on the EB/DATA folder, then copied and parted into the SP GAME EDU BACKUP folder.

have to say, i worked quite a lot....

if i loose all this job, i could become quite ... sad

[Watchman]

Keep backups. Anyway, doesn't the error message tell what gives ?

[Megas Pyrrhos]

Not if he's using Vista. At least that was my problem when I modified the character_traits.txt file. Wouldn't tell me what had gone astray. Still couldn't get it to work right, even after I commented out everything I added.