EB and the MTW2 heir system

**absinthia** · 08-12-2008, 11:47

mtw2-int seem to deal with the start menu. lots of references to choosing faction, setting up custom battle and such stuff.
i also had a look at /preferences/keys.dat. although the data was terribly mangled by being opened in notepad, it did contain references to battle_ui and strat_ui. impossible to decipher what the file actually does/contain without a formated version of some kind...

**Tellos Athenaios** · 08-12-2008, 19:48

Yes the lnt files appear to concern the 'central' menu's only; not the stratmap (or battlemap for that matter) itself.

**absinthia** · 08-13-2008, 19:25

i noticed this entry in start.txt.strings:
{SMT_SET_HEIR}Set faction heir
could this be used in a script or some thing like it?

**Tellos Athenaios** · 08-13-2008, 20:43

No that's just the text which is displayed at the appropiate UI item.

**absinthia** · 08-14-2008, 00:14

yes, i thought that was the case. as the file had the same look as other files in the text folder. with the brackets and all.
but what i really would like to know is how one should go about to envoke the UI item in question?
or how would one make the game behave like the UI item has been activated. can one f.ex. press the join crusade button via the command line, or have the faction scroll open at every turn start via a script/trigger/event or some of the kind? does the item even have to be visible for the game to execute what ever it does when one presses a button?
i suppose i am barking up some sort of a three, so please say if i am spamming the thread with useless questions...

**BozosLiveHere** · 08-14-2008, 02:15

No, your questions are not spamming the thread. We're investigating the possibility of using a scripting route, similar to what you suggested. Hopefully it will work.

**Xtiaan72** · 08-14-2008, 03:38

Originally Posted by absinthia

yes, i thought that was the case. as the file had the same look as other files in the text folder. with the brackets and all.
but what i really would like to know is how one should go about to envoke the UI item in question?
or how would one make the game behave like the UI item has been activated. can one f.ex. press the join crusade button via the command line, or have the faction scroll open at every turn start via a script/trigger/event or some of the kind? does the item even have to be visible for the game to execute what ever it does when one presses a button?
i suppose i am barking up some sort of a three, so please say if i am spamming the thread with useless questions...

Yes you can do stuff like that. They do in Deus Lo Vult. I really think it's possible. Some kind of pop-up event screen with a script that will change the heir. Perhaps you guys could talk to 'Repman' and see if he will help. I know he's pretty hesitant to share his work but if you pool the resources between the mods, perhaps both mods could benefit. Both mods are really popular so maybe he would be more likely to pitch in with you guys then he would for other mods.