How to make unique "user interface" for each culture group

**Arbaces** · 09-27-2005, 18:20

Originally Posted by Dead Moroz

How to make unique "user interface" for each culture group

It's quite easy.

1. Unpack .pak files from your Data\packs folder using Vercingetorix's PAK Extractor.

2. Copy unpacked files into your Data directory or simply create here following folders:
- Data\UI\BARBARIAN
- Data\UI\CARTHAGINIAN
- Data\UI\EASTERN
- Data\UI\EGYPTIAN
- Data\UI\GREEK

3. Copy unpacked folder Data\UI\ROMAN\INTERFACE into each of these new directories.

4. Now you can begin to change files in INTERFACE folders to create unique "user interface" for each faction groups related to certain culture type.

Not working, I guess the only solution is editing the file and paking it back wich is very hard with vercingetorix's Xpak and impossible with PakScape ... other software??

**Monkwarrior** · 09-28-2005, 12:17

It worked for me.

Be sure that you transfer the files from Data\UI\ROMAN\INTERFACE to the corresponding Data\UI\{culture_name}\INTERFACE folders.

In fact I made a "BI-style" user interface for the barbarian factions in the campaign:

At the same time the rest of the cultures have the "classical" interface, with some changes. I packed this new interface files (only for ROMAN\INTERFACE) as I said in this post:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...1&postcount=30

I hope this helps.

**Arbaces** · 09-28-2005, 18:33

great work... beautiful interface...

Nevermind... still, it never works at all, it always reads the files from the pak and I edited the files and paked them back instead.

**Dol Guldur** · 10-20-2005, 23:58

Sorry of this has been covered - but I did not quite understand the above - why does the interface work as stated *except* for the Roman one? Has this something to do with it also being the default?

**Dol Guldur** · 11-17-2005, 11:58

SOLVED. The only way to get the Roman interface to work is to create a patch file.

**Flying Pig** · 02-19-2008, 20:34

Originally Posted by Dol Guldur

SOLVED. The only way to get the Roman interface to work is to create a patch file.

Precisely What is needed in the patch file? I've tried this but it does not like it!

**Dol Guldur** · 02-20-2008, 00:59

The Roman interface does not need packing in BI, I left RTW behind some time ago and forget if the necessity of packing it was overcome in a patch.

Please download a RTW mod, examine their files. Extract their pack files. This is the way to learn.