The Definitive Thread on Basic Changes

**pevergreen** · 12-10-2006, 13:46

After hearing so many people ask how to change these things, endless new topics on the same question, I decided to do something about it.

To unlock all the factions:

Originally Posted by frogbeastegg

The ... need to be unlocked before you can play as them. To do this you can either complete a campaign (on any difficutly, long or short setting) with one of the five starting factions, or you can edit the preferences file. To do this open your Sega\M2TW folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, find the file called "descr_strat" and open it with wordpad. Now find the section which says

Code:

campaign      imperial_campaign
playable
   england
   france
   hre
   spain
   venice
end
unlockable
   sicily
   milan
   scotland
   byzantium
   russia
   moors
   turks
   egypt
   denmark
   portugal
   poland
   hungary
end
nonplayable
   papal_states
   aztecs
   mongols
   timurids
   slave
end

Change it so it reads

Code:

campaign      imperial_campaign
playable
   england
   france
   hre
   spain
   venice
   sicily
   milan
   scotland
   byzantium
   russia
   moors
   turks
   egypt
   denmark
   portugal
   poland
   hungary
end
nonplayable
   papal_states
   aztecs
   mongols
   timurids
   slave
end

Changing the turn display into years:
To do this open your Sega\M2TW\folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, find the file called "descr_strat" and open it with wordpad. Now find the section which says

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
show_date_as_turns
brigand_spawn_value 20
pirate_spawn_value 28

into this:

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
brigand_spawn_value 20
pirate_spawn_value 28

To remove Pirate Spawns:
To do this open your Sega\M2TW\folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, find the file called "descr_strat" and open it with wordpad. Now find the section which says

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
show_date_as_turns
brigand_spawn_value 20
pirate_spawn_value 28

into this:

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
show_date_as_turns
brigand_spawn_value 20
pirate_spawn_value 100

To remove Rebel Spawns:
To do this open your Sega\M2TW\folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, find the file called "descr_strat" and open it with wordpad. Now find the section which says

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
show_date_as_turns
brigand_spawn_value 20
pirate_spawn_value 28

into this:

Code:

marian_reforms_disabled
rebelling_characters_active
gladiator_uprising_disabled
night_battles_enabled
show_date_as_turns
brigand_spawn_value 100
pirate_spawn_value 28

To change how long each turn counts:
(default is 2 years per turn [2.00])

To do this open your Sega\M2TW\folder\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, find the file called "descr_strat" and open it with wordpad. Now find the section which says

Code:

timescale	2.00

into

Code:

timescale	X.YZ

XYZ being three numbers. For RTW timelime (2 turns per year) make it 0.50
Yes you need the zero beforehand. For MTW timelime (1 year per turn) make it 1.00

You can change it to whatever you want, just not too low (0.25 is lowest IIRC)

A sticky would be nice to help the newer people.

**Shahed** · 12-10-2006, 13:48

Note:

You can only do these changes BEFORE you start a new campaign (as far as I know).

**FactionHeir** · 12-10-2006, 13:55

If you want you can add the stuff in my sig there too for those who change the timescale or just don't want to play endlessly to finally get to th new world or gunpowder.

As an aside to your post though, you state that rebel/pirate spawns are deactivated by setting the value to 100. In another topic ("Rebels in M2TW") I was told that the spawn is equal to 100/x where x is the spawn value. Therefore, 100/100 = 1% spawn rate, not 0%, unless the knowledgeable person there had it wrong.

**forkboy** · 12-10-2006, 19:31

A very useful thread.

Thanks

**FactionHeir** · 12-10-2006, 20:02

I tested your spawn value 100 thing and it did not work. I still had rebels spawn all over the place.

**pevergreen** · 12-10-2006, 23:35

Originally Posted by FactionHeir

I tested your spawn value 100 thing and it did not work. I still had rebels spawn all over the place.

Thats odd, it worked for me.

Originally Posted by Sinan

Note:

You can only do these changes BEFORE you start a new campaign (as far as I know).

Thanks for pointing that out, it was late

Originally Posted by Factionheir

As an aside to your post though, you state that rebel/pirate spawns are deactivated by setting the value to 100. In another topic ("Rebels in M2TW") I was told that the spawn is equal to 100/x where x is the spawn value. Therefore, 100/100 = 1% spawn rate, not 0%, unless the knowledgeable person there had it wrong.

Well at zero (100/0) it would make 0% spawn rate, yes? If so, why does 0 spawn numberless stacks?

We really need a reference on that.

Originally Posted by forkboy

A very useful thread.

Thanks

That's what it's for

**rios** · 12-11-2006, 12:56

there's no infinity in programming as there's always a limitation that the digits beyond which are truncated.
in a binary system 1s could be truncated as well...