Hi all, I'm new here and used all the data here to set up my mod environment .
Here's my contribution, as a token of my gratitude .
It's a batch file you can run from anywhere on your computer, all you have to do is to write the full path to your M2TW install location where indicated .
Thanks.Code::: turn off echoing back of commands @echo off :: clear the screen cls :: You MUST write after the = mark the full path to your own M2TW :: install location set M2TW=C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\ :: Don't modify those variables unless you really know what you're doing set UNPACKER=%M2TW%\tools\unpacker set DEST=%M2TW%backup\ set MAPS=%M2TW%data\world\maps\ set DESTBASE=%DEST%data\world\maps\base set DESTCAMP=%DEST%data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign :: This will show you which directories are used before going on echo M2TW install location: %M2TW% echo Source of backup: %MAPS% echo Backup of base location: %DESTBASE% echo Backup of campaign location: %DESTCAMP% echo Destination of unpacked files: %DEST% pause :: This creates destination directories mkdir "%DESTCAMP%" mkdir "%DESTBASE%" :: This copies contents from the map directory and saves it to destination xcopy "%MAPS%base" "%DESTBASE%" /s /e xcopy "%MAPS%campaign\imperial_campaign" "%DESTCAMP%" /s /e :: This actually unpacks the files to your destination backup location chdir /d "%UNPACKER%" unpacker.exe --source=..\..\packs\localized.pack --destination=..\..\backup –verbosity=1 :: This performs the mandatory renaming of descr_geography* files move "%DEST%data\descr_geography_new.db" "%DEST%data\descr_geography_new.db.back" move "%DEST%data\descr_geography_new.txt" "%DEST%data\descr_geography_new.txt.back" :: A little pause so you can read the results pause
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