HowTo: Set up MTW2 for modding

[alpaca]

Do you NEED to have a mod folder/IO thingy to use the new files after you unpack?

Yes otherwise I wouldn't write there's two options

[Roman_Man#3]

Will you need to unpack the files again after upgrading to patch 2?

ps. Will your mod-folder auto-installer still work?

Thanks,
RM3

[alpaca]

Yes and probably not. I'll create a new one for 1.2 (note that my todo-list is still growing by the minute so it might take me some time )

[oklahomasooners]

hmmmmm.... i'm using the IO thingy and the game still won't read my files.......

edit: never mind i'll just install update 2 and start fresh

[prodo]

I have gotten to step 1.1, but nothing seems to happen when I try to convert the .strings.bin.- I don't see any strings files to convert in the data folder, they are text/xml. When i run the extract_all, the dos screen pops up and closes immediately-am i missing something?

I went ahead a few steps anyway and added the batch file, it opens the game fine, but then an "unspecified error" pops up.

?

[prodo]

HAHA, I sat there and didn't even look at "data/text". I was thinking convert the text in the data folder. ok, now i'll try it the right way.

[prodo]

hmm, still not working. Same thing happens. I may just have to try the mod-folder method instead. This doesn't look to be working.