M2TW refuses to load any file from data/text

[KnightErrant]

Do you have export_units.txt.strings.bin in the same directory?
If so, delete the .strings.bin file to force the executable to
recompile your export_units.txt file.

[AlphaDelta1]

No, the only files in data/text are my modified exports_units.txt and also a file called FactionIntroSubTitles.txt.strings.bin which is being generated and put into data/text every time I run M2TW.

By the way, if I change my exportunits.txt to be called export_units.txt.strings.bin, and run the game, it seems to load the file incorrectly, and removes all the unit text in the game. So it seems like it will load the file: export_units.txt.strings.bin but not load the file export_units.txt.

Is there a tool to compile export_units.txt to be a bin ?

Cheers

[AlphaDelta1]

Finally got it working, here's how:

1) Made a new mod folder called alphadelta.

2) Made the alphadelta.cfg and set:

[features]
mod = ad

3) Made the folder data/text and inside that placed my modified export_units.txt.

4) Loaded the game using a batch file to initiate the mod.

5) Closed the game and copied both the export_units.txt.strings.bin and export_units.txt to my original M2TW/data/text folder.

6) Started the game, and hey-presto! it works.

For some reason the game requires both the matching txt and bin file for it work properlly.

M2TW modding makes me

Cheers and thanks for your help KnightErrant

[AlphaDelta1]

Sorry, number 2 should say:

[features]
mod = alphadelta

Number 5 should say:

Closed the game and copied both the newly created export_units.txt.strings.bin and export_units.txt to my original M2TW/data/text folder.

Cheers

[Drákon]

I think I have another solution to solve the problem. Maybe slightly easier.

Just create an empty .string.bin file (with notepad for example) and put it in your /data/text folder with the modified .txt file.

For example, if you have edited and modified
export_ancillaries.txt
and export_units.txt
Add empty export_ancillaries.txt.strings.bin
and export_units.txt.strings.bin in the same folder.

Start the game: M2TW will somehow rebuild the .txt.strings.bin files according to your modified .txt files and your changes will apply properly.

:)

[alpaca]

This thread is eight months old, please don't go around digging out old long-dead threads

[KnightErrant]

Your new post caught me just as I was replying to your
previous. Glad you got it working.