Modding exp_decr_ancillaries

[madalchemist]

I'll make some test then write the result. Thanks for the advices.

[madalchemist]

You were right. I made the ests you suggested with actor and biograph ancillaries and they both failed to appear; loks like I'm not using properly the file.

I have it in MTW2/data and I run only one mod (essentially all the contents of the directory "data").

Could you remind me the easiest way to see if the game plays according to the edited files in "data"?

[alpaca]

The easiest way is to inject an empty critical file like descr_sm_factions and seeing if the game crashes

[madalchemist]

Problem solved. During the last re-install I forgot to make the game start via the batch file required for modding. Now all works fine :). Thanks for the support

[madalchemist]

I have a question (maybe a bit off-topic): before using the correct batch file some of my files in my "data" folder worked (like the timescale in descr.strat), but other didn't (like exp_descr_ancillaries).

The question is: is this possible? Some files working and some not? And if the answer is yes, what's the reason some do and others don't?

All this assuming that from my last re-installing I'm so poor a spotter who believed to play his mod when I was playing clear 1.2 (which is hard to believe, 'cause the example of the timescale -2 turns/1 year of character aging- and change of events -gunpowder since fifth turn- was played from my brother too and was evident it was not original 1.2)

/me confused

[FactionHeir]

Files that were existant prior to unpacking do not require the io switch to activate them.

[madalchemist]

Files that were existant prior to unpacking do not require the io switch to activate them.

That explains all. thanks ;)