EDU switcher for custom battle
THE EDU SWITCHER IS NOW SUPERCEEDED BY THE TRIVIAL SCRIPT ENGINE INCLUDED IN EB 1.1
(I figure this is probably a bit better place for this than buried in the main forum)
Intro
With EB having a separate EDU for playing Custom Battles & Multiplayer, the apparent need arose for an automated switcher for those who are lazy or those who get fuzzy about technical stuff.
I've written up two variants of batch file which perform this function.
How it works
There are two versions, menu driven & simple, choose which you want & use the code for that.
What the menu driven version does:
1: Menu gives several options, you can set for the mode you want on its own or set & then run EB. You can also exit with or without starting EB.
2: When setting modes, the game copies the EDU files from the "\EB\mp custom game edu" & "\EB\sp game edu backup" directories, renaming where apropriate.
It always overwrites the EDU in the "\EB\Data" folder but leaves the "\EB\mp custom game" edu & "\EB\sp game edu backup" copies unchanged.
3: When it starts the game it uses the following commandline options: -mod:eb -nm -show_err
What the simple version does:
1: Swaps in the Custom Battle or Multiplayer EDU.
2: Starts the game.
3: The window stays open in the background & when the game exits, it swaps back to the Campaign Mode EDU.
Instructions
1: Open Notepad.
2: Copy & Paste the relevant code (see below) into Notepad.
3: Save As "swap_edu.bat" (or whatever, just keep the .bat at the end).
4: Copy the .bat file to the same directory as the RomeTW.exe for your EB v1.0 install.
5: Make a shortcut & put it where you like to launch EB from.
The Code
Simple version:
Menu driven version:Code:@echo off rem -EDU swapper for EB v1.0 rem -MK2.2 rem -by hoom 14 Oct 07 rem -tested on Windows XP, should work on other Windows versions but not tested rem -feel free to use and alter as needed, its a very basic .bat file... rem -Note: place this file in the same directory as your RomeTW.exe rem -set for custommp EDU & start EB echo Configuring EB for Custom Battle or Multiplayer then starting EB echo. @echo on copy ".\EB\mp custom game edu\custom_edu.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt @echo off rem -endstart echo. echo Now starting EB echo. echo This batch window should be left open until EB exits echo to enable automatic reset to Campaign Mode rem -start EB call .\RomeTW.exe -mod:eb -nm -show_err copy ".\EB\sp game edu backup\export_descr_unit.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt exit
Remember: If you use the menu version to swap the EDU files, make sure you run it & choose Campaign Mode when you want to play Campaign Mode!Code:@echo off rem -EDU swapper for EB v1.0 rem -MK1.21 rem -by hoom 14 Oct 07 rem -tested on Windows XP, should work on other Windows versions but not tested rem -feel free to use and alter as needed, its a very basic .bat file... rem -Note: place this file in the same directory as your RomeTW.exe rem -menu :menu rem -options echo. echo =================EDU swapper================= echo 1 Campaign Mode echo 2 Campaign Mode and start EB echo 3 Custom Battle or Multiplayer echo 4 Custom Battle or Multiplayer and start EB echo 5 Exit and start EB echo 6 Exit without starting EB echo. rem -the choice code set choice= set /p choice=choose an option: rem if not '%choice%'=='' set choice=%choice:~0,1% if '%choice%'=='1' goto campaign if '%choice%'=='2' goto campaignstart if '%choice%'=='3' goto custommp if '%choice%'=='4' goto custommpstart if '%choice%'=='5' goto endstart if '%choice%'=='6' goto end echo '%choice%' is not valid, please try again echo choose a number 1 to 6: goto menu rem -set for campaign EDU :campaign cls echo. echo You chose to configure EB for Campaign Mode echo. @echo on copy ".\EB\sp game edu backup\export_descr_unit.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt @echo off echo. echo EB is now configured for Campaign Mode goto menu rem -set for campaign EDU & start EB :campaignstart cls echo You chose to configure EB for Campaign Mode then start EB echo. @echo on copy ".\EB\sp game edu backup\export_descr_unit.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt @echo off goto endstart rem -set for custommp EDU :custommp cls echo. echo You chose to configure EB for Custom Battle or Multiplayer echo. @echo on copy ".\EB\mp custom game edu\custom_edu.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt @echo off echo. echo EB is now configured for Custom Battle or Multiplayer goto menu rem -set for custommp EDU & start EB :custommpstart cls echo You chose to configure EB for Custom Battle or Multiplayer then start EB echo. @echo on copy ".\EB\mp custom game edu\custom_edu.txt" .\EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt @echo off goto endstart rem -endstart :endstart cls echo. echo Now starting EB echo This batch window should stay open until EB exits echo to enable automatic reset to Campaign Mode.Mode rem -start EB start .\RomeTW.exe -mod:eb -nm -show_err exit rem -end without starting EB :end cls echo. echo You chose to exit without starting EB pause exit
Bad things happen if you try to play Campaign Mode with the Custom Battle EDU
THE EDU SWITCHER IS NOW SUPERCEEDED BY THE TRIVIAL SCRIPT ENGINE INCLUDED IN EB 1.1
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