problems with changing stats and such

[Hooahguy]

so my friend wanted to know how he could see everything on the map without a spy, as he could in .80x. i told him to go into the EBBS and delete the ; before the perfect_spy command. he did that, but it woludnt let him save the changes. it said that the filename and path was incorrect. (he tried to overwrite) when i tried todo it, same thing. i went to the EDU and tried to change a stat of the Cohors IMperatoria, wich i knew would never come. same thing. woludnt let me save. hes running visa, (im running XP)
does that have something to do with it?

[Moosemanmoo]

couldn't just type toggle_fow in the command console?

[Hooahguy]

ya, but you cant see enemy units and building and such without the perfect_spy command enabled in the EBBS

[Tellos Athenaios]

It might be you're working on a read-only file. You should remove that attribute - either through the context menu of windows explorer; or by saving a copy of the file, and editing the copy. The original can be kept as back up, the copy can then be used instead of the original.

[Hooahguy]

and that can be acheived my naming the old EEBS as EBBScopy nd the new one as the EBBS....
but will he have to do that for every thing he wants to edit? thats annoying... glad i dont have a read-only text.....

[Tellos Athenaios]

As said you can also remove the read-only attribute through the context (if you right click something and see a new menu) in windows explorer. (But you don't get your back-up this way, so that might be a bit difficult should you mess up.)

You will have to do this for every read-only file you want to edit, yes... Read-only is a sort-of lock which can be applied for various reasons, but is most often a side-effect. (It can be the result of using some archive-format for instance.)

[Hooahguy]

well, ill direct him this way....... thanks.
and btw, he wants me to tell that he thinks EB is the greatest game he ever played in his entire life.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Windows Vista won't let you change files in the "Program Files" folder. I install all of my video games in a different folder now that I'm using Vista, in order to avoid this problem with my self editting.

[skuzzy]

and who can dispute that Windows is the greatest OS of all time with restrictions like that?!

[Maksimus]

Windows Vista won't let you change files in the "Program Files" folder. I install all of my video games in a different folder now that I'm using Vista, in order to avoid this problem with my self editting.

You just need to turn of user account and all will be just fine

[LorDBulA]

You just need to turn of user account and all will be just fine

Well no it wont.
Go with MarcusAureliusAntoninus advice.
Turning UAC off is not very smart.

[Maksimus]

Well no it wont.
Go with MarcusAureliusAntoninus advice.
Turning UAC off is not very smart.

UAC is much-loathed Vista feature that attempts to protect your system from malware infections by making you manually confirm a whole host of everyday operations. While it does not directly impact preformance, it can be annoying and is more hassle than good

So, as I said

go: Control Panel/User Accounts/Uncheck UA Control box/Restart!

It works fine, as I said, It allows you to 'see' your saves in the 'EB' folder and it enables you to 'overwrite files' without a trouble of 'clicking' 5 admin seconds every time you want to use some of your data, preferences atc..

And the risks for your PC are more likely to be solved with some good KAS 6/7 or 8 rather than UAC

anyway - LorDBulA - thank you for some 'smart' advices of how to 'support' my PC

[sgsandor]

ok so i been around a min and still dont understand
a)how perfect spy works
b)if it is save game compitable
c)how to enable it

honest questions i really wanna know

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

1- Perfect spy allows you to see all the details of buildings and troops in towns/army as long as they are 'illuminated'. It doesn't show you enemy traits.
2- Yes, savegame compatible. (All script changes are savegame compatible.)
3- Open the script (...\Rome - Total War\EB\Data\scripts\show_me\EBBS_script.txt) and near the top will be a command that says, ";toggle perfect_spy". Remove the ";" and whenever you activate the script, perfect spy will toggle on.

[LorDBulA]

anyway - LorDBulA - thank you for some 'smart' advices of how to 'support' my PC

Just for clarification.

My last post wasnt ment for you but for all the people that would like to fallow your not so smart advise.

And my remark

Well no it wont.

was ment for the second part of your original sentence

and all will be just fine

It will solve mentioned problem but it will make user system much more SUSCEPTIBLE for attacks. So no, not ALL will be fine.

MarcusAureliusAntoninus solution is much better as it only deals with problem at hand without causing huge security gap in user system.

Again I dont try to convince you that you should use MarcusAureliusAntoninus solution. Its clear that You hate UAC and thats ok, its your computer.

This is meant for other EB users that can take your advice without knowing implications that it brings.

Cheers mate.

[Maksimus]

Nah.. you are right about the UAC - its just that I am in the middle of the ALX mod creation and tests so I just cant bear the weight of UAC right now