KOTF mod

[Ramses II CP]

I have known people who had their machines screwed up by Securom, but that was about four years ago. The latest versions are nothing to sneeze at, but there is a reliable procedure for uninstalling the one that comes with Kingdoms now. A procedure that you can find with a quick search around the 'net. I personally wouldn't attempt it before I was ready to uninstall the game as well, although obviously it's been done by a part of the gaming community it would be ill advised to discuss here.

[AussieGiant]

I have known people who had their machines screwed up by Securom, but that was about four years ago. The latest versions are nothing to sneeze at, but there is a reliable procedure for uninstalling the one that comes with Kingdoms now. A procedure that you can find with a quick search around the 'net. I personally wouldn't attempt it before I was ready to uninstall the game as well, although obviously it's been done by a part of the gaming community it would be ill advised to discuss here.

Thanks Ramses. No I'm not going to start that whole topic again. I just wanted to check before I installed that I remembered correctly.

A well. I guess I'll take the plunge.

[Zim]

I think my version is unpacked. At least I used to unpack everytime I had to reinstall. Where would that file be?

[econ21]

According to the guide Rowan linked to, the key files needed are:

1.) descr_names.txt – located in MTW2/data

2.) names.txt.strings.bin – located in MTW2/data/text

If you haven't got them (like me), you haven't unpacked.

[Zim]

I think I've looked in those folders before...

Ah well, I'll run the unpacker right now.

[Zim]

Done, getting in contact with Tristan now about the best way to get those files to him...

[AussieGiant]

Just a point.

Once all this mod action is set, TC did a very good step by step guide with link to patches and mod.

As a control point, there was an in game check you could do to determine if you had installed everything correctly.

At one time the check was to going into the game and go to Arnold's avatar card and determine some specific value. I have forgotten exactly, but it would be a very good idea to do the same.

You've got 20 plus players having to install about 5 to 6 different things from scratch.

We need a baseline control mechanism.