export_descr_unit

[Wings of Liberty]

My question is how number changes applied in the "export_descr_unit" folder. Is there something else i have to do? Would be nice if an modder has a answer for me. Because i dont really have experience with modding.

[Inardesco]

You're better off at the modding section of the medieval 2 forums on TWCenter.com

[Wings of Liberty]

Didnt found there anything in relation to steam version. They just say "save the folder" and thats it. I need more informations if i want to do it properly it seems like.

[Snizzlet]

1) go to TWCenter
2) unpack the game. its in the tools folder of the game's main folder
3) add a line to the preferences file telling the game to read from the unpacked file
4) seriously, go to TWCenter, there is an amazing amount of info there

[Wings of Liberty]

Why and how to unpack? I think i already did that. Tried a year before to change unit stats.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Verstopfung:

Didnt found there anything in relation to steam version. They just say "save the folder" and thats it. I need more informations if i want to do it properly it seems like.

Perhaps you should give more information in regards to what it is that you're wanting to do.

[Wings of Liberty]

I just want to change the attack damage etc. from certain units. I have the "export_descr_unit" folder and know what to change in the text data. But i see no difference ingame. Why does the game not apply what i changed?

[Snizzlet]

step 3 dude. seriously go to the mod tutortials/resources forum on TWCenter.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Verstopfung:

I just want to change the attack damage etc. from certain units. I have the "export_descr_unit" folder and know what to change in the text data. But i see no difference ingame. Why does the game not apply what i changed?

Cuz you did it wrong?

[Wings of Liberty]

Okay now i am so far that i downloaded the MedManager. Using instructions from this thread:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?76978-How-to-Edit-Units-in-Medieval-total-war-2

I made a "MyMod" folder in programms (x86)/Steam/common/Medieval 2 Total War/mods/data/
and in it is the "data" text folder i created wich contains the export_descr_unit. Like mentioned in the TWC thread. The problem now is that the MedManager say "MyMod" doesnt exist. Now i dont know how to go on....

[Inardesco]

Uhh yeah, there's your issue. The directory you've shown is well....your mod is called data. So why don't you just get rid of that folder and try again shall we?

Simply unpack the files (assuming you've not done that yet).

Then you go and back up the original EDU (meaning you copy and save it in a seperate folder outside your Medieval 2 folder). Like I said, BACK IT UP

Then you change the units you want to change (thus your directory would be /medieval 2 total war/data)

Launch the game, check within custom battle if it worked.

Enjoy.

[Wings of Liberty]

I created a folder /Programms (x86)/Backups/Medival 2 units wich is a text file with the identical content from the export_descr_unit text file. Is that right? So what i enter in the MedManager now?

[Inardesco]

I've never used a third party program to edit the EDU. I just open the files in notepad and edit them in there.

[Wings of Liberty]

Damn. What can i do? Only editing the EDU doesnt work....

[Armchair Civilian]

Do the changes require starting a new campaign to take effect?

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by Verstopfung:

Damn. What can i do? Only editing the EDU doesnt work....

Are you sure the file isn't on read-only?

Originally posted by The Winking Skeever:

Do the changes require starting a new campaign to take effect?

I've changed some stats around during an Isengard campaign in DaC since I thought the Warg Riders had waaaaay to little armour and died way to easily. I changed their armour stat and I checked to see if the change was present in the custom battle screen, which it did, and it also existed within the ongoing campaign.

So there's no need to start a new campaign when you edit the edu but you do have to make sure the file is read-only otherwise, I think with vanilla atleast, steam might simply change it back when you launch.

The other thing might be that OP is editing the wrong bits and pieces of the edu but we can't know that unless OP shares with us directly what the original file says and what he changed within the file.