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[Lightningv]

(This is aimed at the W&L DLC)

Not that I actually want to cheat but, im done playing this game beginning as a Captain, and I cant get into the main campaign (I just don't want to micromanage that much).

Obviously the main setup as your character is so stupid, not knowing what stats im gaining, i'm fed-up of trying random options, I just want to start out the campaign as a leader of an army group. So I guess MG level.

Can anyone give me some advice as how to either edit the save files, or access console commands to get this done.

Thanks for any advice. (I will post this on both sub forums, so i apologise for that).

[stgarrettjr]

There may be someething in the config files, but I'm not sure how to force the game to start you as a brigadier general or major general. I don't remember if the W&L config file has an option to create a character higher-ranked than a colonel.

You can always start a game, save, and then go into the save folder created and change your character's rank in the commanders.txt file. Use a created officer's file iin the Avatar directoory for reference to which line decides an officer's rank.

Granted, you'll still have to pick a colonel or captain level command at first, but put in the promotiion and give yourself enough prestige and the game will make higher commands available. Or just further save-hack under the... I believe regiments.dat file to change thee commander ID number to your character's (use your character's entry in the commander.txt file in your save to find your character iD).

[Lightningv]

Thank you. I manged to find a path straight to colonel with the setup, very important to pick used my time after military school to gain prestige, and money (Gives you about 1.5k on each). Then I used your advice to give some extra prestige and such. Again thanks for the help, and finally looking at the data files I now totally understand the poor performance and bad filing system the devs used. Nothing against them, but now they have given up on the project, im obviously frustrated. I really hope on of the Mod teams pick this up and do some improvements. Must be a nightmare trying to organise everything. Cross fingers.

[Aurite]

You can go to the campaign 002 files, select config (config.dlcwl i think) file, open with notepad, edit it, save, then start a new game. The file is easy to edit as each editable number has a descriptor, such as starting money 500 and you just change the 500 to what you want.

How does this help? Well you can set starting money and prestige within the config file to 999999. With prestige you can push your promotion (little bar midway in your character card on the bottom left of the campaign screen when it opens) with prestige. The bar is just under your traits, like westpoint, artilry offficer etc,

You click the eagle symbol or on the bar to use prestige to fill the bar up and again to request promotion. You will see if you click it a third time a pop-up with promotion already requested will appear. At higher levels of promotion if will say, cant be higher rank than your commander. In which case take control of an Army with a higher rank leader.

The first promotion you can get pretty much instantly, the second one I think requests you command a higher tier than you currently do, so you need to take command of a division somewhere. The third is similar and take a month or two to be approved.

Once you are allowed the army/corps command then take over an army that has a division in its command tree, or create your own division and request attachment to an army and then take over the army. You need to have a division in the army when you take it over to reliably make divisions under you. Otherwise you take over one of the armies that only has brigades in it and cant make divisions because that level is missing in the army command chain.

I take over the smallest army and make it my own, using prestige to create divisions and brigades under me, recruit soldiers, and use prestige to get the best officers you can for each unit.

. The other great things you can do with prestige is using it to make units, and upgrade units weapons. Also you can use prestige in the projects tab to get horse artillery, better weapons etc. With enough prestige you can get everything in the projects tab and really kit your units out.

This is all on the cenfederate side I should say, no idea on the union.

Otr useful edits you can also edit the number of units you can command at each rank. The salary at each rank, annual promotion speed. How quickly you can settle arguments with another officer. Cost of projects, cost of taking over units in battle etc. The number of companions you can have AND the bonus they give. So you can have 9 companions each giving 9 hours in camp, which means your army will get lots of training, morale, supply, readiness etc.

Once you get into the file and have a look you will find the things you want to change to customise your game to what you want. Good luck and have fun!