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[Kwen]

FinalBig is a powerful tool yes, but I recommend that you extract the ini files into a folder, and edit them manually. It is easier to locate the files you want, and there is less restraint. Then, once you have your changes completed, you import the inis back into FinalBig and save it all as a new .big file. Then, run your mod from the .big using the -mod command.

[man_of_gondor]

You just go to finalbig and search for the ini you need. Than you go to edit, extract all and you can put it in youre own mod folder. I will call the folder now TTT. Now you must have this: Folder TTT/data/ini/object/etc. Now you can open this ini with a text editor like notepad. Now you can change the things. If you want to play the game with youre mod, you have to copy this TTT folder and put it in this path: C:\Users\-yourename-\aplication data\roaming\mybattleformiddle earth files. After this is done you go to youre main BFME shortcut and copy this one. Past it on youre desktop so now you have 2 shortcuts. Right-click on one of them and press properties. Than add this to the target part: -mod TTT
Now if youre starting the old shortcut, the game will run the normal one. If you run the new one with -mod TTT. He will run the modded one.

I hope you get this explanation

Man of Gondor

[man_of_gondor]

Which kind of "dump files" do you mean?

[Titan Cronus]

Im not sure, I'll show you some of the dump file names, see if that is any good to you.

DUMP__20100228-002930__76660_78924.dmp
or DUMP_2.01.2614.37001_20070617-231014_FC32172E-8F97-4139-B810-342D63CDC43E_3692_3764.dmp
or DUMP_2.01.2614.37001_20100302-124841_FC32172E-8F97-4139-B810-342D63CDC43E_4448_1180.dmp.

The dates of last modified on the most resent ones are from today and yesterday, which is what made me think that were like records of when the game failed to launch or when I got an error while loading maps over the last few days.

Edited by Titan Cronus, 02 March 2010 - 04:06 PM.

[man_of_gondor]

Never saw this, but have you tryed the way i said a few posts before?

[Titan Cronus]

Extracting it to the TTT folder? Yep. When I got part way through, I noticed that when I went to edit the file I wanted, it was just the same as editing it in the ini file, only in a word document (althouh a lot easier to find. cheers). And, Im still not sure what to edit to get the outcome I want. I want to give Damrod a Special Ability that another Hero has, so thought I could go to that hero's file and copy paste the info I wanted and change the rest in the commandbutton and commantset files. But its not going to be that easy, is it?

Edited by Titan Cronus, 02 March 2010 - 04:25 PM.

[man_of_gondor]

Not at all. I dont really know anything about heroes and there powers. Maybe you should look at some tutorials on the main site, the3rdage.net.

[Titan Cronus]

Ok, fella, will do.
Cheers for the help and quick replys dude. You da Man!

If anyone else know how I can edit Damrod like I've mentioned above, please let me know. : )

[Titan Cronus]

Right, I went looking for tutorials like Man of Gondor said and found what I was looking for.

http://www.the3rdage...item-90?addview

How to give a hero another Special Ability, the example was even the exact ability I wanted to give Damrod, Blade Master.
So I thought I'd do an exact copy of the example. But, after looking through the Boromir (the hero used in the example) file for almost an hour, I just couldn't find where I was supposed to input the text. I then went and had a look in the Damrod (Arnor Captain) file and after looking for half an hour I was confident that I know where to put the text in his file. So I added all the text to the Arnor Captain file and added the text to other files, which was a piece of piss to find (it just seems that the unit files arn't laid out in a specific order so hard to find where to put things). Then I tested it ..... nothing.

So,... I don't suppose anyone who knows about coding could check out the tutorial and let me know where Im going wrong?

[Titan Cronus]

MoG, I just tried to put that TTT folder where you said and edit the target in the shortcut but it just says Target box is not valid. Then I relised that my excisting Tatger is "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king\lotrbfme2ep1.exe" and not anything like C:\Users\-yourename-\aplication data\roaming\mybattleformiddle earth files. So where do I put the file now and the -mod TTT target extention?

[Kwen]

"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king\lotrbfme2ep1.exe" -mod (TTT target extention)

[man_of_gondor]

I am sorry man, i think made a mistake. you put youre TTT folder in the C:\Users\yourename\AppData\Roaming\My Battle for Middle-earth™ II Files. After that you you go to youre BFME2 shortcut and copy and past it. Now you have 2 shortcuts. Right-click on youre new one and press properties. Now you should change the target path because you must let it run youre mod. You just put this after the line: -mod TTT
If you installed the game in the default path it should look like this:
"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II\lotrbfme2.exe" -mod TTT

Now it should work

[Titan Cronus]

Cheers Guys. I made it work by puttitg it in "C:\", then changed the target to "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king\lotrbfme2ep1.exe" -mod "C\TTT".
Still can't get Damrod to work though. I've looked at over half a dozen tutorials now and they all say pretty much same, so I know what to do now but still no joy. Im either doing something wrong or theres a discrepancy in fis files or something like that. Should I make a new thread about it? Maybe ask people for help?

Edited by Titan Cronus, 03 March 2010 - 12:54 PM.

[Titan Cronus]

Right, I must be doing something wrong!
I've copied the instructions of several tutorials now and Im still getting nothing.

I've exporte the ini file,
I've edited and saved the files the tutorials said to (not 100% sure I put the code in at the right place though),
I've put my new extracted and edited ini (named TTT) in "C:\" and added -mod "C\TTT" to the target (which seems to be working as game still loads)
Then I load up the game from my new shortcut and.... nothing.

What am I missing or doing wrong?

Edited by Titan Cronus, 03 March 2010 - 12:56 PM.

[Titan Cronus]

Ok, I decided to stick with one tutorial untill I have it working.

The one im doing is "http://www.the3rdage...em-90#comments" (give Boromir Blade Master). I have already tried this a few times now but thought it should be an easy one to get working. After failing several more times, I thought that I'd just try editing somthing minor, like at what level Boromir gets Horn of Gondor at.

That should be just one file to edit, right? experiencelevels. I did that and.... nothing. So heres my conclusion, My mod/edit isn't actually loading or possibaly theres more to it that just editing experiencelevels. Can anyone please confirm (or dispute) this for me please.

[Titan Cronus]

Back again lol. Right, since my last post, I put the TTT folder in the Exact place (or to the equivelant destination on my com) where MoG said to and all looked good untill at the last moment of loading up when it shits me out. No error mesage or anything, only a DUMP file. So I tried swapping my eddited TTT file for an exact coppy of the ini file (extracted but not edited) and it still shat me out. So, why isn't it loading? Even with no editing?

Edited by Titan Cronus, 03 March 2010 - 02:48 PM.