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How hard is it to mod? do we need special tools or is it just about moding some text files?

Is it possable to have the heavy inf etc.. names change as you level up your tecs?

What about charnging the rate morale drops? the biggest problem with ping pong armies IMO is morale drops way to fast but a morale change might make taking forts to easy, so is it possable to up the damage in each round to kill armies quicker?
 
The nice thing about every paradox game I can remember is that _EVERYTHING_ with very few exceptions can be modded.

As long as you don't touch the .exe (And that is a big no-no), you can easily poke around in the text files to mod many things. For example, I recently added an Imperium government. I like having my Imperator/Imperatrix running the show. At least then you don't get a million election events!

For your question, I would assume that the cohort names are somewhere in the localization folder csv's, and I am sure morale values can be shifted too, though don't ask me how ATM.

Wait about a week. By then a WIP mod will have started, fixing many basic issues. In a month or so there will probably be a MM-like mod forming up for Rome.
 
What files are you trying to open? The text files that goobermaster referred to are just that -- .txt files. You shouldn't have a problem opening them in notepad.
 
the localization folder csv's files. they look like this when i use notepad or wordpad.

DISBAND_UNIT;Disband Unit;Démobiliser l'unité;Einheit auflösen;Rozwi¹¿ jednostkê;Disolver unidad;Sciogliere unità;Egység feloszlatása.

etc.. that dont even make sense to me :(
 
You should use excel to open it.

It does make sense actually, it's just the command "disband unit" translated into a lot of languages... :p
 
Tulan said:
the localization folder csv's files. they look like this when i use notepad or wordpad.

DISBAND_UNIT;Disband Unit;Démobiliser l'unité;Einheit auflösen;Rozwi¹¿ jednostkê;Disolver unidad;Sciogliere unità;Egység feloszlatása.

etc.. that dont even make sense to me :(
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Just use notepad. It's easy enough to edit as it's simple text editing. Using excel is easier but it also tends to screw the files up if not used properly.
 
Tulan said:
the localization folder csv's files. they look like this when i use notepad or wordpad.

DISBAND_UNIT;Disband Unit;Démobiliser l'unité;Einheit auflösen;Rozwi¹¿ jednostkê;Disolver unidad;Sciogliere unità;Egység feloszlatása.

etc.. that dont even make sense to me :(
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As Skobelev said, just use notepad. As to your question:

DISBAND_UNIT;Disband Unit;Démobiliser l'unité;Einheit auflösen;Rozwi¹¿ jednostkê;Disolver unidad;Sciogliere unità;Egység feloszlatása.

The file is a CSV, meaning it is delimited by 'commas' (Semicolons in this case - MS is like that :D ). So each entry seperated by a semicolon is a seperate entity. All entities on a line make a group.

The first capital group is the tag, how the game refers to this entry - in the code, these tags are thrown around, and then the game comes here to find its definition.

All the other entries are defining what the text for this tag is - in this case, when you hover over the disband icon, this tag is looked up, and 'Disband Unit' is displayed in the text box. The other entries are the same thing in different languages for localization purposes.

A word of advice - if you intend to add lines, I find it better to copy an existing line and modify it - since the total number of semicolons, and the x at the end, _MUST_ be there or bad things happen. And it is very easy to miss one and spend time searching for it (Trust me :mad: ).
 
Cheexsta said:
Do what I do and use OpenOffice. Basically the same as MS Office... except free.
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And better. It doesn't have nearly as many bugs, security holes, or other unpleasant detritus as MSOffice has.
 
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