Medieval 2: Total War Turns Limit

decmatt · 21 Jan 2007 at 14:56

Hi

Got ME2:TW yesterday however the turns limit on the game looks like its going to annoy me, I like to do things very slow not rushed so I am wondering if theres anyway to change the amount of turns to like a million or something or just removes the turns altogether?

Thanks

Zip · 21 Jan 2007 at 15:37

There is a way to do it, i just cant remember how to

While we are at it, Is there any way to unlock the Saxons? :confused:

Lunatic Dreyfus · 21 Jan 2007 at 16:34

Solac said:
Hi

Got ME2:TW yesterday however the turns limit on the game looks like its going to annoy me, I like to do things very slow not rushed so I am wondering if theres anyway to change the amount of turns to like a million or something or just removes the turns altogether?

Thanks

This is mostly ripped off from another forum, but it does work.

To change the number of turns in a campaign you’ll need to do a little modding…

Go to my computer and locate, and open the descr_strat file. It’s also a read only file, so you’ll need to change that so you can save your changes. Back up the file before changing anything of course!

It’s located here…

Program Files/SEGA/Medieval II Total War/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.

Once open find the section below…

start_date 1080 summer
end_date 1530 winter
timescale 2.00

Change timescale to 0.50 for turns that last 6 months (summer and winter), or 1.00 for 1 year instead.

You can also display years on the campaign map, rather than the naff turn counter (really cheap decision by CA there). Find the section below in descr_strat.

show_date_as_turns

Put a ; in front of it instead, so it reads;

;show_date_as_turns

Then save.

A word of caution though. It might seem that 250 odd turns is a little on the low side at the moment, but changing the setting to 0.50 will mean you have roughly 800 turns, which is far too many! :eek:

Have fun.

Stag · 21 Jan 2007 at 21:58

Zip said:
There is a way to do it, i just cant remember how to

While we are at it, Is there any way to unlock the Saxons?

Weren't the Saxons as a civilisation destroyed in 1066 when Harold got Pwned by the French *******?

philstanbridge · 22 Jan 2007 at 09:26

If you're happy to play the vanilla game then that is fine but if you want a real challenge then I would recommend you check out a few mods!

Lands to Conquer is the best of the bunch at the minute.

Pablo72 · 22 Jan 2007 at 09:46

What does this 'vanilla' thing mean?

philstanbridge · 22 Jan 2007 at 10:30

Pablo72 said:
What does this 'vanilla' thing mean?

Sorry! vanilla=plain ie, stock. So the game, out of the box, the "vanilla" version.

Pablo72 · 22 Jan 2007 at 10:57

philstanbridge said:
Sorry! vanilla=plain ie, stock. So the game, out of the box, the "vanilla" version.

Cheers, matey.

Zip · 22 Jan 2007 at 14:17

Stag said:
Weren't the Saxons as a civilisation destroyed in 1066 when Harold got Pwned by the French *******?

Yeah that was them. You fight against them in the Tutorial.
I know the game starts at 1080, but i just wanna use them in Custom battle mode if thats possible

Nice seeing you back around here philstanbridge, I havnt seen you here in awhile

philstanbridge · 22 Jan 2007 at 15:40

Zip said:
Yeah that was them. You fight against them in the Tutorial.
I know the game starts at 1080, but i just wanna use them in Custom battle mode if thats possible

Nice seeing you back around here philstanbridge, I havnt seen you here in awhile

Thanks Zip nice to be back. I've been busy supporting my sis and bro in law through their tough times..

Zip · 22 Jan 2007 at 18:02

philstanbridge said:
Thanks Zip nice to be back. I've been busy supporting my sis and bro in law through their tough times..

I hope all is well now, If its not then good luck and i hope things turn out ok