BETTER WATER 1.0

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http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=324952

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BANNER COURTESY OF Maяcel



DESCRIPTION:


BETTER WATER 1.0's a miniature mod that improves incredibly well the water detail in the battle map, through a Far Cry1-like graphics. The mod's not been created with the purpose to reach the extreme reality/fidelity of real-life water, because Med2 engine is hardcoded unfortunately for us. But i m sure you will enjoy Better Water 1.0 anyway as a different gaming experience 



WHAT'S NEW:

• Water textures
• Bump map and shaders
• Waves
• Particles
• Real-time water surface reflections
• Movement of troops decreased from knee deep water, to reproduce real river crossing timing
• Water direction now follows his own bed, instead of vanilla unrealistic from up to down
• Water flow m/s speed increased more than vanilla
  

EXAMPLE OF REAL RIVERS REFLECTIONS:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  

BETTER WATER REFLECTIONS

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INSTALLATION: 

Copy the folder and txts you find inside .rar and paste them to:

Medieval II Total War\data



UNINSTALLATION:

Whenever you dont like this mod, you can uninstall it simply opening data/BETTER_WATER/BACKUP_VANILLA_TXTS, copy the text files you find and paste them in data folder. 



REQUIREMENTS: 


BETTER WATER 1.0 to work needs that you run the game via io_file first and game unpacked
In game you have to set maximum video detail settings, to full enjoy the miniature mod



HOW TO CREATE io.file_first, NECESSARY TO LAUNCH THE GAME WITH UNPACKED GAME:


To create the .bat alternative exe of the game, io.file_first:

To do this, copy your medieval2.preference.cfg file and name the copy "mymod.cfg"
Then open "mymod.cfg" with a text editor and add the following to the top:

Quote:

[io]
file_first = 1

[log]
to = logs/system.log.txt
level = * error

This will tell the game to use the files it finds in the data directory instead of those in the packs.
It will also enable error logging to a custom error log, which is highly recommended, but not strictly necessary.

In order to be able to start your game using this config, create a new text file inside your MTW2 directory called mymod.bat
Open it (right-click, edit) and write this into it:

Quote:

medieval2.exe @mymod.cfg 

Congratulations. If everything worked, you should now be able to run the game with your unpacked files by starting mymod.bat


now open your data directory (inside your MTW2 directory) and delete or rename descr_geography_new.db anddescr_geography_new.txt (this is important - if you don't do it, your game won't run)




COMPABILITY OF BETTER WATER 1.0:

• Totally compatible with Medieval II (100% ok)
  
• Totally compatible with Kindgoms but i have not tested it accurately 
  

BUGS: 

If you find bugs or errors etc. etc. especially on Kingdoms, please report them on this thread. 



SPECIAL THANKS: 

davide.cool
Maяcel 
(Please +rep Marcel, for the cool banner he made)




MODDERS WHO WANTS TO USE/INCLUDE THIS WORK FOR THEIR OWN MODIFICATIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE U MY PERMISSION... JUST SEND ME A PM 




HAVE A NICE BETTER WATER 1.0 

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Attached Files

BETTER_WATER_1.0.rar (512.1 KB, 24 views)

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