Total War: SHOGUN 2

Total War: SHOGUN 2

20 More Years
RolandJ 27 Jul, 2015 @ 12:44pm
Otomo Support Method
Hey There,

You've done a great job with this mod - just look at the number of subscribers. I notice that you have left out Otomo support and I think that I understand why. I myself have encountered much frustration when trying to mod the Otomo clan's properties through the official modding tools (TWEAK.Release.exe mainly). What made it frustrating for me is that Otomo's lines and values are completely missing from TWEAK's databases and so you are left unable to edit the clan simply due to a lack of resources.

I found something out the other day that might be able to help you - though you probably already know about it, so I apologize if I'm just repeating known-about-stuff here.

The thing is - while the CA decided not to update TWEAK's resources with the latest DLC information, they did decide to update the game's data with the latest DLC information. What this means for the individual modder is that you can use this to your advantage by opening up data.pack in PFM and studying the tables within in. Whereas in TWEAK the DLC values would be missing - in data.pack it is all there - it's a treasure trove! :D

That being said - DON'T modify data.pack. PFM is configured by default to stop you from being able to but there is a killswitch to that safety feature. Don't do it. Instead just find the values you need, copy them into your mod's independent .pack file, and leave data.pack alone, simply using it as a resource. I'm sure you didn't need me to tell you that about data.pack, though; that warning is posted all over the place it seems.

You probably already knew all of that and I probably didn't need to say it. Just in case you don't, though - here it is. I hope that this information is able to help you and your 10,000 subscribers.

Kind Regards,
Roland
Last edited by RolandJ; 27 Jul, 2015 @ 12:52pm