Total War: WARHAMMER II

Total War: WARHAMMER II

Seeking Perfection "previous version" - Unit Upgrade for High Elves
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Lethani  [developer] 5 Jun, 2020 @ 1:44pm
Create a submod for my desired units
Download PFM 5.2.4 with the most recent schematics.
Open PFM, Upper left corner press on "File", select "New".
Now you have an "Untitled.pack"

Right click on it and select: "Add" --> "From Pack"
choose "Leth_seeking_perfection.pack"
Navigate to "db" -> "unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables" and right click on it.
Click "ok" and you should have copied it into your mod
Click on the file embedded below it and you'll see three columns:
"Unit" --- This is the unit the upgrade will be made available to.
"effect" --- This is the effect upgrade.
"unknown2" --- This needs to be enabled.

Right click on on the last row and press "Insert Row".
Under unit you'll select the required unit, and under effect the craved for effect.

For modded units:

Open a second PFM Window and open the unit-mod, for example Radious.

Navigate to "db" -> "main_units_tables"
Click on it and you'll see in the first column the "unit"-string you need.
Copy them (STRG + C)
Go to your Mod again und paste this string in the column "Unit".
Choose an improvement from mine above and copy it to your new row.
Now your unit has its first improvement - go on this way
Give the unit further upgrades by writing the same unit with a different upgrade in a new row.
After all this delete all rows of my mod, so that only the ones you have written yourself remain.

Once you're done, you must save your mod! Congratulations, now you're a modder!

All you have to do now is to upload us your mod :)

Note: Your mod will only work together with "Seeking Perfection" and your selected unit mod. Without either of them, the game will crash.
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Estellus 5 Jun, 2020 @ 4:21pm 
So, to confirm, all a compatibility mod should have is;
>Mod name
->db
-->unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables
--->Leth_Upgrade, with the contents entirely deleted except the modded units you want to add and the effects you desire.

...and that's it? Put in your load order after both Seeking Perfection and the mod from which the units originate? Is that right?
Lethani  [developer] 5 Jun, 2020 @ 5:32pm 
Right, actually you only need unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables in your mod. The improvements it gets from my mod and the units from the unit mod. The only thing you have to pay attention to is that the name of the unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables is different than my original - one letter is enough
Estellus 5 Jun, 2020 @ 6:36pm 
Ah-HAH. THAT is probably why mine isn't working. Might want to put that in the rundown, if you can edit it.
Estellus 5 Jun, 2020 @ 7:19pm 
So, as soon as I change the name of that table, it and the followup file turn red, and I can no longer edit or view the Leth_Upgrade file to put the new units in it. I am in so far over my head I can barely see the surface...
Lethani  [developer] 6 Jun, 2020 @ 2:14am 
Try to change the name and just save the mod. If everything does not work out we can do it like this: I'll send you a friend request, you upload the mod and share it with friends. Then I can have a look at it
Estellus 6 Jun, 2020 @ 4:28pm 
I'll give it another go later today, but that's exactly what I was doing.
Nomilh 9 Jun, 2020 @ 4:14pm 
Alright so after trying for an hour to make it work with LoW - Dragon Legion and LoW - Phoenix Legion by following the guide it wasn't working so I'll explain how I did it to save time for people who wants to do it themselves.

1. Do as the main post says for PackFileManager then click on File -> New ( Or Ctrl + N )

2. Right click on Untitled.pack -> Add -> From Pack

3. Choose the .pack from the unit mod you want to add to Lethani's mod for me it's LoW - Dragon Legion so I have to pick LoW_Dragon_Princes_Legion.pack

3. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on main_units_tables -> Ok ( Note : if you want to add units from multiple mods you can add the main_units_tables from the other .pack from the mods you want to add to Lethani's mod )

4. Do 2. again choose Lethani's mod .pack so Leth_Seeking_Perfection.pack

5. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables

6. Click on Leth_Upgrade go all the way down on the * row -> Right click -> Insert Row

7. Go on the main_units_tables data ( for me LOW_DP_data ) -> Right click the unit you want to add -> Copy

8. Go on Leth_Upgrade -> Right click on the line you just created at step 6. -> Right click -> Paste

9. Choose the effect you want for the unit -> Copy it -> Paste it on the right case from the unit name in Leth_Upgrade

10. Repeat until all of the units from the mod has upgrades ( Note : I don't know if you can put more than 4 upgrades per units but you're free to try )

11. Right click on Leth_upgrade -> Rename -> Put whatever you want i renamed it Leth_upgrade_LoW

12. Right click on main_units_tables -> delete ( Note : It might not dissapear for some reason that's just PFM doing PFM things for some reason it will still disseapear once you save your mod )

13. File -> Save as -> *Name your mod*.pack -> Save

14. Activate your mod in the mod manager and enjoy.

I'm clarifying from the op guide because it didn't work at all for me I couldn't add units in his mod because PFM doesn't let you write the name of the unit you need to choose from units that are from the vanilla game so you need to add the units from the unit mod first before Leth mod.
Last edited by Nomilh; 9 Jun, 2020 @ 4:14pm
Reanimator 9 Jun, 2020 @ 4:22pm 
Has anyone made a submod for the new LoW Dragon and Phoenix units? Care t oshare?
Reanimator 9 Jun, 2020 @ 4:27pm 
Originally posted by Nomilh:
Alright so after trying for an hour to make it work with LoW - Dragon Legion and LoW - Phoenix Legion by following the guide it wasn't working so I'll explain how I did it to save time for people who wants to do it themselves.

1. Do as the main post says for PackFileManager then click on File -> New ( Or Ctrl + N )

2. Right click on Untitled.pack -> Add -> From Pack

3. Choose the .pack from the unit mod you want to add to Lethani's mod for me it's LoW - Dragon Legion so I have to pick LoW_Dragon_Princes_Legion.pack

3. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on main_units_tables -> Ok ( Note : if you want to add units from multiple mods you can add the main_units_tables from the other .pack from the mods you want to add to Lethani's mod )

4. Do 2. again choose Lethani's mod .pack so Leth_Seeking_Perfection.pack

5. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables

6. Click on Leth_Upgrade go all the way down on the * row -> Right click -> Insert Row

7. Go on the main_units_tables data ( for me LOW_DP_data ) -> Right click the unit you want to add -> Copy

8. Go on Leth_Upgrade -> Right click on the line you just created at step 6. -> Right click -> Paste

9. Choose the effect you want for the unit -> Copy it -> Paste it on the right case from the unit name in Leth_Upgrade

10. Repeat until all of the units from the mod has upgrades ( Note : I don't know if you can put more than 4 upgrades per units but you're free to try )

11. Right click on Leth_upgrade -> Rename -> Put whatever you want i renamed it Leth_upgrade_LoW

12. Right click on main_units_tables -> delete ( Note : It might not dissapear for some reason that's just PFM doing PFM things for some reason it will still disseapear once you save your mod )

13. File -> Save as -> *Name your mod*.pack -> Save

14. Activate your mod in the mod manager and enjoy.

I'm clarifying from the op guide because it didn't work at all for me I couldn't add units in his mod because PFM doesn't let you write the name of the unit you need to choose from units that are from the vanilla game so you need to add the units from the unit mod first before Leth mod.

ugh I literally asked if any1 made it compatible without reading your post lulz, can you share it? is it working?

I literally spent my last 4 hours submodding LoW but making it compatible with unit formations mod - giving all LoW units different formations, i dont think my braind can handle more modding lol
Last edited by Reanimator; 9 Jun, 2020 @ 4:28pm
Estellus 9 Jun, 2020 @ 11:41pm 
Nomilh, you madman, thank you. I've been renaming the wrong file this whole time. I've got it working

If I can get the damn launcher to let me upload, I'll post my compatibility mod for Lthelis' mod in the next day or so...and if I can get Lthelis' permission, of course.
Estellus 12 Jun, 2020 @ 10:58am 
After several attempts, I have been unable to get the launcher to upload for some reason. Left it trying for several hours at one point. Someone else will have to make a version to upload themselves.
Macallan 30 Aug, 2020 @ 6:23am 
Originally posted by Nomilh:
Alright so after trying for an hour to make it work with LoW - Dragon Legion and LoW - Phoenix Legion by following the guide it wasn't working so I'll explain how I did it to save time for people who wants to do it themselves.

1. Do as the main post says for PackFileManager then click on File -> New ( Or Ctrl + N )

2. Right click on Untitled.pack -> Add -> From Pack

3. Choose the .pack from the unit mod you want to add to Lethani's mod for me it's LoW - Dragon Legion so I have to pick LoW_Dragon_Princes_Legion.pack

3. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on main_units_tables -> Ok ( Note : if you want to add units from multiple mods you can add the main_units_tables from the other .pack from the mods you want to add to Lethani's mod )

4. Do 2. again choose Lethani's mod .pack so Leth_Seeking_Perfection.pack

5. Expand the .pack -> db -> right click on unit_purchasable_effect_sets_tables

6. Click on Leth_Upgrade go all the way down on the * row -> Right click -> Insert Row

7. Go on the main_units_tables data ( for me LOW_DP_data ) -> Right click the unit you want to add -> Copy

8. Go on Leth_Upgrade -> Right click on the line you just created at step 6. -> Right click -> Paste

9. Choose the effect you want for the unit -> Copy it -> Paste it on the right case from the unit name in Leth_Upgrade

10. Repeat until all of the units from the mod has upgrades ( Note : I don't know if you can put more than 4 upgrades per units but you're free to try )

11. Right click on Leth_upgrade -> Rename -> Put whatever you want i renamed it Leth_upgrade_LoW

12. Right click on main_units_tables -> delete ( Note : It might not dissapear for some reason that's just PFM doing PFM things for some reason it will still disseapear once you save your mod )

13. File -> Save as -> *Name your mod*.pack -> Save

14. Activate your mod in the mod manager and enjoy.

I'm clarifying from the op guide because it didn't work at all for me I couldn't add units in his mod because PFM doesn't let you write the name of the unit you need to choose from units that are from the vanilla game so you need to add the units from the unit mod first before Leth mod.

Ohhhh thx a lot!!!! Yeah it wont let me add the reference. This trick of adding main units table will work I didnt thought of that. Gonna test it tonight :D tyvm
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