Remove time limit on survival maps?

[herm]

Is it possible to remove the time limit for the survival single player missions?

Edit: Found this in the savegame file, I changed {count 99} to {count 999} hoping that this is what makes the game end, only one way to make sure, play

}
{victory_condition
{"Counter"
{properties
{type days}
{count 99}
{current 0}
}
}

Edit2: Seems to work so far.

 

[unmerged(201094)]

Sounds good, glad you found that. Survival missions are some of my favorites, I will have to change this as well.

 

[herm]

Just great, this no longer works in the expansion. Just endless rows of gibberish in the mission savefile.

It's a frigging game, why cant I play it the way I find it fun!?

 

[Analad]

Version 1.3 now accept user maps simply installed, you can try use this to make your custom survival maps by making a copy of them and customize them.

You can find the original survival missions inside the pak files inside the resource folder in the game application folder. Here a detailed todo list to make your custom survival map:

• Open the zip file Majesty 2/resource/resource.pak
• Use a program like 7-zip to open it without to extract all.
• In this archive: map/Single_Missions/single_05
• This folder single_05 is the original last survival map, extract it to get a copy.
• Open the zip file Majesty 2/resource/resource_patch.pak
• In this archive: map/Single_Missions/single_05/single_05.mi
• Extract this file and override the file in the single_05 folder you extracted previously
• Put a copy of this single_05 folder in (XP): Documents and Settings/youruserid\majesty2\user_maps
• Rename single_05/single_05.mi file into another name like my_desert_survival.mi
• Rename single_05 folder into my_desert_survival
• Open the file my_desert_survival.mi with notepad and search victory
• You find something like {victory_condition
• Few line bellow {count 74}
• Change it the the number of day you want like {count 998}
• Search quest_data the line bellow: {Name "#single_05_Quest1_name"}
• Change it to something like {Name "My Desert Survival"}
• Few line bellow : {count 75}
• Change it to {count 999}
• Now copy the file inside user_maps/editor_demo/example_01/.info
• Put the copy in your folder user_maps/my_desert_survival
• Edit the copy in notepad to put the mission name and description that you want see in the panel selection of a single mission
• Launch Majesty 2 version 1.3 and select the new single mission with the name you gave in .info.

I only tried it to see if the mission start, it seems work. But the little detail is that you aren't sure to have get a copy of the last version of the original map because all last pak patches cannot be opened anymore. So eventually it will not work well. But I'm almost sure that the file resource_patch.pak includes the last update for those missions (from details in its contents).

 

[herm]

Thanks, seems like a bit more work than before but I'll try it when I get the time.

 

[Analad]

Yes much more complicated but you do it once, not at each replay. Here an edit I did for Desert Survival mission, see bellow attached file, I don't think in a closed forum like this it is a real problem but don't wait much to take it as I'll remove after some time.

Unzip the contents right into Documents and Settings/youruser/majesty2/user_maps.

 

[herm]

Yes much more complicated but you do it once, not at each replay. Here an edit I did for Desert Survival mission, see bellow attached file, I don't think in a closed forum like this it is a real problem but don't wait much to take it as I'll remove after some time.

Unzip the contents right into Documents and Settings/youruser/majesty2/user_maps.

Got it, thanks.

 

[Analad]

You are welcome. Well you still have the job to do for the other survival missions.

 

[Analad]

....
I only tried it to see if the mission start, it seems work. But the little detail is that you aren't sure to have get a copy of the last version of the original map because all last pak patches cannot be opened anymore. So eventually it will not work well. But I'm almost sure that the file resource_patch.pak includes the last update for those missions (from details in its contents).

After to have decrypted all the paks of all patches and Kingmaker I confirm that the encrypted resource paks don't modify those original survival maps, all is in resource.pak with an update in resource_patch.pak.

Quote that it's not as clear for the two maps added for free in the second patch because some of their files are updated in one of the encrypted pak but they are also updated in resource_patch2.pak and if I remember well this pak is from the 1.3 version and then should be the last version of updates in case of conflicts.

 

[agentghost]

so is there a newbie way to convienently run a batch file and make the 3 Survival map to 999 days? Thanks in advance

 

[Pablo--]

so is there a newbie way to convienently run a batch file and make the 3 Survival map to 999 days?

I don't think so. But if you really want to, I can change them and give them to you. Just say which ones you want.

 

[agentghost]

just the 3 survival maps "Battle of the...." unless there are other that I don't know about. I bought this game since it came out but gave up on it (initial release was horrible). But now with mod, it becomes better to play with hehe. Please set the time limit to 999

 

[Pablo--]

just the 3 survival maps "Battle of the...." unless there are other that I don't know about. I bought this game since it came out but gave up on it (initial release was horrible). But now with mod, it becomes better to play with hehe. Please set the time limit to 999

Ok, when I'm done with it, I'm going to give it to you.

 

[agentghost]

so how's the progress on these 3 maps?