Machiavelli's Armchair General Mods for Empire: Total War

Machiavelli's Armchair General Mods collection for Empire: Total War.

This Mod collection uses WALI "Warscape Added Lua Interface" WALI FOUND HERE which was originally created by .Mitch and TC of the TWCenter Community.

This Mod was also inspired by the work of VadAntS of the TWCenter Community.

What this Mod adds to Empire: Total War

This Mod is intended to be a collection of mods to enhance Empire: Total War.

Mods within the collection are:

1. Machiavelli's Battle Chronicler

Machiavelli's Battle Chronicler

This Mod adds a battle chronicler to Empire: Total War. This is a mechanism that describes and keeps track of ALL battles fought within Empire: Total War (both Player and AI battles).

Features

• Battle events are presented to the player via messages (AI battles) and a history of all battles (both AI and Player battles) is maintained.
• Every character maintains a history of all the battles it has participated in. (can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the character portrait in character details window)
• Every unit maintains a history of all the battles it has participated in. (can be viewed by opening unit details window and reading the top portion of the unit description text box)
• A history of all battles (Player and AI) is presented to the player within the "Lists" menu by double-clicking the "Regions" tab.

NOTE: "mod mach_battle_chronicler.pack;" must be added to your "C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts\user.empire_script.txt" file in order for mod "Machiavelli's Battle Chronicler" to be enabled.

How to Install

1. Copy all files from Github repository into your Empire Total War directory and overwrite. I advise using JSGME for this. (the empire_start_wali_mach.bat file should be in the same directory as your Empire.exe file, ie: C:\Program Files (x86)\Empire Total War)
2. Add mod packs to your "C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts\user.empire_script.txt" file. ie: mod mach_battle_chronicler.pack; (each mod pack name should be on its own line)
3. Run with empire_start_wali_mach.bat file. This will start WALI and Empire Total War, or a compatible mod launcher. Currently supported mod launchers are ACW Brother vs. Brother, Imperial Splendour and Darth Mod Empire Platinum. The .bat file will monitor if Empire.exe/Mod Launcher is running and kill WALI when Empire.exe/Mod Launcher closes.

Is it Compatible with my mods?

Machiavelli's Armchair General Mods should be compatible with ALL mods.

VadAntS Disease Mod (VDM) compatibility

Edit your user.empire_script.txt file, as you would normally. Just be sure to include your MACH mod packages with the VDM packages like so:

mod VDM.pack;
mod VDM_DP.pack;
mod VDM_src.pack;
mod ui_vdm.pack;
mod Replenishment.pack;
mod mach_battle_chronicler.pack;

Then launch the mod using empire_start_wali_mach.bat, as you normally would.

The empire_start_wali_mach.bat script automatically edits data/campaigns/main/scripting.lua file, but if that fails please edit that file manually. From (line 1124):

events.PanelOpenedCampaign[#events.PanelOpenedCampaign+1] = function (context)
	oldSavegameList = CampaignUI.EnumerateCampaignSaves(path,"*")
	if justSaved then
		conductSave()
	end
	justSaved = false
end

To:

events.PanelOpenedCampaign[#events.PanelOpenedCampaign+1] = function (context)
	if path then
		oldSavegameList = CampaignUI.EnumerateCampaignSaves(path,"*")
		if justSaved then
			conductSave()
		end
		justSaved = false
	end
end 

Found a Bug???

Post bugs HERE

1. Please describe the bug.
2. Please list any mods you are using.
3. Please post the Mach Mod log file (the mach_lua.log file found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Empire Total War\data\WALI\Logs\mach_lua.log")
4. Please post the Mach Mod save game file. (will be the same name as your saved game, found in "C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\save_games\mach_mod")