Medieval II: Total War Unpacker README 

Last Updated: 2006-11-14

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.      INTRODUCTION
II.     SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
III.    BASICS OF USING THE UNPACKER
IV.     ADVANCED UNPACKING
V.      USING MODIFIED FILES
VI.     LEGAL INFORMATION 

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I. INTRODUCTION
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WARNING: Usage of this program may damage your installation. SEGA accepts
no liability for any data or financial loss which may result from using this program.

Refer to this document before using the Unpacker or if you need help
with using the Unpacker.


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II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS are as follows:

-  Licensed copy of Medieval II: Total War version 1.1

-  The system must meet the same system requirements as 
   Medieval II: Total War
	
-  A minimum of 7 gigabytes of additional free hard drive space is 
   required


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III. BASICS OF USING THE UNPACKER
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-  The Unpacker should be placed in the 'tools\unpacker' folder of your 
   Medieval II: Total War installation folder
   
-  To unpack all files and place them in your 'data' directory run
   the batch file 'unpack_all.bat' 
   
   NOTE: To use this batch file the Unpacker and the batch file must
   be in the 'tools\unpacker' folder for Medieval II: Total War
   
-  To create a text file with a list of all files within the packs
   run the batch file 'list_contents.bat'. This will create a file
   'pack_contents.txt' in the 'tools\unpacker' folder; 
   
   NOTE: To use this batch file the Unpacker and the batch file must
   be in the 'tools\unpacker' folder for Medieval II: Total War

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IV. ADVANCED UNPACKING
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-  The Unpacker can be used manually from a commmand prompt. The 
   Unpacker is called by typing:
   
	unpacker [options]
		
   Where [options] is one or more of the command line options
   described in the next section.
   
-  The following command line options are required:

	--source=[pack file(s)]
		
   Where [pack file(s)] is the path to one or more pack files.

	--destination=[file/folder]
		
   Where [file/folder] is the path to the folder to extract the pack
   contents or the file to write the list of pack file contents to.
   
-  The following command line options are optional:

	--filter=[filter]
		
   Where [filter] describes which files to extract from the packs.
   The default is *.* which will extract all files;
   
   NOTE: The & character cannot be used in the filter. If you use
   a ? instead it will extract the file. Alternatively wrap the
   filename in quotation marks.
   
	--verbosity=[verbosity]
   
   Where [verbosity] is either 0 (low) or 1 (high) for the amount
   of information that will be displayed on screen during unpacking.
   
	--mode=[mode]
   
   Where [mode] configures the Unpacker to either extract files. Set
   this to 0 to extract files from the packs, or set to 1 to list the
   contents of the packs.
   
-  Example command lines:

   This will extract all .txt files from the packs to the c:\packs folder
	unpacker --source=..\packs\*.pack --destination=c:\packs\ --filter=*.txt
		
   This will extract a list of all files in the packs to list.txt
	unpacker --source=..\packs\*.pack --destination=list.txt --mode=1

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V. USING MODIFIED FILES
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-  To use the modified files create a batch file in your 
   Medieval II: Total War folder
   
-  In the batch file add the following line
   
   medieval2.exe --io.file_first
   
-  NOTE: Due to a timestamp check, the following unpacked files will
   cause the game to crash and must be deleted before the game is
   launched:

	data\descr_geography_new.txt
        data\descr_geography_new.db

-  Save the batch file and then launch Medieval II: Total War using the
   newly created batch file.


VI. LEGAL INFORMATION 
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© 2006 The Creative Assembly Limited. Total War, Medieval II: Total 
War and the Total War logo are trade marks or registered trade marks 
of The Creative Assembly Limited in the United Kingdom and/or other 
countries.  SEGA is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
SEGA and the SEGA logo are either trade marks or registered trade marks
of SEGA Corporation. All rights reserved. 

All other trademarks and trade names are the 
properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

SEGA and The Creative Assembly do not support this product. Please do not
contact SEGA or CA support to resolve issues which may arise from the
use of this utility.