Overhaul/modding resource for medieval 2 user interface. Download and use it as it is or edit it and implement it to your mod.
WK's menu overhaul
Installation:
1. Backup ..."your_mod"/data/menu folder if you want to revert the changes
2. Move the data folder to .../Medieval II Total War/mods/your mod
3. Replace all files
4. Launch the game
Changing the background image:
1. Go to ..."your_mod"data/menu/textures
2. Open the backdrop.tga file with GIMP/Photoshop etc
3. Edit the image as you wish and when done, extract/save as tga file
4. Make sure that the image is not larger than 1024x768. Higher resolutions may cause issues with the new menu
Editing the Campaign menu pictures:
- To edit the special unit picture, search for the line "special_unit_art" at line 9566
- To edit the map image, search for the line "empty_art2" at line 9852
- For the hotseat, the lines are 26483 and 26827
- special unit and map pictures are reversed for DaC version
1. To adjust the position, edit the Parameters 350 and 415 values (Note: The coordinates are taken from 1024x768 layout)
2. To adjust the size, edit the 320 and 176 values
GIMP assets:
If you want to edit the looks of the menu overhaul, the download includes a GIMP file with the different parts of the menu.
Just open the layergroup you want to edit and when finished, replace the tga in data/menu with the edited version.
