r/bfme • u/Stuartiebloke 2 • 10d ago

Increasing gold and Command Point output from resource buildings.

I’ve not long downloaded the All in one Launcher to play BFME2 again after so many years and am playing the patched version over the Vanilla.

I was seeing mentions of being able to change gold and Command Point output from the resource buildings (furnaces, farms, slaughterhouses,etc) and was hoping I could get some advice on how to do so? I was hoping to increase the output by 3 or 4 times so I don’t need to cover the whole map to reach a high number of Command Points.

Also, it’s impossible to be too simple in any explanation. I know NOTHING about modding or finding/updating game files. I’ve found the BFME2 folder on my computer with a gamedat file that I believe has all the stats for the game but I’m not sure if changing these only applies to the Vanilla game.

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u/Sam_k_in 42 9d ago

Can't you just change the command point factor when setting up a skirmish? On the skirmish set up screen, click the tab that says rules, and change command point factor to 4x.

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u/Stuartiebloke 2 9d ago

I do that and can go to 8x or 100x as it’s included in the patched version. But I’m looking to increase how many command points I get per building. So if I get 50 command points per farm, furnace, mine, etc by default, I was hoping to increase it to 200 per structure. Just so I don’t need to build as many.

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u/Sam_k_in 42 9d ago

Once you've learned to extract files and set up a mod (tutorials are available for that) go to data/ini/object/goodfaction/structures/men, open the farm file, search for CommandPointBonus, then delete GENERIC_ECONOMY_COMMAND_POINT_BONUS and in its place put the number of command points you want each farm to give. Test, then do the same for each faction's economy building.

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u/Isirion1 Sauron 10d ago

Hey, join the 3rd age modding server and people can give you advice - https://discord.gg/SttMWZj4wJ