Working Tool to Read the Aics?

[Ser Steffen 0]

Hi, I'm looking for a tool to read the AICs from the Lords. The castle editor from 2014 isn't working for me. Something wrong with the files names. So what can I use?

[Asophix 169]

Hi @ Ser Steffen !

We got two editors for SH2: the official Firefly one and the one mentioned.

The Firefly editor isn't really recommended since it can only parse intermediary AIV files, however it may work for you until you get your issue sorted out. The 2014 editor requires Java to be installed on your computer, for which there is an article in the upload's description.

What exactly do you have problems with?

[Ser Steffen 0]

6 minutes ago, Asophix said:

Hi @ Ser Steffen !

We got two editors for SH2: the official Firefly one and the one mentioned.

The Firefly editor isn't really recommended since it can only parse intermediary AIV files, however it may work for you until you get your issue sorted out. The 2014 editor requires Java to be installed on your computer, for which there is an article in the upload's description.

What exactly do you have problems with?

When I start the .jav it says "Error. building.txt doesn't exist" and In the folder is only buildings.txt but renaiming that doesn't change the error message.

Well, that was the message. This time it somehow works.

Edited July 17 by Ser Steffen

[Asophix 169]

The buildings.txt comes is part of the download, the .jar itself is not enough to run. These are the files you need in your installation:

Re-download the Editor and extract everything at a location of choice, or in the same folder as the .jar!

Edited July 17 by Asophix
Clarification

[Lord_Chris 284]

Could this be due to a mis placed or mis installed Java version @ Ser Steffen ? I know it doesn’t seem to like the map unlocker any longer, I think. You mi get be better off using Zsolt’s updated version here, if you haven’t already. 
I just realised I can’t find this in the downloads. Are there any plans for this @ Asophix ?

[Asophix 169]

@ Lord_Chris

I think you can consider this resolved, as Ser Steffen has not reported back with any further problems, only with an upvote to my suggestion.

Currently I'm a little spread thin, but I'll organise something for the near future.

 

[Lord_Chris 284]

Thanks, and no hurry. Thanks for considering this.

[Ser Steffen 0]

On 18/07/2026 at 21:52, Asophix said:

@ Lord_Chris

I think you can consider this resolved, as Ser Steffen has not reported back with any further problems, only with an upvote to my suggestion.

Currently I'm a little spread thin, but I'll organise something for the near future.

 

Found a new problem. I found my old SH2 disc with game version 1.0 basically and wanted to check the game rules but the latest lord editor refuses to read the file. What can I do?

gameRules.dat

Edited July 31 by Ser Steffen

[Asophix 169]

The Lord Editor hasn't been tested for versions prior to v1.4/v1.5 Steam, and it won't be coming forth either, because solving those earlier definitions are not worth the effort.

SH2 should automatically update to v1.4 when you run the game, so let it do its work and then you should be able to edit the lords. 🙂

[Ser Steffen 0]

On 31/07/2026 at 16:59, Asophix said:

The Lord Editor hasn't been tested for versions prior to v1.4/v1.5 Steam, and it won't be coming forth either, because solving those earlier definitions are not worth the effort.

SH2 should automatically update to v1.4 when you run the game, so let it do its work and then you should be able to edit the lords. 🙂

Yeah, but I don't want to see the new version^^ I have that on steam. I want to see what has changed on the original lords. 

I especially want to see if William ever had pikemen. the wiki mentions them but his newest gamerules don't.

Edited August 2 by Ser Steffen