I recently made my first attempt at modding BoA II, with the result that I had to reinstall my game after it would no longer initialize.
After first attempting to mod the various files by hand, I followed the steps present in this thread:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=2810
...specifically post 11.
I followed each step in this thread exactly, with the exception of:
"Now you need to add the strings for 'ldr_txt...' and 'ArmyName...' to the LocalStrings_BOA42.xls"
and
"Copy the new pictures for the leader to
...\BoA\Graphics\Armies&Fleets\"
...since Local Strings appears to require differently named text, and I could not any reference in the excel sheets to any other graphic except the one which should appear in \BoA\Graphics\Units\.
I wanted to try again, but since my results were ruinous last time, I wanted first to double check that this post is comprehensive and correct.
Please let me know if you have any comments, and thanks!