My First Mod Works!? kinda - Elite African Spearmen

[Rorarii]

Got my seperate mod to load, it allowed me recruit Elite African Spearmen in to the British Army .. well that was the idea, at least i thought i would get Zulu warriors .. but no, I got Mama's 'ittle dumpl'in pitchfork boys! Aren't they DARLING! .. almost a racial sleer!

One problem i did have was the Text, it won't show. You can see i put it in the pack. Did i do it right?





I noticed their weapons are pitch_fork, i might change that to something more substancial to hope for a better effect.

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Hey!, things are looking better, i changed the pitchfork to a spear and ..





That looks more aggressive although the animation is still two-handed weapon. i cannot find a single handed thrust animation with shield .. that's going to stuff any ancient mod AS wELL as any ZULU warriors!

R

[MrThib]

I'm glad you finally make it!
Yes, the localisation.loc don't seem to rename-able.
There must be a way through.... but I don't know which one.
Nice work by the way!

[juniroxors]

Well done

Yeah I had the same issue with text - it works if you run the pack in patch mode but not if you run it in mod mode. Oh and even in patch mode I had to use the full default localisation.loc with my extra text added and not custom named - default name only. Hopefully someone will work this out cos that makes the pack so much bigger than it should really need to be.

[MrThib]

Just to know, did it works with the default name and the full file in mod mode?
I Hope we'll find a way to just add rows or overwrite old ones like with the db.

[juniroxors]

Just to know, did it works with the default name and the full file in mod mode?
I Hope we'll find a way to just add rows or overwrite old ones like with the db.

In you do a simple clone and have a new custom unit, it will have default text assigned from the cloned unit. The assigned text comes from whatever the unit is assigned to in one of the tables - eg. unit_description_texts_description_text_euro_highlanders_scots has text relating to one of the units. If you replace the unit with your customized assignation (say euro_highlanders_custom) and enter text into the localisation file then it doesn't show. It will show the default ONLY if you don't reassign. In other words defaults will show if you don't reassign but, regardless, the on screen name won't show because that is totally unique to the new custom unit.

That is what I've concluded.

[Rorarii]

In you do a simple clone and have a new custom unit, it will have default text assigned from the cloned unit. The assigned text comes from whatever the unit is assigned to in one of the tables - eg. unit_description_texts_description_text_euro_highlanders_scots has text relating to one of the units. If you replace the unit with your customized assignation (say euro_highlanders_custom) and enter text into the localisation file then it doesn't show. It will show the default ONLY if you don't reassign. In other words defaults will show if you don't reassign but, regardless, the on screen name won't show because that is totally unique to the new custom unit.

That is what I've concluded.

errr? .. what he said! .. I think? I'm still new to this.

Maybe we need to edit another table to get the text to work?

Another thing i noticed, I increased the unit size from 180 to 240 but ti didn't seem to work? this had 180!?

R

PS, going through all the tables, there's huge amount of work gone into this game!!

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[Rorarii]

Added to first post.

R

[Dr. Croccer]

Why don't you just use the bayonet animation?

[Rorarii]

Why don't you just use the bayonet animation?

Needs to be one handed thrust .. other hand holds a shield. Essential if you want .. ZZUULLLUUs! .. and most primitive warriors.

R

[Endomatic]

When you edit unit size you get whatever you put the number as x0.75.

It's basically 3/4ths of whatever you put there. I don't know why.

So a 120 line infantry unit would have 160.

If you want 240 you put 320. That should work anyway.

[Flobulon]

I think it's actually to do with whatever your "unit size" setting in the game settings is.
Ultra = multiplier of 1
High = multiplier of 0.75
medium = multiplier of 0.5
low = multiplier of 0.25
At least I assume it works like that.

[Endomatic]

I assume that the Grand Campaign is on High then. Is that something that can be changed? Or is it a multiplayer/mock battle/scenario thing?

[Aykis16]

Rorarii regarding single handed thrusts and shields. Are shields and swords combined weapons? Cause I know the Maratha and Mughals with there Hindu/Sikh/Muslim warriors have shields even though they have swords as well. Maybe see if that helps?

[the_mango55]

Rorarii regarding single handed thrusts and shields. Are shields and swords combined weapons? Cause I know the Maratha and Mughals with there Hindu/Sikh/Muslim warriors have shields even though they have swords as well. Maybe see if that helps?

Sword & shield is an animation.

You could probably give a spear & sheild to a unit easily, but he would either have to swing his spear like a sword or hold it with 2 hands and have the spear clip through the shield.

[WILLIEHUNTZ]

So thats where all my tablecloths went...the little tinkers!

[Rorarii]

LOL! Willie, i was waitng for someone to say that.

I've tried man_sword_shield animations with the spear weapon but it doesn't work. As the figure stands there, the spear is floating in space in front of them? only when they move their right arm is the spear located correctly.

I've also tried rider_lance (but that's cavalry i think), spear lays on the ground until mesh moves then it's flying in the air!

We're short a man_spear_shield animation!

R

[S-te-Fan]

LOL, get those guys some proper trainign because they think they're holding some muskets .

[Rorarii]

LOL, get those guys some proper trainign because they think they're holding some muskets .

Like your avatar stefan, is that one of the new ancient asian ships for the new TW?

R