How to add a new unit into game

[Gigantus]

You are using a non formatted modeldb, by the looks.

Check here for formatted versions

[uurnammu]

Then what?

[uurnammu]

My original battlemodels looks exactly the same

[Gigantus]

Maybe you misunderstood me: please upload your whole modeldb file and whole export_descr_unit file. I can then use a checker to look for incorrect entries.

[uurnammu]

i did sry

[uurnammu]

how do i send it :S

[Gigantus]

The easiest way will be to compress the files with WinZip or 7Zip. These are programs that are freely available, a little 'googling' will help you there.
You then click on the 'Go Advanced' button under the Quick Reply window'.

Below the reply window is now a window "Additional Options"
There you will see a button "Manage attachments". Clicking it opens a small window that lets you browse for the files you want to attach. Please note the list "Valid extensions" for extensions that your files can have.

[uurnammu]

sry about additional EDU

[Gigantus]

You had some line count problems, here is the corrected entry:

1 3
54 unit_models/_Units/new_folder/german_knights_lod0.mesh 121
54 unit_models/_Units/new_folder/german_knights_lod1.mesh 1225
54 unit_models/_Units/new_folder/german_knights_lod2.mesh 6400
1
3 hre
65 unit_models/_Units/new_folder/textures/gothic_knights_hre.texture
68 unit_models/_Units/new_folder/textures/gothic_knights_normal.texture
52 unit_sprites/milan_Dismounted_Italian_MAA_sprite.spr
1
3 hre
63 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_hre_diff.texture
63 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_hre_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
19 MTW2_Slow_Swordsman 0
2
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
14 fs_test_shield 0
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

[uurnammu]

Omg its really working!! Thank you very much!!

i still have one little question for you if ur not too tired of me i made my unit of a mounted soldier whos secondary arm is sword.. how would i make it a primary if u can tell??

[lagune]

Hi gigantus,

I need your help what I was triyng to do is to create a new unit for SS6.1 more exact...royal dismounted hasham...a mixture of dismounted hasham body and ...dismounted sipahi lancers shield and spear...took MESH file for sipahi dismounted_sipahi_lancers_ug2 from MTW2 and merged with dismounted hasham_ug1 to create my new unit MS3D..after I converted back in MESH file to have royal_dismounted_hasham_ug1_lod0-3...so far so good...howevr to edit EDU and Battle_models was a challenge...in EDU I used Dismounted Sipahi Lancers as core ( based on the fact that is a spear unit) and in Battle_models I used same thing..only that I left entry for only royal_dismounted_hasham_ug1 cause no upgrade for this unit...after all textures were copy paste in to the right place(some textures were missing in SS6.1 file but present into MTW2 one) (unit_model, _unit; me_mail_plate_hvy_mplate as per instructons in Battle_Models cause I used core from sipahi unit)...when double click on SS6.1 icon to start game it<s loding I see as the games start the uploading screenshot of the game and right after 2-3 sec CTD..I suppose is something with the MESH file or texture however after 2 days of checking I cant find the issue. If not to much to ask pls have a look on my attachements and let me know. Thank you

[Gigantus]

I am sorry, but there I don't really have much expertise. You might get better response in the
Skins, Models, and Animations forum

[uurnammu]

please can u tell me how i do that if u know??

[Gigantus]

@uurnammu

Same answer: I am sorry, but there I don't really have much expertise. You might get better response in the
Skins, Models, and Animations forum

[lagune]

Thank you ...I guess is a matter of texture cause I created only the mesh but i didnt create the texture and that must be the problem I will see the tutorials there. Thank you

[uurnammu]

oh... lol ok

[rad_can]

Im having a problem here, im trying to add a unit to the DAC submod and not succedding any help would be appreciated.

[BobaHat]

I am having the same problem as uurnammu had. The game starts the loading screen and then exits. The M2TW log gives me this message:

09:39:43.106 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/Bare_Kingdoms/data/export_descr_unit.txt, at line 2284, column 1
Could not find soldier battle model for unit type 'johanite_hospitallers'.

09:39:43.106 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : error reading record from file mods/Bare_Kingdoms/data/export_descr_unit.txt.

Here is my unit:

modeldb:

1
5 Horse
13 MTW2_HR_Lance
13 MTW2_HR_Sword 2
21 MTW2_HR_Lance_Primary
14 fs_test_shield 2
17 MTW2_Mace_Primary
14 fs_test_shield
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
21 johanite_hospitallers
1 3
58 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_lod0.mesh 121
58 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_lod1.mesh 900
58 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_lod2.mesh 1225
1
7 denmark
72 unit_models/_Units/johanites/textures/en_lmail_hmail_hospitaller.texture
76 unit_models/_Units/johanites/textures/en_lmail_hmail_crusader_normal.texture
54 unit_sprites/denmark_Dummy_EN_Plate_Knights_sprite.spr
1
7 denmark
67 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_denmark_diff.texture
67 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_denmark_norm.texture 0
1
5 Horse
13 MTW2_HR_Lance
13 MTW2_HR_Sword 2
21 MTW2_HR_Lance_Primary
14 fs_test_shield 2
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
14 fs_test_shield
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
25 johanite_hospitallers_ug1
1 3
62 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_ug1_lod0.mesh 121
62 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_ug1_lod1.mesh 1225
62 unit_models/_Units/johanites/knights_hospitaller_ug1_lod2.mesh 6400
1
7 denmark
74 unit_models/_Units/EN_Pplate_Plate/textures/mtw2_EN_Pplate_denmark.texture
73 unit_models/_Units/EN_Pplate_Plate/textures/mtw2_EN_Pplate_normal.texture
58 unit_sprites/denmark_Dummy_EN_Plate_Knights_ug1_sprite.spr
1
7 denmark
67 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_denmark_diff.texture
67 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Special Heads_denmark_norm.texture 0

export_descr_unit:

type johanite hospitallers
dictionary johanite_hospitallers ; Johanite Hospitallers
category cavalry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_cavalry
soldier johanite_hospitallers, 32, 0, 1
mount heavy horse
mount_effect elephant -4, camel -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, can_formed_charge, knight
formation 2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square, wedge
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 13, 8, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 14, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 7, 5, 4, metal
;stat_armour_ex 7, 8, 9, 0, 5, 4, 4, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 5
stat_ground 0, -2, -4, 0
stat_mental 11, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 45
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 880, 250, 130, 100, 880, 4, 220
armour_ug_levels 3, 4, 5
armour_ug_models johanite_hospitallers, johanite_hospitallers_ug1
ownership denmark
era 1 denmark
era 2 denmark
;unit_info 13, 0, 16

Is there anything about this that looks wrong?

[Gigantus]

@BobaHat
If you have added the model in modeldb at the bottom, have you increased the number on top by two? (one for each entry)

@radcan
It will help if you let us know the units name

[BobaHat]

@gigantus
Yes but when I change the number at the top the game doesn't even go to the loading screen. It just crashes.