give hayasdan infantry officers

[OLIVIER]

hi all,

im a great fan of hayasdan (eb mod) but one thing bother me . hayasdan infantry does not have officers.

i just want to add hayasdan captain as an officer to the medium armenian swordsmen units ( i dont like the standard bearers officers).

do you know how to do it?


then ill post my first mod: hayasdan officer mod

[Watchman]

1) Look up the specific syntax for the officer in the DMB:

; Officer - Eastern/Steppe Lesser General
type    ebofficer_eastern_steppe_lesser_general
skeleton   fs_fast_swordsman_barb
skeleton_horse   fs_hc_swordsman
skeleton_elephant  fs_forest_elephant_rider
skeleton_chariot  fs_chariot_sword
skeleton_camel   fs_hc_swordsman
indiv_range   40
texture    armenia, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_armenia.TGA
texture    romans_scipii, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_scipii.TGA
texture    parthia, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_parthia.TGA
texture    pontus, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_pontus.TGA
model_flexi   eb/data/models_unit/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_high.cas, 15
model_flexi   eb/data/models_unit/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_high.cas, 30
model_flexi   eb/data/models_unit/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_high.cas, 40
model_flexi   eb/data/models_unit/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_high.cas, max
model_sprite  60.0, eb/data/sprites/officers/ebsprite_officer_all.spr
model_tri   400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5

2) EDU copypasta:

;383
type             eastern infantry mardig swordsmen
dictionary       eastern_infantry_mardig_swordsmen      ; Mardig Sooseramartik
category         infantry
class            heavy
voice_type       General_1
soldier          eastern_infantry_mardig_georgian_swordsmen_pontic_thorakitai_parthohellenikoi_thureophoroi, 40, 0, 1.15
officer          ebofficer_eastern_steppe_lesser_general
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy
formation        1.2, 1.6, 2.4, 3.2, 4, square
stat_health      1, 1
stat_pri         6, 6, javelin, 47.3, 2, thrown, simple, piercing, spear, 10 ,1
stat_pri_attr    prec, thrown
stat_sec         12, 6, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, slashing, sword, 0 ,0.1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  9, 9, 3, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        3
stat_ground      0, 0, 1, -1
stat_mental      13, disciplined, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 1897, 474, 196, 374, 1897
ownership        romans_scipii, slave

3) ????
4) PROFIT!!!

Oh, and if you want to do that to anything with the "mercenary_unit" attribute (like the Georgians right below the above) you need to add the appropriate entry to the officer model:

type    ebofficer_eastern_steppe_lesser_general
---
texture    pontus, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_pontus.TGA
texture    merc, eb/data/models_unit/textures/officers/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_scipii.TGA
model_flexi   eb/data/models_unit/ebofficer_eastern_lesser_general_stefan25_high.cas, 15
---

Otherwise Bad Things Happen.

[chenkai11]

Should Hayasdan infantry have officer? I tried to find sources for Armenian army composition without any luck.

@OLIVIER

Eager waiting for some screenshots.

[Watchman]

Well for one I'd assume the tribal-warrior types were led by diverse chieftains, village heads and whatnot, the more "regular" troops by some kind of officer corps, and the quasi-feudal warrior aristocracy by the bigwigs among their ranks (and maybe royally appointed "firsts among equals")...
This kind of stuff is a pretty elementary, and highly necessary, step in making an actual combat unit out of a bunch of guys with weapons.

[OLIVIER]

thanks to all . ill make the modifications and post screenshots

[OLIVIER]

its not working. when i do a custom battle, there is no officer for mediun armenian inf.

evrything is correct, see my edu file after the change:;
383
type eastern infantry mardig swordsmen
dictionary eastern_infantry_mardig_swordsmen ; Mardig Sooseramartik
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type General_1
soldier eastern_infantry_mardig_georgian_swordsmen_pontic_thorakitai_parthohellenikoi_thureophoroi, 40, 0, 1.15
officer ebofficer_eastern_steppe_lesser_general
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy
formation 1.2, 1.6, 2.4, 3.2, 4, square
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 6, 6, javelin, 47.3, 2, thrown, simple, piercing, spear, 10 ,1
stat_pri_attr prec, thrown
stat_sec 12, 6, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, slashing, sword, 0 ,0.1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 9, 9, 3, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 3
stat_ground 0, 0, 1, -1
stat_mental 13, disciplined, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 1897, 474, 196, 374, 1897
ownership romans_scipii, slave

[Watchman]

You wouldn't be using that trivialscript or somesuch thingy to start your game, would you ?

[OLIVIER]

no i dont use trivial script as i know.... i know that the Ts is installed but not on my rtw directory. its installed in program files. you think i have to disable it ( desinstall it) to get at at last my officer?

[Watchman]

The question is if you *start* your game through it. Because then it loads the EDU from the SP or MP backup folder as appropriate, which obviously overwrites any changes you've made in the data-folder file.

[OLIVIER]

no i dont run the game trough trivial script. i always run the game trough eb icon (play single player).

its strange

[chenkai11]

no i dont run the game trough trivial script. i always run the game trough eb icon (play single player).

its strange

That is with the trivial script. Choose "Run EB" or create your own .exe short cut.

[OLIVIER]

ok when i run eb without the ts , its the rtw game wich is running, not the mod its self. i want then to create my own shortcut. i have something like this:
"C:\Programmes\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_error

what i have to change in those words to get eb working without the trivial scripts? (mod_eb?, or mod-eb?)

thanks for replying and for your disponibility
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[Hax]

Like this:

"...\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err -mod:EB"

[OLIVIER]

Like this:

"...\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err -mod:EB"

after changing the target, it still not working .when i click «play eb» ( not the «single player» shortcut), its always rtw which is running

actuLy i found out 4 shortcuts:
- run EB: not working (no target descr and impossible to edit it)
- run Eb (trouble shouting): not working (no target descr and impossible to edit it)
- single player: working but uses Trivial script
- play eb: i changed the target description as elphir proposed. bur its rtw wich is running

i dont know how to do

[Watchman]

Did you put in that quote mark at the end, too ?

Anyway, here's a step-by-step of how it should go.
1) goto your main RTW folder
2) right-click the "RTW.exe" file
3) chose "create shortcut" or whatever that now is in English
4) right-click the shortcut (wherever it now is) and add this to the target line:

 -mod:eb -show_err

Note that the space after "---/RTW.exe" is important.
5) save the new path and run game from this new shortcut

That should be it; or that's how it's worked for me, anyway.

[OLIVIER]

Did you put in that quote mark at the end, too ?

Anyway, here's a step-by-step of how it should go.
1) goto your main RTW folder
2) right-click the "RTW.exe" file
3) chose "create shortcut" or whatever that now is in English
4) right-click the shortcut (wherever it now is) and add this to the target line:

 -mod:eb -show_err

Note that the space after "---/RTW.exe" is important.
5) save the new path and run game from this new shortcut

That should be it; or that's how it's worked for me, anyway.

at last my friends, its working.

here are pics





ill add officer for elite hayasdan inf also

thanks a lot guys

[Watchman]

You're welcome.