Legionary skins

[Arctic Tyr]

Hey, let me start off with this being a great mod! However, something that irks me is the descision to change the legionary skin to the Iorica hamata.
Now, I do not dislike the skin the slightest, it's just that the First Legionary and the ordinary ones does not share skins and that just seems plain wrong to me.

I'm not asking or suggestion to change anything, I'm just curious is someone can help me either changing the First Legionary skin to Iorica hamata or restorting the old Iorica segmentata to the ordinary legionary.

Preferably helping me changing everyone to hamata as I do prefer that look more, as said, help would be much appreciated as I have no clue how to do it myself.

[nasher168]

You could try giving the First Cohort the same model and texture as the regular cohorts.
I'm no expert, but I've dabbled in this before (with vanilla Rome), but I could be wrong in what I say here and if you do attempt this you absolutely must back everything up in case I kill your game somehow (?). I imagine Zarax or Suppanut will read this and think "No! Don't do that! Dammit nasher you've killed us all!" ...or something to that effect.
Go to xc/data/models_unit/ferres
In there should be files called:
legionary_ii_high.cas
legionary_ii_med.cas
legionary_ii_low.cas
legionary_ii_lowest.cas

Copy and paste these files into the same folder, the rename the copies as such (it will tell you these files already exist. Tell it to overwrite them and MAKE SURE THE FILES YOU ARE REPLACING ARE BACKED UP. IN FACT, BACK UP THE ENTIRE FOLDER TO MAKE IT SIMPLER):
legionary_first_ii_high.cas
legionary_first_ii_med.cas
legionary_first_ii_low.cas
legionary_first_ii_lowest.cas

Having done that, do the same for the files in xc/data/models_unit/textures/ferres

Take these files:
UNIT_ROMAN_LEGIONARY_II_JULII.TGA.DDS
UNIT_ROMAN_LEGIONARY_II_SCIPII.TGA.DDS

and use them to replace this one:
UNIT_ROMAN_FIRST_LEGION_II_JULII.TGA.DDS
UNIT_ROMAN_FIRST_LEGION_II_SCIPII.TGA.dds

Oh, and I suspect you'll have to delete these files (but be careful here, and make sure you can put the files back easily if this isn't the case):
UNIT_ROMAN_FIRST_LEGION_II_GLOSS.TGA
UNIT_ROMAN_FIRST_LEGION_II_GLOSS.TGA.DDS

[Zarax]

It could be done that way but it's pretty complex.
I'll post how to do it by editing descr_models_battle when I'm back home.

[Arctic Tyr]

Thanks both of you, for taking the time to help me out!

[nasher168]

It could be done that way but it's pretty complex.
I'll post how to do it by editing descr_models_battle when I'm back home.

Hmm I should have done that when I was playing around a couple of months ago...

[Zarax]

to copy use the lorica hamata legionary for the first cohort:

1) backup descr_model_battle.txt

2)open descr_model_battle.txt

3) look for roman_legionary_cohort

copy the lines

texture				romans_julii, xc/data/models_unit/textures/ferres/TIBERIAN_COHORT_JULII.tga
texture				romans_senate, xc/data/models_unit/textures/ferres/TIBERIAN_COHORT_SENATE.tga
model_flexi_m		xc/data/models_unit/ferres/ROMAN_COHORT_high.cas, 15
model_flexi		xc/data/models_unit/ferres/ROMAN_COHORT_low.cas, max

4) look for roman_legionary_first_cohort (just below it)

5) replace the texture and model lines with the ones from the legionary entry.

It MIGHT work by just replacing the texture IIRC but I'm not 100% sure of how good it looks.

[Arctic Tyr]

Giving it a shot now!

EDIT: It worked perfectly, much appreciated Zarax!

[Zarax]

you're welcome!