Rarity's Carousel Boutique

[Visarion]

I have many too, actually I have all the latest... hmmm...

[morfeasnikos]

This is bad news Rarity, but i am sure you will recover them.

[Asgaroth]

I hope all goes well Rarity.

ANd I hope that maybe in the future we will see your great work again !

[Chlοë]

Do not fear, Rarity.

[Thangaror]

Oh jeez, what a bummer! Where's my portable hard drive, I should make a backup...

Please, don't let this setback make you retire from modding completely. It would be a huge loss for the community.

Kopf hoch.

[Raritу]

Huge thanks everyone. Your heart-warming words helped me recovered in such a short time. If it wasn't for you guys, I don't know where I had been on TWC in the first place. *sniff*

Should have posted this earlier, but I went on a 2-day trip with my friends, hope I didn't make you worried. So I used some recovering program to get 60% of my files back, but many of them are corrupted, most of them are my recent work-in-progress stuff. Now I'll deal with the fact that I've lost them completely and continue with my remaining current and future works.

I recovered 3Ds max and Photoshop also, though most .max saves are lost, basically I can work again, so it shouldn't have to come to that 'retirement'. I guess I was such a drama queen out of depression
About my old and released works, they're okay, I appreciate your help offers, but I believe they are still available in my uploaded mediafire files (and the OP of this thread as well!).


Today I've been trying to port the steam tank to vanilla after return home, but have been failing with some CTDs I have yet to know the reason(s) of. Do you have many experiences working on the scorpion cart, Jubal?

Thank you all again, and sorry for bothering you with the ruckus.

[nhinhonhinho]

That's a great news Rarity .

PS: I recalled you did have the same problem before isn't it?

[Jubal_Barca]

Really glad to hear.

Not a great deal, any particular error messages?

[Yayattasa]

Glad to hear you are still around Rarity! This community really appreciates your efforts

[Conclamatus]

Glad to here those good news, Rarity!

[ahowl11]

I have a request. It is for my good friend Philadelphos who is just about finished with his amazing map mod, Rome Total History. He has created a unit called 'Bithynian Snake Hurlers'

Here are the files he gave me.
http://depositfiles.com/files/xorurpfez

Here is the other stuff

type             snake hurler
 dictionary       snake_hurler      ; Snake Hurlers (can be done under warband hurler)
 category         infantry
 class            missile
 voice_type       Heavy_1
 soldier          bithynian_hurler, 12, 0, 0.7
 officer          east_musician
 mount_effect     horse +4, camel +2
 attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, hide_long_grass, frighten_foot, frighten_mounted
 formation        1.6, 2, 3.2, 4, 3, square
 stat_health      1, 0
 stat_pri         5, 2, head, 40, 3, thrown, archery, fire, none, 25 ,1
 stat_pri_attr    area thrown ap
 stat_sec         4, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 25 ,1
 stat_sec_attr    no
 stat_pri_armour  0, 2, 0, flesh
 stat_sec_armour  0, 3, flesh
 stat_heat        -1
 stat_ground      3, 1, 0, -1
 stat_mental      4, impetuous, untrained
 stat_charge_dist 40
 stat_fire_delay  0
 stat_food        60, 300
 stat_cost        1, 200, 80, 40, 60, 200
 ownership        romans_senate, pontus
 
 
 type             merc snake hurler
 dictionary       merc_snake_hurler      ; Bithynian Snake Hurlers
 category         infantry
 class            missile
 voice_type       Heavy_1
 soldier          bithynian_hurler, 12, 0, 0.7
 officer          east_musician
 mount_effect     horse +4, camel +2
 attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, hide_long_grass, frighten_foot, frighten_mounted, mercenary_unit
 formation        1.6, 2, 3.2, 4, 3, square
 stat_health      1, 0
 stat_pri         5, 2, head, 40, 4, thrown, archery, fire, none, 25 ,1
 stat_pri_attr    area thrown ap
 stat_sec         4, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 25 ,1
 stat_sec_attr    no
 stat_pri_armour  0, 2, 0, flesh
 stat_sec_armour  0, 3, flesh
 stat_heat        -1
 stat_ground      3, 1, 0, -1
 stat_mental      4, impetuous, untrained
 stat_charge_dist 40
 stat_fire_delay  0
 stat_food        60, 300
 stat_cost        1, 240, 100, 40, 60, 240
 ownership        slave

¬----------------
 
 {snake_hurler}    Snake Hurlers
 
 {snake_hurler_descr}
 Wild\nImpetuous\nExpert at Hiding in Forests\n\nSnake Hurlers have a  curious way of preparing for combat: They collect venomous vipers and  close them in earthware pots. In battle, they hurl these bowls at the  enemy line, and as the clay breaks on impact, the snakes fall free to spread panic among the nearest warriors and mounts.  Snake Hurlers also carry swords or daggers for use in close combat, but  they are not very disciplined and quite weak on the  defensive.\n\nHistorically, the Carthaginian general Hannibal used the same trick to even greater success in a maritime battle between  Bithynia and Pergamum, calculating that the planks of a ship offer no  possibility for escape and seamen are even more frightened by the  presence of snakes crawling between their feet. 
 
 {snake_hurler_descr_short}
 In battle, snake hurlers throw bowls with venomous vipers at the enemy to spread panic among the nearest warriors and mounts.
 
 
 ¬----------------
 
 {merc_snake_hurler}    Bithynian Snake Hurlers
 
 {merc_snake_hurler_descr}
 Wild\nImpetuous\nExpert at Hiding in Forests\n\nSnake Hurlers have a  curious way of preparing for combat: They collect venomous vipers and  close them in earthware pots. In battle, they hurl these bowls at the  enemy line, and as the clay breaks on impact, the snakes fall free to spread panic among the nearer warriors and mounts.  Snake Hurlers also carry swords or daggers for use in close combat, but  they are not very disciplined and quite weak on the  defensive.\n\nHistorically, the Carthaginian general Hannibal used the same trick to even greater success in a maritime battle between  Bithynia and Pergamum, calculating that the planks of a ship offer no  possibility for escape and seamen are even more frightened by the  presence of snakes crawling between their feet. 
 
 {merc_snake_hurler_descr_short}
 In battle, snake hurlers throw bowls with venomous vipers at the enemy to spread panic among the nearer warriors and mounts.
 
 

type                bithynian_hurler
 skeleton            fs_slinger_new, fs_slinger_new
 indiv_range            40
 ;texture                parthia, RTH/data/models_unit/rth/textures/unit_snake_hurler_parthia.tga
 texture                pontus, RTH/data/models_unit/rth/textures/unit_snake_hurler_pontus.tga
 texture                romans_senate, RTH/data/models_unit/rth/textures/unit_snake_hurler_senate.tga
 texture                merc, RTH/data/models_unit/rth/textures/unit_snake_hurler_merc.tga
 texture                slave, RTH/data/models_unit/rth/textures/unit_snake_hurler_merc.tga
 model_flexi_m        data/models_unit/unit_barb_warband_hurler_high.cas, 8
 model_flexi_m        data/models_unit/unit_barb_warband_hurler_med.cas, 15
 model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_barb_warband_hurler_low.cas, 30
 model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_barb_warband_hurler_lowest.cas, max
 model_sprite        britons, 60.0, data/sprites/britons_warband_hurler_sprite.spr
 model_tri            400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

Right now he has a Persian looking unit as the model and texture. I recommended that we use the 'Cilician Pirate' unit as a base and he was okay with that. Here is what this unit should look like:

Cilician Pirate, but with a shirt (just use a peasant shirt)
Small Shield and dagger
Sling, with baskets as ammo. So like how the Head Hurler unit for the Britons has heads attached to his belt, could you make little woven brown baskets and attach it to this guys belt? That way he is throwing baskets instead of heads or stones

For the textures, I need a texture for Pontic, Mercenary, and a custom color. The Custom color is black, with a purple outline (senate purple)

Could you do this for my friend? Also, I am glad you are back!

[Raritу]

Not a great deal, any particular error messages?

No... But I did a search this thread is a lifesaver, I managed to get pass the error, alongside with how to fix it. Again the .org shows itself a great place for knowledges that are most unknown to TWC.

WARNING : In custom battle, don't select the carriage ballistae as first unit, even for computer player or you'll get a CTD. It's probably due to a problem with the officer because for this kind of battle, the first unit added is considered as command unit.

After that there were still some errors, that took me dozens of tests and changes to fix.

So here it is at last, as well as it's installation instructions

Steam Tank
Download


Steam Tank is a Rarity's Carousel Boutique's work by the request of Jubal_Barca, that is based on the credited resources from LOTR:TW's bradley tank and will replace the scorpion cart.


Installation instructions (also available in the download link):

Installation

Add the following to export_descr_units.txt. This is an advice to add the tank that should only make it work, not balanced. Feel free to change the stats to whatever you want: type steamtank dictionary steam_tank category cavalry class missile voice_type Medium_1 soldier scorpion_crew, 18, 9, 1 mount scoprion cart attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, frighten_foot formation 8.5, 9, 15, 15, 2, square stat_health 5, 5 stat_pri 10, 2, shell, 160, 100, siege_missile, other, blunt, spear, 25 ,1 stat_pri_attr area, ap, bp, launching stat_sec 20, 20, no, 0, 0, melee, other, blunt, none, 25 ,1 stat_sec_attr area, ap stat_pri_armour 30, 20, 20, metal stat_sec_armour 20, 20, metal stat_heat 0 stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 0 stat_mental 30, disciplined, highly_trained stat_charge_dist 60 stat_fire_delay 0 stat_food 60, 300 stat_cost 2, 925, 431, 80, 120, 740 ownership roman Open descr_mount.txt, search for "horses " (with spacebar), insert the following under this label: type nohorse class horse model nohorse radius 0.1 x_radius 0.1 ;changed from 0.5 29/4/05 height 2.5 mass 1 banner_height 0 bouyancy_offset 1.8 water_trail_effect horse_water_trail root_node_height 1.6 rider_offset 0.0, 0.15, -0.03 Also in descr_mount.txt, scroll down to bottom of the file, replace the scoprion cart entry with this: type scoprion cart class scorpion_cart radius 6.2 x_radius 2 height 3 mass 25 banner_height 0 bouyancy_offset 0 water_trail_effect chariot_water_trail axle_width 1.82 wheel_radius 0.574 pivot_offset 0, 0.0, 0 pole_length 0 pole_pivot 0, 0, 0 pole_connect 0 harness_connect 0 horse_type nohorse horses 1 horse_offset 0, 0 ;horse_offset 0, 0 riders 2 rider_offset 0, 0, 0 rider_offset 0, -0.35, 0.50 lods 1 lod scorpion_cart.cas, 50, 50 scorpion_offset 0, 1.5, 2.5 scorpion_height 0.35 scorpion_forward_length 3 scorpion_reload_ticks 1 Scroll down to bottom and add to descr_projectile_new.txt: projectile shell effect shell_fire_set end_effect large_arrow_explode_set damage 5 damage_to_troops 10 radius 1 mass 0.1 min_angle -30 max_angle 70 velocity 200 ;bounce 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 display aimed particle_trail model data/models_missile/sling_stone.cas, max Open descr_effects_arrow_trail.txt, scroll to the bottom and add the following. Credits to lotr team again for the entries;;; effect shell_explosion { type explosion { ; main explosion model models_effects/flaming_arrow_impact.cas anim_time 0.5 max_scale 0.5 max_particle_scale 2 scale_time_bias 0.9 alpha_time_bias 0.4 sort_for_speed ; debris debris_model models_effects/debris.cas debris_num_particles 3 debris_lifetime_range 2.2, 5.8 debris_emit_angle 50 ; degrees debris_time_bias 0.97 debris_velocity_range 4.5, 6.5 debris_scale_range 0.1, 0.3 } } effect_set shell_fire_set { lod 1000 { shell_explosion fiery_ballista fiery_boulder_light } } Add the following to descr_model_battle.txt: type nohorse skeleton fs_fast_horse scale 0.875 indiv_range 40 texture merc, data/models_unit/textures/nohorse.tga model_flexi data/models_unit/nohorse.CAS, max model_tri 700, 0.3f, 0.3f, 0.3f type scorpion_crew skeleton fs_carriage_ballistae_crew, fs_chariot_sword indiv_range 40 texture data/models_unit/textures/no_rider.tga model_flexi ata/models_unit/no_rider.cas, max model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f Lastly, it is important to search for the officers (captains, generals) entries and add the following to their skeletons list, or else the game will crash when the tank is chosen as a general unit: skeleton_scorpion_cart fs_carriage_ballistae_crew

It works for me so far, but please tell me if there is any problem.

@ahowl: thanks for the request. I'll try to get to it as soon as I can.

Regards,
Rarity

[ahowl11]

Awesome, looking forward to it

[Jubal_Barca]

Rarity: thankyou so so much! Is there any possibility that you could make a version with different names for the .cas and .dds files? With their current names (same as the original Scorpion cart) I can't use both the tank and the original scorpion cart in the same mod, which would mean removing the only decent ranged unit the Dark Elves have at present.

Many thanks, would be wonderful if you could do that.

[Raritу]

I'll try renaming them... yep it works. Please check the above post of mine for new download link and installation instructions. Again, please tell me if there's any problem.

A question, though, would you prefer download from mediafire or TWC sever? Not a big deal, just want to know what's your (all) preference.

[Jubal_Barca]

Nearly working, I installed it all properly, but the turret isn't there, it's got the original scorpion cart scorpion on top of the tank. The wheels and chassis are fine though.

[Raritу]

Nearly working, I installed it all properly, but the turret isn't there, it's got the original scorpion cart scorpion on top of the tank. The wheels and chassis are fine though.

Looking back at it, I was wrong. Doesn't matter what model you have as the scorpion's base, the game will assign scorpion_cart_stand.cas and scorpion_cart_scorpion.cas as the turret and scorpion. So as far as I'm concerned, replacing the vanilla cart is the only way to go.

Sorry about this.

[Gäiten]

Wonderful. You are back, better than ever!

[ahowl11]

I know I have the request for the Bithynian Snake Hurler, but I came across this not too long ago.
The Julii Hastati and Principes are missing their shoulder guards and chain mail with them!


http://www.imageshack.com/photo/my-i...12/0000xt.jpg/
http://www.imageshack.com/photo/my-i...34/0001xi.jpg/

The other factions have them.

http://www.imageshack.com/photo/my-i...26/0002qy.jpg/
http://www.imageshack.com/photo/my-i...34/0003rw.jpg/

Would you be able to fix this? I'm surprised there is not a fix for it already. There is no need for UI's.

[Asgaroth]

Great work Rarity !

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