Help needed: variantmeshdefinitions problem with my custom unit.

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 08:12 AM

Somebody's eyes better than mine?

Can anyone help me out?

My code looks like this

<VARIANT_MESH>
<SLOT name="base" >
<VARIANT_MESH>
<SLOT name="skin" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin/egyptian_skin.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="facial_hair" />
<SLOT name="props" />
<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="cloaks" />
<SLOT name="greaves" />
<SLOT name="shield" attach_point="weapon_03" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/shield/egyptian_shields.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="weapon_1" attach_point="weapon_01" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/weapons/short_spears.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="weapon_2" />
<SLOT name="weapon_3" />
<SLOT name="weapon_4" />
</VARIANT_MESH>
</SLOT>
</VARIANT_MESH>

Halp :'(

**Maximus183** · November 28, 2013, 11:47 AM

It's this part:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

Under your reference for the helmets slot, you forgot to add </SLOT> which basically means that anything underneath the "helmets" > bit is considered one big reference, aka it wont work. It should look like this:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by Maximus183

It's this part:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

Under your reference for the helmets slot, you forgot to add </SLOT> which basically means that anything underneath the "helmets" > bit is considered one big reference, aka it wont work. It should look like this:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

Thank you maximus! My eyesight is terrible :o MODDING IS HARD.

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Maximus183

It's this part:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

Under your reference for the helmets slot, you forgot to add </SLOT> which basically means that anything underneath the "helmets" > bit is considered one big reference, aka it wont work. It should look like this:

<SLOT name="helmets" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/helmets/egyptian_headresses.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>
<SLOT name="clothing" >
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/tunics/african_tunic_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/armour/african_skirts.VariantMeshDefinition" />
</SLOT>

One more thing. The african tunic skirts show up but the african skirts do not. D: Why is this O' modly one?

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 12:48 PM

D'oh I think i found it... man/armour/african_skirts
Ithink it's meant to be tunics. I am sorry i am a bad coder and a total noob at this, but i want to get more efficient. Making an egyptian unit pack :3

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 12:56 PM

OK! finally they're working but then HUGE DISSAPOINTMENT. Turns out CA hasn't modelled the bottom half of an egyptian torso. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 01:03 PM

OK NEW QUESTION. How do I make a new full egpyptian skins variantmeshdefinition to have, say... the whiter looking african lower torso. Would it fit? Theoretically would I have to package a copy of the egyptian variantmeshdefinitions into my mod with the same directory (eg skins) rename it something different with more mesh components referenced such as africanlower torso or whatever it's called.. AND WOULD IT WORK?

**JPrice94** · November 28, 2013, 01:14 PM

Oh no i've gone crosseyed..

**Maximus183** · November 28, 2013, 03:10 PM

To my knowledge, there is no full body egyptian skin. The onle ones you could look at for that would be the barb_eastern (or something like that) in the skins category. There's different version of those I think that have either parts of- or the full body modelled.

**Dude with the Food** · November 30, 2013, 02:39 PM

I've ended up with both of your problems and I think I can give the head's up about something else you might otherwise run into.

This is with the changes to your original in this thread.

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This is what it will possible end up like.

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However, this will mean half the men get full bodies and half get the skirts. So a quarter will have full bodies and tunics and another quarter will have the missing bodies and skirts.

This is what you'll need if you want to mix skirts and tunics.

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