What is Shuffle_backward?

**Dolen** · February 12, 2017, 07:25 AM

I was looking through RC 2.0. txt to do the modifying by myself, and found "Anim Applied for Shuffle_Backward".
Does anyone have any idea of what it is?

**jurcek1987** · February 13, 2017, 02:00 PM

It is the horse animation intended for lancers and skirmishers. It means that in melee they move backwards (not to be confused with skirmish mode though). The reason for this is that these 2 mounted types are not suited to melee, lancers also get -1 melee attack (but gain +4 charge though). The remaining mounted types are chargers (idle animation) and brawlers (shuffle_forward)

**Dolen** · February 13, 2017, 08:53 PM

Thanks for the reply.

But I cannot find any entry in battle_models.modeldb seemingly linked to the said animation.

5 Horse
13 fs_fast_horse 0
0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0

How can I change the Shuffle_backward animation?

**jurcek1987** · February 14, 2017, 03:07 AM

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

I'd recommend you use this tool for this, you can choose all available animations from a slider
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...09-Unit-Editor

**Point Blank** · September 30, 2017, 05:58 AM

It is also used by foot units in melee, and is responsible for the rear ranks spreading backwards. Most units now substitute the shuffle_forward animation, or hold in place.

**Point Blank** · October 28, 2017, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by jurcek1987

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

I'd recommend you use this tool for this, you can choose all available animations from a slider
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...09-Unit-Editor

Thanks jurcek I didn't know about the editor, looks great!

The animations used by mounts are specified in the descr_mounts file.

**jurcek1987** · October 28, 2017, 02:59 AM

yes it's great but it crashes if the mod has over 50 entries in descr_mount. So you have to temporary delete some when using it in large mods like SS. And descr_mount specifies the name of the model entry in battle_models.modelsdb and that file then specifies the animations used