Call me a n00b but...

**Cymera** · February 16, 2007, 03:58 PM

Is there a way to keep the current Armored Phalangites skeleton, but have the original skin? I really like the current skin except for one thing.... Corinthian helms, i realize that they are no longer widely used in this time period, but i like them a lot nevertheless. The skeleton for the current unit is more like a phalanx then the old hoplites right?

I have tried the instructions in the readme, but they cause a CTD for me every time i try it, any suggestions?

**DimeBagHo** · February 16, 2007, 04:34 PM

Try this:

Code:

type                greek_phalangite_armoured
skeleton            fs_slow_spearman, fs_slow_swordsman                                    ; combat spear
indiv_range            40
texture                greek_cities, data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_elite_hoplite_greek.tga
texture                romans_brutii, data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_elite_hoplite_greek.tga
model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_greek_hoplite_elite_high.cas, 15
model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_greek_hoplite_elite_med.cas, 30
model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_greek_hoplite_elite_low.cas, 40
model_flexi            data/models_unit/unit_greek_hoplite_elite_lowest.cas, max
model_sprite        romans_brutii, 60.0, data/sprites/greek_cities_greek_armoured_hoplite_sprite.spr
model_sprite        greek_cities, 60.0, data/sprites/greek_cities_greek_armoured_hoplite_sprite.spr
model_tri            400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

**Cymera** · February 16, 2007, 05:05 PM

thx ill give it a try.

**Cymera** · February 16, 2007, 05:14 PM

It said that there was an error in the EDB at line 2757 and at column 10 that it expected "upgrade" where it found "own" argg i believe this is what happened when i did what the readme said. Any other ideas?

**DimeBagHo** · February 16, 2007, 05:25 PM

You don't need to make any changes to EDB, just to DMB. The only change required is to replace the greek_phalangite_armoured entry with the one posted above.

**Cymera** · February 16, 2007, 05:27 PM

I realize that, all i did was change the DMB i have modded the EDB but not in any way that would cause that. It did not work. Thx though!

EDIT: Tried again, same error.

EDIT2: Oops, it appears there was an error in the EDB file, i will try again.

EDIT3: Yes it works now, sorry for wasting your time, and thx for your help!

**starXdiaMoo** · February 18, 2007, 09:30 AM

Well, I got back the old armoured hoplites but I had one minor problrm. Every time I press NEXT TURN while playing imperial campaign with any faction, my game crashed. So I suggest you do it only for custom battles

You have to replace the entry in export_descr_units and descr_model_battle (of the armoured phalangites) with the one from the vanilla RTW. Then, go to models_unit and search (ctrl + F) for unit_greek_phalangite_armoured and delete it. Next, go to the models_unit of the vanilla RTW folder and search for: unit_greek_hoplite_elite, copy all four and paste them in the xgm/data/models_unit folder where you deleted the phalangite model. I hope this helped!

**DimeBagHo** · February 18, 2007, 02:14 PM

If you use the entry I posted above it should work fine, without crashes at the end of turn.

**Cymera** · February 18, 2007, 02:23 PM

Dime is right, his post above works without changing anything else, thx again.

**starXdiaMoo** · February 18, 2007, 02:40 PM

Well, I 've tried as hard as I could but when I change the entry in descr_model_battle and run the game it says some weird things and it just doesn't work...

**RedFox** · February 18, 2007, 02:56 PM

I have attached a zip archive to this post, this includes armoured phalangite models and textures, all you have to do is replace the given entries in the XGM txt files.
Don't just replace the XGM files because I have only added the entries, not the whole EDB and DMB.