two questions

[attyla]

1. i've forget the name of file, where i can find characters names list. May someone remind me it?

2. I neet to move greek firethrower to my mod made on base of vanilla. How to do it? Basicly I know how to do it, but i do something wrong and the game doesn't work. All the time the log give me information about battle model which it can't find. any ideas what may be wrong?

[HiiMmyself]

For #1:

"descr_names.txt" in your data folder

For #2, if i told you, I woudl forget something It is not my area of experties

[Gigantus]

All the time the log give me information about battle model which it can't find. any ideas what may be wrong?

Exactly what it says: it cannot find the battle model of the greek fire thrower in the modeldb file. (data\unit_models\battle_models.modeldb)

And here you enter the realm of the esoteric unless you have got a proper formatted (use able) formatted file.

[attyla]

Hiimmyself - thx

gigantus - do you know where can i find formatted modeldbs for kingdoms? I need only modeldb with greek firethrower now, but who knows? - maybe i will want do move more units?
to tell you the true I've added proper section to my modeldb but you can have right and i could make mistake.

[Gigantus]

I don't know if any of the mods (crusades?) are using that unit. Otherwise unpack and use Alpacas converter. You should find in the download section.

[attyla]

Alpacas is the name of this converter? I couldnt find it.

[Gigantus]

Try this post: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showp...1&postcount=11

[attyla]

thanx a lot Gigantus

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service

[attyla]

one more question
i've unpacked MTW2 with kongdoms, but i cannot find unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/textures folder and mtw2_es_greek_byzantium.texture file. I need to move it to my mod Data folder. How can i get it???

[attyla]

What could be wrong with this?:
17 greek_firethrower
1 4
54 unit_models/_Units/ES_Mail/greek_firethrower_lod0.mesh 121
54 unit_models/_Units/ES_Mail/greek_firethrower_lod1.mesh 900
54 unit_models/_Units/ES_Mail/greek_firethrower_lod2.mesh 2500
54 unit_models/_Units/ES_Mail/greek_firethrower_lod3.mesh 6400
1
9 byzantium
82 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/textures/mtw2_es_greek_byzantium_L.texture
79 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/textures/mtw2_es_greek_normal_L.texture
50 unit_sprites/byzantium_Pronoia_Infantry_sprite.spr
1
9 byzantium
61 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Greek_byzantium_diff.texture
61 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Greek_byzantium_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
17 MTW2_Flamethrower
14 MTW2_Swordsman
1
21 MTW2_Arquebus_Primary
1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
21 greek_firethrower_ug1
1 3
71 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/greek_firethrower_ug1_lod0.mesh 121
71 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/greek_firethrower_ug1_lod1.mesh 1225
71 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/greek_firethrower_ug1_lod2.mesh 6400
1
9 byzantium
80 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/textures/mtw2_es_greek_byzantium.texture
77 unit_models/_Units/ES_Greek_Greek_Heavy/textures/mtw2_es_greek_normal.texture
55 unit_sprites/byzantium_Greek_Firethrower_ug1_sprite.spr
1
9 byzantium
61 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Greek_byzantium_diff.texture
61 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Greek_byzantium_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
17 MTW2_Flamethrower
14 MTW2_Swordsman
1
21 MTW2_Arquebus_Primary
1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

Can somebody check it or make proper version?

[aduellist]

See this thread:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=77323

[attyla]

i know rules of moding modeldb. However i gues thad knowledge doesn't remove making mistakes possibility.

[Gigantus]

It will be a file that is referenced in the modeldb but not available ingame. Have a look in the error log. If necessary set the log to 'trace' and repeat the error.

Here is the entry for the log in your cfg file:

[log]
to = logs/M2TW.system.log.txt
level = * trace

your log will appear in the M2TW\log directory. Replace 'trace' with 'error' when you want the simple log.

[attyla]

where should i look for something? i have no idea how read and uderstand logs with trace option. I've read all what's near modeldb and cant't find anything

[HiiMmyself]

Look for the file: "system.log" in the address: "C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War" *

*Or any variation of the address

It should say the error(s) that you get...

[attyla]

oh my God. Maybe i am stupid, but not so meny I would be very happy if system.log would say me what's wrong and there is very likely it's saing me it. Unfortunately i can't understand it. I don't know where should i look for information i need.

[HiiMmyself]

The last couple of lines. That is usually the error that causes the problem.

[Gigantus]

The log stops when it is searching for the Byzantium banners. Seeing that you have added the Firethrower unit, my guess is that you are missing some files that the model needs. I would suggest to unpack the kingdoms campaign (Crusades?) where you got the unit from and then look for all the files that the model needs (see your post) and transfer them to your mod folder.
Start again (cross fingers) and see what happens.

[Gigantus]

Simply install into a different folder (games\m2tw for instance) and then pick the files you need.