Custom Generals?

**Niall of the Nine Hostages** · September 05, 2008, 04:15 PM

Sorry if this should go somewhere else or has already been discussed, but how do you add your own general to rome, bi, or m2tw? Note that you are dealing with something of a noobie with modding. Thanks in advance!

**Aradan** · September 05, 2008, 04:34 PM

Better ask this at the respective Modding-related forums of the platform you're more interested in. Also, what do you mean by "your own"? Just a new general with name/age/traits/etc that you have defined, or a new/unique model/skin?

**Niall of the Nine Hostages** · September 05, 2008, 05:07 PM

A general with a defined name, traits and etc... the first one

**Aradan** · September 05, 2008, 05:49 PM

Open data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.txt

It's divided into sections, one of which is about factions, their settlements and armies. That section is divided into smaller parts, one for each factions. A general's entry looks like that:

Code:

character    Deorwine, named character, age 44, , x 73, y 85
traits NewComeToManhood 3, christian 1, CharacterAges 1, HouseOfElfhelm 1
ancillaries office_marshal_of_the_east-mark, office_lord_of_eastfold
army
unit        rohan bodyguard                exp 4 armour 1 weapon_lvl 2

Code:

character    char_name, named character, age char_age, , x x_coord, y y_coord
traits trait_name level_number, trait_name level_number, ...
ancillaries anc_name, anc_name,...
unit        bodyguard_unit_edu_entry                exp exp_lvl armour arm_upg weapon_lvl wpn_upg

char_name: The general's name (you can add a surname if you want). Must be a valid entry from his faction's name-list from descr_names.txt
char_age: The general's age, anything from 16 to 124.
x_coord: His horizontal position on the map, counting from the left side.
y_coord: His vertical position on the map, counting from the bottom side.
trait_name: The name of a trait, must be a valid entry from export_descr_character_traits.txt
level_number: The number of the level that he has the trait developed at, obviously between 1 and the max level of the trait.
anc_name: The name of an ancillary, must be a valid entry from export_descr_ancillaries.txt
bodyguard_unit_edu_entry: The type (id) of his bodyguard unit, must be a valid entry from export_descr_units.txt
exp_lvl: His BG unit's starting experience level. 1-9.
arm_upg: His BG unit's starting armour upgrade level. 1-3.
wpn_upg: His BG unit's starting weapon upgrade level. 1-3.

So, you just have to add one "entry", like this one, into the "Army" section of the faction you want on descr_strat, replacing the red parts with choices of your own.

Moving this to the Workshop.

**Niall of the Nine Hostages** · September 05, 2008, 08:32 PM

Wow, thanks Aradan! I did it! But there is one thing. How do I change the portrait for him? It is always the ame ione and I donm't like it too much...

**Aradan** · September 05, 2008, 08:39 PM

The engine picks the portrait, you can't choose one yourself (unless you are doing this on Alexander, where you can specify custom portraits). The portraits are affected by the order that characters appear on descr_strat. Change it a bit, maybe you'll find one you like.