Replacing the General with an Admiral ?

[somerandomMinja]

I just tried to replace the euro_general model with euro_naval_officer1 in the generals body guards unit and I still keep seeing the regular general . He looks more historically accurate than most vanilla European generals .

Ive tried editing the model in the Darthmod pack , I tried to create my own mod pack , and I even tried to edit it straight in main.pack and the naval officer model wont come out . But he comes out on my marines unit . So how can I make him work ? Do I have to input something for the horse model ?

Any help would be appreciated !

[erasmus777]

Did you try changing the model on the battle_personalities table? If not, try leaving the units_stats_land unedited and open battle_personalities (may be in patch.pack, def in main.pack). Find the personality for euro_general and change the model to euro_commodore (that's the model for the naval officer) in the second column over.

[somerandomMinja]

Hmm , I didnt think of that . In a few minutes Im heading out of town with a few friends , when I return this Sunday night Ill try it and tell you how it goes .

[Iaius Statius Laurentius]

Also, if you want to use a really cool admiral model with sashes and medals and such, use "euro_admiral" for the model (and as above, make the change in battle_personalities).

The admirals you see on your ships are actually commodores, as noted above, but the actual admiral model looks much cooler.

[The Emperor of Down Under]

There is a mod that has already done this with a french revoultioary retexture mod.

[somerandomMinja]

Ok , I got home a little while ago and I tried to fix this . In battle_personalities_tables I changed the model of euro_general to euro commodore . And in units_stats_land_tables I changed the model of the general's bodyguard's officer to euro_commodore , euro_admiral and Ive tried leaving it at euro_general and nothing seems to be working .

[erasmus777]

Ok , I got home a little while ago and I tried to fix this . In battle_personalities_tables I changed the model of euro_general to euro commodore . And in units_stats_land_tables I changed the model of the general's bodyguard's officer to euro_commodore , euro_admiral and Ive tried leaving it at euro_general and nothing seems to be working .

Yeah, the officer should stay euro_general in unit_stats_land. The officer IDs there are actually the "personalities" on the other table, not references to the officer models themselves. The only change you need to make is in battle_personalities, where you change the model for the general to euro_commodore. You definitely tried that with no changes on units_stats_land? Strange...

[somerandomMinja]

Do you think a mod might be conflicting it ? I have a full French re-texture mod , but its not the new one that has the admiral as the general and waronmar's Spain re-texture mod ... But I dont think they are the ones conflicting it .

[erasmus777]

You could try disabling all the other mods to see.

[somerandomMinja]

Jesus Christ , I disabled every mod and even took them out of the data folder and nothing still seems to be working ! I dont know what to do anymore . Just to make sure , in battles_personalities_tables > battle_personalities I changed the "Unit Model" of euro_general to euro_commodore and change nothing else there . And leave the euro_general model in the general's body guards unit in unit_stats_land_tables > unit_stats_land the vanilla way ? Thats how I have been trying it without any mods and it hasnt worked .

[erasmus777]

Jesus Christ , I disabled every mod and even took them out of the data folder and nothing still seems to be working ! I dont know what to do anymore . Just to make sure , in battles_personalities_tables > battle_personalities I changed the "Unit Model" of euro_general to euro_commodore and change nothing else there . And leave the euro_general model in the general's body guards unit in unit_stats_land_tables > unit_stats_land the vanilla way ? Thats how I have been trying it without any mods and it hasnt worked .

That sucks--got to be frustrating.

I think I remember having some trouble with something similar, where changes to the vanilla personalities wouldn't stick. Try this:
1) Clone the euro_general personality. Otherwise leave the original unchanged.
2) Rename the clone to new_general or whatever you want.
3) Change the model for new_general to euro_commodore.
4) Change the Officer ID in units_land_stats to new_general.

Maybe that'll work. Good luck.

[somerandomMinja]

Yeah , Im really getting frustrated . That doesnt seem to work either . If you have the spare time , think you can try and see if you can make it work ? And if you do , make a copy and send me it . I dont know what to do anymore , I even tried taking a good look at that French mod thats using the model and I cant really find anything helpfull .

[erasmus777]

I bet I know what the problem was: you were doing all the right things, but for whatever reason your changes were getting overwritten and you needed to set the .pack as a movie (don't ask me why). Anyway, see if this is the right guy. The mod is attached.

[somerandomMinja]

I want to give you a hug . It works perfectly ! Thanks alot for everything !

Haha , I just noticed this like my second time giving you +rep , I just happen to be using the equipment tweak mod .

PS: How can I change the model to have the admiral with the medals and stuff without interfering with this ?

[erasmus777]

Glad you're using the tweak mod. There are a couple bugs I've got to get worked out of that one...

Anyway, I'm pretty sure you were doing everything right, you just needed to set your .pack to movie. There are a couple ways to change the admiral model to euro_admiral. The simplest is probably just open up the battle_personalities table and write down the values for the admiral. Then open up my mod and clone the one line, fill in the values you have written down except change the model to euro_admiral.

[somerandomMinja]

Yeah ... That doesnt seem to be working , lol .

[erasmus777]

See if this works.

[somerandomMinja]

Thats the same exact thing I did and its not working still . Did it work for you ?

[erasmus777]

Seemed to. There was a guy on the ship with a bunch of medals. I assume it was the right model. It's set to movie, just in case you're trying to load it as a mod. Hmmm. I'm sure you've got everything else on vanilla settings. ... Other than that, I'm not sure what else to try...

[somerandomMinja]

I think you got things a little mixed up , he works as an actual admiral on the ships , but what I wanted the model with the medals as the general on the ground battles .