Invisible Units

**Ashton** · December 09, 2009, 01:43 PM

I tried to add my units to game.I did everything necessary like editing the export_descr_unit and the modeldb file.The unit is in the game but when i enter a custom battle the units are invisible.

What am i doing wrong ???

Help is really appreciated.

**alhoon** · December 09, 2009, 04:18 PM

Happens often. You have a mistake in either the modeldb file or in the export_unit.txt file.

have you put your modeldb name in the export_unit.txt file, in the line that tells the computer which model to use?

**Taiji** · December 10, 2009, 03:40 PM

Could be the faction missing from the battle_models.modeldb entry, if memory serves.

**Ashton** · December 11, 2009, 06:01 AM

What do you mean ?

**konny** · December 11, 2009, 08:49 AM

The faction you wish this unit to use has no entry for this moddel in moddels.db. If the unit should not have different skins for different factions, I would suggest to make it mercenary and declare ownership "all", that avoids most problems concerning avaibility (also in EDB).

**Taiji** · December 11, 2009, 10:17 AM

Yes, like Konny explains; each unit model used by a faction must be set up correctly in battle_models.modeldb. If the model had no entry at all in there and was used in EDU then a CTD would occur at program launch. If the model is set up in battle_models but lacking the required section for that faction then it will be invisible on the battle map.

So you open data\unit_models, and then battle_models.modeldb, and then search for the model indicated on the soldier line of the entry for the unit in EDU (also the armor upgrades will need to be checked).

If they are not set up and the textures exist then create the missing sections, if the textures do not exist then make them yourself, use textures from another faction or do not use the model for this faction.

**IZob** · December 11, 2009, 06:55 PM

My error log (* trace) is displaying this error:

10:46:10.674 [script.err] [error] Script Error in mods/RegionMod_Kings/data/export_descr_unit.txt, at line 13090, column 1
Could not find soldier battle model for unit type 'Order_Militia'.
10:46:10.674 [data.invalid] [error] DATABASE_TABLE error found : error reading record from file mods/RegionMod_Kings/data/export_descr_unit.txt.

So for every unit mentioned in the error log (this one is saying the 'order_militia' is missing) I should check that the unit is correctly both in the EDU and the battle_models.modeldb?