Galatian Swordsman

[Amaranth]

Allright.. You might think that I'm crazy for trying to do this but here it goes:

I want to replace the new Galatian Swordsman skin with the old one.
I mean I want to change this (newer vers.): with this one (older vers.):


I got both versions of the mod, so the files must in there somewhere. But where ? I searched and found some items with the names WARBAND_GALATIAN and such but before I attempt to change them I thought someone else here might know better, so which are the exact files I need to replace from the old version to new ?

[DimeBagHo]

Allright.. You might think that I'm crazy...

You're crazy.

You need to take a look at two files: export_descr_units.txt and descr_model_battle.txt. Check in EDU for the entry for Galatian Swordsmen, and note the soldier type. Then find that soldier type in DMB. The entry for that soldier type in DMB will tell you which files are used. For most AOR units the skin (the .TGA.DDS file) is the one listed on the "merc" line.

When you add everything to your own mod you may need to make a new entry in DMB just for Galatian Swordsmen. The current entry is shared between at least a couple of different unit types so unless you want to change the model for all of them, you will need to split them into two entries.

Hope that helps.

[Amaranth]

You're crazy.

Haha thanks !

Well, I'll give it a try and see if I can make it, if not then I'll just get to used to it I guess, thanks =)

[Lobo Solitario]

Well, now that's resolved, mind if I hijack your thread?

While playing as Pontus recently, I saw this unit in Ancyra - however, when starting up a campaign with the Galatians, they only seem to have the usual Gallic units. Are the Galatian units available in the campaign at some later point, or are they only available as AoR units in Ancyra?

By the way, Ancyra seems like an interesting start point for a provincial campaign, any chance of that?

[DimeBagHo]

IIRC Galatian Swordsmen are identical to Gallic Heavy Swordsmen, which the Gauls get as a post-marian unit (in both the Imperial and the Galatians campaigns).

I think it's unlikely that another campaign starting in Ancyra will be added. If you play the start of the current Galatians campaign historically then you should wind up settiling around there anyway. If I add another Gallic campaign it will probably be Britania.

[Lobo Solitario]

So they are - my campaigns never seem to reach the Marian reforms, so I've never come across Gallic Heavy Swordsmen before. I have modded my install of XGM to grant Galatian Swordsmen to the Galatians, to add some early variety and punch, to compensate the lack of hording (Alex.exe). Still need to bug-check to make sure the changes don't have any other unintended consequences, but once that's done, I could upload the files if you're interested.

Changes:
-Added "hidden_resource galatia_pl" to all regions in the Galatian campaign.
-Added "galatia_pl" to export_desc_buildings.txt
-Modified the following lines in export_desc_buildings.txt

barracks_three_barbarian

CHANGED
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, slavs, } and marian_reforms
TO
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, } and marian_reforms and not hidden_resource galatia_pl
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { slavs, } and marian_reforms
ADDED
;Galatians
recruit "warband galatian" 0 requires factions { gauls, } and hidden_resource galatia_pl
recruit "warband galatian" 0 requires factions { slavs, } and hidden_resource galatia

barracks_four_barbarian

CHANGED
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, slavs, } and marian_reforms
;AoR
recruit "warband galatian" 0 requires hidden_resource galatia
TO
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, } and marian_reforms and not hidden_resource galatia_pl
recruit "warband sword heavy gaul" 0 requires factions { slavs, } and marian_reforms
;AoR
recruit "warband galatian" 0 requires factions { barbarian, } and not factions { gauls, } and hidden_resource galatia
ADDED
;Galatians
recruit "warband galatian" 0 requires factions { gauls, } and hidden_resource galatia_pl

By the way, is the AoR line in the original export_descr_buildings.txt / barracks_four_barbarian correct? I was under the impression that "requires faction { all, }" was obligatory.

As for the campaign, a Britannia campaign would certainly be better - will be looking forward to it! If I get time to mess around with the text files, I might try and set up an Ancyra provincial myself, since it shouldn't be too complicated.

[DimeBagHo]

If a unit is recruitable by all factions it's fine to leave out the "requires factions" part, though there was another minor error with the Galatians AoR, so thanks for pointing that out.

[Lobo Solitario]

Good to know, thanks!

[Zarax]

I actually think the old galatian skin fits well for a mercenary gallic swordmen unit which is something XGM still misses IIRC

[knguyen_93]

I just dont care about their skin until my Gallic army reach Asia Minor, the heavy swordmen and galatian swordmen look exactly the same