battle_models.modledb Help

[Chuck_Norris]

Hi, I'm new to this whole modding thing and I have a question, maybe more so bare with me.
I'm trying to merge two mods together, Third Age Total War and Thera, Legacy of the Great Torment. This is for my entertainment only and have no intentions of releasing it to the public.

My goal is to take the Paynal Empire from Thera and merge it into Third Age Total War. But the only thing in my way is this modeldb file. I understand that I need to add a few things to this file to make the Paynal units appear in-game and to actually make the game work too. I'm just stumped as to what to do now.

Here are the files if you need to look at them:
Thera

TATW

[attyla]

you need to copy/add entries from
- export_descr_units.txt (EDU)
- export_descr_buildings.txt (EDB)
- export_unit.txt (EU)
and copy/add
- models, sprites and textures from one mod to another (unit_models folder)
- (copy if you keep folders and files structure - add if you only will copy those files to different folders) entry in modeldb
- icons from UI/unit_info/folder_of_faction and ui/units/folder of factions

it's a lot of work but you can do it

[Chuck_Norris]

Cool thanks . But now I have another problem. It crashes before the logo shows up. I know that means that the modeldb file is messed up, right? I'll post my mod for anyone who know whats going on. HERE is the link. I recommend you make a copy of your Third Age Total War folder.

EDIT: I was messing with the modeldb file and I saw that a faction (Milan from Thera) was shown under the aztec units that has no ownership of the unit in the EDU or EDB files. So I just deleted those sections. I have no idea if that was needed or not. Also do the numbers on the left side mean anything?

[Aikanár]

Cool thanks . But now I have another problem. It crashes before the logo shows up. I know that means that the modeldb file is messed up, right? I'll post my mod for anyone who know whats going on. HERE is the link. I recommend you make a copy of your Third Age Total War folder.

EDIT: I was messing with the modeldb file and I saw that a faction (Milan from Thera) was shown under the aztec units that has no ownership of the unit in the EDU or EDB files. So I just deleted those sections. I have no idea if that was needed or not.

Never delete anything that does no harm

Also do the numbers on the left side mean anything?

The numbers at the left equal the characters in the line.

[Ishan]

Alletun tomb of knowledge
Read it has one page on modeldb file explaining it thoroughly what the numbers mean etc.