Textures for EB

[HunterKYA]

After going through the game directory of EB, I've noticed something odd. When looking through the descr_model_unit, I wanted to use one of the legionary textures and put it in SPQR, since I've played EB and loved the unit textures they have. I went perusing into the models_units and to my surprise, found none of the accompanying .cas or .dds files that were in the descr_model_battle. It made me wonder: How is the mod able to run without a direct path to the textures? Since most mods require the direct path approach in order for the game to run properly, I did some searching and thought I had found what I was looking for in the "packs" folder. Just to make sure, I went through SPQR and was discouraged to find that it too had the same types of files. Right now, I'm at a loss.

Did the developers of EB specifically design the mod so no one else could use their textures or is it simply an anomaly?

[Lusted]

The textures are in the .pka files in the pack folder. EB packed them.

[HunterKYA]

Well, that's what I figured when I looked in the pack folder, when trying to use the xpak extractor, it extracted all of the vanilla files, but none from EB. Is there another, more up-to-date .pak extractor that could possibly help?

Or could I copy and paste it from the EB pack folder into SPQR's, and edit the SPQR descr_model_battle with the units I'd like to use?

[vopohame]

patch_1.pak

First right click on xpak ms dos batch file and click on edit
it should pop up in a notebook
then in line one insert the above content
then in line two insert the above content
save and exit
then run xpak again

Thats what I did to get all the eb models and textures for my personal mod

[HunterKYA]

Thanks, I'll just have to try that later on.

[Urnamma]

Remember that mods of a non-personal nature need approval from the skinners, modelers, and EB team to use this content.