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[91.css]

Hi. ANybody have a tutorial on skins?
I used xpak. I got the paks to become dds files. Used nvidias plugin, put the files in photoshop. Saved the file. Went to descr_mil_batl or something and changed the line to data\textures\******.tga.dds
Made a new folder called textures. Put the tga.dds in it.
Game crashes when I open a map with those soldiers in it.
Any help?

[Lusted]

May i sugges you use -show_err. Right click on the RTW shortcut on your desktop. Select properties then editt he target line so it looks like this(just add the end bit to whats already there):

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err

Then load RTW using the shortcut, load a battle with soldiers using the new skins, and it should give you an error message. POst the error message here.

[91.css]

OK did that, but still never got a problem response, just a windows message "rome total war needs to close" "has encountered some problem" etc

Well again, I have edited descr_model_battle, have put

data/models_unit/textures/unit_peltast_heg.TGA.dds
for the corresponding model.

I went to data, models_unit, there was no textures folder there. I made a new folder, called it textures. Put my file in it and the file is called unit_peltast_heg.tga.dds

Went in game, while battle is loading it crashes. I'm sure im doing something very simple, wrong.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40557

Error says:

Battle Loading CTDs:
- A unit with the attribute mercenary_unit in EDU that has no texture line for "merc" in the soldier, officer, and other related models found in DMB.
- A non-mercenary_unit in EDU that has no texture line in DMB for any faction given ownership of the unit in EDU, for the soldier, officer, and other related models.
- A sprite defined in DMB with no distance value.

What do I do -.-;;

Double post merged. Please use the edit button in future.

[Lusted]

could you please post your entire entry that uses that texture.

names.txt is in the text folder.

[91.css]

indiv_range 40
texture macedon,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_peltast_macedon.tga
texture seleucid,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_peltast_seleucid.tga
texture greek_cities,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_peltast_heg.TGA.dds
texture thrace,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_peltast_thrace.tga
texture slave,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_greek_peltast_slave.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_peltast_high.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_peltast_med.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_peltast_low.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_peltast_lowest.cas, max
model_sprite slave, 60.0, data/sprites/slave_greek_peltast_sprite.spr
model_sprite thrace, 60.0, data/sprites/thrace_greek_peltast_sprite.spr
model_sprite greek_cities, 60.0,

data/sprites/greek_cities_greek_peltast_sprite.spr
model_sprite seleucid, 60.0, data/sprites/seleucid_greek_peltast_sprite.spr
model_sprite macedon, 60.0, data/sprites/macedon_greek_peltast_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f


And that's me in my folder with my file...

[Lusted]

texture greek_cities,

data/models_unit/textures/unit_peltast_heg.TGA.dds

remove the .dds part at the end, this will fix it.

[91.css]

YEAH DUDE LUSTED YOU TOTALLY ROCK IT FIXED ALL GOT FIXED I CAN MAKE SKINS NOW

CHECK MY THING OUT



TELL ME YOU LIKE EM. ALTHO ITS JUST A TEST COZ THEY SORT OF LOOK BLACK BUT I WANTED THEM TO LOOK JUST A BIT DARK.

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

hehe isnt it exciting to see your first skin?
not bad kinda looks like fur. good job, as skinners are getting hard to come by these days....

[Halie Satanus]

good looking skin take a look a look at these guys

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=123

i think your style may fit and i know they need help

[91.css]

Thanks but I'm already in a MOD