Adding a General to the Campaign

[Mysion]

Hello all, I am a complete novice at modding, but eager to learn. I am trying to start with something simple.

I want to add the Mouth of Sauron as a General, at the start of the Mordor campaign, garrisoned at the Black Gate.

Could someone kindly either provide a step-by-step, very detailed (I am a complete novice) tutorial for how to create a new general, or direct me to an existing tutorial? (I have looked for, but not found one.)

Thanks in advance~

[Dava2710]

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[Dustindesrctin]

Hello all, I am a complete novice at modding, but eager to learn. I am trying to start with something simple.

I want to add the Mouth of Sauron as a General, at the start of the Mordor campaign, garrisoned at the Black Gate.

Could someone kindly either provide a step-by-step, very detailed (I am a complete novice) tutorial for how to create a new general, or direct me to an existing tutorial? (I have looked for, but not found one.)

Thanks in advance~

this is relevant to my intrests

Yes, I would also like to know how to do something like this.

[KnightsTemplar]

Since I can't find the tutorial I remember read somewhere also, I think it's nice to start one.
It's simple and easy to make a character thats working actually.

First, go for descr_strat in the campaign folder.
It will be very long, and hard to edit.
So use the 'Find' thing.
Search for a General of the faction you want your new character be in.

Then start add lines. Copy a existing one will work good enough.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

;\mods\Third_Age\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat

Here are the lines of Elrohir. We will use it to analyze the system:
character Elrohir, named character, male, age 21, x 39, y 232, portrait Elrohir, battle_model elrohir ;harlindon
traits Elrohir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , GoodCommander 1 , ReligionStarter 1 , Loyal 1 , StrategyChivalry 1 , ChivalryLegacy 2
ancillaries lord_mithlond
army
unit Elf Nobel Mount exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Elf Archer exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Elf Archer exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Elf Archer exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

The important parts are these: name, type(named character, general, spy etc.), sex, age and starting location.
Next line are the traits and things. And the extra line, copied from Elladan, was the ancillaries.

Now, we have a basic table:
character (name), named character, male, age (age), x (x-axis), y (y-axis)
traits (traits, list them here)
ancillaries (various ancillaries, also list them here)
army
unit (Bodyguard) exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Skip a line, and paste the finished things up.
Here is how it will look like, a character with no trait and no ancillary. It will start out as 0-star and 0 anything.

character    Elrohir, named character, male, age 21, x 39, y 232, portrait Elrohir, battle_model elrohir ;harlindon
traits Elrohir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , GoodCommander 1 , ReligionStarter 1 , Loyal 1 , StrategyChivalry 1 , ChivalryLegacy 2
army
unit        Elf Nobel Mount                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Elf Archer                exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Elf Archer                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit        Elf Archer                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Knight, named character, male, age 18, x 97, y 232

army
unit Knights Templar                exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

And a basic but working anyway character is done.

P.S There are additional, make it look better but somewhat advanced things not included here.

[Macilrille]

I just made and added one to Gondor. It is not that hard actually when you look in the relevant files it is evident.

The important thing is that it will not work unless you add the name to the relevant folders and documents. If it was not detailed in the helpful post above, try a search for "Changing General Name", it should come up.

Sorry to not be more helpful ATM, but I am dead tired.

[Argaladir]

This is a step by step guide I made a while ago when I was making my own general for the High Elves.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...71#post9770671

It does not show you how to add a new picture and ingame model, but send me a PM and I'll write you a guide on that too, should you wish to know it.


Edit: The easiest way, though, is to follow KnightsTemplar's guide.

[Macilrille]

Originally posted by Il Ducce

1.) Go to descr_names in the folder mods/ThirdAge/data and place your name into the faction you desire in alphabetical order (e.g. Danaxim)
2.) Go to names in the folder mods/ThirdAge/data/text and place the name in its alphabetical position like so {Danaxim}Danaxim. The first name is the look-up name from the descr_names folder and the second name is the display name that will appear in game.
3.) Replace the appropriate general's name with the name you have just added in the descr_strat file in mods/ThirdAge/data/world/map/campaign/imperial_campaign

If you want a custom portrait that is considerably more detailed and can be done by following the directions in this thread.

I also wanted to add Argaladir's guide, but he already did himself ;-)

[gaunty14]

This is one of the few bits of modding that I can actually do ^_^, along with adding custom names

I've added, Feanor, Finarfin and Fingolfin to my Noldor Elf campaign. Not particulary loreish but who cares

[Kiliç Alì]

If you are interested in modding, check the link in my signature...

[StealthFox]

I want to add the Mouth of Sauron as a General, at the start of the Mordor campaign, garrisoned at the Black Gate.

If you didn't already know, there is already a custom portrait for the Mouth of Sauron in the game files. It's listed as: mouthofsauron.

[Macilrille]

Necroed for the fellow looking for aid on the subject.

[Mhaedros]

There is a similar new thread? Why?