Advice?

[hsimoorb]

I'd like to have my hoplites use a short spear as a secondary weapon. And ideas on how to do it? Do I have to change the animation and skin to go along with the change in the descr_unit file?

[Halie Satanus]

try this if it dos'nt work then you'll have to try and find a model that has made the changes you want.good luck
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8981

after wiping the sleep from my eyes i realize that might not be what you want
so the answer is no you have to have a model with two spears one primary and one secondary, changing the animation won't work because that's only the movment of the skeleton and not the model.try asking around a few moddelers someone might make one for you,

[hsimoorb]

Yeah, I think that's what I'm looking for. I'm thinking about just stealing an animation from another unit. I'm thinking if I just give the hoplites I want the skeleton and animations from a short spear unit this will work? Since I don't have any animation or skinning skills to speak of. Where would I find the file with those things in it? Thanks very much for your help BTW.

[Lusted]

It won't work, the hoplite models have swords as secondary weapons.

[Kallikratis]

That's right. You have to edit/create the hoplite model in 3dsmax and use the spear as the secondary weapon. Just copy the spear being the primary weapon, and rename it as "secondary weapon".