Adding a different bodyguard for a Unit

[Påsan]

Hi, What im trying to do, is to add a different type of bodyguard to my starting Norwegian faction heir Sigurd in SS 6.4. Id like him to be leading a unit of Norse Axemen rather than the General Bodyguard type.

Additionally, is there any way i can change the appearance of that single general as well?'

Thirdly, I tried changing the officer for various Norwegian units, and even though i changed the officer to the N Axemen, I still got the silver surfer skin on most early units like Drengjar and Viking raiders but not on the Huskarls. . Anything I can do to improve this?

[kevindrosario]

You're playing SS? Go into data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.txt

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

character Sigurd, named character, male, heir, age 14, x 120, y 269
traits Factionheir 1 , MilitaryInclination 1 , GoodCommander 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 2 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , Loyal 2 , PublicFaith 3 , ReligionStarter 1
army
unit NE Bodyguard exp 1 armour 1 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Viking Raiders exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Spear Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Crossbow Militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Change the bolded part to whatever unit you want. So you would change it to "Norse Axemen".

[AJStoner]

1) You can use any unit for a general's bodyguard if the general is in the descr_strat file or generated in the campaign_scripts file. Just put the desired unit as the first unit is his army. Keep in mind that the game will always give preference to cavalry so if you want to use an infantry unit there must be no cavalry units in his assigned force.

2)Just add the new model to the character's info line like in this example:

character Amairgin MacSidhe, named character, male, leader, age 33, x 25, y 45, portrait amairgin, label macsidhe1, battle_model macsidhe, hero_ability The_Flower_of_Chivalry
traits Factionleader 1 , IrelandHero 1, Intelligent 2, GoodCommander 1 , BattleChivalry 2 , StrategyChivalry 2 , ReligionStarter 1 , NightBattleCapable 1 , Hatesengland 2, Academic_Edu 1, Military_Edu 3
ancillaries crown_ireland
army
unit Irish Bodyguard exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

3) You have to make sure the desired captain's soldier model has textures for both norway and mercenary. The later because if the captain unit is a hired merc unit and the captain isn't textured for them it will then go silver.

[Påsan]

Thanks, have'a rep both of you