Combat animation

[GueulEclator]

Is there any mod that improves the realism of the combat between two units. I know theres a submod that adds more death animation but i'm talking of a mod that would make combat between soldier less dull and more fluid. This would hep give feeling of a real battle between two units of soldier.
PS: Also is there a way to make cavalry charge stronger?

[Deedlit]

Play empire total war if you want something like that. Medieval total war has limits sadlys.

[.:Zack Fair:.]

I was wondering...What if someone tries to import the animations from Shogun 2 and adapt them to Medieval 2? Is that possible? (I know it will require a lot of work)

[Dutch-Balrog]

Shogun 2 is made on an entirely diffrent game engine.

[Bungo Baggins]

You can improve cavalry charge by increasing the charge value in the EDU (export_descr_unit.txt in Third_Age_3/data).

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type Mounted Dunedain BG
dictionary Mounted_Dunedain_BG ; Dunedain Bodyguards
category cavalry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_cavalry
banner holy crusade
soldier mounted_br, 12, 0, 1
mount northern heavy horse
mount_effect elephant -4, camel -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, can_formed_charge, general_unit, free_upkeep_unit
formation 2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health 1, 2
stat_pri 8, 10, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 11, 5, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 6, 7, 4, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 8
stat_ground -1, -1, -3, -2
stat_mental 16, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 45
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 950, 320, 120, 120, 950, 2, 250
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models mounted_br, mounted_br_upg
ownership turks
era 0 turks
era 1 turks
era 2 turks
recruit_priority_offset 5

The red value is the one you want to increase.

[GueulEclator]

Thanks. So if i understand well after doing that the cavalry should send more unit flying ?

[Bungo Baggins]

It should kill more. If you want a more arcade like and less realistic gameplay that makes cavalry run over more soldiers you should increase the mass of their mounts.
To do so, just look up the mount name your desired unit uses .

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type Mounted Dunedain BG
dictionary Mounted_Dunedain_BG ; Dunedain Bodyguards
category cavalry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_cavalry
banner holy crusade
soldier mounted_br, 12, 0, 1
mount northern heavy horse
mount_effect elephant -4, camel -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, can_formed_charge, general_unit, free_upkeep_unit
formation 2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health 1, 2
stat_pri 8, 10, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 11, 5, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 6, 7, 4, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 8
stat_ground -1, -1, -3, -2
stat_mental 16, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 45
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 950, 320, 120, 120, 950, 2, 250
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models mounted_br, mounted_br_upg
ownership turks
era 0 turks
era 1 turks
era 2 turks
recruit_priority_offset 5

The red part is the mount name you need.

Then open descr_mount.txt in your data folder and look for your mount.
Change the unit mass and save.

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type northern heavy horse ;;;;; Northern standard horse
class horse
model northern_heavy_horse
radius 1.2
x_radius 0.5
y_offset 0.7
height 2.5
mass 3.25
banner_height 0
bouyancy_offset 1.8
water_trail_effect horse_water_trail
root_node_height 1.0
rider_offset 0.0, 0.38, 0.70

Increase the red value.

Don't forget to make a backup of any file you change, by the way.

[2-D Ron]

Is there any mod that improves the realism of the combat between two units. I know theres a submod that adds more death animation but i'm talking of a mod that would make combat between soldier less dull and more fluid. This would hep give feeling of a real battle between two units of soldier.
PS: Also is there a way to make cavalry charge stronger?

I think the Hardcode Limit for Death Animations is 5 per Unit?
Also you're only likely to see 2-3 of the 5 Death Animations being performed.. From what I've heard from previous hopefuls is the Game has a torrid time in making the fight diverse for all sprites so you'll only see a Unit of Sprites use 2 Kill Animations throughout the fight, the 3rd a rarity the 4th and 5th, pretty much no chance.

[GueulEclator]

Thanks Bungo Baggins! It worked.

[Lord-too-fat]

It still looks okay..

[Hugyfew]

Brought up an age-old thread, did cha?

Uhh, what's your point?

[ElvenKind]

It still looks okay to close this thread.