Missing Skeleton? HELP!!!

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 12:39 PM

I ran a show_err command on a game installation that does not work.

Generic Error:

Unable to find skeleton "fs_camel_fast"

How do I fix this? Can somebody just give me the 'skeleton' file? Whats wrong here?

**Lusted** · May 10, 2006, 02:02 PM

It means that in descr_model_battle.txt, the game is told to look for that skeleton but can'ty find it, which means it doesn't exist, so just search descr_model_battle.txt for that line and change it to fs_camel.

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 02:08 PM

It cant seem to find any of the skeletons! I have deleted each one, one by one.... nothing works!
Can somebody give me the files?

**Lusted** · May 10, 2006, 02:10 PM

That means your animation files are messed up, look in data\animations folder, are the files the correct size in there? Have you installed any mods recently?

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 02:17 PM

yes, I installed carajudo's imperial units mod

How do I replace the animations files?
Again... for the 3rd time, can you give them to me? or do I really have to reinstall?

**Lusted** · May 10, 2006, 02:19 PM

They're a large set of files, you will need to reinstall, and before you think that editing descr_skeletons.txt will fix your problems, that file is completely redundant, doesn't do anything.

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 02:29 PM

Heh, I think I've had my share of .txt file editings! Reinstall it is! I hope this works......

Oh, and I reskinned my own unit too! Im a real modder now! YAY!

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 03:12 PM

I reinstalled but it did not work... the same problem still exists. It is still looking for the skeleton. HELP!

**Ahlerich** · May 10, 2006, 05:05 PM

type barb_female_peasant
skeleton fs_dagger
indiv_range 40
;model_flexi_m data/models_unit/barb_female_peasant_300.cas, 8
model_flexi data/models_unit/barb_female_peasant_300.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/barb_female_peasant_200.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/barb_female_peasant_100.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/barb_female_peasant_70.cas, max
model_sprite 60.0, data/sprites/barb_female_peasant_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

this is a unit is descr_model_battle.txt

one line starts with "skeleton" and there is your problem. the animation for fs_camel_fast does not exist. most likely u imported a unit from a different mod that has an animation called fs_camel_fast.
what you have to do is search the descr_model_battle file for other unmodified camel units and look at the skeleton they are using. if they use eg like lusted suggested fs_camel you have to enter that except fs_camel_fast after the skeleton of the unit you have problem with.

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 07:59 PM

Okay, I figured out the problem... list all the places where there are references to skeletons, please.

I figure that somewhere other than descr_model_battle there is a reference to fs_camel_fast, when it should be fs_fast_camel. Somebody typed it in wrong, and i need to know where.

The fs_camel_fast is NOT located in the descr_model_battle file, I opened it with MS Word 2003 and performed a search funtion on it for that line. No dice. That line is NOT in the file ANYWHERE. So it has to be somewhere else, in some other file.....

So.... where are all the places where there are references to skeletons?

**Ahlerich** · May 10, 2006, 09:46 PM

i d like to help but the only file where i ever assigned animations (skeleton) is in the descr_model_battle file.
by the way if you work with *.txt files it is allways better to use something like editor to open the text file.
im pretty sure that the fs_camel_fast must be in the descr_model_battle file.
maybe somebody else can help

**Counciler** · May 10, 2006, 10:23 PM

What tool should I use then?

**Lusted** · May 11, 2006, 03:44 AM

Use notepad or wordpad to open .txt files.

**Counciler** · May 11, 2006, 03:45 PM

Does anybody know what other files have references to skeletons in them? Something is wrong here. Either the skeletons were deleted, or the references to them in [whatever] files was typed in wrong. I really would like some more help on this matter, please. I hope its not too much trouble.

**Lusted** · May 11, 2006, 03:51 PM

The only files that have references to skeletons is descr_model_battle.txt and dewscr_model_strat.txt, that is it. Descr_skeleton.txt like i said is redundant and is not referenced by the game at all.