Invisible troops

[Leonidas480bc]

under what circumstances when adding new units will they fail to show up in custom battles. I cant see the unit soldiers but they are there and can attack/shoot. What I have done is add units from one mod to Third age total war. All the mesh and textures were added to the correct folders... i know this because two of the four units added show up in custom battles and the mod i got them from all four units showed up. Here is the EDU and modeldb file of the two units that have failed to appear in custom battles.
type Lorien Archer
dictionary Lorien_Archer ; Light Elven Archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_missile
banner holy crusade
soldier Elf_Archer, 48, 0, 1
officer silvan_captain_early_flag
mount_effect elephant +3
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest,extreme_range, very_hardy, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit
move_speed_mod 1.3
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health 1, 3
stat_pri 8, 2, arrow_9, 190, 35, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 7, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 2, 6, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, 0, 2, -1
stat_mental 10, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 15
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 2, 500, 210, 75, 75, 500, 4, 100
armour_ug_levels 1, 2
armour_ug_models lorien_archer, lorien_archer_upg
ownership mongols
era 0 mongols
era 1 mongols
era 2 mongols
recruit_priority_offset 5

13 lorien_archer
1 1
45 unit_models/_units/lorien/gld_Larch_lod0.mesh 6400
1
7 mongols
53 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/lor_spear2.texture
59 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/lor_spear_normal.texture
40 unit_sprites/egypt_elf_archer_sprite.spr
1
7 mongols
53 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_Larch_att_diff.texture
53 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_Larch_att_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
27 MTW2_Fast_Longbowman_String
20 MTW2_Non_Shield_Fast 1
19 MTW2_Bowman_Primary 1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
17 lorien_archer_upg
1 1
45 unit_models/_units/lorien/gld_Larch_lod0.mesh 6400
1
7 mongols
53 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/lor_spear2.texture
59 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/lor_spear_normal.texture
40 unit_sprites/egypt_elf_archer_sprite.spr
1
7 mongols
53 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_Larch_att_diff.texture
53 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_Larch_att_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
27 MTW2_Fast_Longbowman_String
20 MTW2_Non_Shield_Fast 1
19 MTW2_Bowman_Primary 1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
type Lothlorien Ranger
dictionary Lothlorien_Ranger ; Lothlorien Rangers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_missile
banner holy crusade
soldier Silvan_Archer, 48, 0, 1
officer silvan_captain_early_flag
mount_effect elephant +3
attributes sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, extreme_range, very_hardy, can_withdraw, stakes, stakes, free_upkeep_unit
move_speed_mod 1.3
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health 1, 3
stat_pri 12, 2, arrow_12, 210, 35, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 10, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 3, 6, 4, leather
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, 0, 2, -1
stat_mental 12, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 15
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 2, 620, 250, 65, 65, 620, 3, 150
armour_ug_levels 1, 2
armour_ug_models lothlorien_ranger, lothlorien_ranger_upg
ownership mongols
era 0 mongols
era 1 mongols
era 2 mongols
recruit_priority_offset 5

17 lothlorien_ranger
1 1
44 unit_models/_units/lorien/loth_ran_lod0.mesh 6400
1
7 mongols
51 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/gld_loth.texture
58 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/gld_loth_normal.texture
45 unit_sprites/mongols_silvan_archer_sprite.spr
1
7 mongols
51 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_attach2_diff.texture
51 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_attach2_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
27 MTW2_Fast_Longbowman_String
20 MTW2_Non_Shield_Fast 1
19 MTW2_Bowman_Primary 1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002
21 lothlorien_ranger_upg
1 1
44 unit_models/_units/lorien/loth_ran_lod0.mesh 6400
1
7 mongols
51 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/gld_loth.texture
58 unit_models/_units/lorien/textures/gld_loth_normal.texture
45 unit_sprites/mongols_silvan_archer_sprite.spr
1
7 mongols
51 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_attach2_diff.texture
51 unit_models/AttachmentSets/gld_attach2_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
27 MTW2_Fast_Longbowman_String
20 MTW2_Non_Shield_Fast 1
19 MTW2_Bowman_Primary 1
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

So if you can tell me what i did wrong please do so

[irishron]

Ownaership and era lines in the EDU.

[Leonidas480bc]

Ownaership and era lines in the EDU.

As you can see in both units i did have the correct faction which is the mongols (Silvans) the two units used to belong to Lorien.

[irishron]

You posted the BMDB lines, not the EDU as in export_descr_units.txt.

[Moon]

Have you increased this part of the BMDB as you haven't mentioned it 22 serialization::archive 3 0 0 0 0 713 0 0, your's will be different to mine so increase it by whatever many you have added, in your case that would be 4.

[Leonidas480bc]

You posted the BMDB lines, not the EDU as in export_descr_units.txt.

I posted both the EDU and BMDB lines

Have you increased this part of the BMDB as you haven't mentioned it 22 serialization::archive 3 0 0 0 0 713 0 0, your's will be different to mine so increase it by whatever many you have added, in your case that would be 4.

Yes i added 4 to that number.

I didn't think it was gonna be this hard to figure this out!

[irishron]

You're right. I missed it.

[CavalryCmdr]

your soldier line dosnt match your BMDB.

soldier Elf_Archer, 48, 0, 1

13 lorien_archer

Dose Elf_Archer exist in your BMDB anywhere? (sorry I dont have TATW)

EDIT: Nevermind, they must or you'd just get CTD

[Leonidas480bc]

your soldier line dosnt match your BMDB.

soldier Elf_Archer, 48, 0, 1

13 lorien_archer

Dose Elf_Archer exist in your BMDB anywhere? (sorry I dont have TATW)

EDIT: Nevermind, they must or you'd just get CTD

Yes it does i don't know how the mod maker did this the soldier line is in the BMDB but he also added the lorien archer entry.

[Ishan]

Invisible in what sense? You mean not visible at all or silverish units?

[David93]

Add 1 to your serilization number at the top of the file. It should just be a simple miss count, which sometimes cause invisible units instead of a black screen crash. I know someone already suggested something similar, but if it doesnt work all youll get is a crash.
it might also be to high, try taking one away, then test both units.

[Leonidas480bc]

Add 1 to your serilization number at the top of the file. It should just be a simple miss count, which sometimes cause invisible units instead of a black screen crash. I know someone already suggested something similar, but if it doesnt work all youll get is a crash.
it might also be to high, try taking one away, then test both units.

Ok i had 1302 added four units so it went to 1306 but only two of the four units showed up in custom battels all four had one armour upgrade so i have added 4 more to that bringing it to 1310 and now all four units plus the armour upgrades show up yea thanks for your help i didnt know i had o add 1 for each armour upgrade

[David93]

Your welcome

[Ishan]

Use the BMDB checker to always recheck the serialization error.

[Valiant Champion]

any bogus model will create an invisible unit. useful if you want to make a siege engine look like it moves on its own power.