Im having a bit of trouble adding new skins.

[Themis]

I have been trying to give some of the macedonian units from Rome: Total war 1.5,
the skins from the units from Rome: Total War - Alexander, but somehow it does not work,
now i have installed numerous other skin mods, but this is boggeling me, i cant get it to work.

I edit the Descr_model_Battle files, but it wont work
Example with the Royal Pikemen, whom i have been trying to give the Phalangist skin:

Original:
type greek_hypaspist
skeleton fs_spearman, fs_swordsman ; combat spear
indiv_range 40
texture macedon, data/models_unit/textures/unit_macedon_hypastist.tga
model_flexi_m data/models_unit/unit_greek_hypastist_v2_400.cas, 15
model_flexi_m data/models_unit/unit_greek_hypastist_v2_300.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_hypastist_v2_200.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/unit_greek_hypastist_v2_100.cas, max
model_sprite macedon, 60.0, data/sprites/macedon_greek_hypaspist_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

And the Alexander version is:
;#ifdef ALEX

type ALEX_phalangists
skeleton fs_slow_spearman, fs_slow_swordsman ; combat spear
indiv_range 40
texture macedon, alexander/data/models_unit/textures/ALEX_phalangist_macedon.tga
model_flexi_m alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_1.cas, 15
model_flexi_m alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_2.cas, 30
model_flexi alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_3.cas, 40
model_flexi alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_4.cas, max
model_sprite macedon, 60.0, alexander/data/sprites/macedon_ALEX_phalangists_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

;#endif

So what i did was i copy/pasted it till it looked like:

type greek_hypaspist
skeleton fs_spearman, fs_swordsman ; combat spear
indiv_range 40
texture macedon, alexander/data/models_unit/textures/ALEX_phalangist_macedon.tga
model_flexi_m alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_1.cas, 15
model_flexi_m alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_2.cas, 30
model_flexi alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_3.cas, 40
model_flexi alexander/data/models_unit/ALEX_phalangist_lod_4.cas, max
model_sprite macedon, 60.0, alexander/data/sprites/macedon_ALEX_phalangists_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

I thought i could just link the skins through to the new adress, the alexander folder, but then the **** hits the fan, and it will no longer boot.
I hope you can help me find any minor glitches in what i do.
(I installed the game under; D://Program Files/Activision/Rome: Total War/Data for normal RTW,
D://Program Files/Activision/Rome: Total War/Alexander/Data for the Alexander skins.)

Best Regards, Themis

[Lusted]

Just copy and paste the relevant files from the Alexander data folder into the RTW data folder, get rid of the alexander bit on all the lines, and it should work. I do not think the game like slooking inside the Alexander folder for files instead of the data folder.

[spirit_of_rob]

oops lusted beat me hehe

[Themis]

Should have tried that, but im rather lazy then tired...
But heck ill give it a shot anyways, because i really like the old skins

Thanks for the assistance folks