How do i create factionspecific mounts and replace existing mounts?

[Kraut and Tea]

I made some new textures that i intend to use for Egypt, specificaly to replace the vmd of the African War Elephant, so i can reskin it and make it look unique for the faction.

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But I am encountering problems. I intended to replace the existing mount vmd with mine, but the old vmd unfortunatly still appears and only half of the mounts in the unit use the new vmd that i made:

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What also annoys me is that the African War Elephant in the Carthage unit roster also uses this new texture. Which i dont want since I will be making new tower textures and blankets for the Carthage elephants aswell.

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What I did was add two tables to my pack: mount_variants and mounts in both these tables I deleted all tables except for the tables refering to the African Warelephant. And then replaced the display key and variant with my new vmd.

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So my questions are:

1: Is there a way I can remove the vanila mount vmd and replace it with mine?

2: Is there a way I can make the mount vmd vmd unique to one faction?

3: Or do I have to create a unit pack to replace the existing unit with a new one?

4: If creating a new unit pack is my only option, can someone give me some guidance?




I havent created a unit pack mod in months and am very rusted in.

Thanks for taking your time to read through this and every bit of help is welcome.

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

So my questions are:

1: Is there a way I can remove the vanila mount vmd and replace it with mine?

2: Is there a way I can make the mount vmd vmd unique to one faction?

3: Or do I have to create a unit pack to replace the existing unit with a new one?

4: If creating a new unit pack is my only option, can someone give me some guidance?

I havent created a unit pack mod in months and am very rusted in.

Thanks for taking your time to read through this and every bit of help is welcome.

1: name the VDM the same as the Vanila, and it should be replaced.
2: Only by making it a unique unit to that faction.
3: yes
4:Look up Serbidee's unit creation guide it is very detailed and your first step to godhood.

I hope it helps, and by the way nice textures!

I have not yet tried anything like this yet, but in theory it should work.
Remember to do the right path and all that for the pack file.

and to make your own mount copy a existing mount in the db rename it to you liking, and give it its right VDM.