Add a new unit in Attila vs. in Rome 2

[Dingkuhn]

Hello fellow modders,

I was wondering if there were a difference between adding a new unit to Attila and adding it to Rome 2. I am asking this because I followed Magnar's Youtube tutorial step by step and yet my game gets stuck at the loading screen whenever I launch the game (Attila). After spending a lot of time looking for answers, I finally find the following in a comment of another of his tutorial videos:

The main causes for mods crashing on start up are a) Typos - go check that everything matches exactly, b) Entries which dont exist - you may have added an entry which is looked up in another table but because its not there the game freezes when it tries to initalise, c) you used the wrong entry in unit_set_to_unit_junstions - use the vanilla tables in data_rome2 to compare against.

However, I'd already copied/pasted the name of the variantmeshdefinition everywhere where it was required... So do I need to operate differently, since it is not Rome 2 but Attila? If yes how should I do that?

Thank you!

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

start over again is my advice!

here is a good few tips:
-always copy a existing unit, and edit that way, So if you made a levy pikemen, copy a unit which reminds of yours.
-nEVER gO cAPS
-if you are making multiple units, make one at the time, and test them in custom battle, for each unit, it is then easier to point out which unit mess up.
-if you are using PFM always check for errors with that button.
It is really hard to say what went wrong, but some times it is because you call on a item which isn't in the game files.
somethings the system don't care about:
- the VDM file, you just get ghost model.
-name and short desc.

It can be a animation which makes it messed up?

Hope it helps, or else check out Serbediis guide.

[Dingkuhn]

Thank you for your answer

My unit is already based on a vanilla one (WRE Legio Comitatenses). Also I don't think it is an animation problem, because the variantmeshdefinition file of the unit works perfectly if I use it as a reskin mod for a vanilla unit. It might be the missing item thing though... if that's the case, then I guess it's the variantmeshdefinition file which is not found. That said, I'm almost sure that it is a wrong entry problem: everything else I tweaked were the unit's stats.

Also, what is this button in PFM that you me talked about? Can you please give me a link to this guide?

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

Yes ofc.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-Unit-Creation

it might be a table you are missing, anyways enjoy reading ^^

[Dingkuhn]

That will probably help a lot, thanks good sir!

[Dingkuhn]

I read all of it and checked everything, and it is still not working

Or may be... is it important to do the main_units_tables firt?

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

I read all of it and checked everything, and it is still not working

Or may be... is it important to do the main_units_tables firt?

Nope only if you do use the "combo box", and like to reload it a lot.

It can be a animation you have added which isn't in the DB.

[Dingkuhn]

I'll try to remake the mod from the start, I haven't added any animations though (I created a sword unit based on an already existing sword unit).

[Dingkuhn]

Is there a way to see where exactly the error/conflict occurs when loading the game data?

[CrisisLeRouge]

I have the same problem :/

[Taullis]

I have the same problem :/

Ditto...