Some factions not workiing for custom battle in mod

[Jubal_Barca]

I'm trying to add a few extra units to the Warhammer : Total War mod (for RTW 1.2), but keep hitting a problem; I can only add units to the factions used in the original mod (gaul, senate, brutii, carthage) and numidia. For some reason, anything else causes a batttle loading CTD (The mod doesn't have a campaign map, just custom battle).

Could anyone shed any light on this?

[Ciaran S]

My best guess: You tried adding (existing) units to another faction via export_descr_units but forgot to assign them a texture in descr_model_battle.

Did you try the show_err command line? Does it give any hints (sometimes, in case of the texture issue I´ve mentioned it does not)?
I don´t have a copy of RTW at hand at the moment, so I can´t say precisely which files need to be changed, but EDU and DMB are the best guesses for starters, maybe descr_characters (assigns the models for generals) as well.

[Jubal_Barca]

Eeep,
I have added textures in DMB but the thing still won't work! I tried using show_err as advised above, and got:

Script error in data/world/maps/base/descr_regions.txt, at line 315, column 17.

Unrecognised: 'italy' as a region resouce class (or hidden resource)

I am certain that the battle map is 'stable' as it were, as I have played numerous battles with the other mod factions on it.

In case it helps, here's the relevant code from EDU/DMB;

DMB;

type empire_free_company_archers
skeleton fs_med_archer, fs_med_swordsman
indiv_range 40
texture romans_brutii, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_MIDDENLAND_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
texture romans_scipii, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_ALTDORF_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
texture romans_senate, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_ALTDORF_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_HIGH.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_MED.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_LOW.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_LOWEST.cas, max
model_tri 800, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

EDU;

type brettonian archers
dictionary empire_free_company_archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Light_1
soldier empire_free_company_archers, 20, 0, 0.8
officer empire_state_captain
attributes sea_faring,hide_forest
formation 1.6, 1.6, 3, 3, 3,square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 6,0, arrow, 120, 30, missile, archery, piercing, none, 25, 0.75
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 6,2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, sword, 25, 0.35
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 4, 5, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 0
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 11,low,untrained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 300, 100, 500, 500, 230
ownership romans scipii

Thanks

[Ciaran S]

Eeep,
I have added textures in DMB but the thing still won't work! I tried using show_err as advised above, and got:

Script error in data/world/maps/base/descr_regions.txt, at line 315, column 17.

Unrecognised: 'italy' as a region resouce class (or hidden resource)

I am certain that the battle map is 'stable' as it were, as I have played numerous battles with the other mod factions on it.

In case it helps, here's the relevant code from EDU/DMB;

DMB;

type empire_free_company_archers
skeleton fs_med_archer, fs_med_swordsman
indiv_range 40
texture romans_brutii, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_MIDDENLAND_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
texture romans_scipii, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_ALTDORF_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
texture romans_senate, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_ALTDORF_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_HIGH.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_MED.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_LOW.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_FREE_COMPANY_ARCHERS_LOWEST.cas, max
model_tri 800, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

EDU;

type brettonian archers
dictionary empire_free_company_archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Light_1
soldier empire_free_company_archers, 20, 0, 0.8
officer empire_state_captain
attributes sea_faring,hide_forest
formation 1.6, 1.6, 3, 3, 3,square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 6,0, arrow, 120, 30, missile, archery, piercing, none, 25, 0.75
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 6,2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, sword, 25, 0.35
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 4, 5, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 0
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 11,low,untrained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 300, 100, 500, 500, 230
ownership romans scipii

Thanks

Take a very close look at the last line of the code you posted: it has to be romans_scipii, you forgot the underscore. It´s tiny details like that which drive you mad, don´t feel bad, I had it happen myself often enough (and usually it took me days to recognize).

The italy script error is normal for the Warhammer mod, that has to do with the (not existing) campaign map. Simply ignore it, once you´ve got the battles running you´ll notice you still get that error message when you exit the game the usual way (i.e. not via CTD).

[Jubal_Barca]

I changed it to an underscore, but still no change - anyway, in EDU I thought that it was only greek_cities that had the underscore and not the roman factions.

New code is;
type brettonian archers
dictionary empire_free_company_archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Light_1
soldier empire_free_company_archers, 20, 0, 0.8
officer empire_state_captain
attributes sea_faring,hide_forest
formation 1.6, 1.6, 3, 3, 3,square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 6,0, arrow, 120, 30, missile, archery, piercing, none, 25, 0.75
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 6,2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, sword, 25, 0.35
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 4, 5, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 0
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 11,low,untrained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 300, 100, 500, 500, 230
ownership romans_scipii

Thanks for your help

[makanyane]

Your EDU entry seems to be missing spaces after the commas on quite a few of the lines ie.
attributes sea_faring,hide_forest
don't know if that matters or not off hand but some files are very picky about exact formatting.

Also maybe worth trying without new units just adding romans_scipii to ownership line (and giving them DMB texture line) on some of the existing units and see if you can get custom battle to work with those first. Maybe that the faction is missing something else - only thing that springs to mind though is to check its set up with a captain, i.e.

faction romans_scipii
dictionary 15
strat_card data/ui/roman/portraits/captain_card_julii.tga
strat_model sm_roman_lesser_general
battle_model roman_lesser_general
battle_equip gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

in descr_character.txt and that the battle_model (in this case roman_lesser_general) has a valid entry in DMB