Can I mount slingers?

**Jubal_Barca** · January 02, 2007, 04:16 AM

Can I mount these? They're originally based on slingers.

Here's the code;

EDU

type empire handgunners
dictionary empire_handgunners
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Light_1
soldier empire_handgunners, 25, 0, 1
officer empire_state_captain
officer empire_state_standard
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest
formation .9, .9, 2, 2, 2, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 7, 0, bullet, 120, 30, missile, archery, blunt, none, 25 ,0.75
stat_pri_attr ap
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, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 300, 100, 500, 500, 280
ownership romans senate

DMB

type empire_handgunners
skeleton fs_med_handgunner, fs_med_swordsman
indiv_range 40
texture romans_senate, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_ALTDORF_HANDGUNNERS.tga
texture romans_brutii, data/models_unit/textures/WHTW_EMPIRE_MIDDENLAND_HANDGUNNERS.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_HANDGUNNERS_HIGH.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_HANDGUNNERS_MED.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_HANDGUNNERS_LOW.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/WHTW_EMPIRE_HANDGUNNERS_LOWEST.cas, max
model_tri 800, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

If I can mount them, what code do I change?

Thanks

**makanyane** · January 02, 2007, 06:59 AM

Possibly not it depends if anyone ever made a skeleton for a mounted slinger.
In DMB if you were mounting a normal archer you'd change
skeleton fs_archer, fs_swordsman
to
skeleton fs_hc_archer, fs_hc_swordsman
but that only works because fs_hc_archer is an existing animation. Your problem is likely to be that there might not actually be a mounted version of fs_med_handgunner. Read through the mod's descr_skeleton.txt and see if any of the titles sound promising - or ask in the mod's thread /forum.

If you can fix that, changing the EDU side should be easy, you need a mount and a mount_effect line instead of the officer lines and the category changed to cavalry.

**Jubal_Barca** · January 02, 2007, 12:10 PM

Can't even find fs_med_handgunner itself in descr_skeleton, let alone a mounted version. So I guess no gun-armed outriders then.

There isn't anywhere else skeletons might be is there?

Thanks for your help.

**Ciaran S** · January 02, 2007, 12:21 PM

the descr_skeleton file won´t help you much, it´s a leftover that isn´t used anymore, to the best of my knowledge. The game´s animations are packed in the animation subfolder.
To find out what animations can be used (they´re assigned in DMB) you need to unpack them, best by using this nice little tool:
http://www.stratcommandcenter.com/fo...=0#entry185087

Just copy the content of the zip file attached to shrimpy´s post into the animations folder, run "unpack skeletons" and you´ll get a couple of files added to your animations folder. Most of them will be named fs_something, those are the actual skeleton files. You can´t do much with them, save see which are available, but the program will also create a list.txt file, listing all the skeletons in the pack.

Be warned, though: Make a copy of the original files in the animation folder, just in case you accidently hit "pack animations"
or "pack skeletons" which will screw up your files unless you know what you´re doing!

Oh, and another thing: this tool won´t allow you to manipulate any animations, you´ll need 3ds max for that, it just unpacks them (added to prevent disappointments)