Call of Warhammer BOTET : How to add texture to another faction ??

[Robert Nesta Marley]

Hi all

I will go direct to the point.
I would like to add the textures of the Demiknights ( No halberd ) to the Dwarves.
I know, it may seem strange but I love the Demiknights and the Dwarves and I would like to play a campaign with both of them
I know how to add this unit for buildings etc but I do not understand (even following tutorials) how to add the textures in a complete way. Please could you help me?
Also, a question off topic pls. I would like to install Rage of Dark Gods 1.6
Now, having BOTET, can I also install Rage of Dark Gods without any kind of conflict and will it be possible to play both Mods?
I hope I explained myself well, thank you very much to everyone

[Ajpav]

Apologies can you clarify?

Are you trying to add Demiknight textures to Dwarf Models? Or are you attempting to allow Dwarfs to use Demiknights?

If you are trying to allow Dwarfs to use Demiknights you will have to edit: export_descr_unit.txt, battle_models.modeldb, and copy/paste the relevant unit cards/info pics into the ui folder.

Before starting, I cannot stress this enough: Make BACK UP FILES of EVERYTHING!!!


1) Download Notepad++
This is not technically needed, however its free & quick to download. It will make editing game txt files waaay easier and allow further search/editing options that normal notepad doesn't give you. If you're going to mod - trust me: you want to use this. Plus, you NEVER want to edit the battle_models.modeldb without it.
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.6.3.html

2) Read through this "A Guide to the export_descr_units.txt file:
I suggest you read through it entirely, you'll probably get piqued by other options you never knew you could mod. Basically, you will first need to allow the Dwarfs to have the option of using them, to do that - you need to add poland to the Ownership line; you can find each faction's corresponding vanilla campaign faction name at the beginning of descr_strat.txt
http://medieval2.heavengames.com/m2t...de/index.shtml

3) Read through the "Guide to the BMDB"
You need to be REAL Careful here. One mini typo - and you're screwed. You will have to add lines for poland for both the soldier demigryph and the mount Sig_Hunt_AH this will have to be done for textures and attachments. (You can find the mount's name Sig_Hunt_AH by cross referencing demigryph in descr_mount.txt)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...glish-speakers

4)Read through this article's discussion of the ui section
This will tell you what ui's you will have to copy into the greek folder to get the unit cards & unit info pics to generate properly.
http://medieval2.heavengames.com/m2t...ts/index.shtml

Additional Resources
This is an index of MOST of the modding resources on the site - you'll to favorite it.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...rces-amp-Tools