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[leo.civil.uefs]

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It happens with all balrog .modeldb available entry of balrog present in TATW 3.2

It also get slender arms.

As you can see in the image, the bodyguard works well with the same model entry from .modeldb.



As I got to understand, the general model does not necessarely share the animation from the bodyguards, it can be independet.

[Gigantus]

Correct, the general's model will require the same animation as the body guard in the modelDB file. His battle model is assigned via descr_characters, there is the scripted ability to change the battle model for the faction leader and heir (named character).

Which puts you otherwise in a bit of a binder for the general's model - that same battle model will be used for other units as well. Not much of a problem if the balrog is classified as elephant and that faction has no other elephants, the mount animations for soldiers are split up: horse, camel and elephant:

4 
4 None 
14 MTW2_Swordsman 0 
2 
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary 
14 fs_test_shield 0 
5 Horse 
13 MTW2_HR_Sword 0 
2 
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary 
14 fs_test_shield 0 
5 Camel 
13 MTW2_CR_Sword 0 
2 
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary 
14 fs_test_shield 0 
8 Elephant 
18 MTW2_Elephant_Crew 0 
2 
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary 
14 fs_test_shield 0 
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

Caution - if that general's battle model is universal then it's best to make a copy and rename it, eg [model]_balrog, and then change the elephant animation sequence to the balrog's sequence. Don't forget to increase the model count at the top of the modelDB file and change the reference in the descr_characters file.

[leo.civil.uefs]

Thanks Gigantus

that same battle model will be used for other units as well

I dont think I need to worry about this since this general unit (among many others) were already implemented in TATW and they vahe been Always unique, working as heroes whose model will only show for them.

[Gigantus]

You might be mixing up the strat model variants with the actual battle model:

type            named character


actions            moving_normal, moving_quickmarch, garrison, assault, attack, besiege, entrench, ambush, diplomacy, bribe, exchange, building_fort, building_watchtower
wage_base        1
starting_action_points    80


faction            aragon
dictionary        2
strat_model        new_han_general         ; 0 = named character
strat_model        han_FH                     ; 1 = heir
strat_model        han_FL                     ; 2 = faction leader
battle_model    hangeneral
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

[leo.civil.uefs]

You might be mixing up the strat model variants with the actual battle model:

type            named character


actions            moving_normal, moving_quickmarch, garrison, assault, attack, besiege, entrench, ambush, diplomacy, bribe, exchange, building_fort, building_watchtower
wage_base        1
starting_action_points    80


faction            aragon
dictionary        2
strat_model        new_han_general         ; 0 = named character
strat_model        han_FH                     ; 1 = heir
strat_model        han_FL                     ; 2 = faction leader
battle_model    hangeneral
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

Is this comment related to my first post of this thread or second one?

[Gigantus]

#3 - you can only have only one battle model for a general but 10 strat models.

Edit: if the balrog unit is spawned (descr_strat or script) with a named character then you won't have a problem obviously as you can define a battle model there.

[leo.civil.uefs]

Well if I change the battle_model entry in descr_character to balrog, every general of that faction will be a balrog in battle. Just checked it.

Let me see if I get

So since I can only have 1 battle model for generals, I must keep the generic one.

However, the game allows me to change the battle model specificaly for named characters, like TATW does a lot.
That means if I spawn a general via script with a named character and a specific battle model the game will load its specific model in battle, despite the generic ones for the rest of the faction.

Ok that works pretty well. I checked it.

But the only way I found to fiz the problem presented in the first post of this thread is changing the battle model entry in descr_character to balrog.
It seems like there is something related to animation with this file. No matter if I choose the same animation for both bodyguard and general in modelsdb, the problem remains.

[leo.civil.uefs]

I just checked Boromir (a custom general). He has am animation different from his bodyguards.
Officers can also have different animations from the rest of the men in the unit.

So its a mystery for me.

[Gigantus]

From the pic in post #1 I assumed that the balrog model requires a custom animation to 'lift' it to the correct height, hence my suggestion.

The 'soldier' entry in a unit's EDU entry determines which animation gets used, regardless of the model entry in the 'armour_ug_models' line. It's unlikely the two entries vary, but it's possible.
Eg - if the soldier line says 'wombat' and the armour_ug line says 'balrog' then the balrog model will use the wombat animation.

All of which will not help you with a general's battle model as it is generic to the faction (you are stuck with the battle model), you can only try to make sure that the balrog unit is not the leading unit in an army without a named character, that way it will not get assigned a 'general'. Otherwise you are stuck with spawned named characters and their battlemodel assignments.

[leo.civil.uefs]

From the pic in post #1 I assumed that the balrog model requires a custom animation to 'lift' it to the correct height, hence my suggestion.

The 'soldier' entry in a unit's EDU entry determines which animation gets used, regardless of the model entry in the 'armour_ug_models' line. It's unlikely the two entries vary, but it's possible.
Eg - if the soldier line says 'wombat' and the armour_ug line says 'balrog' then the balrog model will use the wombat animation.

Tried all possibilities with the soldier line, no results.

All of which will not help you with a general's battle model as it is generic to the faction (you are stuck with the battle model), you can only try to make sure that the balrog unit is not the leading unit in an army without a named character, that way it will not get assigned a 'general'. Otherwise you are stuck with spawned named characters and their battlemodel assignments.

sorry could you explain in other words? I dont get it.

[Gigantus]

Explain: in an army without a named character the first unit will get the generic captain attached in battle. To avoid the balrog unit having that captain unit simply make sure it is no the first unit in the stack.

[leo.civil.uefs]

I got it now.

Though this is not exacly related to the main doubt of this post. Or is it? Maybe I'm just too tired.

[Araval]

You can't have the general's model properly be a balrog unless you make the generic general of that faction also a model that uses the balrog animations. In your pic the game made the balrog use the regular unit animations made for a small skeleton.

In FRoGS to have Beorn and Grimbeorn of Vale of Anduin two-handed axe animations, I had to make the generic general also use the two-handed axeman animations. https://i.imgur.com/aud1gTO.jpg

[leo.civil.uefs]

You can't have the general's model properly be a balrog unless you make the generic general of that faction also a model that uses the balrog animations.

Quick, precise, clear answer.
Thanks!


Thank you also Gigantus!

[leo.civil.uefs]

You can't have the general's model properly be a balrog unless you make the generic general of that faction also a model that uses the balrog animations. In your pic the game made the balrog use the regular unit animations made for a small skeleton.

So you're basically saying we can only have one animation for battle models of generals of each faction, hence these animations are, as we use to say, faction specific, right?


The idea I have in mind is:


In TATW 3.2 (as well as in my submod), sauron is spawned to england (mordor), as a general.
but his unit is an elephant unit, and it still loads 3 saurons instead of one. (a engine limitation that we cant fix)


I want to make him a normal troll unit, so it will load sauron and its custom battle model, and some trolls as bodyguards.


the problem is, you can have only 1 animation for generals for each faction, this means that if I do like I said, the game will not load a troll animation for sauron as a general but actually the generic animation for that faction (mordor), wich is as small/normal man animation, not a troll one, and this will obviously mess the model.


Thats why I want to:
set the general's animation for timurids as troll one.
spawn sauron for timurids, not for england (mordor)
then instantly give this unit to mordor, and voila, you have sauron as a general in a troll unit with proper animation

[Gigantus]

Animation entries for captains are linked to the mount they use, default captain models have animations for all mounts for that reason in addition to a infantry (none) entry.

I am however not seeing your problem as custom battle models (via spawn, bodyguard is a separate line) will solve your issue. In your case it's the body guard line that will spawn multiple saurons, if used as battlemodel entry and trolls as BG you will have a single sauron leading a troll bodyguard

[leo.civil.uefs]

A friend just tested it and it does not work.
No matter if you assigned a custom animation for a general unit that comes from another faction, as soon as the script transfers the unit to the new faction, the game automatically assigns the general's animation of that new faction to the unit.

[Gigantus]

That's normal as custom battle models (and their animations) are not shared between factions, only body guards and units - send the general off map after the transfer and then respawn him again with the custom model and the desired body guard\army.

[leo.civil.uefs]

I've edited the first post with a link for another thread.

Any moderator please close this thread. Its confusing and not conclusive.

[Leonardo]

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