RTR Spartans

[bbeck08]

I was wondering if someone could take carajado's spartan units for RTR gold and make them carry shorter spears as a primary weapon (spears similar or exact to the persian sparabara units) and give them new animations for NOT fighting in the phalanx. soooo basically the carajado spartan skin but minus the phalanx and inhumanly balanceable huge spear if someone could do this for me i would REALLY appreciate it. because i have 0 modding skills. Thanks.

[florin80]

You need to edit the EDU(export_descr_unit text file in the folder RTW/data) entry. First of all you need to make a backup copy of the file mentioned above just in case you make mistakes or simple want to revert the change. Here`s what you need to do. First remember the name the unit has in the game. Then open the text file export_units from this location:
Rome - Total War/data/text

search in it for the name the unit has in game. You will see that next to the unit there is a name inside brackets. Example:
{rtr_greek_hoplite_spartan} Spartiates Hoplitai

Now you need to open the file export_descr_unit in the following location:
Rome - Total War/data

Search for what was inside the brackets in your file. You will find an entry that looks like this(example):

type             greek hoplite spartan
dictionary       rtr_greek_hoplite_spartan
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Medium_1
soldier          greek_hoplite_spartan_pylos, 30, 0, 1.3
attributes       sea_faring,hide_forest,command,can_sap,very_hardy
formation        0.9, 1, 2, 2, 4,square
stat_health      3, 0
stat_pri         12, 7, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, spear, 0 , 0.4
stat_pri_attr    light_spear, short_pike
stat_sec         0, 2, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, no, 25 , 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  2, 20, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 1, flesh
stat_heat        1
stat_ground      -4, 0, -8, 0
stat_mental      19, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 1342, 676, 104, 112, 1080
ownership        greek_cities, slave

You need to make sure that the line for stat_pri_attr looks like in my example(in red). This will make your unit to have a default short pike like the hoplites have. You also need to make sure that it doesn`t have a second weapon. The green line in my example. You can use that as reference to replace yours.
Now, to take away the phalanx attribute. Make sure that in the blue line from my example there is no word phalanx. If it is delete it. Use my line as example on how it should look.
Save and exit.

[bbeck08]

ok cool thanks dude

[bbeck08]

ya ok nvm i got a ctd before the first loading screen...im not sure whats wrong.

[bbeck08]

hmmm well i tried that again and the game did run....but i didnt notice anything different about the spartans spears and they were still in the phalanx.....i think that because they are the carajado units they dont show up in that file. but i will keep trying.

[bbeck08]

hmmmm is this going to make them just be hoplites without the phalanx? because i was more thinking....like exactly the triarii in vanilla except looking like a spartan...with a spartan skin or whatever.

[Spartan Kid]

wo! nice spartans could someone give me all the files so i can change them from the crappy ones ive got to the good ones just the spartan files like textures and descr model battle thats all

[bbeck08]

ya they are the best ones i have found. they are carajados for RTR gold...i dont remember where i found them tho...sorry

[invictus]

Well you could always email them to people, its not like you are claiming you made them and since you dont know who did, it will be difficult to find. -Leon

[bbeck08]

well i cant attach them on here the file is to big....i will look for them tho i think i can probly find them again.

[bbeck08]

ok here it is.

http://http://www.twcenter.net/forum...ad.php?t=32384

im not sure that that is where i found them first but it is the same thing i believe...if not ill keep looking.

[Spartan Kid]

sorry but the link is broke my smily faces will kill u

[Spartan Kid]

[bbeck08]

well ummm idk....its in the thread mods for rome total realism (its a sticky) in the RTR forum