how to make skins appear in the game?

**Guy with a spoon** · March 17, 2007, 09:17 PM

Hello

I've got some skins that I cant place in the game, the skins are Zhuges unit compliation and I dont know how to put them in game, I've tried modding the greek general to have the Achiles skin but the mod only comes with one CAS. file and the greek general originally has four/ five, what do I do? (by the way, there's no readme.)

**Zhuge_Liang** · March 17, 2007, 09:28 PM

There are tutorials here which can help.

**Guy with a spoon** · March 17, 2007, 10:14 PM

I've read the bunch of how to's and the rest didn't seem helpful, I know how to install textures but dont know how to put the unit into the game, modifying the unit_battle text folder seems like a solution (moddign the greek geenral to Achilles,) but I dont know how to do it. The how to's dont help and there's only one flexi model i nthe Achilles mod.

**Zhuge_Liang** · March 17, 2007, 10:46 PM

Since you are new to modding I will supply you with the info to change the greek general into achillies.

btw I included the wrong version of the achillies model (with no helmet) in the initial download, i have since uploaded a new version of my compilation pack that has the right verion of achillies included.... now back to the tutorial.

Open the file

activision/rome - total war/data/descr_model_battle

find the entry for the greek general and replace it with this

type greek_general
skeleton fs_dagger
skeleton_horse fs_hc_swordsman
skeleton_elephant fs_forest_elephant_rider
skeleton_chariot fs_chariot_sword
skeleton_camel fs_hc_swordsman
indiv_range 40
texture greek_cities, data/models_unit/textures/achillies_h.tga
texture seleucid, data/models_unit/textures/achillies_h.tga
texture macedon, data/models_unit/textures/achillies_h.tga
texture thrace, data/models_unit/textures/achillies_h.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/achillies_h.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/achillies_h.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/achillies_h.cas, 40
model_flexi data/models_unit/achillies_h.cas, max
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5

now go to the activision/rome - total war/data/models_unit folder and add the model (achillies_h.cas).

Then go to the activision/rome - total war/data/models_unit/textures folder (if it doesn't exist then create it) and add the texture file which is achillies_h.tga

play the game.

**Guy with a spoon** · March 17, 2007, 10:53 PM

Dude, you are AWESOME!!!! Thanks for helping me out,

**Guy with a spoon** · March 17, 2007, 11:01 PM

Dude, you are AWESOME!!!! Thanks for helping me out,

**Guy with a spoon** · March 17, 2007, 11:35 PM

Dont take this wrong I am very grateful, Achilles even does that jump attack he did on Hector (AWESOME.) but the helmet on his chest is missing, he still looks cool, just not greeksih. (glitch?) Great mod though

**Zhuge_Liang** · March 18, 2007, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Guy with a spoon

Dont take this wrong I am very grateful, Achilles even does that jump attack he did on Hector (AWESOME.) but the helmet on his chest is missing, he still looks cool, just not greeksih. (glitch?) Great mod though

Not sure what you mean, but like I said in an easlier post I included the wrong version of the achillies model in the initial download, but if you download the file again then you will get the right version of the model.

**kungfuserge** · April 26, 2007, 03:03 AM

Sorry to insist but where is the export_unit.txt in order to create Achillies
is it not needed ?;
What about Units & Units info in the UI folder ?
Do I have to create it myshelf ?