Creating new units *ERRORS*

[J@mes]

Hello everyone,
I'm new to the modding scene and wondering if anybody could shred some light on the subject of creating units

I am trying to create a unit of imperial guards for the western roman empire (BI) i have created a card for them in PC images (width 110 and height 100)
and saved it ias tga files and placed it in the BI\ui\units\empire_west folder as #imperial_guards.tga

I have also edited the following files:

export_descr_unit_enums, i have added the following lines:

imperial_guard
imperial_guard_descr
imperial_guard_descr_short

export_descr_unit, i have changed the type & dictionary & soldier:

type imperial guard
dictionary imperial_guard ; imperial_guard
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy_1
soldier imperial_guard, 60, 0, 1.2
officer roman_centurion
officer roman_standard
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_sap, hardy, command, legionary_name
formation 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 11, 3, pilum, 45, 2, thrown, blade, piercing, spear, 25 ,1
stat_pri_attr prec, thrown ap
stat_sec 10, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, blade, piercing, sword, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 11, 10, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 4, flesh
stat_heat 5
stat_ground 1, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 10, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 2, 1500, 680, 120, 180, 1200
ownership empire_west,

and the following text in the export_units:

{imperial_guard} imperial_guard

{imperial_guard_descr}
cohorts describtion

{imperial_guard_descr_short}
cohorts describtion

when i load the custom battle or main campaigne the picture card is just a white window with following error text: unlocalised placement text
here any other files i've missed out or any errors in the above code

BTW: does anybody know how to import units for rome total war to BI

i would be very greatfull for any help given


Thnaks James

[Lusted]

Moved to the Rome Workshop, as this si a question about RTW modding, not a thread about a M2TW mod.

[Turk]

hi,
here is a useful link:http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=51750

YAour ui card has has the name imperial guards while in export_descr_units and others its imperial guard
dont forget the names must exact the same in the text and in the UI cards

[J@mes]

Thanks turk, It where a simple mistake removed the 's' from "guards" i have created my first custom unit!!!!

do you know how to convert units from rome to BI? i checked the files in the Rome\data and could not find the .TGA files...?

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Thanks again
James

[makanyane]

To view the texture tga's for RTW you need to unpack the .pak files in data/packs. Use this tool - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...?do=file&id=43

If you don't need to change the texture I think you can just use
data/models_unit/texture_name
i.e. without the BI/ prefix, as the path in BI's descr_model_battle and it will look up the texture in the pack files.

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[Turk]

hmm...
i havent bi

maybe some units use the same textures
look at descr_model battle
there are your unit and the name which texture and where the texture(.tga)
is
look there find your units and follow the steps in the link or add the unit yourself



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