Please help, quick mod question...

[dharos]

i just finished all my little changes on RTRPE w/ExRM mod but i got a message saying:

Could not find soldier battle model for unit type 'hippotoxotai'.

can anyone tell me how to fix this.

oh also, when i play a barb faction all the faction emblems and stuff get mixed up, using the ones from BI (i put some of the barb buildings available) but when i play a non-barb faction i believe all of the icons show up alright.

[Salvor Hardin]

Well, I am guessing that the hippotoxotai unit is the one from Arbaces Heirs of Atlantis mod. If so, open data\export_descr_units.txt. Look for "hippotoxotai". You should have an entry like this:

type             hippotoxotai
dictionary       hippotoxotai
category         cavalry
class            missile
voice_type       Medium_1
soldier          hippotoxotai, 32, 0, 6
mount            light horse
mount_effect     horse -1, camel -4, chariot -4,
attributes       sea_faring,hide_forest,cantabrian_circle,very_hardy
formation        2, 2.5, 6, 6, 6,square

Then open data\descr_model_battle.txt and look for, again, for "hippotoxotai". If it is not there you should add the proper entry. This is the one I have, but beware as it is for the mod_switch install of RTRPE so I do not know if it will work with your install:

type			hippotoxotai
skeleton		fs_hc_archer, fs_hc_swordsman
indiv_range		40
texture		dacia,		RTRPE/data/RTR/models_unit/textures/ABC_unit_dacia_hippotoxotai.tga
model_flexi		RTRPE/data/RTR/models_unit/ABC_unit_hippotoxotai.cas, 15
model_flexi		RTRPE/data/RTR/models_unit/ABC_unit_hippotoxotai.cas, 30
model_flexi		RTRPE/data/RTR/models_unit/ABC_unit_hippotoxotai.cas, max
model_sprite	dacia, 60.0,	RTRPE/data/RTR/sprites/dacia_harchers_sprite.spr
model_tri		400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

Of course, you must check that the files referred in this entry are located in the proper folder.

If you are not using the mod_switch version of RTRPE, just let me know and I will give you the proper DMB entry.

Concerning the problem with the interface, I think that Arbaces' Heirs of Atlantis also had a pack file with interface in it. Maybe that is what is causing the problem..

[dharos]

thanks so much for the reply. yes, i am using the unit from Arbaces, but no the other problem about the faction emblems and icons is my own doing, i followed some steps for importing barb buildings from BI into RTW, but something must have gone wrong.

[florin80]

Arbaces has implemented the barbarian buildings from BI in his mini mod. And the barbarians can build huge cities in that mini mod. I think it is easier to take them from there. Plus he has the UI for them already packed in a mod_1 file IIRC.

moved to RTRPE sub-forum.