SS Screenshot Thread

[Stath's]

excellent!!!

[AnthoniusII]

Marka Horses are the best that exist for M2TW mods.
In fact Magyar mod created many skins for them...
TGC mod has a variety of 21 horse skins!!! for those models with 4 kind armors...
You can take a look in TGC mod's thread....


Techicaly its possible to have up to 9 horses for each unit/faction....

[Andytheplatypus]

Marka Horses are the best that exist for M2TW mods.
In fact Magyar mod created many skins for them...
TGC mod has a variety of 21 horse skins!!! for those models with 4 kind armors...
You can take a look in TGC mod's thread....


Techicaly its possible to have up to 9 horses for each unit/faction....

Those look ridiculously good.

[AnthoniusII]

Those look ridiculously good.

You can use the horses you have and make few more varietions by changing hair and body textures.

[Andytheplatypus]

You can use the horses you have and make few more varietions by changing hair and body textures.

I wish I could. Just because i know how to do it doesnt make it any easier for me. I am one of those people who loves art and I really wish I was good at it. But the truth is I am just terrible. I can visualize it in my mind, but actually making something that looks like what I think it should like is another thing entirely.

[Basileus of Byzantium]

I wish I could. Just because i know how to do it doesnt make it any easier for me. I am one of those people who loves art and I really wish I was good at it. But the truth is I am just terrible. I can visualize it in my mind, but actually making something that looks like what I think it should like is another thing entirely.

Hey I'm not alone in this too, high five!

[Basileus of Byzantium]

A mighty charge

[stevietheconquer]

nice one but i always find it tricky too chrage into axes with mine general as they can do a lot of damage,but in this case i think that after the charge there was not much ottoman axes left,lol

[DUX CRUATORVM COGIT]

This are really some epic pshots

[Marku]

Are you using a submod of SS Basileus? Great screenshot!

[Basileus of Byzantium]

Are you using a submod of SS Basileus? Great screenshot!

No submods, just my own personal edits. The cataphract model is from a submod called 1405 for Ferrum Aeternum.

[LusitanPlayer]

No submods, just my own personal edits. The cataphract model is from a submod called 1405 for Ferrum Aeternum.

mind me ask how you do that?
nevermind, i've tried reading tutorials again for the 10th time and i cant get the grasp of it. haha

[Basileus of Byzantium]

mind me ask how you do that?
nevermind, i've tried reading tutorials again for the 10th time and i cant get the grasp of it. haha

Just a simple matter of grabbing the model's mesh and texture files, then putting them inside Stainless Steel's unit_models folder. From there place them anywhere inside and then open up the battle_models file. Either create a section for the new unit or use an existing section, since SS is at the unit limit you'll most likely be using an existing section like for example, coyote_priests. In red will be the lines you'll need to change:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

14 coyote_priests
1 3 <----- This deals with how many "lod" meshes the character model has. If it's 1 file then the numbers will be 1 1. The first number will always be 1 and the second varies.
56 unit_models/_Units/AZ_Body_suit/coyote_priests_lod0.mesh 121
56 unit_models/_Units/AZ_Body_suit/coyote_priests_lod1.mesh 1225
56 unit_models/_Units/AZ_Body_suit/coyote_priests_lod2.mesh 6400
1 <----- This deals with the number of factions. For each faction you can make the textures vary if you want, depending on your photoshop/texture editing skills. If you give give a faction this unit but they do not appear in this section then you will get a "silver surfer unit".
6 cumans
73 unit_models/_Units/AZ_Body_suit/textures/mtw2_az_body_suit_cayote.texture
80 unit_models/_Units/AZ_Body_suit/textures/mtw2_az_body_suit_cayote_normal.texture
45 unit_sprites/aztecs_Coyote_Priests_sprite.spr <---------This is optional to change as it only deals with the unit's sprites.
1
6 cumans
58 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Aztec_aztecs_diff.texture
58 unit_models/AttachmentSets/Final Aztec_aztecs_norm.texture 0
1
4 None
9 MTW2_Mace 0 <----- This deals with their animations. Do you want them to have a mace, sword, or lance animation?
2
17 MTW2_Mace_Primary
14 fs_test_shield 0
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

The finished product should look like this:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

10 Excubitors <------To make things more organized I changed the name as well. Though this is optional I highly recommend it. The number at the start of the line is how many characters/letters there are.
1 1
66 unit_models/New_Units/Roman_Empire/excubitors/excubitors_lod0.mesh 6400
1
9 byzantium
89 unit_models/New_Units/Roman_Empire/excubitors/textures/mtw2_es_greek_byzantium_JW.texture
86 unit_models/New_Units/Roman_Empire/excubitors/textures/mtw2_es_greek_normal_JW.texture
61 unit_sprites/byzantium_sprites/byzantium_Scholarii_sprite.spr
1
9 byzantium
89 unit_models/New_Units/Roman_Empire/excubitors/textures/final spear_byzantium_diff.texture
89 unit_models/New_Units/Roman_Empire/excubitors/textures/final spear_byzantium_norm.texture 0
1
5 Horse
13 MTW2_HR_Lance
13 MTW2_HR_Sword 2
21 MTW2_HR_Lance_Primary
14 fs_test_shield 2
18 MTW2_Sword_Primary
14 fs_test_shield
16 -0.090000004 0 0 -0.34999999 0.80000001 0.60000002

Finally you'll want to go to the export_descr_unit in the data folder and give this model to the unit you want to give it to. Simply by placing it on this line without the quotations:

"armour_ug_models Excubitors" <---The name has to be spelled correctly as it is in the battle_models folder. Upper case or lower case doesn't matter.

Now when you give the model to the unit, make sure the weapons and certain lines for the unit (e.g. the "mount", "category", "banner faction", "banner holy", "soldier" line, etc.) are edited correctly to the unit you want them to be or else the animations will look wonky on the unit or they won't get their secondary weapon out correctly, etc.

[HaHawk]

[HaHawk]

[+Marius+]

One of my mangonels in a "left for dead" siege situation accidentally hit a gate chokepoint swarming with a fullstack of Mongols, hilarity ensued;




R.I.P the unlucky Mongolian captain that managed to get hit by a cannonball, thus becoming the first and only victim of gunpowder in the Great Bagdad Wars.

[LusitanPlayer]

@at the above, hilarious hahahaha

[Basileus of Byzantium]

That must have been satisfying to watch

[+Marius+]

Looks like our little 14 year old landsknecht commander grew up to become so powerful that he is on his way to becoming Emperor.

-6 turns per year script

[Grabbin_Megroin]

Let all of England tremble in fear in the wake of the mighty Uilliam Uallace!