Weapon trouble

[GreasePaintMonkeyBrains]

Im doing somthing wrong here.Because when i added the weapon to this bif the weapon did not show up in battle.
i think my weapons txt my have bad coordinates. can some
one trouble shoot these files. *i have only included the
lo res bif.
Toplessloon.zip (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/toplessloon.zip)

regards
GPMB

[Duke John]

What can I say? The weapon coordinates are indeed WRONG
What I do is open up WEAPONS.TXT and besides it the low resolution BIF with readbif. Then I hold the cursor over the weapons and read the coordinates from readbif and write them in the weapons.txt file.
To avoid constantly looking up which coordinates correspond with which weapons I usually work from top left to bottom right.

You do know that most spears have length 3? Forget what I said if the second entry is supposed to be a javelin.

Cheers, Duke John
ps these forums provides really nice formatting options, don't you think so? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[GreasePaintMonkeyBrains]

thanx dj..I thought the coordinates for the mace were wrong http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif . yeah i know the lenght is supposed tobe 3 for
spears but i used 2 because im using short spears for my "celt short spearmen". ok ill try to give new coordinates.

Cheers
GPMB

Ps . yes nice formatting options. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[GreasePaintMonkeyBrains]

i still cannot get the mace in battle ....errrrrr

[barocca]

Quote[/b] (GreasePaintMonkeyBrains @ Sep. 17 2003,02:45)]i still cannot get the mace in battle ....errrrrr
Hi,
i have not downloaded your files,

so as an example

assuming unit was named bashermen
assuming you made mace weapon 3 in weapons.txt
assuming you made the following file in the bif folder
bashermen_w.txt, and in that file placed the number 3,
THEN you have to go into items folder,
then into weapon3 folder,
then ensure you have a folder called bashermen, and in that folder are the "actions" for the weapon.

(i did this with one of my mod units just yesterday - and it had me stumped for ages...)

good luck,
B.

[GreasePaintMonkeyBrains]

i have placed all the right files in their approriate places and i have the folder in weapon 3. The unit
does the appropriate movements but the weapon isnt there.

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

[Duke John]

I'm still busy writing up the weapon and shield part of my graphics guide, but here is a list of things to do:
1. write the correct coordinates in weapons.txt;
2. create UnitName_W.txt with the number of the weapon, ie second entry in weapons.txt means '2', we assume that for the moment;
3. create the folder Items\Weapon2\UnitName
4. create/copy the weapon coordinates files: charge.txt, stand.txt, fight.txt, die.txt, walk.txt and run.txt in the Items\Weapon2\UnitName folder.

I believe that you did 1, 3 and 4 correctly but that you didn't enter the correct weapon number in 2. I forget that sometimes too, so be sure to check it again. Look op the coordinates in weapons.txt, see which entry corresponds with the mace and compare it to the number in UnitName_W.txt.

If this doesn't help then upload all the files again with directory structure.

Cheers, Duke John

[GreasePaintMonkeyBrains]

thanx dj