How to add new units to other fraction???

[Besieger]

hi all...can anyone teach me how to add seleucid silver legionaire to the unit list of the greek cities??? ...thanks!!

[Vetinari]

If you just want the unit for custom battles you need to edit export_descr_unit.txt in C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome-Total War\Data

find the unit you want to change and next to where it says ownership place the name of the faction you want to be able to train it.


type greek argyraspid
dictionary greek_legionary ; Silver Shield Legionaries
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy_1
soldier roman_legionary_cohort_ii, 40, 0, 1
officer greek_standard
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_sap, hardy
formation 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, square, testudo
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 13, 3, pilum, 35, 2, thrown, blade, piercing, spear, 25 ,1
stat_pri_attr prec, thrown ap
stat_sec 9, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, sword, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 12, 5, 5, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 1, flesh
stat_heat 5
stat_ground 2, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 8, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 2, 710, 260, 80, 110, 710
ownership seleucid, greek_cities

If, however, you want to use that unit in the campaign map you need to edit export_descr_buildings.txt aswell.
For example, you may want the silver shield legionaire trained in the barracks


building barracks
{
levels muster_field militia_barracks city_barracks army_barracks royal_barracks
{
muster_field requires factions { barbarian, ct_carthage, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
recruit "carthaginian city militia" 0 requires factions { spain, }
recruit "barb infantry briton" 0 requires factions { britons, }
recruit "barb infantry dacian" 0 requires factions { dacia, }
recruit "barb infantry gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, }
recruit "warband spear german" 0 requires factions { germans, }
recruit "barb head hunting maidens scythian" 0 requires factions { scythia, }
recruit "carthaginian city militia" 0 requires factions { carthage, }
recruit "carthaginian city guards" 0 requires factions { carthage, }
recruit "numidian javelinmen" 0 requires factions { numidia, }
recruit "east infantry" 0 requires factions { eastern, }
recruit "egyptian nubian spearmen" 0 requires factions { egyptian, }
recruit "greek hoplite militia" 0 requires factions { greek, }
recruit "greek argyraspid" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, }
recruit "roman city militia" 0 requires factions { roman, }
}
construction 1
cost 600
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
militia_barracks
}
}

note the high lighted text. greek argyraspid is the name used for Silver Shield Legionairies.
If you scroll down export_descr_buildings.txt you'll see acouple more blocks of recruit names except longer, i'm not entirely sure whether you have to place your unit in these aswell so try that if the first method fails.
Otherwise, save and you're done.

[Vetinari]

I've done a bit of testing and I've found that in export_descr_buildings.txt you do have to put the unit entry into each block of recruit names for that building, not just the first one.

[Besieger]

thanks alot for ur info Vetinari.....thats a great help and i really appreciate wat u hav done.....thanx again ~:cheers:

[Encaitar]

First you have to multiply the 'other' fraction by 10 to get it as an integer, then you add that to the average of the 'new units'.

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. ~;p

[Myrddraal]

Urgh.

[Besieger]

okok....i correct myself :charge:

how do i add new units into other factions..... :furious3:

Btw.....i did wat vetinari told me...well its works BUT how come my silver legionaire look juz like Juilli early legionaire... ~:confused:

Help.... :help:
help.... :help:
i'm confuse ~:confused: , stress :bomb: and gonna kill myself!!! :wall:

[Vetinari]

I thought the Silver Legionaire was just the same model as the early legionaire anyway, just a different colour. Of course I may be wrong.

[GodsPetMonkey]

Same model as the late legionnaires, only with a lot of white.

You could always try my editors (in the case of training them, you'd want the building editor, as counter-intuitive as it may seem). There’s even a guide written for this kind of thing... well, almost the same, but its a matter of spotting certain patterns ~;)

[Besieger]

so...exactly wats e procedure like if i juz wanna change the color of my silver legionaire....is there a simple way....pls advise :help:

[GodsPetMonkey]

Well, I'm not sure why it looks like a early Julii legion, it should look like the normal seluecid legion.

But to change the colours means editing the models skins (aka textures).

Theres some guides on this in the guides forum!

[Al Khalifah]

This is one of my major beefs with R:TW. The way that we now have to create textures for each faction that is going to use a unit (save mercs).

[Wrangel]

So what and how do you edit if you for instance as Carthage want to be able to recruit Light Numidian missile cavalry after you built Cavalry stables and a practice range?