Monkwarrior
05-02-2005, 13:15
I've been trying to understand the parameters present in descr_mount.txt, with the objective of creating a unit with two riders on the same horse.
The first attempt was simply copying and renaming medium_horse, and giving it 2 riders, as it happens in the small elephant. The offset was changed but the game gave an error, saying that it was expected a horse (I imagine it was due to the number of riders).
Thus I tried to understand how it works for elephants. In fact the small elephant has one only rider (it is a truly rider), but the model in descr_mount says 2 riders are possible. Thus I duplicate the carthaginian_elephant_forest unit, giving it 12 riders, for 6 mounts. This is the result:
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/6126/gracia33km.th.jpg (http://img68.echo.cx/my.php?image=gracia33km.jpg)
Thus I wondered if all the riders, apart from the first one, would be stand, as it happens in chariots and bigger elephants, but I remarked this:
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/949/gracia46tg.th.jpg (http://img68.echo.cx/my.php?image=gracia46tg.jpg)
The general is also riding the elephant!
Does anybody know where it is coded if the rider is riding or standing?
Finally I tried to cheat the game, by saying it that the new horse was in fact an elephant. When class is elephant, the game needs a lot of information. I copied all that information from the small elephant. The game starts and I can select the unit. However the soldiers aren't visible (only the horses) and the game inmediately crashes when the unit begins to move.
Any idea?
The first attempt was simply copying and renaming medium_horse, and giving it 2 riders, as it happens in the small elephant. The offset was changed but the game gave an error, saying that it was expected a horse (I imagine it was due to the number of riders).
Thus I tried to understand how it works for elephants. In fact the small elephant has one only rider (it is a truly rider), but the model in descr_mount says 2 riders are possible. Thus I duplicate the carthaginian_elephant_forest unit, giving it 12 riders, for 6 mounts. This is the result:
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/6126/gracia33km.th.jpg (http://img68.echo.cx/my.php?image=gracia33km.jpg)
Thus I wondered if all the riders, apart from the first one, would be stand, as it happens in chariots and bigger elephants, but I remarked this:
http://img68.echo.cx/img68/949/gracia46tg.th.jpg (http://img68.echo.cx/my.php?image=gracia46tg.jpg)
The general is also riding the elephant!
Does anybody know where it is coded if the rider is riding or standing?
Finally I tried to cheat the game, by saying it that the new horse was in fact an elephant. When class is elephant, the game needs a lot of information. I copied all that information from the small elephant. The game starts and I can select the unit. However the soldiers aren't visible (only the horses) and the game inmediately crashes when the unit begins to move.
Any idea?