madmatg
10-03-2007, 23:56
hey guys i have been messing with files trying to get a better hoplite and i have questions
question number 1: i have heard that if a spear unit has sword and spear it will always switch to sword for charge then to the spear for attacking, but as i watch i see that the hypa(royal hellenic guard) do indeed charge with spears and then switch to swords for close combat. i fiddled around with export_desc_unit and descr_model_battle trying to figure out why the hypas did this while the other hoplites always do it the wrong way, but couldnt get it to work except for with the hypas. Then i changed out the models and textures for the spartan with the hypas so the spartan hoplite looked like the hypas, and left all the spartan stats the same, except adding a sword and adding the hellenic inf sword skeleton. These men do now charge with the spear and switch to swords, so it seems to me that maybe its the way the model is made? is it possible that the same principles going into the hypas model can just be added into the hoplite models? thinking about this i think it may have something to do with the fact that the hypas stand and walk with their swords instead of the spears as opposed to the other hoplites which do the opposite.
but even with this it is not an ideal situation as hoplites did fight with spears until the formation broke, so...question number 2: is when you guys redesigned the guard mode for hoplites is there anywhere in that redesign that you could add in use spears as primary? so that when in guard mode the weapon would stay as a spear but when guard mode is disengaged they change to swords? (edit)i realize this isnt all that hard to make do without as just alt-clicking will switch between main and secondary.
hope i'm not meddling too much :dizzy2:
question number 1: i have heard that if a spear unit has sword and spear it will always switch to sword for charge then to the spear for attacking, but as i watch i see that the hypa(royal hellenic guard) do indeed charge with spears and then switch to swords for close combat. i fiddled around with export_desc_unit and descr_model_battle trying to figure out why the hypas did this while the other hoplites always do it the wrong way, but couldnt get it to work except for with the hypas. Then i changed out the models and textures for the spartan with the hypas so the spartan hoplite looked like the hypas, and left all the spartan stats the same, except adding a sword and adding the hellenic inf sword skeleton. These men do now charge with the spear and switch to swords, so it seems to me that maybe its the way the model is made? is it possible that the same principles going into the hypas model can just be added into the hoplite models? thinking about this i think it may have something to do with the fact that the hypas stand and walk with their swords instead of the spears as opposed to the other hoplites which do the opposite.
but even with this it is not an ideal situation as hoplites did fight with spears until the formation broke, so...question number 2: is when you guys redesigned the guard mode for hoplites is there anywhere in that redesign that you could add in use spears as primary? so that when in guard mode the weapon would stay as a spear but when guard mode is disengaged they change to swords? (edit)i realize this isnt all that hard to make do without as just alt-clicking will switch between main and secondary.
hope i'm not meddling too much :dizzy2: