Parthian Heavy Infantry

Hi there!

I found in the textures file theres an entry:


UNIT_EASTERN_HEAVY_INFANTRY_PARTHIA.TGA.DDS

Parthia doesnt have heavy infantry- is this the unit card for heavy spearmen?

If you mod heavy spearmen into parthia using export_descr_buildings and export_descr_unit the icon is a gray peasant.

Can anyone help me with the step/ steps im missing?

Please bear in mind im quite a poor little newbie ~:)

Thanks

Lismore

the reason u get the peasant unit card is because when the game cannot find a unit card for a specific unit it uses the default one, the grey peasant. To change this u need to unpack the xpack files, create a new unit card and place it in C:\Rome - Total War\Data\UI\UNITS\PARTHIA this folder with the appropriate title ie #EAST_HEAVY_INFANTRY or some such thing. i think this is wot u wanted to do sorry if its a bit vauge but im not hte best at explaining these sorts of things if u need more help maybe post and one of the more experienced guys can help u out.
cheers
oh and welcome to the forum's

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Originally Posted by knoddy

the reason u get the peasant unit card is because when the game cannot find a unit card for a specific unit it uses the default one, the grey peasant. To change this u need to unpack the xpack files, create a new unit card and place it in C:\Rome - Total War\Data\UI\UNITS\PARTHIA this folder with the appropriate title ie #EAST_HEAVY_INFANTRY or some such thing. i think this is wot u wanted to do sorry if its a bit vauge but im not hte best at explaining these sorts of things if u need more help maybe post and one of the more experienced guys can help u out.
cheers
oh and welcome to the forum's

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Hi knoddy ~;)

Thanks for your help very much appreciated.

Is this TGA file the one that controls the icon card do you know?

This is not the link but cna someone explain to me the step i need to do to mod the Spanish so i can have long shield cav ??

Or maybe direct me to the link.. couldn't find it if any

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Originally Posted by lismore

Hi there!
I found in the textures file theres an entry:
UNIT_EASTERN_HEAVY_INFANTRY_PARTHIA.TGA.DDS
Parthia doesnt have heavy infantry- is this the unit card for heavy spearmen?

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No, the files in the textures folder are the skins for the models. The unit cards are in the UI\units\ folder.

The unit card is designated by the following line in the unit's export_descr_unit entry:

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dictionary      east_heavy_infantry      ; Heavy Spearmen

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So in this case, the game will look in the UI\units\ folder for the faction you're controlling for a file called #east_heavy_infantry as knoddy says.

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Originally Posted by Epistolary Richard

No, the files in the textures folder are the skins for the models. The unit cards are in the UI\units\ folder.

The unit card is designated by the following line in the unit's export_descr_unit entry:

Code:

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dictionary      east_heavy_infantry      ; Heavy Spearmen

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So in this case, the game will look in the UI\units\ folder for the faction you're controlling for a file called #east_heavy_infantry as knoddy says.

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Ah Im beginning to see the light ~:)

Thanks for all your help ~:cheers:

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Originally Posted by Epistolary Richard

No, the files in the textures folder are the skins for the models. The unit cards are in the UI\units\ folder.

The unit card is designated by the following line in the unit's export_descr_unit entry:

Code:

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dictionary      east_heavy_infantry      ; Heavy Spearmen

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So in this case, the game will look in the UI\units\ folder for the faction you're controlling for a file called #east_heavy_infantry as knoddy says.

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Hi

I have added #east_heavy_infantry to the folder rome total war/data/packs/data/ui/parthia but no luck yet

Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong?

Does it have to be re-packed?

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Originally Posted by lismore

Hi

I have added #east_heavy_infantry to the folder rome total war/data/packs/data/ui/parthia but no luck yet

Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong?

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The correct path must be:
Rome-TotalWar\Data\ui\units\parthia

There you must put your file #east_heavy_infantry.

If you have the game with the packs, thus you have to create that folder and put inside the file. As the game won't find the card in the pack it will look for in that folder.

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Originally Posted by Monkwarrior

The correct path must be:
Rome-TotalWar\Data\ui\units\parthia

There you must put your file #east_heavy_infantry.

If you have the game with the packs, thus you have to create that folder and put inside the file. As the game won't find the card in the pack it will look for in that folder.

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Monkwarrior,

Thankyou very much that was extremely helpful ~:cheers:

Thanks everybody ~:cheers:

One last silly question- the colour of the card icon- you would need to open up the TGA right?

Once again thanks

Lismore

yes you r right in order to edit the unit card u must open the TGA file. use a program like paintshop pro or some such thing. make sure when u save the file u save it back as a tga cos some programs will save in a different format

cheers