Help with creating new factions

[Duke Malcolm]

I'm a sort of newbie modder, and am trying to add my own factions, the Scottish and Irish. It has worked so far, but whenever I try to start a battle with the, it always ends up CTDing when it loads. Any help available?

[Lord Of Storms]

If you can tell me what it is you have changed so far, and also what version you are modding, if you look in the Repository section of the Dungeon you will find pinned topics, that deal with adding a new faction to Viking Invasion,and theres also a wealth of other helpful information in there as well, that should help you understand things better. LOS

[Lord Of Storms]

If it is VI, I recalled this post by patron Lysander, was crucial in solving the CTD problem when adding new factions

Quote[/b] ]New patron Lysander provided the following (new?) information on this issue in the Entrance Hall:

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ok, I have been having a lot of trouble adding a new faction (e.g., FN_FREE21 //Welsh )without a game crash; however, I have figured out the secret to this miserable little task...

Now, the problem was that game crashes occured as the newly defined faction left the campaign map for the battle map--oddly this crash would only occur with certain units (e.g., peasants, highland clansmen, kerns, etc.). I discovered that only those units which were culled from texture folders associated with face-shields caused the crash. Units drawn from texture folders which are not associated with face-shields (e.g., archers--which use the texture folder Pestunic)do not cause a battle crash. Therefore newly defined factions, such as FN_FREE21 //WELSH, cannot utilize units which are drawn from the following bif texture folders, as they are associated with face-shields:
Peasant
ChainHlm
HlPlArSH
LArmWCav
MKnight
MSHelm
PlateS
Since Mtw/Vi can utilize 10 new customizable bif folders, the above texture folders can be copied and renamed Custom0 through Custom6 respectively--just make sure the bif images inside the folders are also renamed (e.g., Custom0_H.bif to replace Peasant_H.bif, etc.). After this, one only needs to open the CRUSADERS_UNIT_PROD11 file and change the texture body type (e.g., from Peasant to Custom0) for each unit that used the troublesome textures. Now new factions can use all available units without experiencing a crash-to-desktop on the battle map--although face-shields will not be used in the game.
Yet, if one wishes to retain face-shields in the game then only those units which specificaly use face-shields should be drawn from the old texture folders and used only by the original factions. New factions must be denied access to those specific units. This is easily done if new factions are muslim or pagan, however loyalist revolts might unexpectedly add such units as feudal-men-at-arms or feudal sergeants to newly added catholic factions--therefore care must be taken if face-shields are included in a game with new factions.

Well, this system has worked well for me and as of this moment I have built a grand Welsh kingdom stretching across much of Europe. I have fought all the battles myself, and, although not all have been victories, I have yet to experiance a game crash.
I hope this information can be of help to those intrested.

Hope that helps ...LOS

[Duke Malcolm]

Thanks LOS, thats a great help, I'm sure I'll be able to get further on my mod.