Cavalry spears

[Pompei the Great]

I have been building a custom mod with various new units and alterations in the civilizations of RTW. The infantry and spearmen are satisfactory, but the cavalry lacks its finishing touches. My knights are fighting with old fashion spears that are way to short. How do I give them longer lances, or do I need to make a new version?

Behold the Knights! (scart, aren't they?)

P.S. Is it possible to create am archer with a Corinthian helmet and Lorica Segmenta?

[Red Harvest]

Have you tried giving them "long_pike", "spear", or "short_pike" under the primary weapon attribute? That is what sets the length for phalanx units. I've not tried it with cav or non-phalanx infantry.

[Pompei the Great]

Yep, 'spears' does nothing. 'long_spears' makes the game crash.

[Andreas]

IIRC, the spear attributes must be applied to units with the phalanax, and cav can't have that....

About helmets and all that... that is modelling....

[Pompei the Great]

Chivalry:TW has a Byzantine unit with longer spears. How did they do it? Do I have to change the unit completely?

[Bwian]

To give the soldiers longer spears you need to change the physical model. That requires 3DS Max. It's not a difficult change to make...but it's not something you are really going to be able to get any other way.

[Pompei the Great]

{gulp} I can...uh, I- I have no idea how to change a model. I barely know how to skin. What I'm aiming for is a knight with a lance as long as a hoplite's spear. I've already created a hoplite cavalryman and the spear isn't all that long.