What your favorite unit in any version of rome total war

[tk-421]

I'm a big fan of all the Casse units, but I can't wait till we get the remodelled chariots. Having the old blue guys for my general always kinda kills the mood.

You can change this easily with a simple text edit.

Open up the export_descr_unit.txt and find an infantry unit that you would like for the crew (I chose Botroas). Find what model the unit uses. The name of the model is located next to "soldier".

;77
type barb south warband gaul
dictionary barb_south_warband_gaul ; Botroas
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy_1
soldier celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas, 50, 0, 1.2
officer standard_celtic_standardbearer
mount_effect elephant -3
attributes sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, hardy
formation 1.2, 1.6, 2.4, 3.2, 5, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 5, 0, javelin, 45, 2, thrown, simple, piercing, spear, 10 ,1
stat_pri_attr prec, thrown
stat_sec 10, 30, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, slashing, sword, 0 ,0.225
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 2, 9, 4, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 2, -1, 3, 1
stat_mental 11, impetuous, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 1155, 289, 50, 70, 1155
ownership britons, gauls, scythia, slave


Open the descr_model_battle.txt. Find the model that you selected. Copy the part that I have bolded.

; Celtic infantry - Botroas / Southern Curoas

type celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas
skeleton fs_fast_javelinman_big, fs_fast_swordsman_barb_big ; throwing spear
indiv_range 40
texture gauls, data/models_unit/textures/ebunit_Psycho_BARB_SOUTHERN_WARBAND_aedui.tga
texture scythia, data/models_unit/textures/ebunit_Psycho_BARB_SOUTHERN_WARBAND_arverni.tga
texture britons, data/models_unit/textures/ebunit_Psycho_BARB_SOUTHERN_WARBAND_briton.tga
texture slave, data/models_unit/textures/ebunit_Psycho_BARB_SOUTHERN_WARBAND_rebel.tga
texture merc, data/models_unit/textures/ebunit_Psycho_BARB_SOUTHERN_WARBAND_merc.tga
model_flexi data/models_unit/ebunit_Vercingetorix_gallic_warband_south_high.cas, 8
model_flexi data/models_unit/ebunit_Vercingetorix_gallic_warband_south_high.cas, 15
model_flexi data/models_unit/ebunit_Vercingetorix_gallic_warband_south_high.cas, 30
model_flexi data/models_unit/ebunit_Vercingetorix_gallic_warband_south_high.cas, max
model_sprite gauls, 60.0, data/sprites/aedui/gauls_celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas_sprite.spr
model_sprite scythia, 60.0, data/sprites/averni/scythia_celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas_sprite.spr
model_sprite britons, 60.0, data/sprites/slave_barb_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite slave, 60.0, data/sprites/rebel/slave_celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas_sprite.spr
model_sprite merc, 60.0, data/sprites/merc/celtic_infantry_botroas_southerncuroas_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

Scroll up to the barb_crew_heavy entry. Replace the text with what you just copied.

The finished product:


It certainly isn't perfect, but it is better than the old blue things. I'd suggest trying something with a smaller shield because the botroas' shields bump into each other.