Trouble adding an infantry unit.

Age · Civilian **Joined**: 08 Feb 2006

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I'm having trouble adding a new infantry unit to TS (Using denmon0728's shotgun soldier. Creds.). I've put the cameo and the SHP in expand02.mix, along with the edited rules.ini and art.ini files. They're buildable in-game, but their cameo is missing and they are invisible when built. Note that I have successfully added a new vehicle (Assault APC; can't for the life of me remember who created it. Sorry :X) to the game using the same method.

In the case of the new vehicle, I placed the VXL and HVA files in expand02, then added entries for them in art.ini and rules.ini. They worked flawlessly. I tried the same thing with the shotgun infantry, but I'm getting the invisible/missing cameo bug.

I would also like to note that despite the fact the new vehicle is working in-game, SE2K does not recognize them. No option to use its image exists, nor do the entries for the vehicle itself.

Any help appreciated. Will post the code used in art and rules INIs upon request.

-Age

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Banshee · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:59 am Post subject:

This is no tutorial. Use the editing forums.

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red_rebel · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

ill use my heavy infantry code for your example, ill just assume you know some about coding...

rules.ini

Code:

;Unit Lists
[InfantryTypes]
XX=MEKE4

; ******* infantry types *******

[MEKE4]
Name=Heavy Infantry
Category=Soldier
Primary=BAZOOKA
Prerequisite=MEKBARRKS
CrushSound=SQUISH6
Strength=100
Armor=none
TechLevel=2
Pip=green
Sight=7
Speed=4
Owner=Meklar
Cost=150
Points=5
VoiceSelect=15-I000,15-I032,15-I048
VoiceMove=15-I008,15-I014,15-I026
VoiceAttack=15-I008,15-I014,15-I026,15-I050,15-I060
VoiceFeedback=15-I058,15-I064
VoiceDie=DEDMAN1,DEDMAN2,DEDMAN2,DEDMAN4,DEDMAN5,DEDMAN6
Locomotor={4A582744-9839-11d1-B709-00A024DDAFD1}
PhysicalSize=1
MovementZone=InfantryDestroyer
ThreatPosed=20 ; This value MUST be 0 for all building addons
EliteAbilities=SCATTER
ImmuneToVeins=yes

art.ini

Code:

[MEKE4]
Cameo=MEKE4ICON
Sequence=E1Sequence
Crawls=yes
Remapable=yes
FireUp=2
PrimaryFireFLH=80,0,85

check to see if the code for your unit is similar. Remember, that if in your art.ini you have [YOURINFANTRY] then in the infantry types list you must have XX=YOURINFANTRY & in the unit stats you must also have [YOURINFANTRY] as the names. ALSO! .shp files go in the ecacheXX.mix and the control files you have go in a expandXX.mix

Tyler Adams · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject:

Age wrote:

In the case of the new vehicle, I placed the VXL and HVA files in expand02, then added entries for them in art.ini and rules.ini.

That's your problem, probably.

SHPs go to mcache02, voxels, HVAs, and other crap goes into expand02.

Or expand01.

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Age · Civilian **Joined**: 08 Feb 2006

Alright, the unit itself is now fully functional. The cameo, however, is still not working. I've checked and rechecked the Art.ini and Rules.ini entries. It's all good.

Ideas?

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Allied General · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

whats the icon actually called?

for example if the cameo is called anticon then in art.ini the Cameo= would read Cameo=ANTICON

finally don't use SEK2

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Leekinator · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:29 am Post subject:

i added the same SHP to my TS. Only i had TS Retro installed. try my codes..

RULES.ini code

XX=NODSHOT

[NODSHOT]
Name=Shotgun Trooper
Category=Soldier
Primary=NodShotgun
CrushSound=SQUISH6
Strength=300
Image=NODSHOT
Armor=none
TiberiumProof=yes
Pip=white
TechLevel=4
Sight=5
Speed=5
Owner=Nod
Cost=450
AllowedToStartInMultiplayer=no
Points=5
VoiceSelect=42-I000,42-I004
VoiceMove=42-I010,42-I006
VoiceAttack=42-I012,42-I008
VoiceFeedback=15-I058,15-I064
VoiceDie=DEDMAN1,DEDMAN2,DEDMAN2,DEDMAN4,DEDMAN5,DEDMAN6
Locomotor={4A582744-9839-11d1-B709-00A024DDAFD1}
PhysicalSize=1
MovementZone=Infantry
ThreatPosed=13 ; This value MUST be 0 for all building addons
ImmuneToVeins=yes

(I had him use the toxin soldier voices and made him Tiberium Proof)

ART.ini codes

[NODSHOT]
Cameo=NODSHOTICON
Sequence=E1Sequence
Crawls=yes
Remapable=yes
FireUp=2

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im not sure if this will help you but it worked on both normal TS and TSR.
Make sure it is in an ecachexx.mix file. the tyler adams person up there said "mcache".