Help - Veterancy Levels

[Dark Sim 905]

In 3DDATA0001.RFH, what are the names of the 4th, 5th and 6th Veterancy Level Icons? If anyone knows, help would be appreciated. I feel like chaning those... :-

[Frodo]

i know, just give me a minute to find the filename..... It is !Veteran#. Does that help? Are you making a mod?

[Frodo]

oh, 4th 5th and 6th. I have never seen those.Give me till tomorrow and i will reply again with the filenames.

[Dark Sim 905]

Very well. Thanks. I've searched thru the whole thing and haven't found it... I must be missing something heh.

What I'm also trying to learn is getting a new icon's background correct, it's a bit diffcult in my opinion. :P

[Frodo]

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[Apollyon]

the 4th 5th and 6th veterancy levels use the range bonus markers as icons (the red triangles) thus you will have to change those tgas to edit the veterancy level icons which will also subsequently change the range indication marker

[Dark Sim 905]

It's not likely, because they're not the same size.

Frodo - I have a blank template. Well one that I made. Not perfect, but then again, no one is. :P

[Apollyon]

well it may not be likely but im afraid that its factask king pin. He was the one to discover the extra levels and he also thinks the same way as me in this matterand anyway i checked and the tgas are the same size. Both the height-range bonus tgas and the veterancy level tgas are 32 x 32 pixels. Check for yourself if u want. The file names are !height0.tga, !height1.tga and !height2.tga

[Frodo]

i didn't know that there was 4th, 5th, and 6th veterancy levels.

[Dark Sim 905]

Well try it. It's cool getting something fully promoted to 6th veterancy, and if it's infantry, making it Elite.

Once you have 6, at max veterancy, send them to a barracks, and pump out fully promoted infantry. :P

I finally realized that units in stealthed, when they come out of a barracks, are NOT in guard mode. :-

[Frodo]

that's cool, i knew that you could cycle the elite units, but i always wondered why it wouldn't work with 3rd level veterans. :-

[Dark Sim 905]

Example:

// LEVEL 3 -------------

VeterancyLevel = 3

Elite = TRUE (At Level 3, this must be here, so that after the unit is promoted to this level, he can move into a barracks, even after level 4)

ExtraRange = 50

ViewRange = 13

Get it now? Need help? :-

[Apollyon]

its just a shame u cant change the texture for the 4th and up levels. I wonder where its programmed to use those texture files nyway ???

[Frodo]

Example:

// LEVEL 3 -------------

VeterancyLevel = 3

Elite = TRUE (At Level 3, this must be here, so that after the unit is promoted to this level, he can move into a barracks, even after level 4)

ExtraRange = 50

ViewRange = 13

Get it now? Need help? :-

no i knew about that, it was just before i began modding and just got emperor i wondered. But I know alot about modding now.

[Dark Sim 905]

I thought of that too, finding some type of text file that shows to use that exact texture... I'd be fine using that start texture, or like, something else, or making those bigger... I guess it'll have to do.

[vidiware]

This should be wrote in the toturial from JD...

Remember Commander: Whoever controls Arrakis, controls the Spice. And whoever controls the Spice, controls the Universe....

whoever controls the Universe, controls everything

[Dark Sim 905]

lol :D

[jacobdouds]

the universe is everything, but, it will be in the FAQ, im leeching this page if gob doesn't mind.

You can change the 4, 5, 6, veteren pics, to make them mathc the others, its just that the height advantage will be different, but what is he mind? Doesn't matter, what is matter? never mind.

[Frodo]

the universe is everything, but, it will be in the FAQ, im leeching this page if gob doesn't mind.

You can change the 4, 5, 6, veteren pics, to make them mathc the others, its just that the height advantage will be different, but what is he mind? Doesn't matter, what is matter? never mind.

Unless you were to change the XBF's for the height advantage to read different textures, then changed the veterancy to those.

[Apollyon]

what are the xbfs called?

[nemafakei]

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[Apollyon]

lol

isnt that just the NOD scorpion tail coloured gold?

[Dark Sim 905]

Cool icon. :P

Why did they have to make 4th, 5th, and 6th veterancy levels the height icons? ::)

[jacobdouds]

they didn't, they made height icons also able to be used in veterancy.

[Dark Sim 905]

Wish I knew how to change it... :-