my first unit.

[ethan]

i am making a super unit of myself, but i have some problems.

here is the rules.txt of me:

[Ethan]

AdvancedSardaukar = TRUE

MaxRange = 10  // Range infantry must be in for him to use his knife

House = Imperial

StormDamage=138 // 2*64 + 10

PrimaryBuilding = IMBarracks

SecondaryBuilding = ATPalace, HKPalace, ORPalace

UnitGroup = FromIMBarracks

UpgradedPrimaryRequired = TRUE

Terrain = Rock, Sand, NBRock, InfRock, Ramp

Cost = 1000

BuildTime = 1200

Size = 1

Speed = 7.0 //game coord per update

TurnRate = 0.2  //radians per update

TurretAttach = IMADVSardaukarGun, IMSardukarGun

Armour = BPV, 150, InfRock

Health = 5400 //changed because has one tile attack 1000

Infantry = true

//SoundSelected = Selected

//SoundOrdered = Ordered

//SoundID = 49

ViewRange = 12

AiFoot = TRUE

TechLevel = 5

ChaosEffect = SmallChaosFX

HawkEffect = SmallHawkFX

TastyToWorms = True

WormAttraction = 4

Crushable = FALSE

CanMoveAnyDirection = TRUE

GetsHeightAdvantage = TRUE

CanBeDeviated = FALSE

ExplosionType = CrushedInfantry

AIThreat = 70

CanBeRepaired = FALSE

// LEVEL 1 ----------------------------------

VeterancyLevel = 20  // Score required

ExtraDamage = 50 // 50% more damage - applied to all weapons

Can Self Repair = 1

// LEVEL 2 ----------------------------------

VeterancyLevel = 40

ExtraArmour = 50 // Takes 50% less damage

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

VeterancyLevel = 60

Extra Armor = 50

Extra Damage = 50

Here is the ArtIni of me...

[Ethan]  

 Icon = "iconsIM_ADVSardaukar.tga"  

 IconGrey  = "iconsgrey_IM_ADVSardaukar.tga"  

 Xaf  = "IM_ADVSardaukar"

 SideBarType = "Infantry"

how do i add myself to the strings?

[Apollyon]

open E_Output_Text_Pickup.txt

then go to objecttips

simply add below this

Ethan  {Imperial Caid Ethan}  

[ethan]

open E_Output_Text_Pickup.txt

then go to objecttips

simply add below this

Ethan

[ethan]

i still cant build my unit. whats wrong?

[Apollyon]

whats the precise problem?

[guusr5644]

ethan are ya sure you added yurself to the [unitTypes] section? if not then do it...

[IxianMace]

You mean the declaration section? I was about to say something about that before as well. Make sure you add it under the appropriate house units (i.e. you wouldn't put your name under the Atreides vehicles declaration section for instance). ;D

[ethan]

in strings or what????

man this is kind of complicated for me.... :-

[guusr5644]

ethan you put that in the rules.txt

[Apollyon]

You mean the declaration section? I was about to say something about that before as well. Make sure you add it under the appropriate house units (i.e. you wouldn't put your name under the Atreides vehicles declaration section for instance). ;D

as long as its under a UNITS declaration section the house or vehicle/infantry/air orientation makes absolutely no difference.

[ethan]

i still cant build it? can someone do the strings for me? i need to learn, but its confusing...

the units name is Imperial Caid Ethan. and the rules are above.

[Frodo]

well, just make sure that to build yourselve you will need to have a palace and an upgraded Sardaukar Barracks.

[ethan]

i took the palace thing off, but i will try it again....

[IxianMace]

as long as its under a UNITS declaration section the house or vehicle/infantry/air orientation makes absolutely no difference.

Ok I'll take your word for it, but I fail to comprehend why the unit names would be arranged in those separate categories then. I'll have to check that out. ???

[Apollyon]

I believe that it is so multiple ini editors could work on the rules file without it getting all jumbled up.

Also new units are meant to be declared under the "new" section so us modders dont really need to use the main section anyway.

and indeed as the units in the "new" section are not divided into house/vehicle/infantry this merely proves my point.

[ethan]

it still doesnt work.... :-

[Apollyon]

well for a start you spelled imsardaukargun incorrectly.

and what is the precise problem anyway?

[Inoculator9]

Do you mean that the icon doesn't appear when you play, or that it finishes building but wont come out of the building?

[Dunenewt]

I've got the same problem :'(

It just doesn't appear anywhere

[Apollyon]

I've got the same problem :'(

It just doesn't appear anywhere

well that would mean that u havnt declared it properly or havnt added it to the artini.

From the other topic i can see that u did add it to the artini so the other must be the case.

either that or u didnt set a primary building.

[ethan]

well for a start you spelled imsardaukargun incorrectly.

and what is the precise problem anyway?

the unit isnt availible to build. i guess i had better change the spelling. ;D

[Dunenewt]

I've sorted my problem out now

[ethan]

it still doesnt work? newt can you help? i cant build it!

[ethan]

bump. no one is posting. i already tried, but, nothing has worked.

[Dunenewt]

Where have you saved them

hopefully you have put the Rules and the Artini in DATA/MODEL

and the E_output thingy in DATA/STRINGS