German WW2 Infantry: Waffen SS

snafusmith · Jul 4, 2006

Now, I usually never dip into making figure units. That said, when I got back from the long weekend and was working on a WW2 weapons pack, I decided to give it a try.

This units has been requested many times by different people. It's a simple reskin of the marine unit holding an MP40. I'm not great at skinning, but I think it came out OK. For those of you who are wondering about his gun, it's going to be in the weapons pack along with many other WW2 guns (as soon as I finish them, that is).

This unit uses the marine animations, so please point to the marine.kfm file in your XML.

ENJOY!

-Smitty

MaxRiga · Jul 4, 2006

you know what i want to say, aren't u?

)))
and by the way ... already in for my next MaxRigaMod5

( RedArmy left? or some others UU for different countries? )

RomanFire · Jul 5, 2006

Nicely done. The Submachine gun looks nice, It's going to add more flavor to the game! I second the req for a red army soldier with a Ppsh 41 or a Mousin Nagant rifle. That would be cool!

woodelf · Jul 5, 2006

Nicely done smitty.

Rabbit, White · Jul 5, 2006

That's a great unit smitty - the gun looks great and the skin is also very well done. :thumbsup:

asioasioasio · Jul 5, 2006

Beautiful

Very nice model and skin :thumbsup:

Los Tirano · Jul 5, 2006

It came out great. Very impressive. :goodjob:

Officer Reene · Jul 5, 2006

The unit looks great :goodjob:

when I use this skin.... everything works except the gun is still the AK47 and not the MP40 :sad:

I know I am missing something... any ideas?

snafusmith · Jul 5, 2006

When you use the unit, make sure to place all of the files included in the .zip into the unit folder. The WaffenSS.nif file includes the MP40 model. Without it your guy will still have the AK47. I can't think of any other reason it doesn't show up. Hope that helps!

Officer Reene · Jul 5, 2006

I made a new folder for the waffen

I copied all files from marines in that folder...

I then copied your files into that folder (overwriting some files)

I also made sure the CIV4ArtDefines_Units.XML defines the new unit but points to the new folder (with the same marine file names)

it did not work :mad:

I noticed that your waffenSS.nif file is not referenced so I tried to change it marines.nif ... but that didnt work either

any ideas?

snafusmith · Jul 5, 2006

Officer Reene said:
I made a new folder for the waffen

I copied all files from marines in that folder...

I then copied your files into that folder (overwriting some files)

I also made sure the CIV4ArtDefines_Units.XML defines the new unit but points to the new folder (with the same marine file names)

it did not work

I noticed that your waffenSS.nif file is not referenced so I tried to change it marines.nif ... but that didnt work either

any ideas?

Try this (ignore the lack of indentation):

<UnitArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_WAFFENSS</Type>
<fScale>0.44</fScale>
<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
<NIF>Art/Units/WaffenSS/WaffenSS.nif</NIF>
<KFM>Art/Units/Marine/Marines.kfm</KFM>
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/WaffenSS/WaffenSS.nif</SHADERNIF>
<ShadowDef>
<ShadowNIF>Art/Units/01_UnitShadows/UnitShadow.nif</ShadowNIF>
<ShadowAttachNode>BIP Pelvis</ShadowAttachNode>
<fShadowScale>1.0</fShadowScale>
</ShadowDef>
<fBattleDistance>0.35</fBattleDistance>
<fRangedDeathTime>0.05</fRangedDeathTime>
<bActAsRanged>1</bActAsRanged>
<TrainSound>AS2D_UNIT_BUILD_UNIT</TrainSound>
<AudioRunSounds>
<AudioRunTypeLoop/>
<AudioRunTypeEnd/>
</AudioRunSounds>
</UnitArtInfo>

Rabbit, White · Jul 5, 2006

Officer Reene said:
I made a new folder for the waffen

I copied all files from marines in that folder...

I then copied your files into that folder (overwriting some files)

I also made sure the CIV4ArtDefines_Units.XML defines the new unit but points to the new folder (with the same marine file names)

it did not work

I noticed that your waffenSS.nif file is not referenced so I tried to change it marines.nif ... but that didnt work either

any ideas?

It looks like any plans for unit creation I had for tonight are scrapped... I'm going to go ahead and write a tutorial on how to do this because everybody is making the same mistakes and it's starting to tick me off [pissed]

... just a bit

Officer Reene · Jul 5, 2006

snafusmith said:
Try this (ignore the lack of indentation):

<UnitArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_WAFFENSS</Type>
<fScale>0.44</fScale>
<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
<NIF>Art/Units/WaffenSS/WaffenSS.nif</NIF>
<KFM>Art/Units/Marine/Marines.kfm</KFM>
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/WaffenSS/WaffenSS.nif</SHADERNIF>

...
...
...

I needed to change this line
<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/WaffenSS/WaffenSS.nif</SHADERNIF>

thx for all your help

now the MP40 appears :goodjob:

snafusmith · Jul 5, 2006

Rabbit said:
It looks like any plans for unit creation I had for tonight are scrapped... I'm going to go ahead and write a tutorial on how to do this because everybody is making the same mistakes and it's starting to tick me off ... just a bit

Yeah, I hate getting asked the same thing over and over. But that's just part of a unit makers job I guess.

Thanks for tackling it though.

Officer Reene · Jul 5, 2006

Rabbit said:
It looks like any plans for unit creation I had for tonight are scrapped... I'm going to go ahead and write a tutorial on how to do this because everybody is making the same mistakes and it's starting to tick me off ... just a bit

sorry I just want the units to work.... :mad:

NOTE to self DO NOT USE Rabbit's models since any questions seem to tick him off [pissed]

j/k

Rabbit, White · Jul 5, 2006

snafusmith said:
Yeah, I hate getting asked the same thing over and over. But that's just part of a unit makers job I guess. Thanks for tackling it though.

Here, slap this puppy up in your sig and hopefully that'll help

Officer Reene said:
sorry I just want the units to work....

NOTE to self DO NOT USE Rabbit's models since any questions seem to tick him off

j/k

I hope you didn't take my comment personally. I am mad at everyone.

snafusmith · Jul 5, 2006

I read it, very nice. Hopefully everyone who needs it will see it!

Rabbit, White · Jul 5, 2006

snafusmith said:
I read it, very nice. Hopefully everyone who needs it will see it!

Gracias

Hadrean · Jul 6, 2006

I thought of the skin a little more black. Not so much of the Greyish green color.
Now we Just need a Nazi Germany Civ and we can tie all the stuff out there together, appropriately.

Officer Reene · Jul 6, 2006

Rabbit said:
Here, slap this puppy up in your sig and hopefully that'll help

I hope you didn't take my comment personally. I am mad at everyone.

yeah that makes me feel so much better :mischief:

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