Eight New Hoplite units

[Amenhotep7]

Hello Everyone.
This is my first post ever on CivFanatics Forums. (Happy first post to me, Happy first post to me...).

Kryten, Great job on the Spartan Hoplite. I'm creating a Spartan Civ. I downloaded it only to find there is no PCX for it and no .wav and .amb files. Will you be creating these files? The sounds aren't too much of a problem. I could just apply regular Hoplite sounds to the Spartan Hoplite, but I'm thinking that I really need that pcx file to add it to the units_32.pcx. Also, does anyone know exactly where I could download an Agis III leaderhead? If you didn't know, he was a King of Sparta. I hope it doesn't take too long to get a reply...:-(

 

[Amenhotep7]

Scratch that-
I got the .pcx and applied the Hoplite sounds to the Spartan Hoplite. I also have two plights.
1) Every time I try to play a scenario with my new unit, right after I make my first city, the game jettisons me. What is wrong?

2)I notice that the Spartan Hoplite has nothing like a victory animation, attack a and attack b, etc. Is this what's affecting gameplay?

 

[hetairoi22]

Agis III can be found here (not era-specific):
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36868&highlight=Agis

 

[Amenhotep7]

Thnx hetairoi22.

 

[hetairoi22]

Happy to have been of service...

 

[Kryten]

Originally posted by Amenhotep7
I also have two plights.
1) Every time I try to play a scenario with my new unit, right after I make my first city, the game jettisons me. What is wrong?
2) I notice that the Spartan Hoplite has nothing like a victory animation, attack a and attack b, etc. Is this what's affecting gameplay?

To answer your queries in reverse order:-
2) No, the lack of an attack 'a' & victory flic will not affect things....providing the names in the ini files are correct.
1) You can fix it so that new units don't crash the game by, yet again, making SURE that the names in the ini files are correct.

I made these old units before PTW, and in order to save download time, I didn't include any sound waves (I just linked them to the Civ3 Hoplite folder).
Because PTW has a different folder structure, then yes, these old links will need to be changed....or as you have done, to simply copy the Civ3 Hoplite sounds into the Spartan Hoplite folder.
BUT....you must check that the names in the ini files are correct.
(These means ALL names, including the sound files, must be IDENTICAL to those mentioned in the Spartan Hoplite ini file. Spaces and capital letters included.)

I've attached below a zip bundle containing the correct Spartan Hoplite ini file, as well as a screenshot of how they should look once the Civ3 Hoplite sound files and amb files (which control which sound file is played) have been added to the Spartan Hoplite folder.
Take a look and compare them with your own.

If you still have any trouble, them post again and we will get you sorted.

 

[Amenhotep7]

Kryten-
Thanks, but by the time I read this, I had fixed the problem! Sorry, but thanks for the effort!

 

[Amenhotep7]

P.S. How do I get a picture to appear by my name???

 

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by Amenhotep7
P.S. How do I get a picture to appear by my name???

Click the "User CP" button at the top of this screen. Next click "Edit options". At the very bottom of the list you'll see where (and can find info how) to add/edit your "Avatar".

Yours,

Oz The Avatarless

 

[Amenhotep7]

thx avatarless! You can now observe my avatar below my name. Thnx alot!

 

[Amenhotep7]

Kryten-
As soon as I get my DSL connection up, (It is next to me as I type), I will download your pre-made Muints. Well I was just thinkin' "Hey, I'm making a Persian Wars Scenario, and if I don't have my Spartan Hoplite units in munit form, they'll look silly next to the munit hoplites. So I was just wondering if you could get me Munits of your eight hoplites? It's fine if you don't want to. It's not that big of an issue.

P.S. Since you seem to know alot about Greek History, could you suggest what units I should use that were around the Persian Wars time. It would be much appreciated -thnx

 

[god_money]

Amenhotep,... Check out Kryten's Greek unit tree, which I've found
very helpful for modding, at the beginning of the Macedonian
Companion Horseman thread.

 

[Kryten]

Originally posted by Amenhotep7
Since you seem to know alot about Greek History, could you suggest what units I should use that were around the Persian Wars time. It would be much appreciated -thnx

Have a look at this site for just about all your Persian army needs....
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ancientpersia/index.html

....and although I have been recently diverted by other projects, I do intend to one day soon to convert ALL my units to multi-figure variations (this needs to be done for the "Alexander the Great" scenario anyway....which is another project that I intend to complete before Christmas).

Since god_money found my "Brief History of Greece" chart so useful, I am currently creating two more: "A Breif History Of Persia" and "A Brief History of Rome".
I won't post these just yet, as there are several new units required....which are currently under construction, and are also needed in both single & multi-figure form for "Alex the Great".
(I'm a busybusybusy Kryten! )

 

[Amenhotep7]

Hey-
(I find myself returning to this particular thread alot! ) Every time I add a .pcx picture to my units_32.pcx, when I play a game, the game crashes. Why is this?

 

[Kryten]

Are you SURE that you are saving the altered units_32 file as a .pcx file?
If so, then I suspect it's not the units_32 file that is causing the crash.
Usually, crashes after modding are almost always due to items being misnamed.

 

[god_money]

Originally posted by Kryten

Since god_money found my "Brief History of Greece" chart so useful, I am currently creating two more: "A Breif History Of Persia" and "A Brief History of Rome".
I won't post these just yet, as there are several new units required....which are currently under construction, and are also needed in both single & multi-figure form for "Alex the Great".
(I'm a busybusybusy Kryten! )

hehe... Talent knows no rest!
Something to look forward to for sure.

 

[Amenhotep7]

I'll try your solution, Kryten, but I thought it might've been a centering problem...
P.S. What does Kryten mean anyway?

 

[Kryten]

Originally posted by Amenhotep7
What does Kryten mean anyway?

Actually....he comes from a British comedy series called "Red Dwarf".
He is a 2000 series mechanoid, who is trapped on a five mile long mining starship 3 million years in the future with the last remaining human, a hologram of a dead crewmate, and a creature who has evolved from the domestic cat.
(And is currently being made into a film )

Here is a picture of Kryten with his groinal attachment (....please don't ask! )......

 

[Amenhotep7]

 

[Ozymandias]

Originally posted by Kryten


Actually....he comes from a British comedy series called "Red Dwarf".
He is a 2000 series mechanoid, who is trapped on a five mile long mining starship 3 million years in the future with the last remaining human, a hologram of a dead crewmate, and a creature who has evolved from the domestic cat.

He was also the most unfailingly humane one of the lot -- and I'm intrigued as to how it'll translate to the silver screen!

-Oz