How Do You Add Units To PTW?????

[Vdog]

I have seen other threads that discuss this but with all the conversation going on i get lost. So would someone that KNOWS HOW just tell me how to add units to PTW. Dont direct me to another thread or w.e just flat out I want to know how to add units to PTW, from the pedia stuff to anyother complications. Thanks in advance.

 

[DS_CL]

Adding Units is the same as adding units in Civ III, so won’t mention those steps (such as placing the flc’s in folders with the correct ini etc) because I assume you already know how to do this. Load the editor, and insert the unit as you would in a Civ III scenario with the numbers you want and the unit name, etc.

In the “units” tab, look for a box titled “Civilopedia Entry:” and it should be empty. PTW requires you to enter a label here that you didn’t need in Civ III. To do this, you need to find a file called PediaIcons.txt. There are two of them. You need the one in the \CIV3PTW\Text\, not the one in the main \Civilization III\TEXT\ folder.

This file should open in WordPad (if your not using WordPad, the function in any viewer should be similar). Click the edit menu, then option “find” and type in “#ANIMNAME_PRTO_Isabella” and search. It should bring you to a list of animations that look something like #ANIMNAME_PRTO_<Unit Name>. Isabella is the last one on the list. Go to the end of this list and prepare to write you new unit’s entry.

You have to enter a specific entry for each new unit in THIS file location. I have tried placing them elsewhere and have had the game crash occasionally. It has to read “#ANIMNAME_” and then whatever the extension that you put in the “Civilopedia Entry:” (in the Unit tab in the editor). Then, after the #ANIMNAME_<Name> that you gave it, you have to indicate the folder it can be found. Look at the previos examples to get an idea of how this is done. Incase that is confusing here is an example:

I create the unit “Panzer II” in the editor. I have placed all the animations to make this work in a folder called “Second Panzer” because I already have a one folder with the name Panzer II. Therefore, the location of my flc’s are in:
Civilization III\CIV3PTW\Art\Units\Second Panzer\

In the Civilopedia Entry box for the unit Panzer II I type in,

PRTO_Panzer_II

I then save my .bix file and close the editor and open the file PediaIcons.txt in the CIV3PTW\Text\ folder. I find where all my #ANIMNAME files are and go to the bottom of the list and type in,

#ANIMNAME_PRTO_Panzer_II
Second Panzer

Second Panzer is the name of the folder my icons are located, and PRTO_Panzer_II is the name that I entered in the text box in the editor.

I hope this makes sense. If not, try doing exactly what I described, with the same unit and folder names, and see if it clears things up. Also, look at the pre-made units in the editor and the PediaIcons.txt, it makes it easier to understand.

If your still confused, reply and I will explain better.

 

[dreamlish]

I totally disagree with you DS_CL

 

[FionnMcCumhall]

why not send him to the tutorial section in the forum. Its got an in depth tutorial on how to add units in PTW.

 

[Willem]

Because he said he didn't want anyone to do that?

 

[Vdog]

Thanks DS_CL!!!