Tutorial: Adding new civs and UUs in PTW

[kgillaume]

thanks for your help, one last question...

I want to find and or compile a set of units that are from the US armed forces present... as many as possible. does anyone know of a site that has many if not all the ones availible? I want to get EVERYTHING, not just the M1A2 and F-15, but like the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the M6 Bradley Linebackers, the LAV-25, The New Stryker, the new mobile artillery unit (i think its called the Crusader), etc... EVERYTHING... I wanna make a USAF mod.

I also would appreciate any help in compiling a mod for the former Soviet Union. (if a modern day country does not use US arms, they are soviet, save for a few like sweden and israel and france...)

 

[Bamspeedy]

Check out this thread. 497 units at the moment. There is also a link on the first post in that thread to a group that is compiling US military units.

Unit Library

Also, if you want to ask for any more help in compiling units or help gathering resources for your mod, here is the link to the C & C forum.

Creation and Customization general forum

 

[kgillaume]

Tanks for your help:tank:... I see your from Wisconsin also... How Bout Dem Packers Der Hey?

 

[scotland_no1]

I try to add just a unit but an error comes up and it says

cannot find art\units\(i forget what word was here i think it was highlander)\Highlander.INI

please help me i want to add my scottish civ's UU, i have added the robert bruce animated leaderhead and it works totally fine, i just cant get the UU to work. please help, thx

 

[scotland_no1]

Originally posted by Bamspeedy
My problem with units was actually INSIDE the .ini files for the units, there would be errors as to which files they ask for (.flc files, .amb, and .wav files).

Like for the javelineer, it is using sound files for the spearman. The spearman is not in my units folder (it is in Civ3 or PTW folder), so I put them like this:
[Sound Effects]
BLANK=
DEFAULT=
WALK=
RUN=..\Spearman\SpearmanRun.amb
ATTACK1=..\Spearman\SpearmanAttackA.amb
ATTACK2=..\Spearman\SpearmanAttackB.amb
ATTACK3=
DEFEND=
DEATH=..\Spearman\SpearmanDeath.wav
DEAD=
FORTIFY=..\Spearman\SpearmanFortify.wav
FORTIFYHOLD=
FIDGET=..\Spearman\SpearmanFidget.wav
VICTORY=..\Spearman\SpearmanVictory.wav
TURNLEFT=
TURNRIGHT=
BUILD=
ROAD=
MINE=
IRRIGATE=
FORTRESS=
CAPTURE=
STOP_AT_LAST_FRAME=
PauseROAD=
PauseMINE=
PauseIRRIGATE=
[Version]
VERSION=1
[Palette]
PALETTE=
.

P.S. what is this, i saw this type of writing in the normal PTW units folder, but my units dont have it in its folder, and i was wondering if this kind of writing had anything to do with my UU not working.

 

[col.rogers]

I cant take this crap no more !
PLz plz isnt there anyone that has a mod with just the germen units -or all the ww2 units added in the game?

Since my last post ive reinstalled my game 5 times.

Help Help Help

 

[Hunter]

Originally posted by col.rogers
I cant take this crap no more !
PLz plz isnt there anyone that has a mod with just the germen units -or all the ww2 units added in the game?

Since my last post ive reinstalled my game 5 times.

Help Help Help

Post a copy of your pediaicons.txt and I will fix it up and send it back with the .bix file.


by the way I understand your experiance in this matter I have no idea what the makers were thinking when they did this to their customers.

 

[Dreikki]

Im so Stupid to understand these Things.. I've Dowloaded some units.. but.. What Next?? where i must put those Folders
(Where Units Are) And Where can Upload Them...

 

[Dreikki]

Sorry, Fault Was That I Didnt Have Version 1,29f..

 

[BloodAxe]

This is to BamSpeedy. Your info on adding UUz was great,thanx a lot. I followed it to the letter and the game responds normally except it crashes pretty soon with an exception error. It gives me a floating-point exception error, and the Civ3 crashes.

How do I solve this?
Thanx

 

[Fixer07]

I would like to know where to add the cities and great leader lists unless I have missed it somewhere

 

[Bamspeedy]

Cities and Great leader lists are easy to find. Under the 'civilizations' tab. Then select the civ, and those lists are about in the center of the screen.

Don't know about the floating-point exception error, Bloodaxe, never heard of that.

 

[Jon3229]

Thanks for your posts Bamspeedy I realy saved my live I had been trying to innstal new units for a while.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Dear sir i have been modifying a scenario for my use and then i tested it before adding a new civ,it loaded just fine.Then i followed your instructions to add a civ to my scen and then tried to load it and it loaded to 30% and gave me a box with only one word in it "previous" and a button. When i pushed the button the game crashed to the desktop.I am stumped as to what i did wrong. Could you please help me find out what is wrong. Thank you

 

[chupon]

I have been trying for three days now to add a unit. I got through all the problems by reading all the previous advice, thanks for all that. But now I'm getting an error message when I try to select the unit to build:

"art\units\AmazonWarrior\AmazonWarrior.INI"

Can someone please help, I just want to add some units to the standard game.

 

[chupon]

I also get a file can not be found message above the discription. can anyone tell me how to fix it.

 

[chupon]

Ok, got the problem fixed, but got another one. how do i add units to the 32 file? I got downloaded units that are not on it and want to use them.

 

[Bamspeedy]

I don't know how to add/make your own icons, but you could use this file which has hundreds and hundreds if icons, so at least gives you more options on what to use.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51498

 

[TheCreator]

what de Civ3PTW-->Civ3x file cant find these?????

 

[Bamspeedy]

Civ3PTW is a folder, and inside that folder is a 'Civ3x' file. The arrows is just a symbol for directories.

It might just be PTW instead of Civ3PTW.