Unit requests thread

[thecowwarrior]

i do have some riflemen units that might interest you - just don't expect any historical accuracy .
all the textures and the heads are from other mods applied to default civ4 units which i edited . for example, the "mexican" & "incan" rifflemen are the grenadier unit which i edited to look like rifleman and to use the rifleman's kfm, the "argentinian" rifleman is the machinegunner edited in the same manner as above and as a bonus i added a colonization unit which uses the rifleman kfm

They look great! I could find use for them. Have you ever converted the Simon Bolivar leaderhead into a rifleman?

 

[heroicfort]

hi thecowwarrior,
i'm glad you liked them . tell me which one(s) you want to use in your mod and i will upload them.
please notice that they don't have any backpacks so i might need some time to find an appropriate one.
i haven't edited Simon Bolivar because, generally speaking, in order to edit a leaderhead to a unit i need two things:
a) i need a matching lower body to add (meaning a nice pair of trousers and shoes/boots that are from the same era with the upper part of the outfit)

b) i need to ask myself the ultimate question: i'm i really going to use the unit in my mod or am i just wasting my time?

 

[thecowwarrior]

hi thecowwarrior,
i'm glad you liked them . tell me which one(s) you want to use in your mod and i will upload them.
please notice that they don't have any backpacks so i might need some time to find an appropriate one.
i haven't edited Simon Bolivar because, generally speaking, in order to edit a leaderhead to a unit i need two things:
a) i need a matching lower body to add (meaning a nice pair of trousers and shoes/boots that are from the same era with the upper part of the outfit)

b) i need to ask myself the ultimate question: i'm i really going to use the unit in my mod or am i just wasting my time?

If it's not too much trouble, just upload all four of them in a zip file here. I'm sure I can make some use of all of them. As far as Bolivar goes, I think just taking his torso and using your Incan rifleman head/legs would make a fine looking unit (perhaps adjusting the colors on the shako hat feather). I'm sure it wouldn't be historically accurate at all, but I don't care.

 

[heroicfort]

If it's not too much trouble, just upload all four of them in a zip file here. I'm sure I can make some use of all of them. As far as Bolivar goes, I think just taking his torso and using your Incan rifleman head/legs would make a fine looking unit (perhaps adjusting the colors on the shako hat feather). I'm sure it wouldn't be historically accurate at all, but I don't care.

hi thecowwarrior,
allright, once they are fully completed (add backpacks, test them, etc) i will upload them to the download section so that anyone who likes them can get them .
i don't think adding the Incan rifleman head/legs to the Bolivar leaderhead is a good idea because the resulting unit will look too bizarre and no one will want to use it

Well ideally, putting him on medieval Great General kfm Or perhaps on top of Napoleonic general linked above - that one has more era-appropriate sword.

You right about the team band.

I was also thinking, he could use a hat - the capo from basic rifleman would go well with the uniform. It could be edited slightly to make it more luxurious - like adding some sort of gold symbol in the middle to mimic national coat of arms symbol.

hi ChaosSlayer,
i'm still working on the unit . i added a nice pair of legs that looks a lot better than the previous one as you can see in the image posted here (if you watch carefully, you can still see parts of the old legs because i haven't deleted them yet ) .
about the hat, i have downloaded many leaderheads from this forum's download section(s) and i think i found smth that might be what we are looking for. when properly added, i'll post another image to tell me what you think .

 

[ChaosSlayer]

Looks great! Can't wait to command him to attack!

 

[thecowwarrior]

hi thecowwarrior,
allright, once they are fully completed (add backpacks, test them, etc) i will upload them to the download section so that anyone who likes them can get them .
i don't think adding the Incan rifleman head/legs to the Bolivar leaderhead is a good idea because the resulting unit will look too bizarre and no one will want to use it

Was just a thought. I'm sure there is some way to make a decent looking unit out of him. Either way, I will be happy to download the other units once you finish them.

 

[heroicfort]

hi thecowwarrior,
i just went to wikipedia and found out that the simon bolivar leaderhead that i have is totally diffferent from the image of the actual person posted in that site. here is the link to wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simón_Bolívar

Here is the image from wikipedia:

Spoiler :

And here is the image from the leaderhead simon bolivar that i have:

Spoiler :

So you see why i thought that the simon bolivar leaderhead that i have won't look good as a rifleman
If you have a leaderhead of simon bolivar that looks like the image in the wikipedia or you know where i can download one, please post the link and i'll see what i can do

 

[Kathy]

This is not the most common Bolivar Leaderhead which ist available in the forum, I merely think this is Philipp of Spain. I use this Simon Bolivar

 

[thecowwarrior]

This is not the most common Bolivar Leaderhead which ist available in the forum, I merely think this is Philipp of Spain. I use this Simon Bolivar

Thanks for finding the link Kathy. Yes, that is the one I was referring to. He would make a great looking great general for South American civs, and/or a great rifleman with a more generic face.

 

[heroicfort]

hi Kathy,
thank you for the link

hi thecowwarrior,
i downloaded the leaderhead and the very good news is that it uses the same texture with the santa anna leaderhead
so after i finish editing santa anna, all i have to do is change the head and the flag colours in ribbon and medal and you'll have a simon bolivar great general .



EDIT: I need some help here . does the unit with the backpack in the attached image look good or do you have a better suggestion or maybe a link to better looking material(s)?

 

[thecowwarrior]

hi Kathy,
thank you for the link

hi thecowwarrior,
i downloaded the leaderhead and the very good news is that it uses the same texture with the santa anna leaderhead
so after i finish editing santa anna, all i have to do is change the head and the flag colours in ribbon and medal and you'll have a simon bolivar great general .



EDIT: I need some help here . does the unit with the backpack in the attached image look good or do you have a better suggestion or maybe a link to better looking material(s)?

Looks good to me.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Wonder if these could be converted to Civ4?

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=14172148&postcount=1

 

[heroicfort]

Looks good to me.

allright, i will upload them as soon as they're ready in the download section and post the link in my sig .


UPDATE: i just uploaded the units . the link is

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=24794

which is the third one in my sig.

please test the units in game before using them in a mod to be 100% that they work ok. if you spot an error, pm me or post it in the unit's comments and i'll try to fix it .

EDIT: I uploaded them in the Civ4 - Renaissance Units section but i was wondering if they should be in the Civ4 - Industrial Units section. any suggestions?

 

[ChaosSlayer]

They are Industrial period - rifleman and all - at least historically

So how does the fancy Industrial General coming?

 

[heroicfort]

still working on it . all i need is to re-assign the spine/pelvis (waiste), spine 1 (neck & shoulders) and arms vertices (upper arm & forearm) unless i add a default unit's arms which will save me time and effort plus it will reduce the triangles


UPDATE: everything looks fine except from the arms (i knew it ). So now it's time for plan b which includes arm transplant and crossing my fingers, hoping everything will turn out well. Otherwise, i always have plan c which is actually the original plan and includes making this unit a resource-hungry rifleman .

ps: If you want, i can post images and show where the upper arm fails (meaning the area where it becomes disformed) and tell me what you think

 

[ChaosSlayer]

Sure, go ahead

 

[heroicfort]

This is the activate.kf at 1.319

Spoiler :

This is also the activate.kf at 2.375

Spoiler :

The run.kf looks fine (the feet transplant was a success ) and although i haven't check the other ones, i'm assuming they should look ok (but still i'll have to check them later just to make sure, after i'm through with the activate.kf).

 

[ChaosSlayer]

well in worst case scenario - you can release him like this - it probably would be barely noticeable in game

 

[clanky4]

I don't really know where to put this.

Civciv5 asked me to rig a Clone Wars Anakin mesh onto a Hannibal's skeleton. Unfortunately I couldn't properly rig the face or fingers.

Spoiler :

 

[heroicfort]

hi clanky4,
i loaded anakin.nif with nifscope and it looks like you haven't assign the fingers to their respective bones

edit: same thing might be the reason for the face not working properly too