New Campagin Units

[Freedom-Fighter]

Since I have found out how to create custom campagin units with the existing models(You can edit the size too) in EEII, I've decided to create a mod which adds a list of new campagin units. Currently the only unit i've created is the heroic Achilles. I need ideas from everybody! Post your ideas here!

New Units
Achilles
Griger II (The Cyber in EE1)
Great Fortress
Great Wall of China
Zeus (A very powerful HERC)
Flaming Catapult/Trebuchet

Possible Units
Super Rusher
Terminator
Alexander the Great

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

How bout a giant Spahi named Super Rusher?

[Freedom-Fighter]

LOL, not sure about that, but I may still make it.

[PzK]

brillant idea, how about terminator? (like a robot hero)

[Freedom-Fighter]

I'll add that to the possible units list then.

[Freedom-Fighter]

Here are a few units which I've already made:

The Terminator and 3 Griger II


Flaming Catapults and Trebuchets

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

ummm.... flaming catapults, HOLY %&Y$@*$^!

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

For a serious unit, I would like Persian Immortals (The really elite guys whose numbers never fell below 10 thousand) or the Greek gods, for heros. You should make a units modpack. And are you going to ever tell us how to do this. Im dying to know.

[PzK]

very nice, that terminator unit looks huge. what do you use to make the units?

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

I just realised, the Terminator kind of looks like the Scarab from Halo 2.

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

I think I will give this a try, Im starting on a new epoch 15 bomber called the "Enforcer" with the following stats,as of now:

Hitpoints:650
Speed: 1/2 of Orbital Bomber
Range:20 (It is designed for long range missle strikes
Model: Orbital Bomber
Scale: 2 times normal orbital bomber
Progectile: Normal sized missle
Explosion and area effect: Normal Nuke bomb
LOS: 3
Ammo: 3/3
Shots fired per atack: 1
I think It is balanced,as of now, because it needs artillary spotters, and is mostly blind. I want it to be big, it does hold 3 Nuclear Warheads! I was wondering, what is the "static" because you said at the offical forums we needed that too.

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

Wait a minute, is this only for AOS?

[Freedom-Fighter]

This works for both EEII and AoS actually.

So you want to know how to create new units? It's easy! (Easier then scripting I suppose) But it's hard for me to explain. Just go to db Units and find one of the files which contains the campagin units(german_campagin_units, korean_campagin_units, etc etc. Any of these will do.). You can add campagin units now! Just write out the units you want to add, just like how other units are added. The two things you need to include are the unit statics and the model, you can enable unit upgrades too. Just like this:

//------------------------------------------------
// Terminator
//------------------------------------------------
UnitType GermanCampaignTerminator
{
parent = HercNonCombat
properties {
displayName = tx_utn_HercElec_name
DisplayNameScenEdit = tx_utn_HercElec_name
VerboseTooltip = vtt_unit_Hades

mass = 6
hitpoints = 16000
rps = HeavyMounted
}
sounds = {
sndCmdMove = ["v_HercElecWarfare_com01" "v_HercElecWarfare_com02"]
sndCmdAttack = ["v_HercElecWarfare_com01" "v_HercElecWarfare_com02" "v_HercElecWarfare_spe01"]
sndSelection = ["v_HercElecWarfare_sel01"]
}
abilities = [
Attack
{
range = 16;
reloadTime = 0.5;
applyDamageTime = 0;
damage = 400;

missileName = GuidedMissile;
turretControllerName = HadesTurret;
}

LOS { range = 16 }

SpecialPower
{
range = 2
effects = [ HERC_AntiMissileSystem HERC_EMP_blast ]
}
]
icon = icon_unit_HercElecWarfare_14
}

UnitModel GermanCampaignTerminator
{
DefaultModel = LSF14_HercElecWarfare.nif
ForceScale = 0.250
DefaultState = Idle
States = [
{ StateName = Idle AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_idle01.KF
AnimVariants = [ LSF14_HercElecWarfare_idle02.KF ]
AnimVariantsWeights = [ 0.5 ]
}
{ StateName = Walk AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_walk01.KF
TextKeys = [ { Name = START_SOUND_UNTIL_ANIM_CHANGE Data = fx_move_mech_02}]}
{ StateName = Attack1 AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_attack01.KF }
{ StateName = Pack AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_pack01.KF }
{ StateName = Unpack AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_unpack01.KF }
{ StateName = Death AnimName = LSF14_HercElecWarfare_death01.KF }
]
ChildNames = [ TheHealthBar SelectCircleMedium MediumGlow HercElecWarfareShadow SinkHerc ]
UIRenderingParams {
xOffset = 0.00
yOffset = 1.32
zOffset = 0.42
scale = 1.79
angle = 45.00
rotationSpeed = 0.00
pitch = 20.00
lightAngle = 30.00
lightPitch = 90.00
lightDiffuse = [50 50 45 255]
lightSpecular = [0 0 0 255]
lightAmbient = [40 40 40 255]
}
}

This is actually the giant Hades campagin units(at the top screenshot). If you add this into the end of one of the campagin units files it will still work.

And a tip to you is when you want to make a unit which looks like one of the existing unit. You can go to that file for that unit and copy the whole thing down to the campagin units file, then start modding it(For example if you want to make long bow man and want the model to be the composite bowmen, go to light infantry and copy all the things about it, including the visaul info).

[Freedom-Fighter]

By the way I'm not the first one to discover this! A clever modder called Futurewaves discovered this as soon as the game is out! He also discover how to create in-game units(Ones you can create even in skirmish games). Unfortuanately he stopped modding eventually and most of his discovery still remains a mystery. But he did made a few mods in EEHeaven. However they don't work anymore since they are for patch 1.0 and 1.1 only.

[Ψїş†ÆCROW100]

Too bad you don't have his email adress, then we could ask coughblackmailcoughforceatgunpointcough him to tell us all his secrets