Adding new units

[prince_blucher]

Hello, I was trying to experiment by adding a new unit, to the vanilla grand campaign (the DLC), in this case an SS Tiger.
What I did was:
1. copied the SS_Tiger_1.png across to \graphics\units
2. added a line at the bottom of \data\equipment.pzeqp (by copying the Tiger_I line and changing the ID and .png). I changed the activation date to 01.01.1939 to see if it showed up in Poland.
However this failed to work.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks

equipment.pzeqp extract:
2000 SS Tiger I 700 9 31 5 2 0 11 9 17 0 1 23 17 4 1 0 SS_Tiger_1.png 01.01.1939 1.1.1946 0 Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger rott

[nikivdd]

2000 SS Tiger I 1 700 9 31 5 2 0 11 9 17 0 1 23 17 4 1 0 SS_Tiger_1.png 01.01.1939 1.1.1946 0 Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger rott PzVI sea rail glider

I notice in your line, that the unit class is missing (i marked in red). So the game will not recognise your unit.

[prince_blucher]

Hey Nico, thank you, that worked perfectly. Now there is no picture in the top right hand corner of the purchase units menu, so what's missing there?

[Akkula]

Those are the Big Unit pictures.
They have the SAME name (and extension .png) as the icon and are located inside the "UI\bigunits" folder. You can use whatever you want: real pictures, 3d models, etc.

Regards.

[prince_blucher]

Thanks Akkula.

My compliments on your Soviet Storm mod...a fantastic mod, excellent scenarios and units, especially the German units like the SS_Tiger

[prince_blucher]

Hello again,
For some reason none of these units are showing up in the game, any obvious reason that I've missed?
Thanks.

2000 SS Tiger I 1 700 9 31 5 2 0 11 9 17 0 1 23 17 4 1 0 SS_Tiger_1.png 1.1.1939 1.1.1946 0 Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger rott PzVI sea rail glider
2001 SS Infantry 0 500 6 0 4 4 0 5 6 4 1 1 9 18 3 0 0 SS_Inf.png 1.1.1939 31.12.1946 3 close minekiller Regular land sea rail air glider
2002 SS Opel Blitz 14 100 4 82 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 SS_Opel_Blitz.png 1.1.1939 1.1.1946 2 sea rail glider

[Magic1111]

For some reason none of these units are showing up in the game, any obvious reason that I've missed?

New units appear only in a new/in the next scenario, not after loading a savegame in a current scenario!

Maybe this is the problem?!

[prince_blucher]

Hello Magic, well, I'm starting a new scenario each time, in fact I'm starting the Poland vanilla campaign form the DLC! Funny think is, the Tiger worked intially, then I added additional units and it disappeared! Very strange. Thanks anyway.

[Magic1111]

Hello Magic, well, I'm starting a new scenario each time, in fact I'm starting the Poland vanilla campaign form the DLC! Funny think is, the Tiger worked intially, then I added additional units and it disappeared! Very strange. Thanks anyway.

Hmm, indeed very strange...I´ve unfortunately no idea!

[prince_blucher]

Thanks again Magic.

Could someone possibly test the equipment file and see if these units appear in DLC Grand Campaign 1939?

thank you.