Man, lots of potential here, but the instructions couldn't be more confusing.

Here is a little diagram that hopefully helps others understand this process.
you have to add a new slot to your definiton pointing to these "cinematic" eyeballs contained in the test_general.rigid_model_v2

https://i.imgur.com/I1RRDNH.png

If I remember You need to rename the file that I have provided to your named character, please try that

ok lol, its been such a long time since I have added a general into my game, however this is teh concept I used and it worked. I have no idea why it has not worked for you. Let me look into this further and will report back

Youre making it sound like, the whole thing gets fixed by putting "my own" rigid_model_v2 under skin/varus instead of just skin?

Ive already read your posts in this thread, you said the exact same thingon aug 15th, im looking for more information, and to better explain what youre saying in detail. the concept behind this, and why it fixes anything.
I also already told you I DL'd ur mod and which files ive looked at..

doesnt make any sense, tried this, doesnt work

<SLOT name="skin" >
<VARIANT_MESH model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin_commander/arena_miltiades/arena_miltiades_body.rigid_model_v2" />
<VARIANT_MESH model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin/varus/test_general.rigid_model_v2" />
</SLOT>

ok the file needs to go within "skin" in your mod, if you look at my War of the Gods mod you will see the correct paths etc..you can rename the textures and the rigid model to whatever you wish

Maybe take a look at an ex of my files.
Vercingetorix works, Militades doesnt (stuck in tpose)

They are structured and coded exactly the same. Ive i attatched the officer and the solider model files.
https://mega . nz/#!1LgFWDLa!34K1EeyG7RWwaVmoQ2Ao-6YB5OAkdEVa8vriyZ7Oe6o

Now looking at your "champloo_alexander_the_great" and "_battle" . variant files. and "commander_a_officer.variant
Only the 1st has alexanders models, the _battle seems to have completely new paths with totally split up armor pieces for him compared to the 1st, and commander_a_officer seems to be another solider model file.

Not understanding how any of this correlates or is set up in R2, or how any of this has to do with your man/skin/varus test_general.v2 file

I don't understand how replacing my skin file with your blank empty skin file, will show my model in game. its just a blank model now ..

yo, thanks for reaching out. I really dont understand what is going on here though.
First of all SOME of my models work just fine on campaign, some dont.

Second, this resource file , what is in the test_general.rigid_model_v2? is it blank?

If i replace my current skin path with
"<VARIANT_MESH model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin/varus/test_general.rigid_model_v2" />"

the whole model shows up blank in game, but out of t-pose.

if I add that path underneath my currrent skin, the model is still stuck in T-pose.

I Dl'd your Wotg mod, and looked at "varus_generals_campaign" and see your path is
<VARIANT_MESH model="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin/varus_liontv/varus_liontv.rigid_model_v2" />

with no other clothing. not sure at all whats going on here. please be more detailed in your process/steps

No problem here to help! Just look at my war of the gods mod and you will see the setup. Cheers

ok thanks I just need an example of a working one. Sorry to hassle you its been super frustrating trying to get it to work though.

ok the file needs to go within "skin" in your mod, if you look at my War of the Gods mod you will see the correct paths etc..you can rename the textures and the rigid model to whatever you wish

Yes I understand that but clearly I dont know what to do with it cause I spent like two hours trying to figure out where to put it and what to do with it and they're still t-posing.

Solace - That is what this mod is for to stop the unit from using the Tpose

if you mean is the generals uniform set to the right variant, it is. The armor and stuff does show up they're just stuck in T-pose still.

yes for generals, I mean make sure the the variantmesh file has the correct entry

What unit
isnt this for generals

and have you renamed the file to your unit name?

Ok I have the variant mesh file. Its name is 3c_Ala_General_1_map. For a skin, it has
<VARIANT_MESH_REFERENCE definition="VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin/3c_Ala_General_1_map.rigid_model_v2" /> ,with "3c_Ala_General_1_map" being what I renamed the file in this mod to. The file is under "VariantMeshes/_VariantModels/man/skin" in my mod. What am I doing wrong.

you need to create a variantmesh for the unit which i presume you already have and add the unit in there

I read that already, I still have no idea what it means.

Solace - You will need to create an entry for the file I uploaded in your variantmesh file

I dont understand what I'm supposed to do. Can I have a screenshot of a working variant mesh definition using this or something like that? no matter what I try I cant get it to work. Either I set the file in this pack as the skin in which case there is no body under the armor, or I dont set it as the skin in which case they t-pose. I tried having both in different parts of the varient mesh but that just made them t-pose. the file in this mod was renamed to the name of the generals file, and when that didnt work I tried renaming it back to what it was originally too. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do to make this work.

RAF - You will need to create an entry for the file I uploaded in your variantmesh file

Hi,

i created a general, the variantmeshdefinition "spa_general_08.variantmeshfiledefinition".
What do i need to do with your files?
What name should i give the rigid_model file in this case?
I can't get it to work :(

Greetings

Understood.

hyper2ego - Not my forte, already have a big mod to take care of without starting others

Make a city gifting/trading mod, like there was in the diplomacy of Original Rome TW. http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/214950/discussions/0/864979455724454926/

Nice

Caligula - thanks for info but it seems the name is ok, its just that I only want the general available once and not over and over to appear in the campaign

Pretty sure you can set the frequency of the name (out of x% I think, so if you set it to 1 then the name shows up 1% of the time. So set it to 0 I THINK).
Or make a historical character and set it to spawn within a period of years.

Does anyone know how to restrict the general unit to only show once in the recruitment window as it seems that the game will sporadically spawn the newly created general with another name time and time again?