Tutorial / description of how to add a custom unit

[Bbartram 0]

I'm trying to create a new unit for my mod, but I'm not sure how to add it such that it becomes an option from the Mission Editor.

I placed the P3D and PAA files for the model (I'm modifying the geo an existing soldier unit) in my addon directory, added this info to the config.cpp file:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">class CfgModels

{

class Default {};

class Man: Default {};

class soldier1: Man {};

};

soldier1.p3d is the name of the model.

I PBO, but don't see the name "solder1" listed in the Mission Editor anywhere. Perhaps I'm way off, totally shooting in the dark here.

I got this far from looking at an example from another addon, but haven't been able to find any documentation or tutorials about adding a new character to the game (though vehicles, weapons, and objects are covered pretty well).

Any tips appreciated...

B

[ProfTournesol 956]

My god, you should search more around here and get BIS commented config (on BIS site) to understand how config file is working.

In brief, you should :

(1) Indicate where your p3d model is :

  model="\name of your pbo folder\name of your model";

(2) Indicate the name of your unit to find it in the editor :

  displayName="My beautiful first model";

(3) Add a config model and a config patch at the beginning of the cpp file : here's the (VERY) minimum config that you can do for a man-unit :

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">

class CfgModels

{

class Default

{

sections[]={};

sectionsInherit="";

};

class Man: Default {};

Class NameofMyUnitP3d:Man {};

};

class CfgPatches

{

class MyBeautifullMod

{

units[] = {NameofMyUnit};

weapons[] = {};

requiredVersion = 1.75;

};

};

class CfgVehicles

{

class All{};

class AllVehicles: All{};

class Land: AllVehicles{};

class Man: Land{};

class Soldier: Man{};

class SoldierWB: Soldier{};

class SoldierWCrew : Soldier{};

class OfficerW: SoldierWB{};

class SoldierEB: Soldier{};

class SoldierECrew : Soldier{};

class OfficerE: SoldierEB{};

class SoldierGB: Soldier{};

class SoldierGCrew : Soldier{};

class OfficerG: SoldierGB{};

class NameofMyUnit: SoldierWB

    {

           vehicleclass="The name of the folder i would like to find my soldier in the mission editor";

           side=TWest;

//the unit will be on the west side

          displayName="The name of my beautiful first model";

          model="\name of your pbo folder\name of your model p3d";

           };

};