Need some help modding

Goal - to create female henchmen (Healer, Bard, Wizard) for another race.

Step 1- Created a female Bard unit's look and skills using the unit design and saved it.

Step 2 - Create a female Bard henchmen, this was only a test. I tried to replace one of the existing henchmen of Altar with the female components from the female Bard unit created in step 1 by editing the CoreUnits.xml file but it didn't work. Ended up with something that looked scarier than any monster or creature in the game.

Questions

Is there a document/link that describes which files do what?

What files besides the CoreUnits.xml & CoreRaceTypes.xml do I edit to get Step 2 to work?

Thanks

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Heavenfall

Join Date 07/2008

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Did you check out the mod? https://forums.elementalgame.com/436704

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parrottmath

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To make a henchwomen for another race would be straight forward to do from what I've done.

The core files that I changed are because of some memory issues (I get headless people), otherwise I wouldn't have to change any files.

So you need to change the coreracetype.xml to add in your created characters as well as set up the generic_henchwoman.

you need to add <GenericUnitType_Other>Generic_Henchwoman</GenericUnitType_Other> to coreracetype. Limitation seems to be only 1 of these hence the reason why they're only henchmen and not women. (If I could get this to work I would have added it to be able to make both). As it is you could add this to the file and then you can have altar to ONLY make henchwoman. Fits with Relias womanizing in my opinion.

Next you need to add to each of the coreabilities.xml, coreclothes.xml, coreitems.xml, to force the modelunittype to use the clothing items and abilities to design your own units traits and items.

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