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How to swap Relias out with my own Sovereign?

March 28, 2015 9:01:44 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

A complete swap would be nice. I don't like how he looks, or his initial build, so could anyone tell me how I can swap him out for a sovereign of my own? If that's impossible then could I at least somehow change his initial build?

edit: removed the stupid part of the question

 

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Reply #1 March 28, 2015 10:23:41 PM
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Relias starts with Fire and Air magic if I recall. Summoning magic comes from the mage path primarily, so relias could become a summoner just by choosing Path of The Mage.

If you want to re-write him, make a custom sovereign for altar, then over-write that unit's InternalName to "Sovereign_Relias."

I am assuming you want to overwrite relias because you are playing the scenario?

Are you playing with the Demons and Wizards mod, by chance?

 

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Reply #2 March 28, 2015 11:33:57 PM
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Yes I wish to rewrite Relias to play the scenario.

No mods yet, I want to beat the game without mods for 1 play through, then I'm gonna mod it like crazy. But I guess this counts as a mod .

So what you are saying is:

1. Create a sovereign for altar in-game

2. Open up that sovereign's .xml file and change the InternalName field to "Sovereign_Relias"

And I'm finished? No need to swap a file or replace one?

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Reply #3 March 29, 2015 9:32:26 AM
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Quoting roboemperor,
reply 2

So what you are saying is:

1. Create a sovereign for altar in-game

2. Open up that sovereign's .xml file and change the InternalName field to "Sovereign_Relias"

And I'm finished? No need to swap a file or replace one?

Yes. However to be certain turn on 'Use Mods' and put that file into the /Mods folder.

The idea is that the game is looking for a unit "InternalName=Sovereign_Relias" at scenario startup. By giving your sovereign that name, you overwrite the original Relias and your unit will show up in scenario. Making it a mod will ensure the over-write occurs.

Let me know if it doesn't work.

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Reply #4 March 30, 2015 2:11:39 AM
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Nope, it didn't work. It swapped out the Relias in custom games but not the scenario one.

 

After digging around, I found the solution myself. In the FE scenario folder, there's a file called FECampaign_Units1.xml and the 1st entry was Relias. I just needed to copy and paste my custom sovereign's info into that file.

 

I wonder if I can mod the faction to my custom faction as well. Time for more experimentation!

 

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Reply #5 March 30, 2015 2:37:19 AM
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Reply #6 March 30, 2015 10:12:22 AM
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Would have worked for The War for Anthys which is the original Legendary Heroes Scenario.

 

The Fallen Enchantress Scenario was added at a later date and uses different units.

 

You're right! And it gave me my custom faction as well. I did not know FE scenario was the 2nd scenario. I'll play WFA first now.

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Reply #7 March 30, 2015 10:21:51 AM
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