Characters.md

Characters

Table Of Contents

• Provided files
• Models

Provided files

Assets
Unpack_characters All character files can be extracted from the game using the unpack_characters feature built into the game (see above link).
All character textures (TGA.DDS format) The character textures used in the game are compressed using BC7 compression. You can use this Intel plugin to decompress them. There is also a bulk decompression tool inside the free community IWTE Tool created by Wilddog.

Tools
Cas converter Allows access to convert and edit models.
Rome texture compression Format texture (dds-lz4). You can do this using the free open source tool GNU Image Manipulation Program.

Base Character Models
Blender File that contains all of the different body types used in Rome Remastered. This can be used by modders as a starting point when making their own units. It also contains all of the various heads used in the game including their ethnicity and emotional variants. It does not contain any hair meshes.
Blender File (zipped)

Models

Concept	Details
LODs	There are 4 lods setup for units starting from lod0(highest) to lod3(lowest)
Unit UV Layout	Overall layout of a character UV. Plain example and an actual unit.
UV Hair & Facial Hair	UV layout information for hair and facial hair.
UV Arms, Legs, Torso and Pelvis	UV layout information for Arms, Legs, Torso and Pelvis.
UV Faces	UV layout information for faces.
UV Clothing & Props	UV layout information for Clothing & Props.
Skeletons	For units there are 2 different types of skeleton structures. Normal skeleton Slinger skeleton (in descr.txt files this is reference to as “fs_slinger_new”) Both skeletons are pretty much the same, however the slinger has an extra bone parented under the “rbone_hand”. The bone hierarchy must not change! The game expects the bones to be listed in a specific order. Slinger ONLY! ______________________________________________________________ Bone Hierarchy ______________________________________________________________
Props (Non-skinned)	Props which are not skinned to the skeleton should be parented under the bone accordingly. The pivot should match the bone position and its transformations reset. Naming: For primary & secondary weapons they must be named like so: Primary_weapon Secondary_weapon If the naming is not the following they will always be visible on the model. For cases such as shields you can call them whatever you wish. The primary weapon animations are linked in the “descr_model_battle.txt” files, with the order of skeletons listed