Another test. only sentinel skin, and keeping the original hats of the dignitaries
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<VisualMods version='1'>
<Models>
<Model base='units\infantry\hospitaller\hospitaller_01' override='units\infantry_ranged\sentinel\sentinel_age2' />
<Model base='units\infantry\hospitaller\hospitaller_02' override='units\infantry_ranged\sentinel\sentinel_age3' />
<Model base='units\infantry\hospitaller\hospitaller_helmet' override='units\infantry_ranged\sentinel\sentinel_age1_helmet' />
</Models>
</VisualMods>
Normal and veteran hospitaller → veteran sentinel
With the dignitary hat:
With the teutonic helmet (normal sentinel hat):
Guard and Imperial hospitaller → guard sentinel
With the dignitary hat:
With the teutonic helmet (normal sentinel hat):
Maybe I’ll do a tutorial one day. But in the meantime, I suggest you take a look at the simple visual mod I made recently “Ordinance Besteiro Legacy Skin”.
Download it from the game’s mod center (in game) and open its folder. Make a copy in your mods/local folder and modify the “visualmods” file with the content I’ve posted above. Then you can “publish” it directly from the game (in the local mods tab, in game).
If you want to find other skins, download the “resource manager” tool
(here: [v.0.4] Resource Manager - Viewing, comparing, creating and extracting files from Age of Empires III .BAR archive )
and open the game files (the ArtUnits.bar file). There you’ll find all the names of the game’s models (which end in .gr2, but you mustn’t indicate this file .gr2 ending in the visualmods, just like the "art" in front).