Mounted Frankish Generals?

**Baldwin of Jerusalem** · June 13, 2008, 10:02 AM

Does anyone know how I can replace the existing non mounted command unit with a mounted one? I know its a little early for Carolingian style cavalry but I cant get used to a non mounted commander on the battlefield for anyone but the Saxons.

**Hans Kloss** · June 15, 2008, 05:32 AM

Remove "command" and "general_unit" from attributes of Frankish foot units and add these attributes to either noble warriors frank or frankish paladin bodyguard

**Baldwin of Jerusalem** · June 15, 2008, 07:00 PM

Thanks mate, that worked

**ZiegenPeter** · June 25, 2008, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Baldwin of Jerusalem

I know its a little early for Carolingian style cavalry

Shure? If there's any germanic tribe having mounted Generals, AFAIK its would be most probably the Franks. Or am I wrong?
By the way: In which file do you change the attributes?

**Hans Kloss** · June 25, 2008, 11:10 AM

In export_descr_unit however I do urge you to back up any file making any editing

**Gen.jamesWolfe** · June 28, 2008, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by ZiegenPeter

Shure? If there's any germanic tribe having mounted Generals, AFAIK its would be most probably the Franks. Or am I wrong?
By the way: In which file do you change the attributes?

actually, no. the franks fought for centuries on foot. they preffered to use the Fracesca, which is not excactly cavalry friendly in use. the germans who historically preferred the horse (the only ones to do so to my knowlege, except perhaps the langobardi), were the Goths. the Frankish cavalry is a late merovingian innovation, up until then, they had little in the way of cavalry. the Saxons, Vandals, and many other tribes were the same; they preferred foot to horse, since the latter was too expensive to many tribes. the saxons were still all infantry in 1066AD in hastings

as an example.

**ZiegenPeter** · June 29, 2008, 05:25 PM

Yeah, but did the noble men ride to war or fight unmounted?

**Gen.jamesWolfe** · June 30, 2008, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by ZiegenPeter

Yeah, but did the noble men ride to war or fight unmounted?

I already answered that (on foot or on horseback was finiancially, and culturally corrolated). Clovis could easily have been on foot or horseback, though tradition favored foot, conveniance (and $), horseback.