HI ! I noticed that in the legions, for example Legio IX hispansensis Legio I Germanica and centurions are Republicans and not imperial.
then let me know how do I replace.....
Centurion imperial
Centurion Republican or similar
Legio IX and Legio I were hamata legions, they were not imperial. They were the first version of the Marius Reform. In 100 years they'll become segmentata legions. (imperial or principate)
Well, they were created during the late Republic (IX Hispana fought under Caesar and and I Germanica fought under Pompey before they got that name, if memory serves), and so are available after the reforms kick in, but before the Imperial Reforms represented by the last upgrade to the Oppidum tree (Curia Hostilia) - meaning that the Republican-looking centurion is less incongruous, given the date of creation. Obviously in real life the units' equipment, (and those of its officers) would have changed with time, due to the constraints of the RTW engine, we decided to limit the "Imperial" centurions to those legions available after building the Curia Hostilia - so, the legions with the rectangular scuta, Late Praetorians, and Auxiliary units (I think) - as the units available beforehand were around during the late Republic (and yes, that does include the Early Praetorians). This was the most elegant way we could find to do it, to be honest. PM Tone about replacing the officers - it should be rather straightforward.
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As Rory says, it's not a black and white thing we 're talking about, it's a process of change that the legions and their officers went through. We chose the earlier looking centurions for some of those hamata legions as they are less incongruous.
If you want to replace the republican centurions with imperial centurions, open the 'export_descr_unit.txt' file in the 'Play_Rome/data' folder, and replace 'roman_early_centurion' with 'roman_centurion' for every legion that you want to have an imperial centurion.
The change is savegame compatible.
Be carefull though as making mistakes can ruin your game, so be sure to make a backup of the file before tinkering with it.
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