Unique Units for Major Factions - 1.1 Updated 16/4

[Aira]

Overview

While I was playing the campaign, I found myself a bit disappointed that every faction used nearly the same units. With the release of the new PFM, I decided to give the ten major factions their own versions of vanilla units so that I could individually tweak them and give factions a little bit of variety. Although I created these units for my own personal use, I decided to release this as a unit pack for anyone who may have wanted to do something similar. Adding units can be a very time consuming process, so if nothing else, hopefully this will save some people a little time if they wish to give factions their own unit strengths and weaknesses.

Let me be clear though: this mod does NOT offer any gameplay tweaks, nor does it modify any unit stats, and I have no plans to do anything like that in the future, so please do not ask for it. All this mod does is give each major faction its own version of vanilla units. This mod is for people who want to be able to mod unit stats for each faction individually. For example, each faction now has their own version of Naginata Samurai, not just the Hattori. However, the new units will have the stats of the vanilla Naginata Samurai, not the Hattori version. The purpose of this is to let YOU decide how you want to tweak the units for each individual faction. The units should be available both for custom games and the campaign.

This mod won't be anything extensive like AUM-SHO, and I don't have a lot of future plans for it, but I may add a few things here and there, and I will do my best to fix any bugs that people may find. Also, if there are some slight changes or fixes that you would like done, I might be willing to release a separate version with the changes.

As you might guess, this contains a lot of new units (over 200), so I do not have time to verify that each individual unit works as it should. If you find anything wrong, let me know and I will see if I can fix the problem. If you have any additional ideas, feel free to post those as well.

Units

Each faction now has their own version of the following units:

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European Cannons
Fire Projecting Mangonels
Fire Rockets
Bow Cavalry
Great Guard
Light Cavalry
Yari Cavalry
Katana Cavalry
Naginata Samurai
Naginata Warrior Monk Hero
Naginata Warrior Monks
Bow Ashigaru
Bow Hero
Bow Samurai
Bow Warrior Monks
Matchlock Ashigaru
Matchlock Samurai
Matchlock Warrior Monks
Yari Ashigaru
Yari Hero
Yari Samurai
Fire Bomb Throwers
Kisho Ninja
Katana Hero
Katana Samurai
No-Dachi Samurai
Naginata Warrior Monk Cavalry
Loan Sword Ashigaru
Yari Ronin
Katana Ronin
Bow Wako
Katana Wako
Onna Bushi
Samurai Retainers

Screenshots

I don't really understand the request for screenshots, but here are some for the Mori faction showing the unique units.

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Changelog

Version 1.1 - 16/4/11

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Added the following 8 units:
-Naginata Warrior Monk Cavalry
-Loan Sword Ashigaru
-Yari Ronin
-Katana Ronin
-Bow Wako
-Katana Wako
-Onna Bushi
-Samurai Retainers

Version 1.1 has also been added to UPC-SHO. Big thanks to Swiss H for his support.

Installation and Uninstallation

To install, just unzip into your data directory. To uninstall, either delete the pack or move it out of the data directory. If, after removing this mod, you are having problems with the game crashing when trying to play a custom battle or on the main screen, deleting the files in the following directories should fix the problem:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Shogun2\army_setups
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Shogun2\battle_preferences

If you are using a language other than English, you won't be able to see some of the unit names in-game. To fix this problem, download Swiss H's UPC-SHO for your language. It currently supports version 1.0 of this mod and you can download it -here-

Compatibility Notes

This mod only adds units, so there shouldn't be any issues with it conflicting with other mods, however, since it gives factions their own versions of units, any mod that changes unit stats will not have an effect on the new units, because those mods change the vanilla units (although the minor factions still use vanilla units). Any other mod that changes things other than units should work fine.

Swiss H has confirmed that this mod does work with his AUM-SHO mod.

[TheJian]

This is actually a good ideal.

[OTZ]

Great idea! This should help diversify some of the factions a wee bit with some stat tweaking.

[totalwarfreek321]

Can someone post screen shots please! sounds like a great idea

[Aira]

Can someone post screen shots please! sounds like a great idea

The mod only clones the vanilla units to give each factions their own version for stat tweaking. There is no change to any unit appearances, so I didn't feel that screenshots were necessary.

[Actus Reus]

This could be used as a template for future mods, great idea +rep

[tonio59]

I have installed the mod in shogun 2 data then i have desinstalled it and now i can't play custom battles, could you explain please?

[Aira]

I have installed the mod in shogun 2 data then i have desinstalled it and now i can't play custom battles, could you explain please?

Deleting the files from the following folders should fix your issue:

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Shogun2\army_setups
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Shogun2\battle_preferences

[tonio59]

Thank you

[Aira]

Thank you

No problem. I've added this information to the OP in case anyone else is having the same issue and wondering how to fix it.


I have plans to add a couple more units to the mod within the next day or so as well

[Swiss Halberdier]

Very good idea and nice unique units mod! +rep

It works with AUM-SHO and I will include your unique unit names into the next UPC-SHO.

[Aira]

Very good idea and nice unique units mod! +rep

It works with AUM-SHO and I will include your unique unit names into the next UPC-SHO.

I thought it would be compatible, but it's nice to have confirmation.

Thanks so much for your support

[hellwalker]

Thank you for your great mod
So if I want to edit unit stats with hex editor, should I unpack your file or shogun 2 original data file?
Sorry for my bad English

[Aira]

Thank you for your great mod
So if I want to edit unit stats with hex editor, should I unpack your file or shogun 2 original data file?
Sorry for my bad English

No worries If you want to edit the unit stats, you should modify the files in my pack. Also, rather than hex editing, it is much easier to use the pack file manager.

[Catilina]

Can someone post screen shots please! sounds like a great idea

[Brips]

Sorry but no screenshots no downloads....

EDIT: downloaded

No names for some units.... French version ?

[Inhuman One]

Maybe in addition to names, appearances could be changed a little here and there too?

Seems like a nice touch for heroes at least. Uesugi heroes and bodyguards could have the appearance of monks for example.

[Radious]

What about adding vanilla hidden units like Ronins, Wako units, Sword Asiagaru?

[Punwisp]

http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/s...mod/38684.html

This mod adds the hidden units.

Though it does add variety, most of them aren't better then some of the other units you can already make, there just extra. The only ones I think that are worth having are the monk units.

[Aira]

Sorry but no screenshots no downloads....

EDIT: downloaded

No names for some units.... French version ?

Sorry, only an English version at the moment. I will look into adding more languages soon though, if Swiss has not yet updated his UPC project

Maybe in addition to names, appearances could be changed a little here and there too?

Seems like a nice touch for heroes at least. Uesugi heroes and bodyguards could have the appearance of monks for example.

Hmm, I think I like the Uesugi idea. I will look into changing the hero appearances to monks. Changing other appearances though would probably require some texture editing, which is not really something I would be good at.

What about adding vanilla hidden units like Ronins, Wako units, Sword Asiagaru?

I was planning to do this soon! I will probably start later today