How to Add Heroes in Custom Battle

**Arandir Tur-Anion de Bodemloze** · June 12, 2012, 07:18 AM

Adding heroes in Custom Battle

This is a very simple tutorial which allows you to play heroes with their bodyguards in custom battle. For that you need a free unit slot left in the EDU. Just take care about one thing, the faction in which you're hero will be must already have been coded for. It has to be the original faction of the heroes.
As an example I will add Faramir to the Gondor faction for the mod TATW

1)Firstly you have to choose which unit you will use as a bodyguard. I will choose the unit already used in the campaign : Ithilien rangers:

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2)After that you have to copy the selected unit under the first one and change the name, for example add _CB at the end, like this, and delet the no_custom :

Warning: copy it just above, other what i don't know why it will bug.

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Code:

type             Ithilien Rangers_BG
dictionary       Ithilien_Rangers_BG      ; Faramirs Bodyguard
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_missile
banner holy      crusade
soldier          rangers, 60, 0, 1
mount_effect     elephant +3
attributes       sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, extreme_range, very_hardy, can_withdraw, stakes, stakes, general_unit, no_custom, free_upkeep_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health      1, 3
stat_pri         9, 2, arrow, 200, 35, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  5, 3, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      0, -1, 1, -2
stat_mental      16, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 15
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 540, 220, 50, 50, 540, 2, 250
armour_ug_levels 0, 1
armour_ug_models rangers, rangers_ug1
ownership        sicily, timurids
era 0            sicily, timurids
era 1            sicily, timurids
era 2            sicily, timurids
recruit_priority_offset    0

type             Ithilien Rangers_CB
dictionary       Ithilien_Rangers_CB     ; Faramirs Custom Battle
category         infantry
class            missile
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_missile
banner holy      crusade
soldier          rangers, 60, 0, 1
mount_effect     elephant +3
attributes       sea_faring, no_custom, hide_improved_forest, extreme_range, very_hardy, can_withdraw, stakes, stakes, general_unit, free_upkeep_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health      1, 3
stat_pri         9, 2, arrow, 200, 35, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  5, 3, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      0, -1, 1, -2
stat_mental      16, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 15
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        2, 540, 220, 50, 50, 540, 2, 250
armour_ug_levels 0, 1
armour_ug_models rangers, rangers_ug1
ownership        sicily, timurids
era 0            sicily, timurids
era 1            sicily, timurids
era 2            sicily, timurids
recruit_priority_offset    0

3)The you have to find the coded name of the heroes model in the file. The best place to find it is in the campaign_strat or the campaign_script For Faramir it is faramir
Then add under the line coded by soldiers the line:

Code:

officer         "coded_name_of_the_heroes"

It does this:

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4)Here you unit is available in custom battle. But it will have no name or pisture. Now we will add the name. Open the export_unit in the text folder. You will need the name_of_the heroes_unit and add things in this format at the end of the file:

Code:

{name_of_the heroes_unit} Name of the unit
{name_of_the heroes_unit_descr} Long description of the unit
{name_of_the heroes_unit_descr_short} Short description of the unit

It gives:

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5)Now we will add the picture if the heroes for the unit card:

Find the heroes portrait in the data/ui/custom_portrait folder. Take the young or the older one.
Then copy it in the data/ui/units/"name of the faction" folder. take care, the name of the faction should be the coded one, for Gondor it is sicily.
Rename it "#Name of the heroes unit"

For Faramir it gives:

And this is finished: Enjoy

**Gigantus** · June 12, 2012, 10:11 AM

Simple, effective - thanks. All that is needed now, is how to restrict the 'recruiting' in custom battle to one unit.

**Emperor of Hell** · June 12, 2012, 10:29 AM

Good tutorial

Originally Posted by Gigantus

All that is needed now, is how to restrict the 'recruiting' in custom battle to one unit.

Make their costs increase to an unreachable amount for a second unit, so like this:

Code:

stat_cost        2, 540, 220, 50, 50, 540, 1, 9999999

I don't know if there is a limit for the "99999999" number, requires testing.

**BM309K58SMERCH** · September 20, 2012, 02:40 PM

Is there a way to do this without the bodyguards? (ie. The hero alone for Custom Battles)

**Arandir Tur-Anion de Bodemloze** · September 28, 2012, 09:34 AM

No, except if you code this unit as an elephant I thonf. I do not I've found the way, and it is I think impossible to make single heroes unit.

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