Free upkeep units

[The Computer Illiterate]

Hi,

I am wondering which units get free upkeep, it seems like only county spearmen and han volunteers get it now.

[lodewijk]

you can check it in EDU export descr unit.

and look at the atribute. "free_upkeep_unit"

[Sigmar Heldenhamer]

i would like to see a garrison of town milita appear when a city gets attacked, not just one or 2 but a couple based on the size of the population of the city

[cheesegrader]

:\ i wish there is a professional unit that guards the city. militia just seem so inefficient when you consider the population and importance of the city.

[Gigantus]

Garrison scripts are a pain in the butt. To avoid it becoming 'free stacks' for the AI and bankrupting him further a considerable load of code is required. We did that in 1648, only for a few cities of 'endangered' factions and even that was pretty long.

The spawning is a piece of cake:

    declare_counter Aschaffenburg_siege
    declare_counter Mainz_siege
    declare_counter Erfurt_siege
    declare_counter Heiligenstadt_siege
    ;--- Garnison einziehen ---
    monitor_event GeneralAssaultsResidence TargetFactionType egypt
        and IsTargetRegionOneOf Erzbistum_Mainz
        and I_SettlementUnderSiege Aschaffenburg
        if I_TurnNumber < 100
            create_unit Aschaffenburg, BuergerwehrG, num 4, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Aschaffenburg, GrenadiereG, num 1, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Aschaffenburg, MusketiereG, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Aschaffenburg, PikeniereG, num 3, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            set_counter Aschaffenburg_siege 1
        end_if
        if I_TurnNumber > 99
            terminate_monitor
        end_if
    end_monitor

    monitor_event GeneralAssaultsResidence TargetFactionType egypt
        and IsTargetRegionOneOf Stadt_Mainz
        and I_SettlementUnderSiege Mainz
        if I_TurnNumber < 50
            create_unit Mainz, BuergerwehrG, num 4, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Mainz, GrenadiereG, num 1, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Mainz, MusketiereG, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Mainz, PikeniereG, num 3, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            set_counter Mainz_siege 1
        end_if
        if I_TurnNumber > 49
            terminate_monitor
        end_if
    end_monitor

    monitor_event GeneralAssaultsResidence TargetFactionType egypt
        and IsTargetRegionOneOf Stadt_Erfurt
        and I_SettlementUnderSiege Erfurt
        if I_TurnNumber < 50
            create_unit Erfurt, BuergerwehrG, num 4, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Erfurt, GrenadiereG, num 1, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Erfurt, MusketiereG, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Erfurt, PikeniereG, num 3, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            set_counter Erfurt_siege 1
        end_if
        if I_TurnNumber > 49
            terminate_monitor
        end_if
    end_monitor

    monitor_event GeneralAssaultsResidence TargetFactionType egypt
        and IsTargetRegionOneOf Eichsfeld
        and I_SettlementUnderSiege Heiligenstadt
        if I_TurnNumber < 50
            create_unit Heiligenstadt, BuergerwehrG, num 4, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Heiligenstadt, GrenadiereG, num 1, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Heiligenstadt, MusketiereG, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            create_unit Heiligenstadt, PikeniereG, num 3, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
            set_counter Heiligenstadt_siege 1
        end_if
        if I_TurnNumber > 49
            terminate_monitor
        end_if
    end_monitor

The monitor terminates after a set number of rounds - if they still need garrisons then, then they might as well perish.
Then you check if there is no siege for any of the cities that get a garrison (notice all the set_counter lines?):

    ;--- Belagerung ist vorbei ---
    monitor_event FactionTurnEnd not FactionIsLocal

        if I_SettlementOwner Aschaffenburg = egypt
            and not I_SettlementUnderSiege Aschaffenburg
            and I_TurnNumber < 101
            set_counter Aschaffenburg_siege 0
        end_if
        if I_SettlementOwner Mainz = egypt
            and not I_SettlementUnderSiege Mainz
            and I_TurnNumber < 51
            set_counter Mainz_siege 0
        end_if
        if I_SettlementOwner Erfurt = egypt
            and not I_SettlementUnderSiege Erfurt
            and I_TurnNumber < 50
            set_counter Erfurt_siege 0
        end_if
        if I_SettlementOwner Heiligenstadt = egypt
            and not I_SettlementUnderSiege Heiligenstadt
            and I_TurnNumber < 51
            set_counter Heiligenstadt_siege 0
        end_if

    end_monitor

Last not least you remove the garison troops if none of the settlements of a faction are under siege anymore:

    ;--- Garnison ausmustern ---
    monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType egypt
        and not FactionIsLocal
        if I_CompareCounter Mainz_siege < 1
            and I_CompareCounter Aschaffenburg_siege < 1
            and I_CompareCounter Erfurt_siege < 1
            and I_CompareCounter Heiligenstadt_siege < 1
            destroy_units egypt garnison
        end_if
        if I_TurnNumber > 100
            terminate_monitor
        end_if

    end_monitor

The units are not available for regular game play (copies of regular units, suffix G = garrison) as they have a custom attribute that allows them to be disbanded in the last monitor.

This whole is only for 4 settlements of one faction - you do the math how this will look for all settlements. There would be no problem with processing as this will be two basics monitors plus one for each faction involved - nothing to be bothered about.

Testing for the settlement level and spawning accordingly will require more monitors...

[Seether]

:\ i wish there is a professional unit that guards the city. militia just seem so inefficient when you consider the population and importance of the city.

Evidence indicates that garrisons were nothing but local militia, used to police settlements and maintain order. Military commanders had their own personal retinues, or buqu, that accompanied them wherever they went, while regular army units (as part of specific army groups) were stationed outside of cities in encampments or forts. Important imperial officials and offices could also have their own private armies of personal guards, such as the Feathered Forest. But, as said, there were no professional organized units that guarded cities or served as a garrison. The closest thing was the Northern Army, which only guarded the imperial capital of Luo Yang in the Later Han, but they were essentially disbanded by the time our mod starts.