How do i make a dismounted general

[thestickyc]

I have been trying to make my generals bodyguard unit for Ireland a group of Muires however i i don't quite understand how to do it Ive tried adding general_unit to the attributes line but it doesn't seem to have done anything. Does anyone know if it is possible to do this and if so how?

[Withwnar]

Ireland bodyguard will be whichever unit is first in EDU that has ireland ownership and general_unit.

This is only for new generals. Starting characters and their bodyguards are in descr_strat.txt.

[Medusa0]

There are a few things that needs to be done to change the general's bodyguard unit. The simplest way is of course, to move the said edited "Muire" entry above the "NE Bodyguard":

Move this:

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type             Muire
dictionary       Muire      ; Muire
category         infantry
class            heavy
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_infantry
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Muire, 24, 0, 1.2
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, very_hardy, can_withdraw, frighten_foot, general_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health      2, 0
stat_pri         14, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  6, 5, 8, metal
;stat_armour_ex   6, 7, 0, 0, 5, 8, 8, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        8
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 4
stat_mental      11, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 780, 60, 75, 175, 780, 3, 230
armour_ug_levels 4, 5
armour_ug_models Muire, Muire_ug1
ownership        ireland
era 1            ireland
era 2            ireland
;unit_info        14, 0, 38
recruit_priority_offset    22.5

Above this:

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type             NE Bodyguard
dictionary       NE_Bodyguard      ; General's Bodyguard
category         cavalry
class            heavy
voice_type       General
banner faction   main_cavalry
banner holy      crusade_cavalry
soldier          NE_Bodyguard, 16, 0, 1
mount            barded horse
mount_effect     elephant -4, camel -4
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, general_unit
formation        2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health      2, 0
stat_pri         11, 7, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         12, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  5, 5, 6, metal
;stat_armour_ex   5, 6, 0, 0, 5, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        7
stat_ground      0, 0, 0, 2
stat_mental      11, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 45
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 960, 250, 95, 225, 960, 1, 280
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models NE_Bodyguard, NE_Bodyguard_ug1
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans, saxons, wales, ireland, slave, norway, barons_alliance
era 0            england, scotland, wales, ireland, norway, barons_alliance
era 1            england, scotland, wales, ireland, norway, barons_alliance
;unit_info        11, 0, 32
recruit_priority_offset    0

And that will assign Muire as the default bodyguard for anyone coming of age for Ireland (Not sure if they fixed upgradeable generals for Britannia). If Muire is a recruitable unit however, this will make Ireland really overpowered as they can recruit generals on demand.

[Withwnar]

To do it properly you should make a new unit - a copy of Muires - that is only used for bodyguard purposes and keep Muires as they are for normal recruitable unit purposes.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...al-s-Bodyguard

[thestickyc]

Thank you both very much, the only thing left to do is change the general himself to have either a shield, or attack with 2 hand animations and idk how to do that for the general himself only for regular units.