EDU Details

[Adorno]

I'am just looking in the fresh EDU file for MTW II and I think there will be a lot of questions for the future. For example:

Have anybody an idea what define the last two numbers for stat_cost?

stat_cost 1, 880, 300, 130, 100, 880, 4, 220 (regular units)
stat_cost 1, 900, 250, 120, 95, 900, 1, 220 (general units)

[Lusted]

The top of the file is very useful you know:

; stat_cost Number of turns to build,
; Cost of unit to construct
; Cost of upkeep
; Cost of upgrading weapons
; Cost of upgrading armour
; Cost for custom battles

All of the lines are explained at the very top of the edu.

[Trajan]

Exactly. That's how I mostly learned what's what in the RTW EDU.

[Lusted]

and i've just realised the top of the file does not actually explain what those last 2 numbers are. It explains the rest but not them.

[BrandonM]

Of the last two numbers, the first is always a 1 or 4 in the file as delivered from CA. The last number seems to be the Cost of unit to construct divided by 4 and then rounded to a whole number. It's not exact however. Also the entries with a 1 in the first of the last two have a 4 in the stat_stl entry, and those are the only ones with a 4 in the stat_stl field (none of the others have a stat_stl entry).

So maybe the first of the last two is how many people have to remain in the unit for it to live?

[Adorno]

Okay, I found the function of the last to stat_cost numbers. These numbers are a part of the new multiplayer features. The upkeep of the select units rises when you take more units of the same type and the number next to last define how much you can take without a higher upkeep. The last number define the extra upkeep.

So, the last two numbers of the stat_cost are not very importend for the singlplayer campaign.

mfg