More Artillery Pieces in a Unit

[Trajan]

This is for all you members that want more artillery pieces in a single unit but don't know how to. Until the unpacker comes, you'll have to use the mod switch to make changes to the export_descr_unit.txt file.

1) Access your export_descr_unit.txt and search for the desired artillery unit.

2) Once your there, look for soldier and change the second number to the right to the desired amount of artillery pieces you want.

- example:

type             NE Trebuchet
dictionary       NE_Trebuchet      ; Trebuchet
category         siege
class            missile
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_missile
banner holy      crusade
soldier          NE_Trebuchet_Crew, 16, 6, 1
engine           trebuchet
attributes       sea_faring, hardy, can_withdraw, artillery
formation        1.5, 1.5, 3, 3, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         6, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, artillery_mechanical, piercing, knife, 25, 1.8
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         55, 3, trebuchet, 285, 200, siege_missile, artillery_mechanical, blunt, none, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    ap, bp, area, launching
stat_ter         12, 3, cow_carcass, 215, 3, siege_missile, artillery_mechanical, blunt, none, 25, 1
;stat_ter_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_ter_attr    ap, bp, launching,
stat_pri_armour  4, 4, 0, leather
;stat_armour_ex   4, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        1
stat_ground      0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental      9, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 430, 250, 90, 70, 430, 4, 100
armour_ug_levels 1
armour_ug_models NE_Trebuchet_Crew
ownership        england, scotland, hre, france, denmark, portugal, spain, venice, milan, sicily, papal_states
era 1            northern_european, southern_european
;unit_info        6, 0, 8

Looking at the example, I now have 6 Trebuchets in one unit.

3) Save the file and your done.

[Regs]

Thanks for the tip.

[XPAK]

godfrey I can see that you are an expert, I am creating a new artillery model similar than rocket launcher but I am a problem with the amunnition, I have done than its fire 96 rockets than 36 in vanilla, I edit the amunnition in descr_unit but it doesn't works. You know how I can edit?

[Zorgrath]

i believe your asking of a way how it can shoot more rockets in one load? or how much ammunition the thing has in total?

[Vasquez]

Trajan good sir, shouldn't one also increase the recruit and upkeep costs commensurate with the increase in arty pieces?

[Trajan]

Trajan good sir, shouldn't one also increase the recruit and upkeep costs commensurate with the increase in arty pieces?

That's up to each person. It's usually best anyways to be sure that the costs are nice and high but reasonable to prevent the AI from spamming artillery weapons.

[J@mes]

once again excellent work Trajan have some rep
~J@mes

[strife1013]

Cool I just doubled everything!
+Rep

[acegogo]

cheers!

[andreas]

Were is the export_descr_unit.txt file, i cant find it!?!

[Eothese]

This is useful cheers! I wonder, is there a way to make the spare crew spread out behind the cannon's etc. So they are not stood in a square in the centre, but more of a rectangle formation.
I changed the default number of ranks from 3 to 2 and nothing at all changed when I tried a custom battle...
Any idea's how this might work?

[Gigantus]

This is useful cheers! I wonder, is there a way to make the spare crew spread out behind the cannon's etc. So they are not stood in a square in the centre, but more of a rectangle formation.
I changed the default number of ranks from 3 to 2 and nothing at all changed when I tried a custom battle...
Any idea's how this might work?

I am not sure what the proper entry is, but my guess is that you will have to replace "square" in the formation line as well.

[Vegas_Bear]

You would need to use --io.file_first to see any changes made to export_descr_unit.txt if it is from one of the original campaigns.

[Vincentvs]

You would need to use --io.file_first to see any changes made to export_descr_unit.txt if it is from one of the original campaigns.

Sounds easy...but I´m getting quite desperate...can any of You please tell me what am I doing wrong?

1. "unpack_all.bat" located in tools/unpack
2. "export_descr_unit.txt" -> one simple change of number in eastern trebuchet paragraph as shown
above
3. ctrl+s and close
4. deleting "data\descr_geography_new.txt" and "data\descr_geography_new.db"
5. creating a fresh, new and clean "whatever.bat" file in instalation directory with a single line in it: medieval2.exe --io.file_first
6. starting game with "whatever.bat" file, everything runs smooth except the fact, that there are no changes at all

I tried to de-code unpacker´s readme, but it offers no way out of this. Deepest thanks for any response

[krycek]

good tutorial.

[MadWolf]

For some reason this didnt work for me, is it because I use mods?

[green tea]

If you are using mod "X" and want to change the artillery in that mod, you have of course to change the EDU of mod X, not that of the original game.

[Fingon NL]

I tried it, I changed the artillery pieces from 2 to 6, but in custom battle only 3 pieces fire, the rest remains silent.
Anybody has any idea how to fix this?

[Emperor VI]

Save compatible?

[dearmad]

most likely it would be save compatible.