Changing General's bodyguard to infantry unit

[Majonel]

If anyone know how to change that all factions have dismounted general's i would really appreciate help.. I just want to remove cavaltry general unit from generals..

[paleologos]

In the data folder of your game (or mod) you will find the file export_descr_unit.txt.
This file declares many of the attributes of the units in the game.
Choose the infantry unit you want to be the general's bodyguard, then go to the line that starts with the word "attributes" and in that line add the designation general_unit.
You may also need to find the cavalry unit that used to be the general's bodyguard until then and remove the designation general_unit, or eliminate the unit altogether, though that may require modifications in other files as well.

[Majonel]

Yeah i tried right now, and general bodyguard still staying cavalry, in scotland border horse stay as general bodyguard.. i went to dismounted feudal knights and added general_unit in attributes..

[QuintusSertorius]

Post up the EDU entries of the current bodyguard, and the unit you want to replace them with.

[Gigantus]

The initial body guards in descr_strat (first unit in the character's army) need changing as well.

[Titus le Chmakus]

And also, the unit you want to be bodyguard has to be over other ones in the EDU. I mean if you code a cavalry and an infantry unit for the same faction (the two of them having general_unit), the game will affect the first one (so the one closest to the top of the list) as the standart bodyguard unit for this faction. All the Coming of Age generals will have this unit as bodyguards. But you can still make both recruitable if you set them into the recruitment pool of any building.

[QuintusSertorius]

The initial body guards in descr_strat (first unit in the character's army) need changing as well.

If you're doing a comprehensive change, then certainly.

Depends if other factions are using the unit and whether you intend to change them as well; you can do a quick and dirty change of soldier/armor_ug_model and stats in just the EDU.

[Majonel]

Ok guys thank you so much, i will try today to do that

[Titus le Chmakus]

Gig, does the unit in the EDU need to have the general_unit if you want to give a unit to a character in the descr_strat ? I mean, if you code a unit in the EDU without the general_unit and code this unit in first under the character name in the descr_strat, what will it do ?

[Gigantus]

Nope, the general_unit simply indicates that it will be automatically used on CoA and MofH events - the lack of such a unit for a faction will mean everybody dies immediately upon that event (I call it the 'Harakiri' bug). In descr_strat you can use any unit provided the faction has ownership - else you end up with a silver surfer.

[Majonel]

Yeah i have no luck with changing bodyguards, i tried and still no changes at all, bodyguards remain the same.. can someone show me over teamviewer?

[Gigantus]

Let me guess - you are trying to mod the main game? If so, then you might have omitted some stuff. Can I suggest that you install my Bare Geomod basic mod set up and try modding there?

[QuintusSertorius]

You can use any unit you like in the descr_strat, doesn't matter whether or not it has general_unit. Of course that's the only time they'll appear thus, as soon as a new character appears, they will get the first unit in the EDU for their faction with general_unit.

Or exactly what Gig said...

[Majonel]

Yeah i know, it would be awesome to make that all factions have dismounted knights, i tried everything to make this but no success, can anyone connect with team viewer to help me?

[QuintusSertorius]

Post the EDU entries for the two units here.

You're using Notepad++ right?

[Majonel]

Yeah im using notepad++, i think you need export_descr_unit, descr_strat and campaign script to make fully working script..

[Majonel]

Here is my export_descr_unit btw...

[QuintusSertorius]

You've got two of the same unit for the same set of factions:

type             Spear Militia
dictionary       Spear_Militia      ; General's Bodyguard
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Light
banner faction   main_spear
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Spear_Militia, 60, 0, 1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, general_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 5, square, schiltrom
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         5, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 0.6
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    spear, spear_bonus_8
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  0, 1, 6, flesh
;stat_armour_ex   0, 4, 5, 7, 1, 6, 6, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      3, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 20
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 310, 125, 75, 60, 310, 4, 70
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 2, 3
armour_ug_models Spear_Militia, Spear_Militia_ug1, Spear_Militia_ug2, Spear_Militia_ug3
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, slave, normans
era 0            scotland, spain, portugal
era 1            scotland, spain, portugal
;unit_info        5, 0, 7


type             Spear Militia
dictionary       Spear_Militia      ; General's Bodyguard
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Light
banner faction   main_spear
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Spear_Militia, 60, 0, 1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, general_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 5, square, schiltrom
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         5, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 0.6
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    spear, spear_bonus_8
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  0, 1, 6, flesh
;stat_armour_ex   0, 4, 5, 7, 1, 6, 6, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      3, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 20
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 310, 125, 75, 60, 310, 4, 70
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 2, 3
armour_ug_models Spear_Militia, Spear_Militia_ug1, Spear_Militia_ug2, Spear_Militia_ug3
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, slave, normans
era 0            scotland, spain, portugal
era 1            scotland, spain, portugal
;unit_info        5, 0, 7

As it stands, the first unit is the only one they'll ever use. The second is entirely redundant.

Is this the unit you want to use instead?

type             Dismounted Feudal Knights
dictionary       Dismounted_Feudal_Knights      ; Dismounted Feudal Knights
category         infantry
class            heavy
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_infantry
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Dismounted_Feudal_Knights, 80, 0, 1.2
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         13, 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  7, 8, 6, metal
;stat_armour_ex   7, 8, 0, 0, 8, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        5
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      9, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 570, 225, 90, 70, 570, 4, 140
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models Dismounted_Feudal_Knights, Dismounted_Feudal_Knights_ug1
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, milan, venice, papal_states, hungary
era 0            england, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, milan, venice, papal_states, hungary
era 1            scotland
;unit_info        13, 0, 21

If all you're doing is replacing one bodyguard with another, and you don't care about the unit cards or text, you don't need to change anything else (except descr_strat for starting bodyguards).

[Majonel]

Yeah i want to use dismounted feudal knights for general's bodyguards, can you rename it for me export_descr_unit so i can see what you did in EDU?

[QuintusSertorius]

Delete both entries you have for Spear Militia bodyguards.

Add this instead:

type             Spear Militia
dictionary       Dismounted_Feudal_Knights      ; Dismounted Feudal Knights
category         infantry
class            heavy
voice_type       Heavy
banner faction   main_infantry
banner holy      crusade
soldier          Dismounted_Feudal_Knights, 80, 0, 1.2
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, general_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 3, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         13, 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  7, 8, 6, metal
;stat_armour_ex   7, 8, 0, 0, 8, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        5
stat_ground      1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      9, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 570, 225, 90, 70, 570, 4, 140
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models Dismounted_Feudal_Knights, Dismounted_Feudal_Knights_ug1
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, milan, venice, papal_states, hungary
era 0            england, france, hre, denmark, spain, portugal, milan, venice, papal_states, hungary
era 1            scotland
;unit_info        13, 0, 21

Make sure it's higher up in the EDU than any other bodyguard unit those factions might have available to them.