Changing Bodyguard

[Plonkdog]

Is there any way to change which unit a faction uses for general's bodyguard? I want Scotland to use an infantry unit instead of the normal cavalry do you change the EDU or is it in another file?

[Snipafist]

You'll need to change the EDU to do it.

[pwijnands]

Simply move an existing unit of the Scots , give it the general_unit attribute and move it so it is located above the "NE Bodyguard" unit. The game will now pick the first unit that has the general_unit attribute for your faction, which should be the unit you moved. I highly suggest creating a duplicate of the unit by copying it's entry in the EDU file and pasting a copy above the "NE Bodyguard" unit. Change it's type only. Example:
change:
type Highland Nobles
into this:
type Highland Nobles Bodyguard
for your new general unit you pasted above the "NE Bodyguard". You can know change it's stats so they won't die as easily. As a side effect you won't get a general for every unit of highland nobles you recruit.

[Blookat]

Simply move an existing unit of the Scots , give it the general_unit attribute and move it so it is located above the "NE Bodyguard" unit. The game will now pick the first unit that has the general_unit attribute for your faction, which should be the unit you moved. I highly suggest creating a duplicate of the unit by copying it's entry in the EDU file and pasting a copy above the "NE Bodyguard" unit. Change it's type only. Example:
change:
type Highland Nobles
into this:
type Highland Nobles Bodyguard
for your new general unit you pasted above the "NE Bodyguard". You can know change it's stats so they won't die as easily. As a side effect you won't get a general for every unit of highland nobles you recruit.

Is there a reason why when I try this it crashes at start up then? I'm able to just make it a general_unit, and it will work fine. Although, when I try to make a duplicate of the unit so they wont recruit a general it crashes on start up. I have tried changing only the type in the EDU and that didn't work, and it wont start up unless I just completely delete that second unit.

[Plonkdog]

thanks guys

[Lonck]

if you make a duplicate and only change the name of the type it won't crash. You are doing something else. Read the last line of the logs.

[Blookat]

if you make a duplicate and only change the name of the type it won't crash. You are doing something else. Read the last line of the logs.

Well I have figured out what was wrong, but for some reason this wont work with scotland for me... I'm using the stainless steel mod and when I try to make another unit the general and put it above the "NE bodygaurd" in the EDU it still uses the NE bodygaurd when I start a new game.