removing unhistorical units

[Javolenus]

Hi There,

I need help with a basic modding question:

How do you remove units from the game? I'm especially keen to remove some units that look 'unhistorical' - e.g. 'battlefield assissins' etc. Any help or advcie would be really welcome.

Also, I'd be interested to hear of any views about unhistorical units in the game, as I'd like to remove as many as possible.

Thanks in advance for replies.

[Dimitri_Harkov]

1) remove them from export_descr_buildings.txt
2) remove their owners in export_descr_units
3) remove them from descr_strat, descr_mercenaries & the file where the rebel pop-up armies are defined (sorry, forgot the name).
4) oh, and you may also need to remove any trace of them in the campaign_script

Cheers.

[Javolenus]

That's great - thanks for the prompt reply. Very much appreciated!

[Lord Condormanius]

If you only want to remove them from the campaign, you can skip the export_descr_units step.

[Javolenus]

Hi There,

Thanks for tip - very much appreciated.

[Javolenus]

EDIT: It's OK, I got a result by simply deleting the recruit line in EDB. I don't know if this is a good long-term solution, but the game seems to run OK and the units I removed haven't showed up. Thanks again for replies.
Hi There,

I'm afraid I'm having big problems with this. Although I'm trying to follow the instructions carefully, I just get CTDs when I load the game. Am I missing something really obvious? For example, when you say, 'remove their owners' do you mean delete the whole ownership line or just delete 'France' or whatever? Apologies, but I need pretty basic guidance as I'm new to this stuff. Thanks again for help and patience.

[Lonck]

requires factions { Normans, }

to

requires factions {  }

would be enough from the EDB.

[Javolenus]

Hi Lonck,

Thanks for this tip - I'll use this next time. Many thanks for the help!