Editing #of men in a unit???? help

[ReyMandez]

I've heard about it and seen it done in a couple mods(which i regret to say i do not remember which ones exactly, i've tried so many)

I want to use it in the mod i'm working on, but i can't figure it out. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

[Sher Khan]

Well, if you've unpacked your game, there'll be something called edit_descr_units.edu.

For more details, moved to Text Editing.

[The Count(er)]

never heard of edit_descr_units.edu but export_descr_units.txt i'm pretty sure has what you need I think highlighted the only value necessary to change unit numbers

type             ME Spear Militia
dictionary       ME_Spear_Militia      ; Spear Militia
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Light
banner faction   main_spear
banner holy      crusade
soldier          ME_Spear_Militia, 60, 0, 1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 5, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         5, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 0.6
stat_pri_attr    spear, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec         0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  0, 1, 6, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        0
stat_ground      1, 1, 0, -1
stat_mental      3, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 160, 80, 75, 60, 160,  4, 70
armour_ug_levels 0, 1
armour_ug_models ME_Spear_Militia, ME_Spear_Militia_ug1
ownership        mongols, timurids, slave
era 0            timurids
era 1            timurids
era 2            timurids

[ReyMandez]

ya, the second one was it, i just need to test it to make sure it works, THanks!

[The Count(er)]

don't forget there is a max number for unit sizes, forget what it is though

[Monsieur Alphonse]

The maximum is 100 which will give you a unit of 250 with settings on huge. It is recommended to use a maximum of 96 (=240) because 100 can cause crashes.

[Zwei-Gothic]

never heard of edit_descr_units.edu but export_descr_units.txt i'm pretty sure has what you need I think highlighted the only value necessary to change unit numbers

type             ME Spear Militia
dictionary       ME_Spear_Militia      ; Spear Militia
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Light
banner faction   main_spear
banner holy      crusade
soldier          ME_Spear_Militia, 60, 0, 1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 5, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         5, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 0.6
stat_pri_attr    spear, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec         0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  0, 1, 6, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        0
stat_ground      1, 1, 0, -1
stat_mental      3, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 160, 80, 75, 60, 160,  4, 70
armour_ug_levels 0, 1
armour_ug_models ME_Spear_Militia, ME_Spear_Militia_ug1
ownership        mongols, timurids, slave
era 0            timurids
era 1            timurids
era 2            timurids

I tried this here for Sherwood archers. I changed it from 24 to 48 so that there could be 60 units per stack instead of 30 (the other 60-man stacks had 48 as their number so thats why I put it). Nothing changed in the game. :hm:

[The Count(er)]

did you do the --io.file_first thing?

[Zwei-Gothic]

did you do the --io.file_first thing?

No, Im a total noob at modding (apparently). Where and what exactly do I type in?

[Lonck]

there's something called

[io]
file_first = 1

that you put in config file. Uncheck and re-check read-only before starting game.

[ReyMandez]

ok, thanks i'll try that.

[Gigantus]

You right click the M2TW icon and choose properties.
In the target entry add --io.file_first to it. Click apply. If it doesn't want to accept it, then you might have gotten mixed up with the " sign. Not sure if you add before or after it.

[Zwei-Gothic]

You right click the M2TW icon and choose properties.
In the target entry add --io.file_first to it. Click apply. If it doesn't want to accept it, then you might have gotten mixed up with the " sign. Not sure if you add before or after it.

Okay I tried adding "--io.file_first" to the target line of my shortcut. It wouldn't let me do it no matter where I put it in the line. I also opened properties of the icons in the MTW2 folder. No target lines there.

[The Count(er)]

try going into medieval.prefrences.cfg and adding the lines(the file is in your medieval 2 directory)

[io]
file_first = 1

[Zwei-Gothic]

try going into medieval.prefrences.cfg and adding the lines(the file is in your medieval 2 directory)

[io]
file_first = 1

I tried opening the file, my comp doesn't know what to open it with. I went to properties, no line to enter that code except the file name line. I give up. Im not going to keep bothering you lol. Thanks for the help though.

[Gigantus]

You open it with Notepad. Don't worry about the bother, that's why we all are here at the forum.