Less soldiers - how?

[Errabundi]

Is there any possibility to reduce number of soldiers in the unit? I'd like to make a General Bodyguards real bodyguards - two or three, no more.

Thx

[Benz282]

lowest you can make it is 6 (I believe).

[Errabundi]

But how?!

[Gigantus]

In the EDU. Soldier line I believe, one of those numbers.

[Benz282]

..../Rome - Total War/Data/export_descr_unit.txt

Just edit the unit sizes you want lower. Make it too low and there will be a crash (which you don't want). Keep in mind, 6 is the lowest you can make it on Small unit setting, so start out with 12 and see if that's low enough for you.

That's the most I can tell you; EDU isn't my main area of expertise.

EDIT

Closer examination on my part of the EDU file revealed that all bodyguards already have their size set to 12.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

in export_descr_units.txt find the generals bodyguard units stat, and in soldiers line ,

soldier   name_of_soldier, 60, 0, 1.6

the name of the soldier it refers to the soldiers animation or soldiers lod file names in battle_modeldb, the number 60 is where you set the numnber of soldiers, the number "0" is no longer in use i am afraid, is for unmen animals use for that unit which is none, the 1.6 stands for units mass, it can go as hight as 10 or 12 but 1.0 is normali; note: if you set the mass too high and the enemy mass is set in normal or lower, when ever you charge against that weaker unit , they will be push so hard as 2 or 3 meters in game, like the cavalry charge. just a funny thing.