recruiting generals

[moosey]

Hi everybody,

I was wondering if it was possible to change the game files so that generals (bodyguards) could be available in the capital city at any time instead of through having a fortress with uber-stables.

THe thing is i like being able to recruit a general to have marry my princesses if they are up to scratch but it can be annoying sometimes when you have to wait for 100 odd turns to actually get a fortress.

I play with RR which means that there is a 20 turn delay between generals availability which is fine, i was just hoping to be able to have them from near the start of the game.

Thanks in advance

[aduellist]

Modify your EDB to make them recruitable from lower level stables. I change mine for availability in 2nd level stables onward.

[Wildassman]

Modify your EDB to make them recruitable from lower level stables. I change mine for availability in 2nd level stables onward.

How do I do this? What do I change in the EDB? I had done it before on a prior install and I can't seem to be find that the thread that explained it.

[Quark]

moosey
The issue is that there is nothing to define the capital as an entity in the EDB, so you would need something like a show_me script, such that when you clicked on the capital (as you can change such) it would pop up the advisor. Click on a button, an interactive event pops up and says 'Do you wish to recruit a general', If yes...., If No...

So it can be done, just requires a bit more work than copy/paste in the EDB.

I was thinking about doing such for the handing out of certain ancillaries, but have been distracted by figuring out Ai instead.

[moosey]

yeah, i thought of that but it just doesnt feel right being able to recruit a general from almost everywhere either...

i was wondering if there was some way of making a unit only available in capitals, sort of like how units won through missions appear in youre factions capital

[Grandmaster Ryu]

Not sure how you would script that - it's possible of course but I'm too tired to think...

Erm what you'd probably need to do is script it in the campaign script somehow - just not sure, best to ask BYG =]

[moosey]

that sounds interesting... ille have another flick through the tutorials to to try to figure it out.

thanks a lot quark +rep