Do desert bonuses work?

[BiggBudd]

I started recruiting units that had "desert combat bonus" to cover my cities located around Egypt. Didn't seem to notice any advantage over my normal troops! Do they get less tied? quicker recovery? Or just better attack/def stats?
In the original medieval you really got penalized when using armored troops in deserts, they got tied SO quickly, and eastern units that would never stand a chance in fields/woods could out perform non desert units in a desert.
However I just dont see the same effect in SPQR. Do the bonuses need "tweaking" or just dont work?

[Hesus de bodemloze]

i think thy work but are set on a low level of bonus.

[Valerius Tiberius]

i haven't really payed attention to that

i think it's also due to the RTW engine that it doesn't change the stuff drasticly.... but you should wait for LT to anwser

[Hesus de bodemloze]

this is what i found on bonuses i think it is the same for desert bonus.

Latest Changes\ Update Log:
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===== SPQR Total War: 6.2 ====

43. Fighting in Snow, Woods, gives advantages to Barbarians, Cavalry gets penalties fighting in woods.

[lt1956]

Its a small change depending on what I set them to. But overall you will find your men will DIE faster if they dont have the attributes and the others do. Do a tets in custom to see. But make sure its exact. But its nothing SUPER drastic like MTW2

[BiggBudd]

Soz for not making myself clear, but its the "stat_ground" stats that interest me. the Combat modifiers on different ground types, scrub, sand, forest, snow.
Perhaps ill test them as Lt suggests, but I think it would improve the game if they were bigger, doesn't seem right a armored unit doesn't get real tied quick in a desert, you should be forced to use "locals" when fighting in deserts

[lt1956]

They get tired faster you can see it in tests but its hardcoded I believe.