how to get late era boduguards?

**Idomeneas** · November 22, 2008, 05:33 PM

As I understand one of the many issues of this game, is that you cant get normal late general bodyguard as the one in custom battles. My campaign with France is at 1430's i have the latest buildings and lot of money, but i have only partial plate armour bodyguard and no armoured horses.
Can somebody walk me through the procedure of fixing that thing?

anyone? I ve tried some editing in EDU but nothing...

**Krieg_Boy** · November 23, 2008, 06:35 AM

I thinks its something with this:

type NE Bodyguard
dictionary NE_Bodyguard ; General's Bodyguard
category cavalry
class heavy
voice_type General
banner faction main_cavalry
banner holy crusade_cavalry
soldier NE_Bodyguard, 36, 0, 0.5
officer Feudal_Knights
mount barded horse
mount_effect elephant -4, camel -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, can_formed_charge, general_unit
move_speed_mod 1.5
formation 2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 12, 11, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 9, 8, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 20, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 10, 12, 4, metal
;stat_armour_ex 10, 12, 0, 0, 5, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 7
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 2
stat_mental 16, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 25
stat_fire_delay -2500
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 4920, 3750, 95, 225, 960, 1, 280
armour_ug_levels 3, 4
armour_ug_models NE_Bodyguard, NE_Bodyguard_ug1
ownership england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans, slave
era 0 england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans
era 1 england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans
;unit_info 11, 0, 32
recruit_priority_offset 20

Late bodyguard have this:

type NE Late Bodyguard
dictionary NE_Late_Bodyguard ; General's Bodyguard
category cavalry
class heavy
voice_type General
banner faction main_cavalry
banner holy crusade_cavalry
soldier NE_Late_Bodyguard, 36, 0, 0.5
officer Feudal_Knights
mount armoured horse
mount_effect elephant -4, camel -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, general_unit, can_formed_charge, general_unit_upgrade
move_speed_mod 1.4
formation 2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 12, 11, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 9, 8, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 20, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 12, 12, 1, metal
;stat_armour_ex 13, 13, 0, 0, 5, 5, 5, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 8
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 2
stat_mental 17, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 25
stat_fire_delay -2500
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 5920, 4750, 95, 225, 960, 1, 280
armour_ug_levels 5, 6
armour_ug_models NE_Late_Bodyguard, NE_Late_Bodyguard_ug1
ownership england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary
era 2 england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary
;unit_info 11, 0, 34
recruit_priority_offset 20

Try removing the era 1 of normal bodyguard and add it to late bodyguard.
I dont know if it would work, but give it a try.

**Idomeneas** · November 23, 2008, 07:09 AM

I tried but nothing

im going crazy with this... is it possible at all? Whatever alteration i do to export_descr_unit.txt the units still have partial armour!!

**Mythic_Commodore** · November 23, 2008, 08:31 AM

To clarify, the era 1, etc thing determines what eras they are available in for custom battles. There is a fix, but there's a catch - although you will have gothic armor as an armor upgrade, the horses will not have plate armor. Here it is:

Code:

type             NE Bodyguard
dictionary       NE_Bodyguard      ; General's Bodyguard
category         cavalry
class            heavy
voice_type       General
banner faction   main_cavalry
banner holy      crusade_cavalry
soldier          NE_Bodyguard, 36, 0, 0.5
officer          Feudal_Knights
mount            barded horse
mount_effect     elephant -4, camel -4
attributes       sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, can_formed_charge, general_unit
move_speed_mod   1.5
formation        2, 4.4, 3, 6, 2, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         12, 11, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         9, 8, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 20, 1
;stat_sec_ex      0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  10, 12, 4, metal
;stat_armour_ex   10, 12, 0, 0, 5, 6, 6, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        7
stat_ground      0, 0, 0, 2
stat_mental      16, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 25
stat_fire_delay  -2500
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 4920, 3750, 95, 225, 960, 1, 280
armour_ug_levels 3, 4, 5, 6
armour_ug_models NE_Bodyguard, NE_Bodyguard_ug1, NE_Late_Bodyguard, NE_Late_Bodyguard_ug1
ownership        england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans, slave
era 0            england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans
era 1            england, scotland, france, hre, denmark, poland, hungary, normans
;unit_info        11, 0, 32
recruit_priority_offset    20

Add in the parts in bold, and you've basically added the late upgrade as an armor upgrade.

**Idomeneas** · November 23, 2008, 09:02 AM

nothing changed when i loaded my campaign. I have the latest buildings and no upgrade available for generals. They still have partial armour... Does it work for you? And how?