hidden_resources...

**Faridus** · January 20, 2009, 08:06 PM

hi,
i've read the posts about hidden_resources and so far i could not find the solution to my problem!
i'm working on a modification of a previously released mod for personal use and it has come to a screeching halt when i got to the EDB and hidden resources.
this is what i have done so far:
i reassigned completely new hidden resources to all the regions on the map but kept rome, as recommended by the tutorials. but when i use the and hidden_resource xxx for my aor's, the units do not appear at all!
1- first i worked on the descr_regions.txt, got rid of all resources (including tradable resources such as slaves, gold...etc), then i assigned my new hidden resources to each region, so far each region is defined by a 'zone' (like africa, asia, iberia...etc) and a province number (pr1, pr2..etc), so each of my regions is individually identified by two hidden resources:

Tingitana
Tingi
roman_brutii
Moors
202 126 17
afrika, pr1
5
5

Mauretania
Icosium
roman_brutii
Gaetuli
41 86 232
afrika, pr2
5
3
.
.
.
.
.
Sinai
Pelusium
egypt
Libyans
142 255 86
asia, pr1
5
2

Nabataea
Petra
britons
Libyans
248 255 124
asia, pr2
5
11

2- then i declared my hidden resources in the EDB file as shown below:

hidden_resources rome sparta afrika asia iberia pr1 pr2 pr3 pr4 pr5 ...etc

3- after that, i started working on the units as follow:

militia_barracks requires factions { barbarian, nomad, carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level hinterland_farms farms
{
capability
{
recruit "roman hastati" 0 requires factions { romans_brutii, } and hidden_resource iberia
recruit "roman princeps" 0 requires factions { romans_brutii, } and hidden_resource iberia
recruit "roman triarii" 1 requires factions { romans_brutii, }
recruit "republican legioni hastati" 0 requires factions { romans_brutii, }
recruit "republican legionii hastati" 0 requires factions { romans_brutii, } and hidden_resource afrika
law_bonus bonus 2
}
construction 2
cost 2500
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
city_barracks
}
}

so the ones with hidden_resource didn't appear at all, the ones with no hidden resource were obviously recruitable everywhere!

what am i doing wrong? the game doesn't seem to recognize my hidden_resource conditional, or is it my hidden resources themselves? or the lack of tradable resources in descr_regions? i'm at a loss!!!

thank you for your help.

**CaesarVincens** · January 20, 2009, 10:00 PM

Have you deleted map.rwm?

You must delete map.rwm any time you make a change to world files.

**Faridus** · January 20, 2009, 10:21 PM

just deleted the map.rpw....not working!

**HouseOfHam** · January 20, 2009, 11:24 PM

Maybe you're testing it in a saved game? The changes will only appear when you start a new campaign.

**Faridus** · January 21, 2009, 06:45 AM

i know, i restart every time i make a change.
when you look at it (above) is there anything wrong with the way it's done so far? am i missing anything? beside desc_regions (in world/base and worl/campaign/imperial campaign) and EDB, anything else i should be modifying?

**florin80** · January 21, 2009, 08:15 AM

There doesn`t seem anything wrong with it in terms of code or the files modified. Unless by mistake you`re not editing the right descr_regions. Maybe you have a provincial campaign or modfoldered it or something that changed the path and you`re editing the wrong one. Certainly, that`s how it`s acting. Like it can`t attribute the new hidden resources to any certain regions. Why do you have a descr_regions in the imperial_campaign? By default it should only be in data/world\maps\base.

**Aradan** · January 21, 2009, 08:55 AM

Also, make sure you don't have two map.rwm files (one in base folder, one in campaign folder) and you're deleting the wrong one.

**Squid** · January 21, 2009, 09:32 AM

Aside from map.rwm thing make sure you're actually looking at the recruitment queue for a region that has the hidden resource you're trying to test.

**Faridus** · January 21, 2009, 10:04 PM

thank you all, i have finally worked it out... deleting map.rwm and keeping rome, italy, sparta, capitol has helped!
again thank you very much.

**CIaagent11** · January 24, 2009, 10:20 PM

Can you just delete the resources like slaves?

**CaesarVincens** · January 24, 2009, 11:49 PM

I've read that trade resources are defined by descr_strat, and don't need to be in descr_regions. Slaves should be the same, though I'm not sure as it's a bit more complex (since it only shows up on the map when you enslave.)