Cretan Archers

**Vectis** · April 24, 2009, 02:57 PM

After a long time away from RTR I recently thought I would have another go. I decided to try a campaign as Greece as it said it was hard and I thought I would like a challenge. Nevertheless when playing other factions I have always tried to recruit Cretan archers whenever possible as I think they are one of the better archery units. Will I, playing as Greece, be able to recruit them from my base on the island, just as I can Spartans from Sparta? or if not how could I mod it to enable me to do so, for at present I seem only to be able to recruit the same archers as the Macedonians, and it would be nice to have a little advantage over the black hordes. I'm sure it isn't unreasonable to expect the Greek Cities to be able recruit Cretan archers from Crete.

**florin80** · April 24, 2009, 03:30 PM

The hidden resource is in place, but for whatever reason the unit was not made recruitable(except for the slave faction). Making it recruitable would mean editing the file export_descr_buildings(EDB) from Rome - Total War/data or if you have the mod switch versions, from Rome - Total War/RTRPE/data
Make backups of the file and of your saved games before giving it a try.
If you only want to recruit the unit with the greek cities you only need to add two lines. One under each of the practice_field and siege_engineer sections. To make it easier for you just search this line:

Code:

                recruit "greek archer"  0  requires factions { greek_cities, } and building_present_min_level barracks_greek_cities muster_field

and under it add this line:

Code:

                recruit "merc cretan archers"  0  requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource unit_crete and building_present_min_level barracks_greek_cities auxilia_phase3

Repeat this for the second building and then save the file. The unit will be available in Crete/Kydonia and would require an auxilia_phase3 or up to be build in addition to the missile buildings as a precondition. It won`t be available in the other cretan region because that lacks the unit_crete hidden resource. To change that would also probably require to restart your campaign.

**Vectis** · April 24, 2009, 06:35 PM

Thanks. I've just amended the relevent sections and when I click on the archery range info for thatcityit does now say that I will be able to recruit Cretan Archers. Thanks for your help.

**florin80** · April 25, 2009, 06:09 AM

Remember not to right click the unit on the building info panel. All units having a building as a precondition(the new cretans included) crash the game if they are right clicked in this way. It`s a rtw bug related to building preconditions and short of changing the whole style of recruitment in rtrpe there`s nothing that can be done about it.

**Vectis** · May 20, 2009, 11:29 AM

When I eventually conquer Rhodes would I be able to get Rhodian slingers in the same way, or are they not avilable to the playable factions?

**florin80** · May 20, 2009, 12:48 PM

Iirc it`s the same story as with the archers. You`d need to implement them too. The EDB line should probably look like this:

Code:

                recruit "merc rhodian slingers"  0  requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource unit_rhodes and building_present_min_level barracks_greek_cities auxilia_phase3

Again, don`t forget to make backups before editing the file.