Editing unit stats.

[Kyleh125]

How do i edit the attack / def value for units, im trying to make hillmen not such a useless unit.
Can i also take out certain attributes such as poor morale ?

also is it possible to add new resources to certain regions

[Kylan271]

Which mod are you playing,or RTW vanilla and which faction? Is this parthia,armenia or what?

Unit values are in text ie RTW--->data-->export_description_units.txt,search for 'hillmen' in search on the note pad and you will find your faction unit and its data. Moral,primary attack and defence are all there,you can alter,but not too high or unbalance game. Need to know your unit first before can answer fully.

New resources are found via WIKI as answers to your unit questions. Look at EDU in RTW wiki section.

[Kyleh125]

Thanks for the reply, i am playing as parthia but i dont mind if i change the rest of the eastern factions aswell.
trying to edit my resources atm

[Kyleh125]

i've changed the units details in export_descr_unit but nothing changes in game :@

[Aradan]

Are you using Vista and have not turned UAC off?

[Kyleh125]

im using vista, UAC ?

[Medusa0]

Changes to units with EDU editing do not appear in a saved game, test them out in a custom battle first.

[Aradan]

im using vista, UAC ?

Here.

Changes to units with EDU editing do not appear in a saved game, test them out in a custom battle first.

Hm, I think they do.

[Kyleh125]

disabled UAC and still nothing has changed, will it change the unit card or just be a hidden change when there fighting ?

[Subrosa Florens]

The unit card will not change, unless you alter the dictionary name of the unit. Unless you are talking about the stats that you see when you view the unit's info scroll? In that case yes, you will see the altered attack and defense ratings. You will not see morale there, as that screen does not display it.

Go back and double-check your Export_Descr_Unit.txt file and make sure the changes you made are still there.

You can find a complete guide to editing the file here.

[Kyleh125]

i double checked and all the changes are still there, but nothing in game changes. i've even tried fighting them in custom battles with the changes but nothing has changed at all :s i'll read that guide now, thanks

[Kyleh125]

This is really annoying i cant see any reason why it aint working..

[Aradan]

Make sure you're editing the correct file (ie not editing a file in a mod's directory, or a back up installation etc) and that your editions are saved (re-open the file after saving it and see if your changes are still there)

Also, can you post here the edited code?

[Kyleh125]

its the right file and the changes are there, changes made -

type east hillmen
dictionary east_hillmen ; Hillmen
category infantry
class light
voice_type Light_1
soldier east_hillmen, 40, 0, 1
attributes sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, hide_long_grass, can_sap, hardy
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 9, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, spear, 25 ,0.73
stat_pri_attr spear, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 4, 4, 5, leather
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat -1
stat_ground 2, 1, 0, -1
stat_mental 4, impetuous, untrained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 290, 170, 30, 50, 290
ownership eastern

[Aradan]

And if you go to a custom battle the unit still has the old stats? Weird.

Ok, try to outcomment a line of the EDU entry and see if the game crashes or complains etc.

[Kyleh125]

Yeah has same old stats in custom/campaign.

how do you outcomment a line of the EDU entry ?

sorry im bad at this XD

[Aradan]

You put a ; in front of the line.

type             east hillmen
dictionary       east_hillmen      ; Hillmen
category         infantry
class            light
voice_type       Light_1
soldier          east_hillmen, 40, 0, 1
attributes       sea_faring, hide_improved_forest, hide_long_grass, can_sap, hardy
formation        1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         9, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, spear, 25 ,0.73
stat_pri_attr    spear, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec         0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  4, 4, 5, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        -1
stat_ground      2, 1, 0, -1
stat_mental      4, impetuous, untrained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 290, 170, 30, 50, 290
; ownership        eastern 

[Kyleh125]

Nothing happened, game started as normal

[Aradan]

Then you are not editing the right file, if you were, the game would give an error message. Either that or your changes are not saved.

[Kyleh125]

There saving to that file, and there is no other files with that name.. this is annoying =[