TATW Battle Editor (Tutorials, Help, Manual, Development)

[hemin23]

hey,

thank you very much for your guide but when I completed my self made historical battle using battle editor the battle wont start. as soon as I choose a faction and press start it doesn't start the battle but shows me the historical battles menu...
I followed all your steps but should I be changing smething in the editors log or the descr_battle txt file to fix it and if so how?

here are my files (descr_battle.txt and editors log.txt): descr_battle.txteditor_log.txt

[hemin23]

where is that file??

[QuintusSertorius]

Hopefully a simple question; is it possible to set a unit on Guard Mode in the descr_battle.txt? I've set the formation, which is half the battle, but I need them to also be defensive:

unit			6, 342.540, -469.284, 176, formation_type phalanx, formation_width 13.195

[Gigantus]

You might have to use a small script (see those vanilla battles, eg agincourt) and then use the unit_group_automate_defend_position command. Check the docudemons for the syntax, somehow I doubt it is what your are looking for as I don't think it will put the unit into a defensive mode.

Edit: it's this command: unit_group_set_guard_mode

[QuintusSertorius]

Actually, that is the solution - Erken came up with the implementation of it. You're right, it needs a battle script, which you associate with the phalanx formation (since only pikes use it in the Historical Battles, and they're the only ones we need to be on Guard Mode by default).

[Gigantus]

Label those units and simply run a short, terminated monitor that puts those units in guard mode. See the tannenberg script for example:

	label_unit 0 0 0 Jagiello
	label_unit 0 0 1 knights1
	label_unit 0 0 2 knights2
	label_unit 0 0 3 knights3
	label_unit 0 0 4 knights4
	label_unit 0 0 5 militia1
	label_unit 0 0 6 militia2
	label_unit 0 0 7 militia3
	label_unit 0 0 8 militia4
	label_unit 0 0 9 militia5
	label_unit 0 0 10 militia6
	label_unit 0 0 11 militia7
	label_unit 0 0 12 lithuanians1
	label_unit 0 0 13 lithuanians2
	label_unit 0 0 14 lithuanians3
	label_unit 0 0 15 tartars

Afaik numbers correspond to the army lists in the descr_battle file. First digit is the alliance number, second the army number of that alliance and finally the unit number.

[THIRDAGESUPER]

Hello. I have a question:

I tried to recreate Minas Tirith battle on battle editor on Third Age 3.2 And here's my question: Why the armies that I created on the battle editor are not moving when I start the siege battle? I established the alliances, I gave the attacking armies siege equipment, the attacking armies are set as "attacking", they have their own deployment areas, etc. All that stuff, but the attacking armies don't move. Only the defenders move.

I attach the RAR file of the battle.