If I wanted to make peasants into pikemen, can I do it through text-editing only?

[sumaznguy]

I tried giving the peasants Scots_Pike_Militia for the soldier type in the edu and the armour ug models, but it they are still peasants in battle. What else am I supposed to be editing?

EDIT: Resolved. Turns out I had to add in that io file thing in the preferences.

[Ishan]

It's a very pesky job but fairly easy with a little patience my friend.
Firstly you can't make peasants unit into a pike unit by just EDU file. You need to edit the unit entirely which is a very lengthy procedure instead you can copy the scots_pike_militia contents and rename it peasants files and then edit your EDU file or simply go to
data\unit_models\battle_models.modeldb file there you find this

8 peasants
1 4
55 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/peasants_lod0.mesh 121
55 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/peasants_lod1.mesh 900
55 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/peasants_lod2.mesh 2500
55 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/peasants_lod3.mesh 6400

then rename the contents under 8 peasants in this manner
8 peasants
1 4
65 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/scots_pike_militia_lod0.mesh 121
65 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/scots_pike_militia_lod1.mesh 900
65 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/scots_pike_militia_lod2.mesh 2500
65 unit_models/_Units/EN_Peasant_Padded/scots_pike_militia_lod3.mesh 6400

now go to the EDU.txt file and edit the entire stats of peasants to this

type Peasants
dictionary Peasants ; Peasants
category infantry
class spearmen
voice_type Light
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Scots_Pike_Militia, 60, 0, 1
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, pike
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 8, square, phalanx
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 7, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr spear, long_pike, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec 6, 1, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 0, 1, 0, flesh
;stat_armour_ex 0, 4, 5, 0, 1, 0, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental 3, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 150, 125, 75, 60, 150, 4, 30
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 2
armour_ug_models Peasants, Peasants
ownership scotland, slave
era 1 scotland
era 2 scotland

Then it should work A Ok. Happy Moddin'