how to create_unit or add to unit roster at start of new game ?

[scott_e]

driving me mad trying to find the correct info on this forum

can someone tell me how i can ether:

a. create a couple of rifle regiments at the start of the game using console create_unit

or

b. how to mod the starting units when you create a new game to add a couple or rifle regiments


have played this game to death so would like to try a couple of rifle units at the start on 1700 to see what impact the have. By the time i get to add them during normal games i dont get enough time to build up there experience.

thanks for any help
Scott

[TheFirstONeill]

moved to mod workshop

[scott_e]

so im guessing its not possible then

[erasmus777]

so im guessing its not possible then

It's possible, but it's not easy if you're not familiar with the editing the startpos. The easiest way to do it to steal units from another faction. Find units that you want to delete from another faction in the startpos and write down their id numbers. It'll be a 8 or 9 digit number. Delete the units from the army array. Go to the army array of your faction and clone the appropriate number of units, changing their ids to match the ones you stole and giving them unit names to match the units you want to create. In the same army array, find your general's id number. Use that to find his entry in CAI_WORLD_CHARACTERS and write down his 4 digit CAI id number. Then find the units that match your stolen ids in CAI_WORLD_UNITS and change the 4 digit general id they're associate with to match your general.

Use alpaca's esf tool posted in the ESF thread in the tutorial forum to find these numbers. It will make your life much easier.

[scott_e]

thanks for the reply. Certainly sounds more complicated that previous games.

Thanks for the keyword "startpos" too will search around for tutorials to get me started.

Just found this:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ting+positions

all the best
scott