William Wallace?

**js3946** · December 06, 2009, 05:27 PM

Is it possible to edit a text file to give his body guard a better chance against cavalry? Im kinda annoyed that he gets run over if i take my eye off him :p Maybe 2 HP if they dont already have it

**Sokar Rostau** · December 06, 2009, 06:29 PM

Um... The last time I checked, William Wallace spawns with several Pike Units in his army. You know what Pikes are used for, right?

**Souka** · December 06, 2009, 07:29 PM

You can edit the edu to give the highland nobles 2hp, but that'll give all highland nobles units 2hp not just his bodyguard.

**Caesar Clivus** · December 06, 2009, 09:20 PM

You can always edit the campaign script to give him a unit of normal general's bodyguards instead. Just put the bodyguard as the first unit in the stack he spawns with and it'll be his bodyguard.

**Point Blank** · December 07, 2009, 07:50 AM

He'll still end up hung, drawn and quartered. Its his destiny.

**Halbard** · December 08, 2009, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Point Blank

He'll still end up hung, drawn and quartered. Its his destiny.

haha, true

but in my games he normally ends up fried by a catapult shot

**scarybandit** · December 08, 2009, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Halbard

haha, true

but in my games he normally ends up fried by a catapult shot

In my game he got pulled over by an Inquisitor and arrested for fighting under the influence. Kept ranting about the Jews controlling the Globe Theatre.

**Sokar Rostau** · December 08, 2009, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by scarybandit

In my game he got pulled over by an Inquisitor and arrested for fighting under the influence. Kept ranting about the Jews controlling the Globe Theatre.

+rep!

**Fotchimus** · December 07, 2009, 07:55 AM

Sorry to derail but speaking of emerging generals, does anyone know if Saladin ever emerges or no? (6.2 RC/RR)

**Sokar Rostau** · December 07, 2009, 08:53 AM

Oh wow! I'm sure someone has already thought of this, and there's a reason for why it hasn't been done, but wouldn't it be awesome if each Faction had an emergent General, some with Kindoms-style special abilities (that actually work) and others with excellent armies? They wouldn't even need to be Generals in the usual sense - look at William Wallace - and could be a single 9 Chevron Faction-specific unit. I would love to see Jean d'Arc spawn for France and Vlad Tepes III for Hungary with +Command against English and Turks respectively. Some Factions could even start with one, say Olaf III of Norway with that morale decreasing ability.

I've never seen Kingdoms-style Saladin and there's definitely no event message as there is with Big Bill. I THINK I saw him once but he was just a regular General.

**JorisofHolland** · December 07, 2009, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Sokar Rostau

Oh wow! I'm sure someone has already thought of this, and there's a reason for why it hasn't been done, but wouldn't it be awesome if each Faction had an emergent General, some with Kindoms-style special abilities (that actually work)

I'm pretty sure those abilities are hard coded, and can't be modded

and others with excellent armies? They wouldn't even need to be Generals in the usual sense - look at William Wallace - and could be a single 9 Chevron Faction-specific unit.

Well that can be done, it's not too hard.

I would love to see Jean d'Arc spawn for France and Vlad Tepes III for Hungary with +Command against English and Turks respectively.

Would be nice, yes

Some Factions could even start with one

Well Wallace only spawns when AI Scotland has only 1 or 2 regions left.

say Olaf III of Norway with that morale decreasing ability.

You mean dread?

I've never seen Kingdoms-style Saladin and there's definitely no event message as there is with Big Bill. I THINK I saw him once but he was just a regular General.

There is a random change a recruited/born guy gets his name if it's on the list.

**Sokar Rostau** · December 07, 2009, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by JorisofHolland

You mean dread?

No, I thought it was one of the abilities in Kingdoms. After looking at the manual I realise I was thinking of Byzantine Politics which causes in-fighting amongst enemy troops.

Since you can mod the files to allow Trebuchets to fire bananas (or was that a console command?), surely you can mod them to do other things like reduce enemy Morale.

**js3946** · December 07, 2009, 10:00 AM

So there is no way of keeping William Wallace with his highland noble bodyguard but giving them, and only that highland noble unit 2 HP?

**PerXX** · December 07, 2009, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by js3946

So there is no way of keeping William Wallace with his highland noble bodyguard but giving them, and only that highland noble unit 2 HP?

Nope. It's all or nothing. Williams unit are no different than the rest of them. It'd also be a waste of Unit space for this single purpose, seeing as the unit limit is pretty much reached as it is.

**JorisofHolland** · December 08, 2009, 09:02 AM

Fireing banana's is just adding a new projectile (with new model and skin, of course) but new abilities for generals would be very different. I think they are attached to the "special" generals bodyguard units those guys have.

**Sokar Rostau** · December 08, 2009, 10:07 AM

The Holy Banana of Jerusalem

Link not only shows the super_banana ammunition type and how to get it in the Crusades campaign, it also mentions editing Hero Abilities.

It's already present in the files so isn't really a mod as all you're doing is activating it - no skinning or modeling required.

That was the only link I could find, however I am sure there is a simpler way of doing it because I am fairly certain I tried it out myself, using a Trebuchet (and got the Special Ability icon of a banana after the Explosive Ammo and Cow icons), and I only do something if it's quick and simple. I've also never unpacked.