export_descr_buildings

[hazzaslagga]

Hi i'm new here but i have a problem. I'm currently modding spqr 7.0 for my own use but i've hit a probelm. I've made two new units corinthian/athenian hoplites. These work fully without error. However i've attempted to put make them recruitable in the campaign so i've edited export-descr_unit but when i go onto new campaign they are not recruitable. It is not any of the following reasons

Wrong faction
wrong building/level
wrong hidden resource


I've deleted the map.rwm but nothing is making it work. Any help will be appreciated.
btw i can put them in as starting troops but thats it in campaign.
sorry just realised wrong part of forum

plus how can i stop units from starting battle in defend mode it's getting anoying seeing the ai use it which for some reason causes them to turn around during combat

[Squid]

Moved to the text editing subforum.

Can you post the EDU entries and the relevant lines of EDB in code tags ([code][/code]) so we can see what you've done.

[hazzaslagga]

turns out my first post is wrong, i believe it's something to do with hidden resources as i removed the hidden resource in export_descr building and they worked. in any case i'll post the text
descr_regions

Achaia 
Corinth
greek_cities
Achaeans
225 192 192
slaves, timber, marble, greece, corinth
5 
8 
; 242, 107 / 229, 109

edb

hidden_resources sparta rome italy walls grain2 cohorts ncohorts ecohorts gcohorts legion1 legion2 legion3 legion4 legion5 legion6 legion7 legion8 legion9 legion10 legion11 legion12 legion13 legion14 legion15 legion16 legion17 legion18 legion19 legion20 legion21 legion22 legion23 legion24 legion25 legion26 legion27 legion28 spqr gladiators syrian home eastsouth greece spain gaul elite corinth athens
 
 
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, seleucid, } 
recruit "greek hoplite corinthian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource corinth 
recruit "greek hoplite athenian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource athens 
recruit "thracian bodyguard" 0 requires factions { thrace, } 
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry macedon" 0 requires factions { macedon, }

EDU

type             greek hoplite corinthian
dictionary       greek_hoplite_corinthian      ;  greek hoplite corinthian
category         infantry
class            spearmen
voice_type       Heavy_1
soldier          greek_corinth, 60, 0, 2
officer          greek_standard
officer          greek_officer
mount_effect     horse +8, camel +8, chariot +8
attributes       sea_faring,hide_forest,can_sap,very_hardy
formation        .75, 1, 2, 2, 7,square, phalanx
stat_health      2, 0
stat_pri         10,16, no, 0, 0, melee, blade, piercing, spear, 0, 0.7
stat_pri_attr    short_pike, spear
stat_sec         0,0, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, none, 25, 1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  6, 22, 25, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      4, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental      26,normal,highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 750, 250, 70, 100, 750
ownership        greek_cities

[Aradan]

Have you added the recruitment lines to all the appropriate barracks levels?

plus how can i stop units from starting battle in defend mode it's getting anoying seeing the ai use it which for some reason causes them to turn around during combat

Go to descr_formations_ai.txt, find every line that goes like this:

default_melee_state    defend

and comment it out (or remove the "defend" part if the melee state is a combined one, like fire_at_will_and_defend).

[Squid]

If you added a hidden_resource you must delete map.rwm and start a new campaign, hidden_resource changes won't take effect in existing campaigns.

[hazzaslagga]

i've tried deleting map.rwm + starting new campaign but it isn't working plus i'm sure it isn't the barracks level

[Squid]

Post the complete barracks tree if you could please. Do you have -show_err turned on and if so is it giving you can error message of some sort?

[hazzaslagga]

i am using -show_err but there are no crashes here's more text from EDB btw i'm not using barracks as i tried barracks first and then tried experimenting to no avail.

construction 8
cost 5000
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
proconsuls_palace
}
}
proconsuls_palace requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
recruit "roman generals cavalry early" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not marian_reforms and hidden_resource home
recruit "roman generals cavalry" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, } and marian_reforms and hidden_resource home
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry dacian" 0 requires factions { dacia, }
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, }
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry german" 0 requires factions { germans, }
recruit "barb british general briton" 0 requires factions { britons, }
recruit "barb scythian general scythian" 0 requires factions { scythia, }
recruit "carthaginian general's cavalry early" 0 requires factions { carthaginian, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "carthaginian general's cavalry" 0 requires factions { carthaginian, } and marian_reforms
recruit "east generals cavalry" 0 requires factions { parthia, armenia, }
recruit "east pontic general" 0 requires factions { pontus, }
recruit "egyptian general's bodyguard early" 0 requires factions { egypt, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "egyptian general's bodyguard" 0 requires factions { egypt, } and marian_reforms
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, seleucid, }
recruit "greek hoplite corinthian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource corinth
recruit "greek hoplite athenian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource athens
recruit "thracian bodyguard" 0 requires factions { thrace, }
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry macedon" 0 requires factions { macedon, }
recruit "roman praetorian cohort i" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, }
recruit "roman praetorian cavalry" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, }
recruit "roman archer" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "east immortals" 0 requires factions { parthia, }
upgrade_bodyguard 1 requires factions { barbarian, }
agent diplomat 0 requires factions { romans_julii,} and hidden_resource home
law_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource spqr
happiness_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource spqr
happiness_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, }
law_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, }
recruit "roman peasant" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}
construction 12
cost 8000
settlement_min city
upgrades
{
imperial_palace
}
}
imperial_palace requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market great_forum
{
capability
{
recruit "roman generals cavalry early" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not marian_reforms and hidden_resource home
recruit "roman generals cavalry" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, } and marian_reforms and hidden_resource home
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry dacian" 0 requires factions { dacia, }
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry gaul" 0 requires factions { gauls, }
recruit "barb chieftain cavalry german" 0 requires factions { germans, }
recruit "barb british general briton" 0 requires factions { britons, }
recruit "barb scythian general scythian" 0 requires factions { scythia, }
recruit "carthaginian general's cavalry early" 0 requires factions { carthaginian, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "carthaginian general's cavalry" 0 requires factions { carthaginian, } and marian_reforms
recruit "east generals cavalry" 0 requires factions { parthia, armenia, }
recruit "east pontic general" 0 requires factions { pontus, }
recruit "egyptian general's bodyguard early" 0 requires factions { egypt, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "egyptian general's bodyguard" 0 requires factions { egypt, } and marian_reforms
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, seleucid, }
recruit "greek hoplite corinthian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource corinth
recruit "greek hoplite athenian" 0 requires factions { greek_cities, } and hidden_resource athens
recruit "thracian bodyguard" 0 requires factions { thrace, }
recruit "greek general's guard cavalry macedon" 0 requires factions { macedon, }
recruit "roman praetorian cohort i" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, }
recruit "roman praetorian cavalry" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, }
recruit "roman archer" 0 requires factions { romans_senate, } and not marian_reforms
recruit "roman praetorian cohort i new" 0 requires factions { romans_julii,romans_brutii,romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource rome and marian_reforms
recruit "roman praetorian cavalry new" 0 requires factions { romans_julii,romans_brutii,romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource rome and marian_reforms
recruit "east immortals" 0 requires factions { parthia, }
agent diplomat 0 requires factions { romans_julii,} and hidden_resource home
upgrade_bodyguard 1
law_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource spqr
happiness_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { romans_scipii, } and hidden_resource spqr
happiness_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, }
law_bonus bonus 10 requires factions { barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, }
recruit "roman peasant" 0 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}
construction 16
cost 14000
settlement_min large_city
upgrades
{
}


i'm beginning to think it's something to do with hidden resources in the mod as it turns out that the 'elite' hidden resource is not working i.e Sparta has elite hidden resource but despite armoured hoplites needing it to be built they are not recruitable no matter what barracks i get there. Is there prehaps a limit on the amount of different hidden resources you can have

[Aradan]

You can have up to 64 hidden resources.

The code here looks fine, so there must be something wrong with descr_regions... The mod you're working on doesn't by any chance have two map.rwm files, right? One in the maps/base folder and one in maps/campaign/imperial_campaign?

[Ramashan]

Me thinks it may be in the descr_regions.

Best test is to make sure the city you plan on recruiting from has the appropriate hidden_resource attached;

Britannia_Superior            
    Londinium
    armenia
    Iceni
    232 41 46
    timber, pigs, corinth
    5
    8

delete the map.rmw

then go to that settlement and see if the unit is available. Also make sure that settlement has the proper building level in order to recruit your unit.

This is the only thing I can think of is the hidden_resource. Another way to test this is the simply remove the hidden_resource and see if the unit is available.

[hazzaslagga]

I have tested most things suggested above as i have already said so it's not the following(as far as i can see)
Wrong settlement
Wrong building
wrong hidden resource
Wrong EDB (Unless i've put in and hidden resource bit in wrong)
i've already said i've tested them without the 'and hidden resource corinth/athesn line in and they worked
no crashes or errors other than i can't recruit them
i have done this and succeded before with vanilla but it may have something to do with SPQR but it would seem odd that hidden resources are the only odd/strange thing

[Aradan]

Have you checked if SPQR has two different map.rwms?

[hazzaslagga]

i'm afraid i could only find the one

[Aradan]

Your problem is quite weird...


In EDB, try using an already existing hidden resource (italy, for example) for those units, and see if it works.