Modifying range and recruitment area

[Knonfoda]

Hey,

I want to do some tweaks to my current game as the Romani, which includes tweaking the range of the Ballistae (both types) and the recruitment area of all artillery. I basically want to add some cities to the recruitment area for the Romans, to make the game more realistic when it comes to creating these units in far away provinces.

Does anyone know what files I need to tweak and what bits of text need to be added/removed/etc?

Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[athanaric]

Range: search in the EDU (the one in the "SP backup" folder). Recruitment: in the EDB, Romani factional MIC section. The latter may take some time because you have to do it for every province manually.

[Knonfoda]

Thanks Athanaric. I've found the folder and the units for the siege machines, but which stat do I change to alter range?

This is what I have:

;350
type roman artillery 1talent
dictionary roman_artillery_1talent ; Vitruvian 1 talent stone thrower
category siege
class missile
voice_type General_1
soldier greek_artillery_crew, 15, 1, 0.85
officer ebofficer_roman_centurion
engine 1Tballista
attributes sea_faring
formation 1.5, 1.5, 3, 3, 3, square
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 0 ,0.04
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 65, 2, big_boulder, 180, 30, siege_missile, blade, blunt, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr ap, bp, area, launching
stat_pri_armour 1, 7, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 0
stat_ground 0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental 7, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 30000, 4500, 30, 40, 30000
ownership seleucid, slave

As for the recruitment area, I only want to make it available in a few cities, not the whole map.

Thanks!

EDIT: Also, whats EDB? I'm new to the acronyms, so please pardon the ignorance!

[athanaric]

Thanks Athanaric. I've found the folder and the units for the siege machines, but which stat do I change to alter range?

;350
type             roman artillery 1talent
dictionary       roman_artillery_1talent      ; Vitruvian 1 talent stone thrower
category         siege
class            missile
voice_type       General_1
soldier          greek_artillery_crew, 15, 1, 0.85
officer          ebofficer_roman_centurion
engine           1Tballista
attributes       sea_faring
formation        1.5, 1.5, 3, 3, 3, square
stat_health      1, 1
stat_pri         8, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 0 ,0.04
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         65, 2, big_boulder, 180, 30, siege_missile, blade, blunt, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr    ap, bp, area, launching
stat_pri_armour  1, 7, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        0
stat_ground      0, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental      7, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 30000, 4500, 30, 40, 30000
ownership        seleucid, slave

The red numbers is range in metres.

As for the recruitment area, I only want to make it available in a few cities, not the whole map.

You'll have to customize anyway.

EDIT: Also, whats EDB? I'm new to the acronyms, so please pardon the ignorance!

export_descr_buildings.txt
To be found in the data folder.

[bobbin]

EDIT: Also, whats EDB? I'm new to the acronyms, so please pardon the ignorance!

Be warned the file is quite overwelming at first.

You will see lots of lines of code like this

recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource n1 and hidden_resource n2 and hidden_resource y4 and hidden_resource n8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource y1 and hidden_resource n2 and hidden_resource n4 and hidden_resource y8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource n1 and hidden_resource y2 and hidden_resource n4 and hidden_resource y8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource n1 and hidden_resource n2 and hidden_resource n4 and hidden_resource y8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource y1 and hidden_resource n2 and hidden_resource y4 and hidden_resource n8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource y1 and hidden_resource y2 and hidden_resource n4 and hidden_resource y8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource y1 and hidden_resource y2 and hidden_resource y4 and hidden_resource n8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource n1 and hidden_resource y2 and hidden_resource y4 and hidden_resource n8
                recruit "roman artillery scorpio" 0 requires factions { seleucid, } and hidden_resource SW and hidden_resource B and hidden_resource n1 and hidden_resource y2 and hidden_resource n4 and hidden_resource n8

Each line represents the recruitment of a unit in one province, we use hidden resources to indentify each province, so thats what the "and hidden_resource SW.." parts are for. If you want to add recruitment to a specific province you will have to look up the hidden resource code in descr_regions.txt which can be found in data\world\maps\base, and create a new recruitment line using that code.

Alternatively what most people do is find a unit with a suitable recruitment range and use its recruitment lines to make new ones for the unit you want to edit.

[Knonfoda]

Sorry for the late late reply, I am very grateful for the help.

What I've noticed is that with the Imperial Reforms the recruitment area is increased significantly for all artillery pieces minus the 1 talent stone projector, which I already have lots available so its no longer a massive issue.

Thanks anyway though.

[D E C]

Hey there
I was about to open a new thread, but then I found this one. So I've been trying to recruit "indian elephant standard" in Alexandreia, but after my editing nothing happens. Am I missing something (what I did was basically adding a recruitment line with the coordinates in the army and royal barracks)?

[D E C]

Hey there
I was about to open a new thread, but then I found this one. So I've been trying to recruit "indian elephant standard" in Alexandreia, but after my editing nothing happens. Am I missing something (what I did was basically adding a recruitment line with the coordinates in the army and royal barracks)?

Edit: tried it with "agema klerouchoi hippeis" in Augila. Still nothing...