Help with Byzantine units

[King Kull]

Hey everyone. Just want to say that I have been playing around with this mod and must say it is one of my favorites. I was just wondering if anyone can help me 1) increase the unit size of the Varangian Guard from 122 to 152, 2) be able to buy the Scholae Barracks units in all huge cities (not just Constantinople) and 3) increase the unit size of Spartharii tou Vasileos from 92 to 123. I love playing as the Byzantines (or whatever they are called-Romans, right?), but would like to make these few changes. Thanks.

[kevindrosario]

1) increase the unit size of the Varangian Guard from 122 to 152

Go into SS6.3/data/export_descr_unit. Search for the Varangian Guard entry and you will find this.

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type Varangian Guard
dictionary Varangian_Guard ; Varangian Guard, merc
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy
accent East_European
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Varangian_guard, 48, 0, 1.3125
officer byzantine_unit_officer
officer byzantium_infantry_flag
mount_effect horse +1, camel +1
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw
formation 1.2, 0, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 10, 5, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, slashing, axe, 60, 1
stat_pri_attr ap
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 7, 9, 0, metal ; mail, slung shield +1 ; GUARD
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 6
stat_ground 0, -2, 1, 0
stat_mental 16, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 6
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 500, 500, 100, 75, 765, 4, 130
armour_ug_levels 11, 14, 23
armour_ug_models Varangian_Guard, Varangian_Guard_ug1, Varangian_Guard_ug1
ownership byzantium
era 1 byzantium
era 2 byzantium
recruit_priority_offset 35

See the 48 I bolded? Change that to a 60.

2) be able to buy the Scholae Barracks units in all huge cities (not just Constantinople)

Go into SS6.3/data/export_descr_building. Find the entry for Scholarii

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recruit_pool "Scholarii" 0 0.05 0.4 0 requires factions { byzantium, } and not event_counter lateran_council4 1
recruit_pool "Scholarii" 0 0.5 2 0 requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter lateran_council4 1 and hidden_resource Constantinople

Delete the last part that I bolded.

3) increase the unit size of Spartharii tou Vasileos from 92 to 123

Go into SS6.3/data/export_descr_unit and find the entry for Spartharii tou Vasileos.

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type Spartharii tou Vasileos
dictionary Spartharii_tou_Vasileos ; Spartharii tou Vasileos, urban pro
category infantry
class heavy
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Spartharii_tou_Vasileos, 36, 0, 1.2
officer byzantine_unit_officer
officer byzantium_infantry_flag

attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw
formation 1.2, 0, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square, shield_wall
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 8, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 9, 10, 5, metal ; GUARD
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 4
stat_ground -1, -2, 0, -3
stat_mental 16, disciplined, trained
stat_charge_dist 6
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 5, 935, 225, 90, 70, 710, 4, 150
armour_ug_levels 14, 23
armour_ug_models Spartharii_tou_Vasileos, Spartharii_tou_Vasileos
ownership byzantium
era 1 byzantium
era 2 byzantium
recruit_priority_offset 30

Change the 36 that I bolded to 48.

[vtec.dominion]

I guess you're satisfied King Kull hehe,

Kevin did it again +Rep, as the OP can't do that. You really deserved it bud

[King Kull]

Thanks Kevindrosario ! I did everything that you said and so far everything is great. Just a quick question though. For the Scholae Barracks, you said that I should delete "and hidden_resource Constantinople" in "recruit_pool "Scholarii" 0 0.5 2 0 requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter lateran_council4 1 and hidden_resource Constantinople ". Was it just for that part, or was it ok that I also deleted "and hidden_resource Constantinople" the few times it showed right below it (next to Spartharii tou Vasileos and some other unit)?
Again, the game seems to be working fine, but I know next to nothing about computers and dont want my campaign to get messed up later on. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it!

[kevindrosario]

You can delete "and hidden_resource Constantinople" wherever you want. All that does is make a unit only recruitable in Constantinople. Deleting that bit makes it recruitable anywhere as long as you have met the other requirements.

[Duck of Death]

Will making any of these changes break saved games?

[Silver Legionary]

Yes, export_descr_buildings changes are usually SGC.

You have to wait for the unit pools to replenish in the settlements
they are now recruit-able in.

[Lonck]

Does the num of soldiers matter? Can I put 100 soldiers in the varangian unit card? I used to get crashes so I stopped playing with EDU.

[Silver Legionary]

Do you mean the number of men in a given unit?
It does, if you try to change, say, Scoutatoi spearmen from having
150 men on huge unit size to 200, you would either
have to restart your campaign or merge your units.

[Lonck]

no I'm talking about CTDs. Mybe it was in RTW but game crashed on me when I changed soldier number.

[kevindrosario]

Soldier number in EDU cannot be increased above 100, which is 250 on huge scale. I'm not sure what the max number was in Rome, but perhaps you went over it.

[Silver Legionary]

Soldier number in EDU cannot be increased above 100, which is 250 on huge scale. I'm not sure what the max number was in Rome, but perhaps you went over it.

Yeah, unit numbers over 100 was confirmed a while back to cause CTDs in the M2TW engine.
As for Rome, I believe that the max was 60.

[King Kull]

Hey everyone. Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to:
1) Increase the attack of the Berdiche Axmen to 10 and the defence to 16.
2) Increase the attack of Dismounted Boyars to 9 and the defence to 22.
3) and for Heavy Boyars, increase the attack to 7, increase the defence to 28, increase the charge to 14, and increase the unit size to 81
So far, the Byzantines and Novgorod are my favorite factions in SS, but I feel in some ways the Russians are too underpowered in some areas such as cavalry. Also, can anyone also tell me how to:
4) increase the unit size of Latin hand gunners to the normal 150.

[Caesar Clivus]

Just look in export_descr_unit.txt. At the top of the file there is a guide that tells you what every field in a unit's entry means. You can work out which stats to change to make the edits you want

[NiceGuyAdy]

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to find out which settlements can actually become Huge Cities?

[vtec.dominion]

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to find out which settlements can actually become Huge Cities?

Every settlement can become Huge City in 6.4 version

[popovic]

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to find out which settlements can actually become Huge Cities?

Actually, I`ve been wondering about the same question lately...
Now, there are, of course, the obvious ones, like Novgorod, Venice etc., but the thing that irks me is that I need to know which settlements that ARE castle-type settlements OR can be transformed into castles, AND are able to reach Citadel level (have more than the standard 2% base growth), exist on the map?

[vtec.dominion]

Well, from my experience i suspect every castle and city has the potential to reach the very top level. All you have to do is to decrease squalor as much as possible.
So, the best method is to train a few family members with anti squalor traits and ancillaries (ie: active builder, reasonable ruler, extravagant, architect etc.) Then use them on the field to boost their chivalry releasing the prisoners and you're set.
I use this method all the time and have no problems with citadels. Of course it's time consuming but at the turn #105 (late era) i have quite a few citadels very well developed (Damietta, Acre, Tortosa, Aleppo, Alamut, Caesarea) and at least 10 huge cities as well.
Cities are easier as there is more buildings with health bonus. Oh, if you can get Mason Guild in your castles go for it, helps a lot.