High Eleven Units Recruit Faster

[Aragon150]

Im hoping to make the high Eleven units recruit faster but i need know what files to Modify

[Bungo Baggins]

Do you want to decrease the time to recruit a unit or the time until the next unit of that time becomes available?

In the first case you should change the following value in the edu (export_descr_unit.txt):

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type Elf Archer
dictionary Elf_Archer ; Light Elven Archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Heavy
banner faction main_missile
banner holy crusade
soldier Elf_Archer, 48, 0, 1
mount_effect elephant +3
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, extreme_range, very_hardy, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit
move_speed_mod 1.1
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square
stat_health 1, 3
stat_pri 9, 2, elven_arrow, 170, 35, missile, missile_mechanical, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 7, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 2, 6, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, 0, 2, -1
stat_mental 10, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 15
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 2, 500, 210, 75, 75, 500, 4, 100
armour_ug_levels 0, 1
armour_ug_models Elf_Archer, Elf_Archer_upg
ownership egypt, mongols
era 0 egypt, mongols
era 1 egypt, mongols
era 2 egypt, mongols
recruit_priority_offset 0

This gives the number of turns the unit takes to be trained. As explained with a lot of other stuff at the beginning of the edu.

If you want to change it, just replaced with any number you want and safe.

For the second case you should do the following:
Go to export_descr_buildings.txt in data.
Then go to all recruitment buildings where you want to change the speed.
You get a overview over all units of all factions that may be recruited there...

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building equestrian
{
convert_to c_equestrian
levels stables knights_stables barons_stables earls_stables kings_stables
{
stables castle requires factions { sicily, byzantium, milan, scotland, turks, middle_eastern, france, hre, portugal, greek, }
{
convert_to 0
capability
{
recruit_pool "Eldar Cavalry" 0 0.05 1 0 requires factions { egypt, } and region_religion orthodox 60
recruit_pool "Silvan Horsearchers" 0 0.05 1 0 requires factions { mongols, } and region_religion orthodox 40
recruit_pool "Dol Amroth Knights" 1 0.15 2 0 requires factions { sicily, } and region_religion numenorian 15
recruit_pool "Southron Lancers" 1 0.2 2 0 requires factions { spain, } and region_religion catholic 25
recruit_pool "Goblin Wargs" 1 0.08 1 0 requires factions { hre, portugal, } and region_religion catholic 25
recruit_pool "rohan scouts" 1 0.25 3 0 requires factions { milan, } and region_religion northmen 15
recruit_pool "Variag Raiders" 1 0.2 2 0 requires factions { venice, } and region_religion catholic 15
recruit_pool "Dale Yeomen" 1 0.15 2 0 requires factions { scotland, } and region_religion northmen 20
recruit_pool "Arnor Sergeants" 1 0.15 1 0 requires factions { byzantium, turks, } and region_religion numenorian 50 and event_counter union_accepted 1
recruit_pool "Merchants" 1 0.06 1 0 requires factions { turks, } and region_religion northmen 25 and not event_counter union_accepted 1
recruit_pool "Dol Amroth Knights" 1 0.2 2 0 requires factions { timurids, } and region_religion numenorian 15 and event_counter coronation 1
recruit_pool "Gondor Cavalry" 1 0.2 2 0 requires factions { timurids, } and region_religion numenorian 60 and event_counter coronation 1
;
trade_base_income_bonus bonus 1 requires event_counter is_the_ai 1
}
material wooden
construction 4
cost 1200
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
knights_stables
}
}


The value in red shows how much of the unit will be filled up in one round. For recruitment you need at least one full unit, so divide 1 through the red number to get the number of turns until the next unit is ready (20 turns for Eldar cavalry in this case)

You can change the value as you want, a higher number means faster availability.

Remember you must change this value for all high elven units in all buildings if you want to have the effect in any level of building (a bit of work... )

Apart from that, there is a special modding thread for Medieval 2 and a nice wiki, too.

[Aragon150]

thanks

[Trailhog250]

Yes he is right +rep btw

But do bear in mind, allowing their units to recruit faster will not be very gameplay friendly. If they recruit fast they'll stomp pretty much everyone as they have some very strong units. But, then again it's a mod and all modders see things different if you need some help send me a PM.