Force units to start in Shield Wall

[popovic]

I know about the start_phalanxing line in the EDU. Is there a similar line for Shield Wall?

Thanks.

[Moon]

Here

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type Viking Raiders
dictionary Viking_Raiders ; Viking Raiders, l
category infantry
class light
voice_type Light
banner faction main_infantry
banner holy crusade
soldier Viking_Raiders, 48, 0, 0.95
officer northern_captain
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, mercenary_unit, free_upkeep_unit
formation 1.4, 1.4, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square, shield_wall
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 5, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, slashing, axe, 45, 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 0, 5, 5, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 7
stat_ground 1, -1, 3, 2 
stat_mental 12, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 6
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 390, 270, 85, 65, 400, 4, 120
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 6, 10
armour_ug_models Viking_Raiders, Viking_Raiders_ug1, Viking_Raiders_ug2, Viking_Raiders_ug3
ownership all; denmark, norway, slave
era 0 denmark, norway
recruit_priority_offset 0

[popovic]

Here

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type Viking Raiders
dictionary Viking_Raiders ; Viking Raiders, l
category infantry
class light
voice_type Light
banner faction main_infantry
banner holy crusade
soldier Viking_Raiders, 48, 0, 0.95
officer northern_captain
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, hardy, can_withdraw, mercenary_unit, free_upkeep_unit
formation 1.4, 1.4, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square, shield_wall
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 5, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, slashing, axe, 45, 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 0, 5, 5, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 7
stat_ground 1, -1, 3, 2 
stat_mental 12, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 6
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 390, 270, 85, 65, 400, 4, 120
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 6, 10
armour_ug_models Viking_Raiders, Viking_Raiders_ug1, Viking_Raiders_ug2, Viking_Raiders_ug3
ownership all; denmark, norway, slave
era 0 denmark, norway
recruit_priority_offset 0

Nah mate, what you pointed out just means that the given unit has the ability to form Shield Wall. What I want to do is to force the AI to use Shield Wall with certain units.

[Moon]

I don't think that can be done and i haven't heard of anyone who has been able to do that. I'm sure if anyone knows how to do it it would be in some of the big mods and would be common knowledge.

[popovic]

I don't think that can be done and i haven't heard of anyone who has been able to do that. I'm sure if anyone knows how to do it it would be in some of the big mods and would be common knowledge.

Yeah, I don`t think it can be done either. However, it would be cool if it was possible.

A similar question:

How about Schiltrom?

[Eothese]

Nope.

[Squid]

You might be able to do that by editing the battle ai. In RTW it was done through the formation_ai.txt file but I don't know the equivalent for M2TW.

[Taiji]

It's by unit class and category, so it can't be done for individual units, but it is the same as RTW.

[Squid]

I've always wondered if you could create your own custom classes/categories.

[Taiji]

Sadly the file only seems to recognise the existing sets.

[Squid]

That's too bad because I can't recall anything related to the classes and categories in the exe when I've gone digging in there for clues about is and is not possible.