Limit for # of recruit_pool's in 1 building?

**Remonster6x** · May 11, 2012, 10:50 PM

I tried to search for this issue with no success.

Is there a number of "recruit_pool" lines a building can have in export_descr_buildings? I ask because I'm adding a large list of existing units to certain buildings and get a crash when starting a campaign. I can add 32 recruit_pool lines to 1 building but no more. I can even add to some buildings that have more then 32 recruit_pool lines without a crash but I can't add 32 more. There should be no error in the text since any 32 lines work. Sadly I need to add over 300 lines.

Also, I can add the 32 lines to many buildings so I don't think there is a total line limit.

With further testing, looks like the amount of factions attached to each unit makes a difference. I can add more then 32 lines if I reduce the amount of factions that can recruit it. I still hit a wall when I add the 300+ lines to more then 3 buildings (upgrades too).

**Gigantus** · May 12, 2012, 12:38 AM

I know TATW3 has upto 200 lines of recruit_pool entries in one building, so I wonder if the error might lie somewhere else. 256 is one of those magical numbers that might provide a boundary...

**Remonster6x** · May 12, 2012, 10:37 PM

Thanks for the info. +rep. I'm adding to SS6.4 so I think I can only add about 100 more lines. I wonder if the amount of factions attached to the unit adds to that number. Will do some more testing.

**Byg** · May 13, 2012, 05:14 AM

I have virtually all units coming out of a single building without a problem and I have multiple entries per unit, so probably well over 500.

**Remonster6x** · September 24, 2012, 11:30 PM

I'm at a loss. I'm trying to allow my troops to be replenished in any city but only built in the selected one. Part of the recruit_pool for denmark looks like (from Historical Units Region Buildings sub mod for SS):

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I'm guessing to allow these units to be retrained in other towns I need to add to a building:

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I can add any combination of these lines but only about 20 total. If I try to add them all, I get a CTD when loading a saved game or starting a new one. What am I doing wrong? I also found if I split them up between 3 different buildings I can load the game but I get a crash somewhere while playing. Could be 2 turns into it, could be 60 turns into it. The system log "Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit."

**Gigantus** · September 25, 2012, 10:35 PM

Should be possible to have more lines. Have you tried using the EDB checker? And if you only want to replenish units then the max units available figure should be below 1 - see the brittania campaign how that is done. Usually you restrict the normal recruiting with hiddenresources and have the replenishment line valid for every settlement.

**Withwnar** · September 26, 2012, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Gigantus

And if you only want to replenish units then the max units available figure should be below 1 - see the brittania campaign how that is done.

Something like this...

Code:

recruit_pool "ME Peasant Crossbowmen" 0 0.111 0.999 0 requires factions { norway, denmark, }

**Remonster6x** · September 26, 2012, 11:36 AM

That's exactly what I was missing. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the help.

**Remonster6x** · September 26, 2012, 11:18 PM

Still having issues but I think I found the problem. If I enter in a unit below 1 max unit, even if it is 0, that unit will count in the recruit pool and I must be over the allowed amount in the recruit pool causing a CTD. I'm unsure what the max for the recruitment pool for different types of units is or if there is a max at all but it seems to be the issue.