Changing the number of soldiers in a Unit

[GloryofGreece]

I want to increase the number of soldiers in a unit. How can I do that and would that affect the game somehow? Thanks in advance.

[eunuch lust]

Well, you can change the number of slodiers in a unit by changing the unit scale in the options, but I'm not sure if that's what you're asking. If you're asking whether you can make a single unit of 1000 men, I don't think that's possible.

[DARTH VADER]

Kaloston!

You open export_desc_unit.txt and for example

type greek hoplite elite
dictionary greek_hoplite_elite ; Armoured Hoplites
category infantry
class spearmen
voice_type Heavy_1
soldier greek_armoured_hoplite, 40, 0, 0.7
officer greek_standard
mount_effect horse +2, chariot +2, camel +2, elephant +2
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_sap
formation 1, 1, 0.7, 1, 10, square, phalanx
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 5, 0, no, 0, 0, melee, blade, piercing, spear, 10 ,0.71
stat_pri_attr spear, spear_bonus_10
stat_sec 8, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, sword, 0 ,0.65
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 14, 10, 7, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 4
stat_ground 0, 0, -1, 0
stat_mental 17, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 1
stat_fire_delay 60000
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 640, 210, 70, 100, 740
ownership greek_cities

You change the bold parameter from 1 to 60 =max (or else you CTD)

60 means 60 * 2 * 2 =240 in a unit in huge settings (plus officers)

[GloryofGreece]

Thanks for the quick replies guys. I'll have a go with some changes right away. But I wish we could have more men in a unit though. With big stacks of units I make it would be a bloodbath in my campains, but I can live with that . By the way Darth, have you thought of any new Mod for M2TW? Don't wait for the release of the game. Show us your MAGIC!!!

[Titus Protius]

surely doing that would cause major lag issues if you dont have a high spec pc. i play on huge settings with lag only when my room is hot but that would be unplayable until i get a better pc. are you planning a rome mod for M2TW or staying with medieval period, whilst glory is asking may aswell ask what i have been thinking.

[GloryofGreece]

Darth, I changed the number of men in the units to 60 (max) but I have two problems now. First the number of men are 120 and not 240 and I can only play the battles in quick resolution. If I try to play a battle myself it crashes. What can I do to have 240 soldiers in a unit and at the same time avoid the CTDs?

[DARTH VADER]

=120 bcs you have game settings to large...go to graphic options and set to huge....

About CTDs....you must have done some syntax error....untraceable by compiler...re-mod.

[GloryofGreece]

I reinstalled the mod and now it works fine with 240 soldiers/unit. I deleted repman's JSGME because I think that was what caused the problem with the several mods I played at the same time. Anyway thanks a lot for the advise Darth.