Disabling Siege Deployables

[superfiend]

I was trying to turn off the siege deployables (ladders, ram, etc) just to test things out but for the life of me can't get it to work.

I created a vanilla custom battle where I am the defender in a siege and AI is attacker. I load the battle and the AI has a tower and ram. I exit to Windows.

In db.battlefield_siege_vehicles_tables.battlefield_siege_vehicles I set recruitment cap to 0 for everything (towers, rams, galleryies, etc).

In db.battlefield_siege_vehicles_custom_battles_tables.battlefield_siege_vehicles_custom_battles I set cap=0 and probability=0 for all rows.

I fired up RomeII , the same custom battle, and the AI has its deployables again. I exit to Windows.

To make sure my changes are at least being applied I made a further change and significantly lowered the hitpoints and incendiary damage for all the siege deployables. When I restarted the custom battle (again the AI had the tower and ram) I set them on fire almost instantly.

So I am pretty sure my changes are making it into the game. However I can't get rid of the deployables.

Am I missing something or did CA hard code this into the AI?

Thanks!

[crzyrndm]

You could just go into the deployables tab on the pre-battle screen (ingame) and set them all to zero.
In all likelyhood, you're just playing with the wrong number.

[superfiend]

My mod is disabling all of the deployables on the battle setup screen. But the AI still ends up with them in battle. Does anyone know what controls this?

[JaM]

you get 4 free predeployed ladders with patch 7.. and those cannot be removed...

[alexgold]

there is a file battle siege vehicle or something where you can replace the ladder to refer to a gallery because the ai doesn't use those.