Editing the distance for siege weapons crew engage melee

[leo.civil.uefs]

is there a way how to edit the distance from the enemy in wich the crew of a siege weapon turn to melee stance and stop using the siege weapon?

the siege weapon will fire normally until the enemy gets close enough, then the crew will stop using the siege weapon and get into melee fight stance. as if waiting for the imminent attack.

this "close enough" is the distance I need to edit since I want the crew keep firing even if the enemies are very close

in my experience playing TATW the crew of a siege weapon will stop using the engine once the enemies get close enough. the problem is that this "enough" is still far, I would like to make the crew keep using the siege weapon until the enemies get VERY close to them

[z3n]

If anywhere it would be in the battle_config file. Maybe some random other file, but battle_config controls most things like that. I checked briefly but couldn't see a value that does what you want, but maybe you will find another you would like to change (there's a few about siege equipment there).

[leo.civil.uefs]

in battle_config.xml there is entries like this:

<skirmish>
      <infantry>
        <default>
          <!-- ignore targets at a distance greater than the maximum range times this scale factor -->
          <max-range-scale>4.0</max-range-scale>
          <!-- must skirmish if within this range -->
          <min-range>30</min-range>
          <!-- stop at this distance if the enemy is blocking the path -->
          <min-stopping-range>45</min-stopping-range>
          <!-- time to react to being intercepted -->
          <collision-reaction-time>1</collision-reaction-time>
          <!-- retreat buffer time -->
          <retreat-time>1</retreat-time>
          <!-- don't skirmish until attackers are within this fraction of the missile range -->
          <range-factor>
            <moving>1.1</moving>
            <shooting>0.80</shooting>
          </range-factor>
        </default>
        <gunpowder>

there is only <infantry> and <cavalry>
I tried editing these values for infantry. got no result
tried all values but this one seemed specially promising 👇

<!-- don't skirmish until attackers are within this fraction of the missile range -->
          <range-factor>
            <moving>1.1</moving>
            <shooting>0.80</shooting>
          </range-factor>

still no result
tried creating a <siege> section in the file (my unit is category siege)
but still nothing changed

[z3n]

Look under <movement>