Correct syntax for EDB: units that require buildings

[The Great Khan of Rome]

I have a consistent CTD when I click to go the strat map on Grand Campaign menu. I'm pretty sure it's due to my modifications of the EDB. I put building reqs on units that have armors above ug level 0 and on gunpowder units. I'm wondering if that causing the CTDs.

recruit_pool "gun holk"  1   1   3  0  requires factions { northern_european, } and building_present_min_level academic alchemists_lab 
recruit_pool "Dismounted Broken Lances"  1   0.7   6  0  requires factions { sicily, } and building_present_min_level smith plate_armourer

[Alondite]

Yes when you tie building_present to recruit_pool you'll basically get CTD.
However I have the impression that if the building doesn't have entries for other types of capability, i.e. "recruit_pool"s only, they work fine without CTD.

I saw this in a thread on TWC but cannot find it just now.

[Withwnar]

However I have the impression that if the building doesn't have entries for other types of capability, i.e. "recruit_pool"s only, they work fine without CTD.

That is correct.

Barracks, for example, usually have a law_bonus. So one way to avoid the CTD is to remove the recruit_pool line from the barracks and put it instead into a brand new building which has no capabilities other than recruit_pool ones.

[QuintusSertorius]

Yep, you can't use buildings as requirements for recruit_pool lines. Only event_counters, hidden_resources, resources, region_religion and a few others.

As suggested, you can make it a requirement for a new building, or a new level of an existing building (which can be either on the upgrade line, or the main building requirement line), which features the unit you want.

You could do it with the script (generating an event_counter), but that's going to be hugely complicated and more effort that its worth.

[Gebilde]

you could also have 2 seperatet recruit_pools diviedetet betwen two buildings
Building 1 provides max pool
recruit_pool "Unit" 0 0 3 0 requires factions { faction, }
Building 2 provides unit growth
recruit_pool "Unit" 1 0.13 0 0 requires factions { faction, }
you just need comunicate this to the player

[The Great Khan of Rome]

I think it would be better to move the units that require a building in order to build them, to said building, just providing unit pools based on the amour's production. These might not cause a CTD, as such buildings already exist in native:

 levels caravan_stop caravanersary 
    {
        caravan_stop castle requires factions { moors, } 
        {
            capability
            {
                recruit_pool "Tuareg Camel Spearmens"  1   0.5   4  0  requires factions { moors, } 
                trade_level_bonus bonus 2
            }
            material wooden
            construction  2 
            cost  1200 
            settlement_min large_town
            upgrades
            {
                caravanersary
            }
        }