Officer/standard bearers

Sorry if this has been asked or touched upon already, but I remember something about editing text files in order to add officers/standard bearers for Hastatii, Principe, and certain Post Marius Legionaries which lack either one one (Other factions like the Greeks don't have the standard bearer for any hoplite except Armoured, and I beleive there was a mention of Selucids and Macedonians without officers.) Could anyone give me an example of what I'd have to input in which line to add these soldiers into the unit?

Open the Data folder and look for the file:

export_descr_unit.txt

Here is a list of all the units and their attributes. I'll take the triarii as an example

Code:

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type                        roman triarii
dictionary          roman_triarii          ; Triarii
category                infantry
class                        spearmen
voice_type          Medium_1
soldier                  roman_triarii, 40, 0, 1
officer                  roman_early_centurion
officer                  roman_early_standard
mount_effect        horse +4, chariot +4, camel +4
attributes          sea_faring, hide_forest, can_sap
formation                1, 1, 2, 2, 3, square
stat_health          1, 0
stat_pri                7, 7, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, spear, 25 ,0.73
stat_pri_attr        no
stat_sec                0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr        no
stat_pri_armour  7, 5, 5, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat                4
stat_ground          2, 0, 0, 0
stat_mental          10, disciplined, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food                60, 300
stat_cost                1, 500, 210, 50, 80, 500
ownership                romans julii,romans brutii,romans scipii,romans senate

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As you can see here there are two officers. You can have up to thee officers, look at the units for examples of which officers exist.

Hope this helps

Would have made historical sence if they had only included standard bearers for Maniples and the Legion as a whole. There were no cohort standards. Everytime i see that first cohort unit with the big eagle I think about this. The big eagle would be a Legion standard known as Aquila. The officer who carried the eagle was known as the Aquilifer. Maniple standards are known as Signa. You should get an eagle for you legion when you filled all available slots regardless of what units are in your army. Each hastani unit should have a maniplar standard. Thats would make sence with the size of the armies you are able to make in RTW.