removing unhistorical units

[Javolenus]

Hi There,

I need help with a basic modding question:

How do you remove units from the game? I'm especially keen to remove some units that look 'unhistorical' - e.g. 'battlefield assissins' etc. Any help or advcie would be really welcome.

Also, I'd be interested to hear of any views about unhistorical units in the game, as I'd like to remove as many as possible.

Thanks in advance for replies.

[alpaca]

All of them. Well almost all, some of the spearmen and archers can stay

To remove them, first go through export_descr_buildings and remove any recruit lines, then descr_strat to make sure they don't appear at the start of the campaign. Then remove them from export_descr_units and, optionally, from any custom battles and the modeldb (if the model isn't otherwise used)

[Javolenus]

Hi alpaca,

Thanks for this.

I was guessing that a few 'fantasy' units existed in the game - the ones with dodgy names - but now I'm beginning to wonder about lots of others: for example, dismounted knights. Anyway, I'd like to have a clear out, even if I end up with only a fraction of the original roster.

And so I appreciate your info. But when you say 'remove' from the EDU file, I take it you mean delete the whole entry for that unit? Apologies, but I just wanted to make sure, as I've never attempted this stuff before.

And thanks again!

[alpaca]

Yeah, remove the whole entry. If you're unsure of any step I'd propose commenting things out first with a ; instead of outright deleting it.

[Javolenus]

Hi alpaca,

Thanks for this - and for the commenting out tip. I'll give this a try, as I'm keen to get rid of some units. Fingers crossed.

[Javolenus]

EDIT: It's OK, I seem to have got a result by just deleting the recruit line in the EDB. Not sure if this is the best longterm solution, but the game seems to run OK and the units I deleted haven't showed up. Thanks again for replies.

Hi There,

Well, I seem to be having big problems with this. No matter what I do, as soon as I load the game after editing these files, I get CTDs. I must be missing something really obvious.

I started out trying to remove lots of units - CTD. I did it all over again, thinking I'd made an error - CTD.

And so I tried only deleting dismounted units - again, CTD.

There's probably something really simple and basic that I'm doing wrong - or not doing at all.

Thing is, the instructions above are pretty clear and straightforward, so I'm not seeing where I could be going wrong.

Any extra help would be really appreciated. Thanks again for help and patience.