Question regarding Army Upkeep

[Javolenus]

EDIT: OK, I've just realised something significant. I forgot that I had previously made some units 'generals' units (i.e. general_unit in EDU), so when I increased the upkeep of knights, these were affected. This explains why i had ridiculously high upkeep costs, even though I disbanded the army. Oh well, that'll teach me!



Hi There,

I'm puzzled by the stats regarding Army Upkeep. I've never been able to work out how the game arrives at these figures, so I decided to conduct an experiment.

I reduced the costs/upkeep of most units, except knights, which I massively increased. Also, I harmonised recruit costs and upkeep costs, making them the same in each case: e.g. recruit 1,000 and upkeep 1,000. Then I started a new campaign.

At the start of the campaign I had:

2 peasants
11 spear militia
5 peasant archers
1 town militia
3 general's bodyguards
2 ships

Using my new figures, this should have added up to an upkeep cost of 3,225 but the screen showed a figure of 2,909.

Next, I recruited a kinght unit with an upkeep cost of 2,000. This should have made the total upkeep figure 5,225 but the screen showed 4,921.

Next, I added a Hobilar unit with an upkeep cost of 600. But the screen showed a figure of 5,542.

Next, I destroyed my ships, which should have saved me 300 in upkeep costs. But the screen showed 5,255.

Next, I added another knight unit with an upkeep cost of 2,000. The screen showed a figure of 7,262.

OK, so I ran the campaign for about 40 or fifty years. As I climbed the tech tree, I added some units, but the upkeep figure really soared. I went into debt. And so I started disbanding troops. But the upkeep figure remained high. Eventually, I disbanded the whole army except for generals (8 of them), and the screen still showed an Army upkeep figure of over 14,199.

So what's going on?

I tried changing the upkeep stat in settlement mechanics, but it seemed to have no effect.

I'm running a 1 year per turn script - is that a factor?

Also, I noticed that the army strength figures on the 'battle' screen (before you fight a battle) and the 'military forces' screen (in the faction info stuff) do not match.

Any help or info or advice would be welcome.

Many thanks in advance for replies.