How to shorten the time for producing a unit

[Yuezhi]

Sorry for asking a question that a member has answered, but since I am very new here, exceptionally new to Rome: Total War and such, so I would like are there any ways to shorten the time for producing a unit (like a Cataphract) or so?

[HeroSK]

Sorry for asking a question that a member has answered, but since I am very new here, exceptionally new to Rome: Total War and such, so I would like are there any ways to shorten the time for producing a unit (like a Cataphract) or so?

Find your export_descr_unit.txt file. It is in the Data folder in your RomeTW installation. Find entry for Catapracts, you can use Ctrl-F combination for this.

type             barb peasant briton
dictionary       barb_peasant_briton      ; Barbarian Peasants
category         infantry
class            light
voice_type       Light_1
soldier          barb_peasant, 60, 0, 0.7
attributes       sea_faring, hide_improved_forest
formation        1.2, 1.8, 2.4, 2.4, 6, horde
stat_health      1, 0
stat_pri         1, 0, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 25 ,1
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, no, no, none, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  3, 1, 0, leather
stat_sec_armour  0, 0, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      2, -2, 3, 2
stat_mental      0, low, untrained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay  0
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 150, 100, 20, 30, 150
ownership        britons

Here, the number with red, inticates number of turns for that unit, change it whatever you like.

hope this helps..:)

[Yuezhi]

Oh yes, thank you very much!

[Red Spot]

Do note that from 1 turn and above the AI will have the same ability as you in that it takes them just as long to recruit the unit as it takes you to recruit that unit. However if you make it take 0 turns to recruit a unit it will only be 0 turns for you. This doesnt mean you get the unit in the same turn but when you queue up 6 units you get all of them in the next turn, here is where the AI wont be able to keep up with you as they never 'queue' units as you can, they just recruit 1 unit per turn (at most).

So "imo" you should never go below 1 turn recruitment time for units so the AI wont be lagging behind in recruited and you can just wals over them.

[Thor the Bassist]

The only real use for 0 turn recruitment is for militia that can be called on in sieges. Arm the mob!