Setting stuff on fire

[fallen851]

It is based on a percent chance from the descr_engines text. There is a catergory "engine_ignition" which can be modified.

I've edited the values to make towers burn much eaiser since I removed the "machine gun" defensive towers. I left the value the same for the ram though, because it is covered in hide, and they still have to deal with the boiling oil if they go through the gate anyway.

[/Bean\]

How do you edit the tower fire rate?

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

How do you edit the tower fire rate?

Its not that hard to mod this. Even someone as ignorant as me can fix it.

Go into your EB folder, and search for a file named descr_engines. Look for medium tower (tower for large stone walls which are the largest you can get in EB) and look for two parts of the description. At the top, change the projectile from scorpion to arrow, then scroll down a bit. You'll see this...

attack_stat 12, 2, scorpion, 120, 30, siege_missile, siege, piercing
attack_stat_attr ap, bp, launching

Replace that with this....

attack_stat 8, 2, arrow, 100, 100, missile, archery, piercing
attack_stat_attr ap


Now you should have large towers that are not intensely deadly but will still pick off a few wall defenders on their way.

You can also mod the frequency of the firing but I didn't want to mess with that. That should be near the bottom of the siege tower entry. Also near the bottom should be ignition rate.

[/Bean\]

Cheers for that. This will mean I'll lose more cities, because everyone at some point relies on your own towers hitting the attackers once inside the walls. It will make campaigns far more interesting.

[vartan]

Its not that hard to mod this. Even someone as ignorant as me can fix it.

Go into your EB folder, and search for a file named descr_engines. Look for medium tower (tower for large stone walls which are the largest you can get in EB) and look for two parts of the description. At the top, change the projectile from scorpion to arrow, then scroll down a bit. You'll see this...

attack_stat 12, 2, scorpion, 120, 30, siege_missile, siege, piercing
attack_stat_attr ap, bp, launching

Replace that with this....

attack_stat 8, 2, arrow, 100, 100, missile, archery, piercing
attack_stat_attr ap


Now you should have large towers that are not intensely deadly but will still pick off a few wall defenders on their way.

You can also mod the frequency of the firing but I didn't want to mess with that. That should be near the bottom of the siege tower entry. Also near the bottom should be ignition rate.

Save-Game compatible?

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I believe so. Not doing anything much different than say, changing a units stats which is also save game comp.

Of course I first modded it when I downloaded EB since I hated those machine gun siege towers in vanilla.

[vartan]

I believe so. Not doing anything much different than say, changing a units stats which is also save game comp.

Of course I first modded it when I downloaded EB since I hated those machine gun siege towers in vanilla.

What can we do about the towers on the walls, not the siege towers. The towers on the walls seem to kill so many of my men. I do not wish to sound like I am complaining because I'm grateful and I do not mind bearing with it, but do you believe the towers could also use some change? if possible, how is that modifiable? Thank you.

[/Bean\]

Oh, that's what I thought you meant by towers...yeah, that's the one I want to change too.

[Celtic_Punk]

It is based on a percent chance from the descr_engines text. There is a catergory "engine_ignition" which can be modified.

I've edited the values to make towers burn much eaiser since I removed the "machine gun" defensive towers. I left the value the same for the ram though, because it is covered in hide, and they still have to deal with the boiling oil if they go through the gate anyway.

Machinegun? picture several archers inside said tower, taking turns moving to the arrow slot and firing, then moving to allow his comrade to fire.

[antisocialmunky]

It should be massive amounts of small arrow projectors and archers isntead of 2 wall destroying super ballistas.

[vartan]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=123816

[Epimetheus]

Actually, the machine-gunning ballista bolts might not be as unrealistic as you might think, given the existance of these babies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybolos