A question to the fans

[-Praetor-]

Hi!

Currently, we have some units that are going to undergo a reform process. That reform process is going to be implemented via the blacksmith armour and weapon upgrades.

The question is, does anyone know how to implement such reforms, which files does one have to alter and such? I have been looking for a guide on TWC but haven't found anything useful.

Could anyone post a small guide how to do it?

[Megas Methuselah]

Really? Huh. I thought all the blacksmith upgrades do is give the units a new skin.

[-Praetor-]

That's a kind of reform. The access to better equipment or the evolution of it.

How do you implement that?

[bobbin]

I'm not too knowlegable about scripting but if you don't have it already you should get GrnEyedDvl's Ultimate Docudeamons, it contains loads of information on scripting (triggers, commands etc).

Edit: On a bit of further reading what you could do is have barracks use the faction_capability command and tie this to a event counter. The faction capability command applies a bonus factionwide and so would be useful if you are wanting to make a reform.

for example

You would have an event (lets call it Reform_A) that is triggered by certain conditions. The barracks can then be set to provide the upgrade when that event happens.

barracks  requires factions { romans, } 
        {
            capability
            {
                recruit_pool "Principes"  1   0.7   6  0  requires factions { romans, }  
            }
            faction_capability
            {
                armour 1 requires factions { romans,} and event_counter Reform_A 1
                armour 2 requires factions { romans,} and event_counter Reform_B 1
            }
            material stone
            construction  1 
            cost  3000 
            settlement_min huge_city
            upgrades

I haven't tested this but it seems logical given the available commands and triggers etc. Also I'm not sure if you would even need a seperate reform counter for each upgrade as it could just go

armour 2 requires factions { romans,} and event_counter Reform_A 2

not entirely confident on that though.

The these are threads I got my info from if it helps.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ion_capability
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ion_capability

[Bucefalo]

I don´t know if i understand you very well. I guess you already know about the ug models, which are models that are used to represent a graphical change when you upgrade armour, you can easily see it in vanilla. Anyway just in case i will make a short summary.

The entry to modify is in the EDU at the end of the unit, a good example is the pike militia unit.

type Pike Militia
dictionary Pike_Militia ; Pike Militia
category infantry
class spearmen
voice_type Light
banner faction main_spear
banner holy crusade
soldier Pike_Militia, 48, 0, 4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, pike
formation 1.2, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square, phalanx
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 6, 4, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, spear, 25, 1
;stat_pri_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_pri_attr spear, long_pike, spear_bonus_8
stat_sec 3, 1, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 25, 1
;stat_sec_ex 0, 0, 0
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 0, 4, 0, flesh
;stat_armour_ex 0, 2, 3, 5, 4, 0, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 4
stat_ground 1, -2, 0, 4
stat_mental 3, normal, highly_trained
stat_charge_dist 40
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 200, 100, 45, 105, 200, 4, 60
armour_ug_levels 0, 1, 2, 3
armour_ug_models Pike_Militia, Pike_Militia_ug1, Pike_Militia_ug2, Pike_Militia_ug3
ownership france, hre, spain, portugal, milan, venice, papal_states, sicily
era 1 spain
era 2 spain
;unit_info 6, 0, 4
recruit_priority_offset 5

This unit uses several models, depending whenever their armour is upgraded, and how much:
-No upgrade (no icon): use Pike_Militia model to represent the soldier
-First upgrade (copper shield icon): use Pike_Militia_ug1 model to represent the soldier
-Second upgrade (silver shield icon): use Pike_Militia_ug2 model to represent the soldier
-Third upgrade (golden shield icon): use Pike_Militia_ug3 model to represent the soldier

About scripting unfortunately i don´t know enough to help you. You could ask the Dominion of the sword mod as i think they plan to use something similar, iirc it was that in a certain year it becomes active. I don´t know if it means that all units automatically gets the improved armour (that would be a script command) or that the building that does the upgrade (in vanilla the smithy) becomes available, and the player can build it and upgrade his troops. Those are two different things and would probably require different solutions. I hope i may have been of some help. Cheers

[seienchin]

I guess the easiest way would be to make the higher blacksmith levels only available after a reform. Like the canonbuilder structure only gets available in Vanilla afte the invention of gun powder. That would be really easy to do.
If you want the units to be altered in a way that they can only upgrade (Even if the structure is already there) after a reform I guess its imposible.