[Official Testing] Updated EDU with all the "unofficial" fixes and many others

[QuintusSertorius]

One error found on the 'indian elephant bodyguard' the initial number was 4, I changed it to read the following and it worked;
soldier Elephant_Archer_Crew, 12, 6, 1 will continue looking for other issues. Cheers.

This was done without changing any of the projectile entries, just working on the edu only.

Ah, that's it! Though you've caught my incomplete edit. That should actually be 4, 2, 1 - the unit has been made smaller. That's why it was crashing where it was, thank you.

Updated EDU in the first post.

[GRANTO]

works now....good work QS. splendid!

[QuintusSertorius]

What do people think of the newer, lower cavalry speed boosts (particularly for lights)?

[GRANTO]

What do people think of the newer, lower cavalry speed boosts (particularly for lights)?

its very good ...the battles are much better and i can now concentrate on the BAI now ...great job so far .

[Saigrin]

At least I was able to play the mod, with your new EDU. It was fantastic! I've just started a new campaign with Makedonia, and the cavalry charges looked awesome, great work!

[QuintusSertorius]

At least I was able to play the mod, with your new EDU. It was fantastic! I've just started a new campaign with Makedonia, and the cavalry charges looked awesome, great work!

Great stuff! Bear in mind that phalangites are by no means complete, you'll find the different variants of wildly different capability.

[GRANTO]

Great stuff! Bear in mind that phalangites are by no means complete, you'll find the different variants of wildly different capability.

youv done wonders though QS .

[Lizardo]

hi when I download its coming up as a .php file? what do I open with?
EDIT: problem rectified had to download with firefox instead IE downloads the files as attachment.php

[QuintusSertorius]

Could people post their specific observations with phalangitai (identifying which units you are talking about) in this thread, please? e're after details on their behaviour - do they use their pikes (or switch to swords too quickly), do they hold their formation, can they hold their ground and so on. Again, it needs to be with reference to specific units, they all have different stats.

[QuintusSertorius]

Not in a position to make another release of the EDU yet, but I've given the Numidian Bodyguard cavalry their javelins back and slowed down phalangitai a little (though not as slow as they were originally). Still trying to find solutions to the sword-switching issue.

Does anyone have any details of phalanxes/pikemen in other mods? There doesn't seem to be a middle ground between either too weak from the front or too strong on the flanks/rear.

[QuintusSertorius]

I think we've had a breakthrough on phalanx behaviour (courtesy of some work from another mod), I'm hoping to have another release soon with an improvement to them. We'll also be looking at infantry speeds generally, but that will be a subsequent release of this mod. I think the potential phalanx fix is significant enough in its own right to merit a release.

[QuintusSertorius]

I've uploaded a new EDU into the original post - phalanxes have been reverted to no secondary weapon and tweaked in some important ways and so should now (hopefully) perform the way they are supposed to. The differences between the types are mostly in their armour and morale, but the two "professional" types (Phalangitai and Misthophoroi Phalangitai) also have a slightly higher mass. Pantodapoi Phalangitai also have a slightly lower attack value. They're all slightly slower, at 0.65 compared to the 0.8 they had in the last edit.

As always, I'd appreciate feedback on how well (or not!) these changes work and specific observations on the behaviour of specific units.

As an incidental fix, I've also given Numidian bodyguard cavalry their javelins back, no idea why they'd been removed in the first place, but they're back again.

[MIKE GOLF]

Will test it out when I get back home.