To RTW Modders: Be careful when reassigning faction ownership

[X6_861]

Hey, just wanted to share a little knowledge and a little problem I've been having modding the units in RTW. I've played around with giving more hitpoints and raising/lowering attack and defense stats, but where I run into trouble is when I try to reassign a unit to a different faction.

For instance, I experimented with allowing only the Roman Julii to have Hastati. I also changed the descr_strat.txt file to remove hastati from all other factions. However, the game refused to load afterwards.

After further exploration, I found that units where assigned to their factions in export_descr_buildings.txt as well as in export_descr_unit.txt. I tried again, changing hastati faction affiliation in both files and removing them from all other factions in the descr_strat.txt file, but again, the game refused to load.

I'm guessing there's another file that assigns units to factions, but I haven't run across it yet.

[GodsPetMonkey]

If the game is crashing on load, it means you have a (syntax) error. Make sure you set it to valid enums.

I just tried it myself, and this works fine. (I replaced the bulk of the crap in the object with ..., only the ownership variable needs changing)

Change

type roman hastati
...
ownership roman

To

type roman hastati
...
ownership romans julii

and the game should load correctly, and then, only Julii can buy hastati in quick/custom battles.

For the campaign, you will also need to edit the export_descr_buildings.txt file. Change all occurrences of the line

recruit "roman hastati" 0 requires factions { roman, } and not marian_reforms

To

recruit "roman hastati" 0 requires factions { romans julii, } and not marian_reforms

Strangely, most factions with a space in the name (like the Romans and Greek Cities) use a underscore in these files, but the Julii don't.

[X6_861]

Thanks for the reply.

I'll be sure to re-double check myself when I attempt it later tonight!