How To Get 260 Man Units?

[Siris]

I know you guys have talked about it some here & there, but this is my first visit here on the modding forums.

I was wondering, how do I get my 160 man units on unit size Huge in my Campaign with the Julii to merge into 260 man units? I know that you can get 260 man Cohorts when you do multiplayer or custom battle, so it should be easily possible as well in the Campaign right?

So how do I get my 160 man units (or any other unit for that matter) to be around 260 men (or women for the Germans lol, screeching isnt it) per each unit?

Reply quickly because I want to go play it!!! Thanks guys.

[Siris]

Here are some Screen Shots of the kind of armies that I want, and have always wanted to command in RTW Single Player battles. This screen shot, and many others like it, played a huge role in my wanting this game!

Screen Shot 1

Screen Shot 2

[scsscsfanfan]

I don't think you can get unit size more then 243 (240 men + 3 officer). I've tried many times, even I increase the number in the export_unit file for unit size from 60 (60x4 +240 max) to 61, game CTD, or even won't load. People have been talking about 265 the max (64x4), but I'm not sure how to do that.

[Siris]

Well then how can I make my unit sizes 230 or 240? Where do I go? What file do I alter? Or is it a bug?

[Simetrical]

Units have a base unit size, which is multiplied by a factor determined by the unit size setting. On Huge, peasants, warbands, levy pikemen, phalanx pikemen, and some other units will be of size 240, while other units will be stuck at 160 or less. You'd have to change export_descr_unit.txt if you wanted to bump up more units' base size, but be aware that you might well unbalance the game.

-Simetrical

[Encaitar]

On 'small', actual in-game unit size = base size * 0.5
normal: * 1.0
large: * 2.0
huge: * 4.0

[Dark11]

go to C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\Data\export_descr_unit




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