hard coded mercenary units ?

**Hans Kloss** · 11-23-2005, 18:41

THX Dol Guldur
At the moment there is a problem with following units :merc_equites_veteranii, merc_graal_knights and merc_sarmatian_auxilia but I will need to test other merc horse units.

**Hans Kloss** · 11-23-2005, 20:08

I have sorted out merc_equites_veteranii and tested other horse units-everything seems ok.Sarmatian and Graal knights still cause CTD

**edyzmedieval** · 11-24-2005, 19:49

Somebody spotted a bug with the Mercenary Graal Knights, so don't bother with them.....

**Hans Kloss** · 11-24-2005, 20:11

Yeah thx I have seen that the post on twcenter.Apparently there is more to it then just replacing cas files or editing text.

**Hans Kloss** · 11-25-2005, 22:52

anyway problem finally solved...after 2 days of testing

**Dromikaites** · 11-29-2005, 16:26

Originally Posted by Maly Jacek

anyway problem finally solved...after 2 days of testing

It would be interesting to hear the solution - that would save other folks the trouble.

**Hans Kloss** · 11-30-2005, 17:19

I would not advise anyone adding mercenary units unless you are prepared to go through long process of editing quite a few files and experiencing and many CTDs without error messages
By default all mercenary are assign to Slaves and this faction has reached its limits for number of units allowed.I'm not 100% sure if there is a full working pattern on adding new unit but this is what needs to be done.BTW this is not a tutorial just simply my observations :

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

BACK UP ALL FILES YOU ARE GOING TO EDIT

1.Enable Slaves in custom battles for testing (in descr_sm_factions)

2.Adding usual lines in export_descr_unit, export_descr_unit_enums and export_units (text folder).Descr_model_battle comes next: some mercenary units need to have their own texture lines,some don't and same goes for model_sprite (I believe)

3.Testing time for new unit : if CTD (black screen , no error message) happens when loading custom battle you probably need to change ownership (delete slave bit) of some units to make space for our newly created mercenaries.Apart from export_descr_unit, you would need alter descr_rebel_factions and of course descr_strat in campaign folder plus descr_mercenaries for unit to appear on the campaign map.

Those test were made with Attila's Reloaded Late Roman skins installed