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    i havn't looked around too much but how do you add new officers to units?
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    in export_descr_unit.txt you'd add the line marked in bold:
    type east heavy spearmen
    dictionary east_heavy_spearmen ; east heavy spearmen ; spear CHECK IF SWORD TOO
    category infantry
    class spearmen
    voice_type Medium_1
    soldier east_heavy_spearmen, 40, 0, 1.3
    officer barb_standard
    attributes sea_faring, hide_forest
    formation 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, square, shield_wall
    Note that the barb_standard or whatever you put there has to have a corresponding entry in descr_model_battle.txt, with textures listed for the factions that are going to use it, in the same way as the soldier line does for the main part of the unit.
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    And just adding that the limit is three officers and that elephants and chariots can't have them, in case you want to do that.

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    Does that make a general?

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    What you mean is whether the limit of 3 officers includes a general? If yes, then the answer is no, the general is not counted as an officer.

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    What is an officer? Is it one of those guys in a unit that stands on the side and looks different? I've seen them in some units, mainly barbarian ones.

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    yep, they are normally used as a standard bearer so you'd assign a model that has flag instead of weapon I think (I don't know the modelling end) - you normally use fs_standard_bearer skeleton for them so they don't wave flag around like a weapon.

    Its got nothing to do with captains or generals. Game assigns them in addition if unit is a bodyguard to a family member, or if the unit is the 'leader' of an army.
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