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    Default Re: Saka "building" bodyguard cav (I think an error)

    Well, I know for a fact, post MOT(March of Time) Pahlavan FM Bodyguard (the real one) have a wakasashi style sword as their secondary. The normal cataphracts might have an axe or mace as a secondary.
    So that means that entry 301 in the EB EDU has no errors, but rather the error for misnaming of (saka regular cataphacts) as (saka bodyguard cav) must originate in export_units.txt --------- ie, what I think is the dictionary for EB. Its located in the following :
    \Rome - Total War\EB\Data\text

    HOWEVER

    Entry # 460 AKA "Saka late Cataphract" is clearly misnamed. Saka do not have late Cataphracts. Only Pahlava have a "late Cataphract". Therefore entry # 460 in the EB EDU is in reality the Saka post MOT FM bodyguard unit! (IE YAY!!)

    But !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    That makes this slightly more complicated by meaning to provide a fix for the error (Which I have dubbed the SAKA LATE CAT error), we must edit both :
    \EB\Data\export_descr_unit.txt
    &
    \EB\Data\text\export_units.txt

    I have never edited that file (export_units.txt), so I am going to need some help.
    Nor do I know precisely what to change or repair.
    I however have taken some screenshots from export_units.txt of the entries I think are related to this problem(correct me if I'm wrong) :

    and this one too




    PS. And way off topic, I was wondering, what nations must the Seleucids engage and be defeated by to obtain the cataphract reforms? I think its the following "Saka Rauka; Pahlava; Armenia; and Bakria, as these are the only ones who use Cats. And do you think this error in any way impacts this?
    Last edited by mikepettyrtw; 10-02-2012 at 23:53.
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