longbow power

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (yakaspat) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:26:59 GMT

There shouldn't be "loads", it's really about six. The ones I'm aware of are:

Wagon fort for Poland and Hungary
Dismounted Lithuanian Cavalry for Poland
Mounted Longbowmen for England
Dismounted French Archers for France
Dismounted Gothic Knights for HRE
Dismounted Broken Lances for Venice
Armoured Sergeants for England

You just need to add a recruitment line to export_descr_buildings.txt to make them recruitable. For...

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (dom385) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:05:00 GMT

oh cool thanks, and when your looking through the file theres loads of units that aren't in the game how would you make them recruitable ??

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (yakaspat) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:19:28 GMT

Yes, you can change any units stats in the EDU in this manner. All units follow the same format. See the code "key" at the top of the EDU file for an explanation of what each value is for.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (dom385) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:29:48 GMT

would it be possible to make generals bodyguard less powerful doing this since at the moment they can kill an entire army in melee.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (yakaspat) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:50:22 GMT

Good job!

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (dom385) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:26:55 GMT

thanks i've done it. the first succefsul piece of modding i've done lol.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (yakaspat) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:55:28 GMT

Yup, any changes to EDU take immediate effect. Indeed, pretty much all changes to any files in the main data folder take immediate effect, typically only the files in the sub-folders of the data folder require a campaign restart.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (JonatanR) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:58:49 GMT

It will take effect straight away.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (dom385) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:40:44 GMT

thanks and wil it take effect straight away or do i need a new campaign ?

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (joe mklarty) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:12:36 GMT

It is possible. You would need to edit the export_descr_unit_strat in the retrofit file. Once you find that file just read over the explanation a few times till you understadn what numbers ou need to change. One will be the attack points of each arrow change that.

EDIT: Looks like somebody just outdid my expalnaition and faster than me lol.

Re: longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (yakaspat) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:11:25 GMT

dom385 wrote:
how would i go about making longbows more deadly because i dont think they have the power on the battle field they deserve, and if these changes were made to the vanilla game files would it affect retrofit or would i have to do it to the retrofit files ?

To make the longbows more deadly, just open export_descr_unit.txt and increase their missile attack power or range, whatever you want (see...

longbow power

feeds@yuku.com (dom385) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:14:57 GMT

how would i go about making longbows more deadly because i dont think they have the power on the battle field they deserve, and if these changes were made to the vanilla game files would it affect retrofit or would i have to do it to the retrofit files ?