About recruitmen patterns
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About recruitmen patterns
Hi, I've checked a couple of scenarios, and I always see a similar pattern:
fighter,fighter,archer,scout
But, are there any other "choices"?
I mean, when I list which are the units the AI can recruit, she NEVER recruits goblin spearman, probably because what stands for fighter is the orcish grunt. So, what should I write in the pattern so the AI will recruit spearmen?
fighter,fighter,archer,scout
But, are there any other "choices"?
I mean, when I list which are the units the AI can recruit, she NEVER recruits goblin spearman, probably because what stands for fighter is the orcish grunt. So, what should I write in the pattern so the AI will recruit spearmen?
Make an copy of the goblin into your campaign/whatever, change his usage to goblin and add goblin to the recruitment pattern. I have done the same with my Saurian Trainee. (expect he wasn't an goblin but a trainee as usage). I don't know if usages have any other influence than recruitment, but I doubt it.
Btw: mixed fighter is a common usage.
Btw: mixed fighter is a common usage.
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Have a look at the Era of Strife, featuring Eltireans, Eventide, Minotaurs, Saurians and Triththa
Have a look at the Era of Strife, featuring Eltireans, Eventide, Minotaurs, Saurians and Triththa
There is also (in addition to those listed), the 'healer' usage.
Lizards suggestion is interesting. If you do copy the unit, do it this way:
That way, your unit will automatically get all the balancing and animation fixes of the mainline unit (and it's also less work ).
Note that the Grunt is superior to the Goblin Spearman in many ways, and the AI will usually choose the Spearman if it hasn't got enough gold to spend on Grunts (and then it won't save up another turn for a Grunt, typically).
Nope, actually it has just been removed from trunk. Unless you're using 1.2.8 you won't find any of those left, and it could screw your pattern to use them.Lizard wrote:Btw: mixed fighter is a common usage.
Lizards suggestion is interesting. If you do copy the unit, do it this way:
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[unit]
[base_unit]
id=Goblin Spearman
[/base_unit]
id=My Goblin Spearman
usage=goblin
[/unit]
Note that the Grunt is superior to the Goblin Spearman in many ways, and the AI will usually choose the Spearman if it hasn't got enough gold to spend on Grunts (and then it won't save up another turn for a Grunt, typically).
Try some Multiplayer Scenarios / Campaigns
I use 1.3.14, but i have an mixed fighter in my own faction, I don't know where i did find this usage. Maybe one of the Windsong was one. I used their, files as a skeleton. Which Pattern could i use instead?
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Saurian Knife thrower
hitpoints: 39
melee: 5-3 blade
ranged: 4-4 pierce
current usage: mixed fighter
Last edited by Lizard on February 3rd, 2008, 2:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Have a look at the Era of Strife, featuring Eltireans, Eventide, Minotaurs, Saurians and Triththa
Have a look at the Era of Strife, featuring Eltireans, Eventide, Minotaurs, Saurians and Triththa