Modding Units

[Kaede11]

Is it possible to create new units? Let's say I want to add birremes to the game. Would this be possible?

And creating different unit stats for different countries? Just to add some more difference to the game, you know.

 

[Lofman]

As far as I know it is not possible to create new units, though I'm not sure it truly has been tried.

For different stats, it is possible to some extent and best done by modifiers (though laws and decisions can be used as well, and do not discount inventions), as and example here is the modifier I use in my mod for the eastern nations (Parthia, Armenia etc.) giving better archers and cavalry (note, modifier may not be accurate as it is from an earlier version of the mod, can't remember wether I changed it or not for the newest)

eastern_warf = {
	trigger = {
		culture_group = persia
	}
	archers_offensive = 0.10
	archers_discipline = 0.10
	horse_archers_offensive = 0.10
	cavalry_offensive = 0.40
	cavalry_discipline = 0.10
	icon = 3
}

Trigger can be more eloberate (especially if one wants a country to be able to switch between different ones). However what can't be changed is the relative efficiency given to the units (the values given in common/units), so it is not possible to make lets say Greek Militia more effective against cavalry but still as good(bad) against everything else.

 

[Kaede11]

Well, the idea was to create "Replicas" of RTW units for EU:R to play the game "differently". I love the way EUR works but some of my friends don't because they can't see the fights and the main idea was to create RTW units for EUR and then when they "encountered" in the battlefield, switch games and play the battle with the exact units they had in EUR map. After the battle they disband the units they had lost and it goes on. Yeah, it's weird, but it could be fun.

 

[Wave]

Actually that sounds like a fun idea

there unfortunately is only the 7 major types of units that are named in the game: militia, heavy infantry, cavalry, horse archers, war elephants and archers plus triremes for navies.

You most likely cannot create new group so you could either just name some nation's triremes to biremes (stupid yeah..) or make a decision or event to boost trireme discipline, offense and blabla and name the decision something like research Biremes for navy.