Problem with effective unit size
 

I have a unit whose minimum size is two soldiers with a champion attached as a child unit.

The unit is allowed up to 5 champions with a unit size between 3 and 10.

Since the Champions count towards the unit size I've made sure they are tagged as effective.

Now the problem. If I set the unit size to min=2, max = 10 I get two soldiers and the one attached champion as I want for the starting size. However, I'm able to decrement the number of soldiers to one soldier and one champion which is not legal.

If on the other hand I change the unit size to min=3. I get three soldiers and one champion, which isn't correct as a starting unit, but it doesn't allow me to reduce the number of soldiers until I add additional champions thereby keeping the effective size at three.

What I want is a min=3, start=2, max=10 so the unit is started with 2 soldiers and a champion.

Recommendations would be appreciated.

Problem with effective unit size
 

Can't you do exactly as you request? In addition to setting the minimum and maximum, you can also specify the starting count. So I think you should be able to specify the starting count as 2 and have a single champion as a child. Is that not working?

-Rob


At 11:16 AM 8/6/2006, you wrote:

Didn't you add warnings or errors to prevent such a thing?

Rob, I don't think it is working. If I put a starting size = 2 and the minimum size 3, the starting size was ignored when the unit was added to the army.

I ended up with an alternative solution when I couldn't get this to work. Since the unit required at least one champion, the initial champion was not tagged as effective. I then dropped the minimum and maximum size by one. In other words, I set min=2 and max=9. That way the unit starts out with 2 soldiers and one champion. Only if a second champion is added can the number of soldiers be reduced to 1.

Problem with effective unit size
 

That sounds like a solid workaround. Good thinking!

-Rob

At 01:53 PM 8/8/2006, you wrote: