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Alternate 7th Ed HE update - bugfree and accurate.

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Silverfox510

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Greetings all,

I realise this might be a bit brash being new and all, but I'd like to point people towards an AB update for the new HE I've been working on for the past few weeks, hopefully to help out apollo :)

I've been trialing it with a number of people, so I am relatively certain that it is 99.99% bugfree and accurate. It's been double and triple-checked, straight from the book.

The only odd issue people might have, is that I have changed the spelling of some of the items to my native English-English, but I hope that won't be much of a problem.

Please do look at them at your own leisure, the update is in 3 parts, the genericstuff.dat file, the highelves.dat and highelves.aug, and comments / criticisms are most welcome.

I merely hoped to assist the 'official' dev team, and maybe perhaps allow for a speedier general release of the new HE. :)
 
It seems very good. Thank you very much.
Probably using it I've been noticed in a strange thing happened just one time. Selecting noble as BSB I hadn't the option for the heavy lance, just switching from units and coming back to the BSB noble the option magically appeared. Am I drunk or what?
 
Can you tell me what you exactly changed in the genericstuff file so I could manage my italian entirely translated one? Thank you very much.
 
Thanks, and I certainly shall explain =) :

1. In the genericstuff.dat file, go to the 'Proceedure' tab, then select 'ProfRare.' Insert these lines of coding:

if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@maxvalue = @maxvalue * 2
endif

So it should look like this:

...

~ Rosters < 2000 points have a special count
if (size < 2000) then
@maxvalue = 1
else
@maxvalue = 0
while (size >= 1000)
@maxvalue = @maxvalue + 1
size = size - 1000
loop
endif

~ Unique High Elf composition rules
if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@maxvalue = @maxvalue * 2
endif

...

2. Select 'ProfSpec,' and insert these lines of code in the same way:

if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@maxvalue = @maxvalue + 2
endif

So it should look like this:

...

~ Rosters < 2000 points have a special count
if (size < 2000) then
@maxvalue = 3
else
@maxvalue = 2
while (size >= 1000)
@maxvalue = @maxvalue + 1
size = size - 1000
loop
endif

~ Unique High Elf composition rules
if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@maxvalue = @maxvalue + 2
endif

...

3. Finally, select 'ProfCore,' and insert these lines of coding:

if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@minvalue = @minvalue - 1
endif

So it should look like this:

...

~ Rosters < 2000 points have a special count
if (size < 2000) then
@minvalue = 2
else
@minvalue = 1
while (size >= 1000)
@minvalue = @minvalue + 1
size = size - 1000
loop
endif

~ Unique High Elf composition rules
if (tagis[ruleset.heHighElf] > 0) then
@minvalue = @minvalue - 1
endif

...

That's the only necessary thing to do in genericstuff.dat, and that should fix the HE's comp rules for you. :D[/b]

And sorry about the Lance issue, I felt that it was a little misleading to have it selectable even when on foot. Also, please note that the HE BSB has no limitations on his equipment like in other armies :) .
 
Of course Silverfox. I think that the BSB no limitations is one of the best improvement of the entire army. Thank you very much for your tech assistance. The Lance issue is correct to have it not selectable if on foot. Good improvement!
 
Thank you for the kudos :), but what I've done hasn't diminished what you guys have done in keeping all the files up-to-date on a regular basis, and by no means did I wish to 'steal your thunder.'

It certainly was a hard thing for me to work out how to do (I've never been terribly into programming or coding), just finding the right section of the AB files that dictated army composition, then working out how exactly to code the High Elves' rules into it took me a while to self-learn.

As for the cleanliness, in the end, it literally came to me as I was doing the washing up... :P.
 
now i dont know what i'm doing wrong here, but i've downloaded those three files into the right spot, but when i select the high elf army roster, its same as the old one...
 
I have come across an error in the composition rules. In the book Nobles, Princes, and Archamges can take Tiranoc Chariots as a mount option. In the old book, and in other army books it says that these choices are taken as usual from the special slots. But the new HE book does not say that. Shouldn't that mean that taking a Tiranoc Chariot is not a special choice when chosen as a mount.

I refer you to the hordes of chaos book which specifically says, A character may ride in a chariot selected as normal from the army list displacing one of the crew.

No such text exists in the HE book as it currently is written.
 
Uhm, hmm...that is an interesting point...however, one could argue that the old composition rules regarding characters and the Tiranoc Chariot remain -

On page 93, when describing rules for mounts, it simply refers you to the Tiranoc Chariot's rules entry on page 97 with no added comment or rules. Upon referring to that entry, it states that the Chariot is a Special choice, and one would assume that it would remain so even if ridden by a character as no proviso is given on p93.

That's just my interpretation of things...
 
have to agree with belgarath97 here unless it states in the rulebook that it takes up core/special/rare choice then the chariot just counts as a mount

this is like the new battle standard rules, as it no longer states that battle standard bearer cant have normal equipment in the new high elf book this means he now can. Just because they havent written it this time we assume its intentional rather than refering back to the old book.

Going back to the chariots the older books usually state if it takes up a sepcial choice hordes of chaos/ dark elves for example like belgarath97 said. However the new orc and goblin book no longer states that a character mounted on a chariot takes up a special choice so it no longer does. The new orc and goblin file works this way aswell rather than counting the chariots as special choices

i imagine its another one of these things they are eventually gonna change for everybody when they get round to doing the books for each army.

like the new battle standard equipment rule i mentioned earlier.
The changes in the common magic items cost etc etc
 
Silverfox510 said:
Have you removed the extra numbers from the file names? :S Did it ask you if wanted to overwrite the old files or not?
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yeah it did, and it still wont do anything. the point value for spearmen is still 11
 
Hi,

Unfortunately I have the same problem as thedeadmonky. I tried several ways:
- copied the files to wh6 folder deleted the originals and then deleted the numbers at the end
- saved the files elsewhere, removed the numbers, then I cipied them to wh6 folder

If I simply copy them with the numbers at the end and I try to delete the numbers, then I am not offered to overwrite, but the message prompts me to give another name as it already exists. Anyway, I think the other two ways I tried should work - but neither worked. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

On chariots being simple mounts or one of the special choices: I agree with belgarath97 and apollo0681. The new tendency is that instead of putting the character on one of the special (or any other choice) chariot, the character simply gets an additional one - thus increasing the potential number of chariots in an army. The wording has changed in the new Orc&Goblin book as well (it used to be one of the spec. choice chariots, now it is additional one). Since then many O&G players put the scroll caddy 1st level goblin shaman on a chariot, so if the gobbo runs out of the scrolls by turn 2, it can at least cause d6+1 impact hit fore a mere 60 points :-)

Thanks,
Gabor
Code:
 
I got them to work ok, by removing (well, moving to a safe backup place) the original files. Then I took the numbers from the new files (so they had identical names) and moved those to where the old ones used to be. Worked first time for me.
 
kgb said:
On chariots being simple mounts or one of the special choices: I agree with belgarath97 and apollo0681. The new tendency is that instead of putting the character on one of the special (or any other choice) chariot, the character simply gets an additional one - thus increasing the potential number of chariots in an army. The wording has changed in the new Orc&Goblin book as well (it used to be one of the spec. choice chariots, now it is additional one). Since then many O&G players put the scroll caddy 1st level goblin shaman on a chariot, so if the gobbo runs out of the scrolls by turn 2, it can at least cause d6+1 impact hit fore a mere 60 points :-)
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I agree with all of this about the chariots, but on the same line of reasoning, they should also be alone in that chariot, as it doesn't say they replace ONE of the TWO crew. They are now the only crew in the chariot.
 
It must be the curse of some vile gods, but I can not get it right - I did the juggling with the files, but still old data shows up. Do not I have to import file or locate files?

Chariots: I am not sure of the HE crew replacement, unfortunately I have no access to the book yet, but the O&G specifically says one of the normal crew members.

Regards,
Gabor
 
CK said:
kgb said:
On chariots being simple mounts or one of the special choices: I agree with belgarath97 and apollo0681. The new tendency is that instead of putting the character on one of the special (or any other choice) chariot, the character simply gets an additional one - thus increasing the potential number of chariots in an army. The wording has changed in the new Orc&Goblin book as well (it used to be one of the spec. choice chariots, now it is additional one). Since then many O&G players put the scroll caddy 1st level goblin shaman on a chariot, so if the gobbo runs out of the scrolls by turn 2, it can at least cause d6+1 impact hit fore a mere 60 points :-)
Click to expand...

I agree with all of this about the chariots, but on the same line of reasoning, they should also be alone in that chariot, as it doesn't say they replace ONE of the TWO crew. They are now the only crew in the chariot.
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Its says replaces one of the crew. As in you take one crew member off and add the character. if it was meaning he was alone in the chariots it would say he replaces all the crew or both of the crew.
 
yeah my mistake, go figuer I didnt remember seeing that there, and then re-read it after I posted it ;(
 
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