About tactics and mod units

[Wider]

I'm thinking of creating a simple mod, such as adding some 'elite version' of vanilla troops.

If I have designated the base type of troops, such as base_type = pikeman, does the vanilla tactics affect the stats of this troop? Or should I find all the tactics that affect the pikeman unit's ability and put the new troop's stat change values if necessary?

 

[redtide]

I believe that your elite pikemen would...

(1) satisfy triggers of the form

pikemen = 0.01

i.e. tactics triggers would check the sum of vanilla pikemen and your elite pikemen.

(2) fail to satisfy modifiers of the form

heavy_troops = {
     who = pikemen
     value = 0.3
}

You might consider replacing such a modifier with one like this:

OR = {
     heavy_troops = {
          who = pikemen
          value = 0.3
     }
     heavy_troops = {
          who = elite_pikemen
          value = 0.3
     }
}

But that modifier would not be satisfied even when heavy troops are composed of at least 30% of some combination of vanilla pikemen and elite pikemen. I don't know if there's a way to check whether the sum of the two is at least a certain percentage of heavy troops.

(3) fail to receive bonuses imparted via

pikemen_offensive = 3

And, as you said, you would need to add e.g. elite_pikemen_offensive = 3 in order for them to receive the bonus.