A question about changing unit classes

[Pomphis]

So I did get the Paddlesteamer and Ironclad Cruiser from LoR to HitM. Everything works fine. Now I notice that they are Steamships, not Naval Units. HitM has no Steamships, only Naval Units. They are not affected by stuff that affects Naval Units in HitM, specifically they don´t receive the Combat 1 Promotion for Aggressive Naval Units get.

Is it the UNITCOMBAT term I have to change ? If yes, is that enough or anythig else ?

 

[Leoreth]

Without knowing all the details, it sounds like you are correct. Promotions are generally tied to unit combat types.

 

[Pomphis]

Thank you. It was the only entry I found that made sense, I wondered as "class" has apparently multiple meanings.

 

[Leoreth]

There's a bunch of things whose names are not completely evident:
- unit class: all unique units and the base/default unit share the same unit class
- special unit: group of units for some purposes (e.g. cargo), for example great people, missiles etc.
- unit combat: how the unit fights, relevant for promotions and combat bonuses, for example melee, archers, mounted, gunpowder ...
- domain: how/where the unit moves, for example land, water, air

It's a bit confusing for naval units which are all DOMAIN_WATER and also UNITCOMBAT_NAVAL (or something like that), in other words there is no distinction between different unit combat types for maritime units.

 

[Pomphis]

Thanks to everybody, it seems to have worked.