adding a civ trait to a unit

[wildfire_desu]

so i wanted to make marines not useless by giving them the Danish trait, but i don't know if that's even possible. i tried to make it work but failed
can anyone help?

 

[whoward69]

The pillage ability is a promotion, so you could add that. The +1 movement when embarked and flat cost to land is tied to the trait, so can't be given to just one unit type. You'd need a modded DLL to add the trait ability as a promotion ability, then it could be done. Don't know of any modded DLL that does this, mine doesn't. (But it wouldn't be hard to add if you know C++)

PS: This question is in the wrong forum - I've asked for it to be moved

 

[wildfire_desu]

thanks
i am pretty bad with C++, so it would be great if somebody could at least link me a tutorial... i don't really think anyone would help me with coding for free
now that i think of it, some techs also give more embarked movement, could that be used?

 

[whoward69]

DLL modding links are in my sig. Techs granting more embarked move are the same issue, you can give a tech to a player (actually a team), but not to a unit

 

[wildfire_desu]

so as i understand, the simple way for me should be to copy the code that makes the danish trait work, place it to where the promotions are located to make it a promotion, and then i'll be able to assign them to marines via an XML?

 

[whoward69]

Very much depends on your definition of "simple", but fundamentally, yes.

 

[wildfire_desu]

can you provide any help other than the tutorials you've already published? looking through the entire code is such a pain, i presume you already know it pretty well yourself