How to build Artillery?

[HiRezAudio]

Even in the latest version 1.01 (offical - is there an "unofficial" patch to the patch yet?)
I cannot seem to build artillery Units. They never appear as an option, even with Armoury/Magazine/Arsenals & Master Gunsmiths.
What am I missing to get these units built, please?

 

[Crime Doesn't Pay]

You can't. Artillery is the Ref's version of cannon.

You could probably edit some XML files or WB it in though.

 

[HiRezAudio]

Then why does it list it in the Civilopedia as being available once I get to Gunsmiths & Armoury?
(Or was that Magazine?) It's listed though.....

 

[dalgo]

Then why does it list it in the Civilopedia as being available once I get to Gunsmiths & Armoury?
(Or was that Magazine?) It's listed though.....

The Civilopedia is wrong, or at best confusing (and not just for artillery either). What it does say is that Artillery is a 'Unique unit for English Empire' etc. The way the game interprets that is the REF can have it but you can't.

 

[HiRezAudio]

Thanks Dalgo - appreciate the explanation.
note to self - RTFM!!

 

[dalgo]

he he - haven't seen that one for a while. But in this case the manual is poor so don't hesitate to ask questions here.

 

[CornPlanter]

Then there is also buildings description confusing to no end. I've read every relevant entry in Civilopedia to find out how the hell I can build that Artillery.

 

[RenaissanceFan]

Actually, you can build artillery. But, for that matter, you need to do the following:

1) In the file Assets/XML/Units/Civ4UnitInfos.xml, search for UNIT_ARTILLERY. In it, there will be a line like this: <Class>UNITCLASS_CANNON</Class>. Change UNITCLASS_CANNON to UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY.

2)Then open the file Civ4UnitClassInfos.xml in the same folder as above. Add the following between one UnitClassInfo and another:

<UnitClassInfo>
<Type>UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY</Type>
<Description>TXT_KEY_UNIT_ARTILLERY</Description>
<DefaultUnit>UNIT_ARTILLERY</DefaultUnit>
</UnitClassInfo>

3) Test in the game and see if works.

 

[clearbeard]

As a clarification on "Requires Armory or Magazine or Arsenal" in the 'pedia, this is exactly the same as for unique units in base Civ. If you are the faction listed as having this as your unique unit, AND if you have the required building, then you can build the unit. So in this case, if the king captures one of your cities that has an armory and enough tools, he could decide to build more artillery locally. Not sure if the AI is programmed to ever use your cities this way, but that's why it's listed in the 'pedia like that.

 

[Strikercups]

You cant construct Artillery, they're Europe exclusive, the best thing you can get is the cannon