[1.0.9t,s,r,q,p...] Incomplete XML references in CoreUnits.xml

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Not all units have all their UnitStats set and so the default is being used. In particular, some units start the game with 10 Constitution (system default I guess) but new units use the defaults from Kingdom_GenericBaseUnit_Male.

Current code typically looks like this:

Code: xml
  3.         <!-- levels -->
  4.         <LevelMilestone InternalName="L1">
  5.             <Level>1</Level>
  6.             <UnitStat_HitPoints>0</UnitStat_HitPoints>
  7.             <UnitStat_Defense>0</UnitStat_Defense>
  8.             <UnitStat_CombatSpeed>2</UnitStat_CombatSpeed>
  9.             <UnitStat_Sight>3</UnitStat_Sight>
  10.             <Intelligence>0</Intelligence>
  11.             <UnitStat_Charisma>0</UnitStat_Charisma>
  12.             <UnitStat_Essence>0</UnitStat_Essence>
  13.             <UnitStat_Experience>5</UnitStat_Experience>
  14.             <UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel>20</UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel>
  15.         </LevelMilestone>
  16.         <LevelMilestone InternalName="L10">
  17.             <Level>10</Level>
  18.             <UnitStat_HitPoints>36</UnitStat_HitPoints>
  19.             <UnitStat_Attack>2</UnitStat_Attack>
  20.             <UnitStat_Defense>0</UnitStat_Defense>
  21.             <UnitStat_CombatSpeed>10</UnitStat_CombatSpeed>
  22.             <UnitStat_Sight>4</UnitStat_Sight>
  23.             <Intelligence>0</Intelligence>
  24.             <UnitStat_Charisma>0</UnitStat_Charisma>
  25.             <UnitStat_Essence>0</UnitStat_Essence>
  26.             <UnitStat_Experience>15</UnitStat_Experience>
  27.             <UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel>300</UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel>
  28.         </LevelMilestone>

Should have the line '<UnitStat_Constitution>5</UnitStat_Constitution>' added:

Code: xml
  3.         &lt;!-- levels --&gt;
  4.         &lt;LevelMilestone InternalName="L1"&gt;
  5.             &lt;Level&gt;1&lt;/Level&gt;
  6.             &lt;UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;
  7.             &lt;UnitStat_Defense&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Defense&gt;
  8.             &lt;UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;2&lt;/UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;
  9.             &lt;UnitStat_Sight&gt;3&lt;/UnitStat_Sight&gt;
  10.             &lt;Intelligence&gt;0&lt;/Intelligence&gt;
  11.             &lt;UnitStat_Charisma&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Charisma&gt;
  12.             &lt;UnitStat_Constitution&gt;5&lt;/UnitStat_Constitution&gt;
  13.             &lt;UnitStat_Essence&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Essence&gt;
  14.             &lt;UnitStat_Experience&gt;5&lt;/UnitStat_Experience&gt;
  15.             &lt;UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;20&lt;/UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;
  16.         &lt;/LevelMilestone&gt;
  17.         &lt;LevelMilestone InternalName="L10"&gt;
  18.             &lt;Level&gt;10&lt;/Level&gt;
  19.             &lt;UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;36&lt;/UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;
  20.             &lt;UnitStat_Attack&gt;2&lt;/UnitStat_Attack&gt;
  21.             &lt;UnitStat_Defense&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Defense&gt;
  22.             &lt;UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;10&lt;/UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;
  23.             &lt;UnitStat_Sight&gt;4&lt;/UnitStat_Sight&gt;
  24.             &lt;Intelligence&gt;0&lt;/Intelligence&gt;
  25.             &lt;UnitStat_Charisma&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Charisma&gt;
  26.             &lt;UnitStat_Constitution&gt;5&lt;/UnitStat_Constitution&gt;
  27.             &lt;UnitStat_Essence&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Essence&gt;
  28.             &lt;UnitStat_Experience&gt;15&lt;/UnitStat_Experience&gt;
  29.             &lt;UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;300&lt;/UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;
  30.         &lt;/LevelMilestone&gt;

This affects:

Sovereign_MaleSpouse
Sovereign_FemaleSpouse
Kingdom_Soldier
Kingdom_Pioneer
Ironeer
Fallen_Ambassador
Empire_GenericBaseUnit_Female
Fallen_Pioneer

 

@Stardock: BTW, I'm not sure if this is helpful to your process or not because I've been providing feedback on this now for quite a few beta versions but it hasn't made the todo list or the changelog - yet it clearly is a bug. Please let me know if I should just drop reporting this in future because it feels strange repeating the same information over and over.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

As far as I know - and I could be wrong here - the LevelMileStone containers and associated tags aren't used in any way at all in-game.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

CoreUnits.xml has been dramatically cleaned and tweaked in 1.0.9u with essence removed and numbers changed. It appears that all except the Kingdom Pioneers have been fixed.

I just did a quick mod test and LevelMileStone is indeed working. :) If it wasn't before then I'd strongly suggest that modders now look at the new clean code Stardock have placed within this file. Looking much more stremlined. :)

The Political Machine 2024
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

In what sense is it working? I can't get any stat to change according to the milestones.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I made a mod that just contained the Kingdom_Pioneer. Then I changed a few setting such as the default image. And I also added the constitution command setting it really high. Everything changed as desired in-game.

Once it was working I deleted the mod file otherwise I'd post it.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

       <LevelMilestone InternalName="L1">
            <Level>1</Level>
            <UnitStat_HitPoints>5</UnitStat_HitPoints>
            <UnitStat_Attack>6</UnitStat_Attack>
            <UnitStat_Defense>3</UnitStat_Defense>
            <UnitStat_CombatSpeed>3</UnitStat_CombatSpeed>
            <UnitStat_Strength>10</UnitStat_Strength>
            <UnitStat_Wisdom>1</UnitStat_Wisdom>
            <UnitStat_Dexterity>4</UnitStat_Dexterity>
            <UnitStat_Intelligence>1</UnitStat_Intelligence>
            <UnitStat_Charisma>1</UnitStat_Charisma>
            <UnitStat_Constitution>14</UnitStat_Constitution>
            <UnitStat_Sight>2</UnitStat_Sight>
        <UnitStat_Moves>3.0000</UnitStat_Moves>
        </LevelMilestone>
 
        <LevelMilestone InternalName="L10">
            <Level>10</Level>
            <UnitStat_HitPoints>5</UnitStat_HitPoints>
            <UnitStat_Attack>30</UnitStat_Attack>
            <UnitStat_Defense>16</UnitStat_Defense>
            <UnitStat_CombatSpeed>3</UnitStat_CombatSpeed>
            <UnitStat_Strength>16</UnitStat_Strength>
            <UnitStat_Wisdom>1</UnitStat_Wisdom>
            <UnitStat_Dexterity>26</UnitStat_Dexterity>
            <UnitStat_Intelligence>10</UnitStat_Intelligence>
            <UnitStat_Charisma>1</UnitStat_Charisma>
            <UnitStat_Constitution>2600</UnitStat_Constitution>
            <UnitStat_Sight>2</UnitStat_Sight>
        <UnitStat_Moves>3.0000</UnitStat_Moves>
        </LevelMilestone>
End of quote

Result on level-up: No stat difference.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

15:46 <Heavenfall> Quick question if you have a minute; does the <LevelMilestone> container and associated tags actually work?
16:17 <Cari_Elf> I asked boogiebac and he thinks that it's only used when spawning a unit at a specific level
16:17 <Cari_Elf> as opposed to being used to auto-level units

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Oh hang on. I think we are at cross-purposes here. :)

I haven't experimented with levelling up using milestones. All I was pointing out was that the base stats for certain troops were inconsistent and that by upgrading these units you could milk a few extra hit points.

I just tried an experiement...

Uber Peon Mod File

where the default Kingdom peasant is replaced by an Uber Peon.

Code: xml
  3. &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  4. &lt;UnitTypes&gt;
  5.     &lt;!-- ********************** --&gt;
  6.     &lt;!-- ** Kingdom_Peasant ** --&gt;
  7.     &lt;!-- ********************** --&gt;
  8.     &lt;UnitType InternalName="Kingdom_Soldier"&gt;
  9.         &lt;!-- base data--&gt;
  10.         &lt;DisplayName&gt;Uber Peon&lt;/DisplayName&gt;
  11.         &lt;Description&gt;A peasant armed with a crude cudgel.&lt;/Description&gt;
  12.         &lt;CanBeDesigned&gt;1&lt;/CanBeDesigned&gt;
  13.     &lt;IsStartingUnitType&gt;1&lt;/IsStartingUnitType&gt;
  14.         &lt;!-- graphical data--&gt;
  15.         &lt;ModelPath&gt;Gfx\HKB\Units\K_Male_Mesh_01.hkb&lt;/ModelPath&gt;
  16.         &lt;SkeletonPath&gt;Gfx\HKB\Units\K_Male_Skeleton_01.hkb&lt;/SkeletonPath&gt;
  17.         &lt;EyeTexture&gt;gfx\Eyes\blinks\eyeblink_m1_brwn.png&lt;/EyeTexture&gt;
  18.         &lt;Texture_Skin&gt;K_Male_Default_Texture_01.png&lt;/Texture_Skin&gt;
  19.         &lt;AnimationPack&gt;SoldierAnimationPack&lt;/AnimationPack&gt;
  20.         &lt;ClothPoseIndex&gt;1&lt;/ClothPoseIndex&gt;
  21.         &lt;InfoCardBackground&gt;BG_GoodScene&lt;/InfoCardBackground&gt;
  22.         &lt;UnitModelType&gt;KingdomMale&lt;/UnitModelType&gt;
  23.         &lt;!-- Sovereign Equipment Data --&gt;
  24.         &lt;Equipment&gt;Sovereign_Warrior_Hair&lt;/Equipment&gt;
  25.         &lt;Equipment&gt;Sovereign_Warrior_Shirt_Crappy_ID1&lt;/Equipment&gt;
  26.         &lt;Equipment&gt;GnarledClub&lt;/Equipment&gt;
  27.         &lt;Equipment&gt;K_Male_Head_01&lt;/Equipment&gt;
  28.         &lt;!-- soundFX --&gt;
  29.         &lt;MovingSFX&gt;TEMP_KnightMarching1&lt;/MovingSFX&gt;
  30.         &lt;Medallions InternalName=""&gt;
  31.             &lt;All&gt;Peasant.png&lt;/All&gt;
  32.         &lt;/Medallions&gt;
  33.     &lt;ProductionRequirement&gt;
  34.       &lt;Type&gt;Resource&lt;/Type&gt;
  35.       &lt;Attribute&gt;AvailableSpecialists&lt;/Attribute&gt;
  36.       &lt;Value&gt;1.0&lt;/Value&gt;
  37.     &lt;/ProductionRequirement&gt;
  38.         &lt;!-- levels --&gt;
  39.         &lt;LevelMilestone InternalName="L1"&gt;
  40.             &lt;Level&gt;1&lt;/Level&gt;
  41.             &lt;UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;
  42.             &lt;UnitStat_Defense&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Defense&gt;
  43.             &lt;UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;2&lt;/UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;
  44.             &lt;UnitStat_Sight&gt;3&lt;/UnitStat_Sight&gt;
  45.             &lt;Intelligence&gt;0&lt;/Intelligence&gt;
  46.             &lt;UnitStat_Charisma&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Charisma&gt;
  47.             &lt;UnitStat_Constitution&gt;5&lt;/UnitStat_Constitution&gt;
  48.             &lt;UnitStat_Essence&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Essence&gt;
  49.             &lt;UnitStat_Experience&gt;5&lt;/UnitStat_Experience&gt;
  50.             &lt;UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;20&lt;/UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;
  51.         &lt;/LevelMilestone&gt;
  52.         &lt;LevelMilestone InternalName="L2"&gt;
  53.             &lt;Level&gt;2&lt;/Level&gt;
  54.             &lt;UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_HitPoints&gt;
  55.             &lt;UnitStat_Attack&gt;10&lt;/UnitStat_Attack&gt;
  56.             &lt;UnitStat_Defense&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Defense&gt;
  57.             &lt;UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;2&lt;/UnitStat_CombatSpeed&gt;
  58.             &lt;UnitStat_Sight&gt;3&lt;/UnitStat_Sight&gt;
  59.             &lt;Intelligence&gt;0&lt;/Intelligence&gt;
  60.             &lt;UnitStat_Charisma&gt;0&lt;/UnitStat_Charisma&gt;
  61.             &lt;UnitStat_Constitution&gt;1500&lt;/UnitStat_Constitution&gt;
  62.             &lt;UnitStat_Experience&gt;15&lt;/UnitStat_Experience&gt;
  63.             &lt;UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;300&lt;/UnitStat_ExpToNextLevel&gt;
  64.         &lt;/LevelMilestone&gt;
  65.     &lt;/UnitType&gt;
  66. &lt;/UnitTypes&gt;

The unit should have had a massive HP boost once it reaches level 2 along with other changes but you're right, none of the LevelMilestone changes are working.

-------------------------------- EDIT ------------------------------

Just saw your new info. That would explain it. :)

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

There are some bonuses when you level up that are free, like extra hitpoints and accuracy. But they are not determined by the milestones.