willow gate
A simple mod granting each player an extra unit based on their starting Tome, e.g. if you start with the Tome of Beasts, you will receive a Wildspeaker as reinforcements.
Compatibility
The mod doesn't edit any vanilla resources, so it will not cause any conflicts.
Mirrors
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373433090
https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/95430/Any
https://www.nexusmods.com/ageofwonders4/mods/101/
Extra Tome-based starting unit
warm bane
Really love this concept, makes good sense since sometimes it takes a while before you can recruit starting tome units. And oftentimes there are better options later on.
If you have time, it might be good to list which units are granted by each tome on the mod description. I see some tomes have 2 units so not sure which one we'd get.
Also, how did you implement this? I can take a look myself but not at my PC.
willow gate
It's random between the two, e.g. Pyromancy will grant either a smol fire spirit or a pyromancer. Yeah, I should prolly add that, will do that later tomorrow
willow gate
Also, how did you implement this? I can take a look myself but not at my PC.
Just a simple trigger script on round 1 start. Loop over each player, loop over all T1 Tomes, if a player has one, spawn a corresponding unit in the capital
warm bane
Awesome, thank you! Yes a script makes sense. I know there are other ways to tweak the starting army but scripts are probably the only viable solution.
willow gate
Well, I'm the resident script guy. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail 😅. But yeah, I'm also pretty sure this was the simplest solution. Tweaking the starting army would probably take a lot more effort
tawdry hinge
Reminds me of how Planetfall started you out with one secret tech unit too.
warm bane
It's random between the two, e.g. Pyromancy will grant either a smol fire spirit...
Would you consider making it so that the tier 2 unit is always selected when the choice is between a tier 1 and a tier 2 unit? No biggie either way. Enjoyed the more thematic starts with your mod.
willow gate
Nah, the choice is usually between a T2 and an evolving T1
Both have their use cases, so I'd rather keep it as a random factor, "make do with what you got"
warm bane
Oh yes I forgot about the evolve aspect. Carry on!
warm bane
Looks like the mod will need an update when you get a chance. The Tome of Faith lets you start with a tier 3 Chaplain, which has been moved to a tier 2 tome. Should probably grant a Lesser Light Spirit now.