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 Topic: 7. Units
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
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7g. Special Units: Invisible Units and Rock Climbers
Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 11:44 AM (4960 Reads)
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 Hiding units in secret passages and caves is all well and good, but they can be easily discovered with one push of the spacebar. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create completely invisible units (including siege equipment), able to devastate your foes (or you, if a mapmaker uses them), taking secret warfare to a whole new level! We'll also show you how to make assassin-like units for Stronghold 1, such as the wall climbing spearman shown to the right...
Submitted by Lord_Thomas, SimRPGplayer, GeneralMatthew, ShadowLord and Aubergine
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7b. Civilian Units: Controllable Civilians
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 04:18 PM (10824 Reads)
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 Usually your peasants and workers just go about their business as usual, but have you ever wanted to get a little more control over them and possibly even see how healthy they are at the same time? You might even want to make them an active part of gameplay by forcing the player to protect them? The time has come for you to take control over your workforce my Lord, read on...
Submitted by Lord_Cliffe, Lord-Aaron-VII-of-Windsor, GeneralMatthew, Aubergine, Eowyn, DukeKurts, HicRic, Adolf
Note: This trick works in Stronghold 2!!
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7f. Siege Equipment: Introduction to Siege Equipment
Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 03:59 PM (8604 Reads)
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 Seige equipment in Stronghold 1 and Stronghold Crusader is often overlooked and underestimated. In this tutorial we will attempt to solve a few secrets of seige equipment and to advise on when, where and how to use each of the devices. We'll also take a look at ways to protect your engineers, man and exit siege equipment and we even pay the humble ladderman a visit...
Submitted by Lord-Aaron-VII-of-Windsor, Aubergine, KoenFrancois, bubbarum, Jiangzw, SimRPGplayer, Lord_Cliffe
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7a. Opponents: The Pig
Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 03:17 PM (33026 Reads)
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 Not the prettiest guy to bear the title of duke (real name: Duke Truffe). Legend has it that he was so ugly when he was born, his parents abandoned him and he was taken in by a group of wandering bandits. The Pig eventually became their leader.
A strategy guide, castle guide, map makers guide, walkthroughs and plenty of food awaits you inside... Submitted by Aubergine, Jalis, Lord Nick, Lord Michael, Earl Listibald
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7g. Special Units: The Ghost and a Ghost Army
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:30 PM (7716 Reads)
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 To get a ghost you have to place a few shrines. There are some restrictions in Crusader and there are also several other things that look like ghosts. Also, have you ever wanted an army of the undead in your maps? Read on...
Submitted by Aubergine, Earl Listibald, Brave Sir Robin, Jalis. Extracts from forum posts by KoenFrancois, Ratty, NAT, LordK and RayvenQ. Ghost Army Template by Jalis.
Note: Template map available for download! Revised to include information on shrines, ghosts in Crusader, alternative ghosts and more...
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7a. Opponents: The Rat
Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 08:36 AM (12889 Reads)
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 Small and conniving, The Rat (real name: Duke de Puce) came into his station in life because his mother had once worked for the original Duke de Puce, and a messenger told him that the Duke was really his father. The messenger also informed him that the Duke and his entire family had been lost at sea, which left The Rat as his sole heir.
A strategy guide, castle guide, map makers guide, walkthroughs and plenty of cheese awaits you inside... Submitted by Aubergine, Earl Listibald, Lord Michael, Jalis and Lord Nick
Note: New Tactical Data Sheet added - you MUST download this! Details at end of tutorial.
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7a. Opponents: The Snake
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 05:42 AM (21779 Reads)
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 True to his name, The Snake (real name: Duke Beauregard) once made a nice life for himself by skimming off the top of the taxes he collected when he was the governor of some outlying provinces. When the King found out, though, he was brought back to the kingdom, where he lost an eye to your father.
A strategy guide, castle guide, map makers guide, walkthroughs and several scaley beasts await you inside... Submitted by Aubergine, Earl Listibald, Lord Michael, Jalis and Lord Nick
Note: Updated army attack size threashold from 150 down to 130. Added some new information from Lord Nick including castle names and improved character overview.
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Update! Lord Michael's Walkthroughs for 
Have you ever been frustrated that your Tunneler attack is thwarted because your troops didn't arrive on time? Either they arrive too early and are decimated by missile weapons and boiling oil, or they arrive too late and the enemy has already repaired the breach. Ever wish you could time your Tunnelers and your melee units just right? Now you can by using the "Synchronized Tunnel Assault" and watch your enemies crumble before you.
In the previous tutorial, 
Here is the comprehensive listing of the Stronghold 2 Military units. All the cost, equipment and honor needs are displayed along with the each units effectiveness in terms of armor, speed, shot range and hand-to-hand strength.
This tutorial shows you how to trap peasants quicly and easily both in the map editor and in-game. You can use these stationary peasants in everything from bandit camps to stadiums in roles such as nomads, spectators, beggars and stable hands... 
The Mercenary Post was introduced in Stronghold Crusader and supplies you with Arabian Mercenaries. In this tutorial we provide a brief overview of the Mercenary Post and give useful facts to bear in mind when recruiting Arabian troops... 
When you move a group of units, have you ever noticed how they sometimes assume a less than perfect formation, with weak units on the outside and slow but strong units on the inside? Well, in this tutorial we exaplain how the game works out formations and armed with this knowledge you can create some amazingly successful group formations with relative ease!
In this tutorial, we learn how to make linear and custom troop formations more tightly packed. There are two methods for you to choose from... 
Introduced in Stronghold 2, these mercenaries are the first units in the game that can travel on water! Each one of them comes with a little boat strapped to their back - when they get to the waters' edge, they get in to their boat and paddle to their destination... 
In our recent tutorial on Linear Troop Formations, we showed how to make your troops line up in rows. In this tutorial, we'll extend this theory to create customised troop formations. These can be useful for eye-candy and our spaced linear formations result in some amazing battles... 
This tutorial will show you how to milk cows and for those with Stronghold 1 we show you how to create custom farmers, how to get your workers to deliver food to a feast, create statues and much more... 
Round and round they go, where they stop, nobody knows! Have you ever needed to guard a wide area with few troops? Ever needed to protect your walls from assassins? Have you ever wanted to add some realistic movement to your troops in a new map? Read on and learn fellow traveler.
Have you ever wanted to make your army look more organised? Troops have a habit of not standing where you want them to and their default group patterns result in poor attack formations. In this tutorial we will show you how to make your troops get in to line...
The Lord is by far the most powerful melee unit in the game and he can withstand a fair amount of damage as well! In this tutorial we'll find out how to get him back if you have accidentally deleted him in the map editor, display any Lord on a map, tell him to attack things or go home and much, much more. We've also made a table that shows how strong he is against all units and buildings with some interesting findings on pikemen and swordsmen...
Giving the player reinforcement troops at a different time each time they play the map will make your map more enjoyable and re-playable. In this tutorial we show you how to give the player not only the usual reinfocement archers, but also macemen...
In Stronghold Crusader, AI Lords have been given different strengths and this is denoted by the number of blue or yellow dots that appear when you click on them. Our leaderboard shows which Lords are strongest and weakest and explains how you can use this to your advantage when attacking enemy castles or choosing your allies in a skirmish map...
We've all seen jesters, jugglers and fire eaters but have you ever wanted to take control of them? In this tutorial we'll show you how to add an army of jesters, jugglers or fire eaters to your map thanks to special template maps from Jalis...
Your workers aren't the easiest of people to control, but with some gentle persuasion you can convince large numbers of them to march in formation to your castle and start working in your buildings... 
Have you ever wanted to have loads of peasants that are seeking employment march towards your castle at the beginning of the game? Here's how to do it... 
Normally, the computer will only control troops placed on the map by invasions. However, with a sneaky little trick, you can place enemy troops wherever you want in the map editor and get the computer to take control of them in the first scheduled invasion...
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Are you one of those people that never uses shields? Read this and you'll not be able to imagine playing the game without them! Find out how you can increase your chances of survival and success with those handy mobile walls of wood in all versions of the game. The knowledge given here can be used while playing the game and also while map making so everyone should take a look at this...
We all know it's possible to play through the Crusader Skirmish Trail missions as an Arabian Lord instead of his European counterpart, you simply change your player identity in the options menu. Playing as an Arabian Lord in Invasion and Economic missions has always been a bit more difficult, or in some cases thought to be impossible. In this tutorial we'll talk about how to create Crusader Invasion (and Economic) missions where you can play as an Arabian Lord... 
This tutorial shows how to petrify lost souls as they burn in Hades. By varying the methods used, you can create slow burning peasants, permanent flames and even trap lost souls that can be later released from their torment... By extending these tricks, you can create everything from cool eye candy such as prisons with fire walls to burning oil fields! 
Assassins are another one of those units that most people do not bother with, but after various discussions in our forums, it turns out they are really quite useful! Read on to find out how to get them to defend your farms and how to detect which buildings they have taken over along with loads of other great tips...
Caged war dogs are rarely used by people but they can be quite formidable when used properly. From defending farms to special features found only in Crusader, this article will teach you a thing or two about war dogs... 
Anyone who has made a siege map will often wonder why you cannot have peasants and workers in the game. The game seems determined to kill all peasants off at the start of the siege and so you have nobody to employ. Well, not any more - here's a really simple way to not only get workers in to your sieges (which some of you may have seen before) but also get as many peasants as you want, where you want them...
Horse Archers are one of the most devastating units in Stronghold Crusader - both in their destructive power and their stupidity! In order to get the best from horse archers, read on... 
In normal sieges, the player controls either the defender or the attacker - and the opposite position is occupied by an AI army. However, there is a way to have multiple factions attacking at the same, without being under the attacker's control. These 'AI allies' are incredibly simple to make, and can make sieges far more interesting! You can even have troops of the same colour as the attackers', but not under their control. This tutorial will explain how to do this, and hopefully by the end of it you'll have learned something new, and got fresh ideas of how to go about siege-making.
In the previous Cede articles, we discussed how the 'Cede Castle' event can be a very useful tool, we demonstrated how to use it in the more traditional sense, and how it can be manipulated to produce some stunning eye-candy effects.
This tutorial shows two ways in which you can make peasants and workers patrol in the original Stronghold 1 game. The techniques can be used in the map editor or while playing the game... 
This tutorial shows you how to create eye-candy fishermen for your maps and even make them appear to deliver goods to the granary... 
This tutorial shows a neat little trick that allows you to make patrolling military and civilian units pause at various stages of their patrol. This can be used for merely eye-candy purposes or even become part of your map's strategy if you want the player to sneak past patrolling units as they pause... 
