Mountain troops - ability!

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AgentTBC
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Mountain troops - ability!

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So the gebirgsjaeger and alpini troops seem to be able to move more quickly through bad terrain than normal infantry. Which makes sense because, uh, the name. But is there some way to know this without sorta noticing it empirically? Like an ability or property that shows up in the description that I don't see? Because they only have the same properties as regular infantry so far as I can tell; concealable, light tread, light freight. Same movement of 6. So is there somewhere that tells the player these units have the ability to move over bad terrain for less movement cost?

(If there is I suck and am blind.) If there isn't maybe it should be added as a property which shows up in the description like "light tread" or "guerilla". I mean, ok perhaps players should guess they move well over mountains because they are named mountain troops but a lot of people probably won't just assume that.

Secondly, are there are any other hidden abilities on other units I might have missed?
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Re: Mountain troops - ability!

Post by GabeKnight »

They have the "ski" movement type. You can spot it using Mojkos Unit Navigator Tool or within the units.csv file (when opened with an editor)

It was the reason why I did this in my mod:
GabeKnight wrote:- German Gebirgsjäger '41-'45 added the "guerrilla" trait to be better distinguishable from reg. infantry (not needed otherwise)
Because you're right, it's hard to know and unseen within the traits section of the purchase screen.
AgentTBC wrote:Secondly, are there are any other hidden abilities on other units I might have missed?
Many. :D :wink:
But for that you'll have to examine the units.csv file (and some others)
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Re: Mountain troops - ability!

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Thanks, I took a look at the Unit Navigator tool. Very handy!
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