Hidden unit: Han Cavalry Crossbowman

[stevenlau]

After Han captures a Persian CC, a hidden unit becomes available in that CC: Han Cavalry Crossbowman.  This unit is never mentioned in Structure Trees.

[Arup]

guess now I gotta take hans everytime im up against a persian

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

This is surely a bug, but maybe we can just call it a feature. lol

[Outis]

3 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

This is surely a bug, but maybe we can just call it a feature. lol

Or an easter egg??

[Classic-Burger]

On 08/03/2025 at 10:57 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

This is surely a bug, but maybe we can just call it a feature. lol

I don't see why it can't be done, even the assimilation process could train mercenaries after capture a building.

[Stan`]

That's the issue with allowing buildings to train all units, since you might see Atlas only entities, or entities that were not made or balanced for matches.

[Seleucids]

This is not a bug ! Technical explanation: 

Han civ was pulled straight out from Terra Magna A23 and had its code fixed for a24 and A25, as a single standalone mod civ.

On incorporating into A26, for balance, many features of the Han were removed. However, they didn't delete the template files; they just removed the OP units from Han production buildings. Crossbow cav and mobile boltshooter tank were examples of these. But the production buildings of other civs do not have explicit inhibition of these units, especially the Persian CC which can train all cav class units. As a result, the hidden units can be trained by capturing other civs' buildings.