Hatonastick
I've been experimenting using the post by TheMageLord that shows how to alter mission_templates.txt, and have come to the conclusion that with the latest patch it doesn't fully work. You can alter equipment loads used in the normal arena battles fine, however tournaments seem to be another thing. I'm guessing that whatever generates the arena content (number of people per side and their equipment load) for a tournament from the template overrides what is in the mission_template.txt (ie. depending on arena location and faction etc.). So I'm guessing the only real way to change this is to look into the Python side of things, which is a pity. All I wanted to do was give bowmen a backup weapon (eg. sword, heck even a dagger would be nice), as in the few occasions that the entries in mission_template.txt aren't overridden, this has (in my opinion) improved the tournament battles somewhat. 
Either that or I've made a mistake somewhere I guess. Here's the relevant section from my mission_templates.txt file:
BTW doesn't seem to matter (from my limited experiments) where I put the sword in the list of items. At the start, at the end, or somewhere inbetween. As I said, I'm fairly certain whatever generation code that uses this template is overriding certain settings in certain arenas depending on their location and possibly which faction owns them.
Just bought this game and am having a blast so far.
Edit: I just tried removing all bow entries from the above and replacing with something else. Started a new game using the altered file, went to a tournament and nothing had changed. Looks like I might have to learn how the module setup works if I want to alter this I guess? Or has someone already done something like this (adding backup weapons for archers eg. dagger or sword)? I'm trying to avoid using Python if I can.
Either that or I've made a mistake somewhere I guess. Here's the relevant section from my mission_templates.txt file:
Code:
mst_arena_melee_fight arena_melee_fight 1 -1
You_enter_a_melee_fight_in_the_arena.
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4 4112 447 16 1 4 2 12 18 42
5 4112 447 16 1 3 2 11 42
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7 4112 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 42 28
8 8208 447 16 1 4 2 12 18 43
9 8208 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 43 29
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12 8208 447 16 1 5 2 12 18 17 43
13 8208 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 43 29
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25 16400 447 16 1 3 3 45 31
26 16400 447 16 1 4 3 17 45 31
27 16400 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 45 31
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29 16400 447 16 1 3 2 11 45
30 16400 447 16 1 3 3 17 45
31 16400 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 45 31
32 8208 447 16 1 1 3
33 12304 447 16 1 1 9
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35 20496 447 16 1 1 9
36 8208 447 16 1 3 2 12 18
37 12304 447 16 1 2 2 11
38 16400 447 16 1 1 3
39 20496 447 16 1 1 9
24 16400 447 16 1 6 2 12 18 17 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 3 3 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 4 3 17 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 5 2 12 18 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 3 2 11 45
24 16400 447 16 1 3 3 17 45
24 16400 447 16 1 5 10 11 17 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 6 2 12 18 17 45 31
24 16400 447 16 1 6 2 12 18 17 45 31
BTW doesn't seem to matter (from my limited experiments) where I put the sword in the list of items. At the start, at the end, or somewhere inbetween. As I said, I'm fairly certain whatever generation code that uses this template is overriding certain settings in certain arenas depending on their location and possibly which faction owns them.
Just bought this game and am having a blast so far.
Edit: I just tried removing all bow entries from the above and replacing with something else. Started a new game using the altered file, went to a tournament and nothing had changed. Looks like I might have to learn how the module setup works if I want to alter this I guess? Or has someone already done something like this (adding backup weapons for archers eg. dagger or sword)? I'm trying to avoid using Python if I can.