How to make unit attack super fast?

Avoni · April 5, 2025, 4:10pm

Hey all,

Very new to modding, trying to make a caravel attack at the rate of a fast fire ship.
So I’m doing modify attribute, unit = elite caravel, attack reload speed, set 0 or divide by 1,2, 4 and nothing seems to be working. Does modify attribute actually work or is it broken?
Also, if fast fire ship reload is 0.25, why am I unable to enter 0.25 in reload speed? Seems a bit weird

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

SevereSplash308 · April 12, 2025, 2:04am

It would probably be easier to us an xsScript call. Try plugging this into a trigger

void addShipatkspd()
{
xsEffectAmount(cSetAttribute, 1006, cAttackReloadTime, 1, -1);
}

That script should double its attack speed. You can enter the script into a trigger by choosing the “Script Call” effect.

I highly recommend you switch to using xsScript calls via notepad and just writting the code. editing triggers takes way longer than copying and pasting text.

There is a good website to get started

-If you go into this folder create a notepad called “xsWhatever”
-Save the notepad file as “xsWhatever.xs” in the name box. This will convert the .txt file to a .xs file that can be read by AOE2
-Enter the script example above in the new text document and save it

-Go into AOE2 editor and enter xsWhatever in the script file name

-Make a trigger and use the effect “Script Call”
-In the text box of that effect enter the portion of script you are calling from the xsWhatever.xs file you made
-In this case there is only one which is “addShipatkspd”

-You may add multiple edits via text this way and its alot faster/less glitchy than triggers

For example: