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How to Make Added Units Buildable in EAW

EAW stands for "Empire at War" and refers to a Star Wars PC game in which players battle on land and in space. Players choose between joining the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire and can bring in other Star Wars characters to enhance game play, which involves building and overseeing space and ground-based units. These include troops, vehicles and structures. You can modify the game to add units to it. To make those added units buildable requires going into the XML code and making a few changes.

Instructions

- 1
  Click "Start" and "Computer" and navigate to the XML folder in the Star Wars: Empire at War game. It most likely looks something like this: C:\Program Files\Lucasarts\Star Wars Empire at War\GameData\Data\XML
- 2
  Open the "Squadrons.xml" folder. Locate the line that begins with "<Required_Star_Base_Level>." Highlight the entire line and press "Ctrl" and "C" on your keyboard to copy it to your clipboard.
- 3
  Click "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories" and "NotePad" to open the text editor.
- 4
  Press "Ctrl" and "V" on your keyboard to place the line of XML code into NotePad so you can edit it.
- 5
  Change the number after "<Required_Star_Base_Level>" to "0." This makes it so you can build units regardless of your star base level.
- 6
  Copy the edited line of code and go back into the XML folder. Replace the original line of code with the edited line of code.
- 7
  Open the "SpaceUnitsFighters.xml" folder and locate the "<Required_Ground_Base_Level>" line. Highlight and copy that entire line.
- 8
  Go back into WordPad and paste the line of code you just copied. Change the number after the first ">" to "0" so you can build units regardless of your ground base level. Copy and paste the edited line of code over the original in the XML folder.

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