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Various army size

This mod reduces the maximum army size from 20 units to (the number of victories of the general) * 0.5 + 10. Each victory of the general adds to the size of the army 0.5 unit. It could be a victory over a small army, or the killing of Attila — it doesn't matter. The leader of the faction has no such restriction, his army allowed to have 20 units. NPC faction are NOT affected by this mod.

This small modification gives an interesting depth: the old and experienced generals are now of great value, even if they have problems with loyalty. On the one hand, you want to take care of them, but on the other, you cannot replace them in a dangerous situation with a new general if the army is large.

The code contains a restriction blocking the hiring of troops and mercenaries if the size of the army exceeds the allowable.
However, using scripts, it is impossible to completely block an increase in an army above this limit. There are at least 4 scenarios when modding is powerless:
1) after the victory, you capture the enemy onager (+1 squad above the limit).
2) during the battle (or because of old age) your general dies and in his place comes a new general with a restriction lower than the actual size of the army.
3) you manually change the general
4) when exchanging units between armies - in this case it is impossible to detect both armies in scripts.

Due to these difficulties, if the size of the army exceeds the limit of the general, the modifier applies to the army:
0) if the units have a permissible number or less: no modifiers.
1) if the limit is exceeded by 1: -25 to Integrity
2) if the limit is exceeded by 2: -50 to Integrity
3) if the limit is exceeded by 3: -75 to Integrity
4) if the limit is exceeded even more: -100 to Integrity
The latter ensures that this army will rebel the next turn.

Best of all, this modification appears in the WRE + Legendary. In this scenario, a large number of rebellions occurs, which is usually tedious. However, in this modification, endless rebellions help train generals, because the size of the defeated army does not matter, only the fact of victory matters. This reduces the degree of emotional discomfort.

I did not check how the mod works for horde factions and tested it only at Grand Campaing. Like other mods with scripts, there is no compatibility with other mods.