How to recruit cataphracts as Seleucids?

[Yggdrassil]

Hello, need some advice.

The title says it all - how do I recruit cataphracts if I am playing Seleucids? The only Idea I have so far is to conquer Armenia and recruit it as a provincial unit (like I can do with Median light cav, for example), however it does not seem to work.. I took several regions of Armenia province (2 I think), I built stables, but the unit still does not appear for recruitment.

The same question is bugging me concerning other units that the Seleucids have in FOG II game, but are not available in FOG Empires, for example: Thorakites, Thureophoroi, Xystophoroi....

What am I missing here? Is it a question of buildings that need to be built, or a certain date needs to pass??

I am kind of bored with the vanilla Cavalry/Mercenary Cavalry options available as Seleucid go-to cav option. I can't even recruit more than one Companion unit....

[Swuul]

You have to form the province to get access to the provincial units. Ie you have to own more than half of the regions of the province, and then actually form the province, and then the next turn you can recruit the provincial units.

[Dux Limitis]

The same question is bugging me concerning other units that the Seleucids have in FOG II game, but are not available in FOG Empires, for example: Thorakites, Thureophoroi, Xystophoroi....

You know,because those are two games made by different devs,and the ageod don't wanna take more time on the units convertion or even thought.Lack of many units,and many units were wrong when they converted into FoG2,even FoG2 was keep add new model and units.These just made me left this FoGE,they could do better at this part but they just don't,and they're thinking to make the next game.Some times I rather want byzantine studio made this FoGE,at least they will be more historical accurate when make the game and do more maintains to the game,but ageod just left many unfinished games,one unfinished after another one,I'm sure the FoGE will keeps me away from any ageod products in the future.

[nikossaiz]

You dont have to abandon foge, just download the mod from Frenchdude in these forums ( mod section ) . The mod extract the units from foge to fog2 tabletop mod. Then you will have all the traditional units you ever hoped for.

[Dux Limitis]

You dont have to abandon foge, just download the mod from Frenchdude in these forums ( mod section ) . The mod extract the units from foge to fog2 tabletop mod. Then you will have all the traditional units you ever hoped for.

Table top means TT mod or what?

[nikossaiz]

yes, tt mod for foge

viewtopic.php?f=562&t=100420

there you can find all the informations

[Dux Limitis]

yes, tt mod for foge

viewtopic.php?f=562&t=100420

there you can find all the informations

I think it's not works for me,because I play the vanilla FoG2 with out the TT mod.Also,this is the thing what the devs need to do(link correct units,make the nations' units compatible with the FoG2's army lists),why don't they do?Instead of planning to make a new game?

[Pocus]

Cataphractae can be recruited in the region where you have built the Castrum Cataphractae. Checking the data, I see nothing preventing the Seleucids from doing so.