Units upgrading in background

[JustusII]

I have had units 'upgrade' in the background to a different type. I'm playing as Connacht, and had 4 of my Irish Foot levy change into Picked Irish Foot Mercenary without any notification (I just suddenly noticed my revenue dropping). How does this happen? I had a Levy Camp, the description says it can convert a 'raw levy into a more experimented version' but I thought that just meant removing the Hastily Levied penalty.

Since then, I have upgraded to a Duchy, and now can have 4 more Standing Army units. Is there a way to convert these Mercenaries to Standing Units? I don't want to keep paying the gold upkeep, but they have all reached level 1 experience so I don't want to disband them.

[Grognerd]

When the upgrade to Mercs occurred, where you at or above your SAU cap then?

[JustusII]

I was at my cap (4) at that time, it has since increased to 8. And I can sort of understand the logic (the levies get better, and want to be paid more) but that should have prompted a decision or a message.

[Grognerd]

Yeah this is something Pocus will want to take a look at, most likely ... it sounds like an unintended consequence, rather than a bug. Normally you can't build SAUs at cap, but if you get them by other means (RGDs, promotion) they get converted to Mercs. To keep from being an exploit to go over cap.

[JustusII]

Thanks. I can work around it, and even a notification would help, I would probably have disbanded some of my other levies if I knew it was happening.

[PocusFR]

Do you still have the turn where they were SAUs and the turn after they became Mercs?

[JustusII]

I would have to find the exact turn, I didn't notice right away, but I think I have the autosaves. Let me check

[JustusII]

I have saves from Turn 44 when they were still Irish Foot levies, and then Turn 48 when they were Picked Irish Foot Mercenaries. I played past turn 60 so the auto-saves are all beyond that point. How do you want me to get them to you?