[Empire Total War Support Forum]

Why am I getting random blurry soldiers after 1.4/1.5?

feeds@yuku.com (HenryClinton) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:29:38 GMT

For some strange reason since Steam autoupdated 1.4 and 1.5 from a distance random soldiers turn into a blur. If I zoom in close enough the blur disappears with one important exception. If I push the "insert" button to see things from the vantage point of soldiers in a particular unit, random soldiers sometimes also become a blur which is extremely annoying as when they are that size it makes them look like ghosts.

This was never a problem before. Does anyone have...

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feeds@yuku.com (Alasdair Whyte) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:19:44 GMT

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how the hell do you post images?
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Gameplay making my laptop go into standby

feeds@yuku.com (mastdog) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:17:59 GMT

Ok, I have not played this game in a long time and decided to play again this past week. I had started up steam and it did a long update. Now when I play it keeps makeing my computer go into standby, this is the only application that does this and it never did itbefore, but it is doing it now. Does anyone have any ideas why this may be happening?

I checked my power management and it has nothing that has changed, so I am confused.

THANKS

crash at start plz help )=

feeds@yuku.com (jeppe) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:40:01 GMT

hey when i click on empire total war it just says that (THE GAME IS NOT AVAILBLE AT THIS TIME) AND BEFORE I GOT THIS I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WHEN THE LOADING SITE COMES UP AND IT FREEZES PLZ HELP ME COMPUTER INFO 2.4 DUAL CORE 4 GB DDR3 RAM Ati 4650 Graphic card and runs with test version windows 7 i have tryed to reinstall the game nothing helped

I have no sound at all

feeds@yuku.com (Dominus Caligo) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:00 GMT

Hi, first of all i must say that i have now waited for a long time in hope that my problem would get solved with an update, but it has not.
I have had this problem since an update just before the summer, or right after, cant remeber, but anyway.
I have been unable to plat E:tw with sound ever since.
The first month(s) or so, i had no problems at all (-bugs etc) and i have tried to search the forum several times, but i have not found a solution to my problem.
I hoped that...

Small Arms fire destroying buildings and walls?

feeds@yuku.com (jrs2993) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:25 GMT

Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm using DMUC 3.4, but there don't appear to be any known bugs with it. Just wondering if it's from the recent CA patch. I swear I've seen volleys destroy fort walls and even very large building like town centers. It's kept me from garrisoning troops and makes defending a siege most frustrating.

Repairing Forts

feeds@yuku.com (Timjohnb5) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:21:54 GMT

Hey Guys,

After a seige I find I can't repair the damage to my forts around my citys. I can repair the forts in the field but the ones defending a city won't let me repair. The repair option won't highlight when I click on the fort and I'm left with big holes in my defences. Any help?

Large Armies - What hardware matters?

feeds@yuku.com (Schuultz) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:38 GMT

Hey everyone,

I was just wondering what part I should upgrade if I want to be able to increase the unit size: CPU, Memory or Graphics card? I'm aware that a combination of all three would probably be the best way to go, but which one matters the most?
(I assume it's the Memory but I'm not sure - can somebody clear me up?)

AA Does not ACTUALLY work (even with 8x selected) with ATI Cards when volumetric effects are on (I noticed til 1.3))

feeds@yuku.com (Ansiklopedi) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:23:53 GMT

THIS IS A VITAL PROBLEM!! I started playing with 1.3, havingl this problem -which I didnt know it as a problem

My card is 4850 1gb.

I didn't like empire because of this, I though these moire effects are not related to AA, related to my monitor or game itself,

So I though i was playing with 8x AA but It was turned off.. (TURNED ON IN THE MENU, BUT ACTUALLY OFF!!)

Now after closing volumetric effects everything is ok except Volumetric effects.
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The sprites

feeds@yuku.com (MunkeyBalls) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:36:02 GMT

So I'm running this game on the maximum settings with 1920 x 1200 with 4xaa and I think 8xAF, yet whenever I zoom out more than 4 meters the units turn into flying little 2d images. Is this normal even under these settings because it is ruining my immersion to the point where I just don't play this game anymore. The game runs fine with +30fps since that multicore update ( there is probably a lot more optimization that could be done with this game but I guess...

"To Buy, Or Not To Buy," Cliché

feeds@yuku.com (Istvan Kiraly) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:31:47 GMT

I decided a few weeks ago to buy ETW, but realising that patch 1.5 is the final true patch despite the game still seeming to have some rough points, I'm on the fence about purchasing it.

I haven't played TW in a long time, so I hunger for some TW gameplay. On the other hand, I would probably be perfectly satisfied just reinstalling M2TW. At this point, I'm wondering if you guys believe it is worth it to buy ETW, or should I just wait for NTW, since ETW is supposed to be...

Camp Crashes On Year 1812?

feeds@yuku.com (MajorRyan) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:08:55 GMT

i went past the set ending date on empire total war camp and it got up to around year 1812 when i hit the turn button it went through the factions and got to dar colombia and crashed it does it everytime i try turn and i cant seem to continue my game

can anyone help?

Non-functioning land bridge

feeds@yuku.com (Rathelon) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:07:35 GMT

I believe it was just added because I dont recall it being there before. The land bridge from Huron Territory to Michigan Territory does not allow units to cross. I can still cross the nearby land bridge to the Great Plains Wilderness area, but not the southern bridge into Michigan.

Game freezes at end turn 1758?

feeds@yuku.com (BigG) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:52:27 GMT

Well I'm playing a GB campaign and I get to 1758 and end the turn. It's all good until I get to Russia, thats where their turn never ends and the game eventually just freezes. I have to go to windows and close the game...Anyone else have a problem like this?

Grand Campaign is Unrealistic: Enemies Make Alliances

feeds@yuku.com (MobiusTwentyTwo) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:16:18 GMT

On Second thought, this probably shouldnt be in the support forum; could someone please move this topic to a more appropriate forum? Thanks.

I love this game and play it all the time...probably way too much. But I have a serious problem with the grand campaign: if a nation declares war on my nation, they will eventually ally with any other nation that declares war against me. The result is that its harder (next to impossible) to sue for peace.
heres an example from my...

Does changing from a 512mb G-card to a 1028mb G-card require a re-install?

feeds@yuku.com (Poacher886) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:04:00 GMT

I was wondereing,
If you load ETW onto your PC and you have a 512mb G-card, then the options are stuck a medium or less, if you have a 1028 or higher G-card, then your options are Ultra....

What happens, if you load up with a 512mb card, then at a latter date switch to a 1028mb card, do the Ulta options appear immediately or do you have to re-install ETW all over again?

Thanks

PATCH 1.5 - ALLIANCES BUG !!!

feeds@yuku.com (Fingon) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:12:54 GMT

Hi,

I dont know with which patch this horrible thing came, but.. I udpated to 1.5 version (havent been playin for a while because of game bugs). I start to playin on very hard in campaign. I CAN make alliances with nations (with some I cant - cause it told me that i cant make alliance with nation that is allied to the nation I am at war) but.... When for example when I make alliance with Austria (pretty unchristian tribute to them for it) NEXT ROUND THE ------------------

A new bug to add to your huge list with new beta nvidia 195.39 drivers (missing textures campaign map)

feeds@yuku.com (Julius Ceaser) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:51:39 GMT

Missing textures in campaign map, with nvidia beta 195.39 default sli profile.