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Posts: 8163 12/29/05 15:20:42 Administrator	Tags : None Although I am somewhat skeptical of how many people will actually read them, I think it would be worth it to compile a FAQ for RTW. Although it is great for my post count, it gets old posting responses to the same old questions three-five times per week. Now, here is how this is going to work: 1. I will monitor this thread closely. 2. You will post potential FAQ's in this thread. 3. I will decide whether or not it should be an FAQ. I will delete ANYTHING that is spam, redundant or not on topic. I want this to be a useable resource for forum members, not a cluttered piece of junk. 4. We already have frogbeastegg's wonderful guide as a sticky here - try not to be redundant. If it is covered in the guide, we don't need it in the FAQ. Here is a link to that guide: forums.totalwar.org/vb/sh...hp?t=38382 5. When you see a new thread in the forums that is covered by the FAQ or frogbeastegg's guide, please post a link to the the guide or the FAQs in your first response. 6. Please follow the format I used in the first response below. 7. This is not a thread for asking why your game doesn't work. That is why we have the Support Requests forum. 8. This is not the thread to ask a single question that concerns only yourself - this is a thread where "Frequently Asked Questions" and answers to them will be posted. 9. Thank you in advance for your assistance. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ **DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD UNLESS YOU ARE PROVIDING AN ANSWER WITH YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS NOT A Q&A IF YOU POST A QUESTION IN HERE WITHOUT PROVIDING AN ANSWER IT WILL BE DELETED, ASK IN THE MAIN FORUM** Last Edited By: Marly 03/12/08 12:09:56. Edited 3 times.
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Olmsted	Re: Frequently Asked Questions	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 15:21:03 Administrator	Table of Contents 1. Missing Academy Bonus in v1.5? 2. Temple of the Horse 3. Making all factions playable in RTW 4. Are old saved games compatible with v1.5? 5. Mandatory update for online play? 6. Which version of the patch do I need? 7. My game is messed up! Where do I go for help? 8. How do I enable huge unit sizes? 9. Multiplayer problems - "No response from Host," etc. 10. What are RTR, SPQR, etc? 11. What is the bugfixer and where can I find it? 12. How do I use some of the cheat codes? 13. Why are my biggest cities always losing money? 14. How can I get rid of squalor? 15. Can I make the Marius Reforms occur later? 16. Unit Shaders - On or Off? 17. Unit Movement on the battlefield 18. How do you take screenshots? 19. How do I start the civil war? 20. How do I make better leaders? 21. How can I use the battlefield group AI to help me the most and why use it at all? 22. Will there be any more patches for RTW/BI? 23. Is it possible to prevent the general to be the first in a charge when I need his unit to get involved? 24. Oliphaunts appearing in rebel cities? 25. Why can't I control my reinforcements in RTW/BI? Is there a way I can fix this? 26. Can I play/test the rebel/slave/merc units in custom battle? 27. Why are my screenshots black? How can I make usable screenshots? 28. There is no "grassy flatland" map for custom battle testing in BI, how do I get a grassy flatland map? 29. What are "shadow factions" as mentoned in the 1.6 patch for Barbarian Invasions? 30. I hate rebels! Can I mod them away? 31. How do I get 1st cohorts? 32. How do the Ostrogoths emerge in Barbarian Invasion? 33. When Do the Marian Reforms Occur? 34. How do I remove the green arrows? 35. I just bought the gold edition and I'd like to know if and what patch I should install. 36. How do I stop the cutscenes to the general's death, gate being broken down, etc? These changes of position and zooms are preventing me from issuing orders. 37. My soldiers get stuck in siege tower entrances when battling on large stone walls. What do I do? 38. Where can I find a map of the RTW world? 39. How can I defeat Chariots in the RTW Imperial Campaign? 40. How do I defeat phalanxes? 41. How do I see if I have made a modding mistake? 42. Where is the best place for my capital? 43. Where can I find a list of traits/retinue for my generals, and their effects? 44. Can I attack enemy ships in a port? 45. What exactly determines how many bodyguards my generals have? 46. I am having trouble winning battles. What are some basic tactics and formations I can use to win? Last Edited By: Messalla Corvinus 02/14/08 13:35:36. Edited 2 times.
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Olmsted	Re: Frequently Asked Questions	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 15:42:21 Administrator	Question #1: In the readme of the 1.5 patch for RTW it says that academies now also have a use even if there is no family member in the city. Does anybody know what effect they have? And how big it is for academy, scriptorium, ludus magna? Answer # 1: The readme file is wrong. It says that the bonus was applied to the academy line of buildings, but this did not happen. Here is how to apply this fix yourself: 1. Find your Rome – Total War/data/export_descr_buildings.txt. Make a backup copy of it in a safe place. 2. Find the following section: building academic { levels academy scriptorium ludus_magnus { academy requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market market { capability { } construction 3 cost 1600 settlement_min city upgrades { scriptorium } } scriptorium requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market forum { capability { } construction 5 cost 3200 settlement_min large_city upgrades { ludus_magnus } } ludus_magnus requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market great_forum { capability { } construction 6 cost 6400 settlement_min huge_city upgrades { } } } plugins { } } 3. Change that section to look like this: building academic { levels academy scriptorium ludus_magnus { academy requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market market { capability { law_bonus bonus 1 } construction 3 cost 1600 settlement_min city upgrades { scriptorium } } scriptorium requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market forum { capability { law_bonus bonus 2 } construction 5 cost 3200 settlement_min large_city upgrades { ludus_magnus } } ludus_magnus requires factions { carthaginian, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, } and building_present_min_level market great_forum { capability { law_bonus bonus 3 } construction 6 cost 6400 settlement_min huge_city upgrades { } } } plugins { } } Thank you to: Mindblank, the Stig, Sirius 21 and theplayer1. Edit - Due to a question from Entwood, I have to add a disclaimer. This is NOT an official fix. CA has NOT endorsed this modification or this FAQ thread. This is a community discovered fix. Implementing it means that you are modifying your game. It will no longer be "vanilla." If you attempt this [simple] modification and mess up, it will be your fault, NOT CA's. With that said, it is a simple fix to make, and you can easily get a new copy of the export_descr_strat.txt from the downloads page here. You can also reapply the backup copy that every sensible person makes before modifying anything. Edit No. 2 - theplayer1's unofficial bugfixer also takes care of this problem. There is a link in this thread to the bugfixer. It solves this and a whole host of other bugs and glitches in RTW & BI.
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Marly	Temple of the Horse	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7321 12/29/05 16:14:40 Taisho	Question #2: As the Gauls i have the option to build two extra temples of epona that appear to look like Roman barracks, is this normal? Answer #2: There is a small fix for this published by CA: "ADDITIONAL ROME CAMPAIGN FIX FOR PATCHES 1.5/1.6 Only Romans are now able to build an Awesome Temple or a Pantheon of Epona. www.totalwar.com/asset_li...ldings.txt export_descr_buildings.txt - this file must be placed in the Rome data directory. Example path: c:\ Program Files\Rome - Total War\data." ------------------------------------------- Thanks to the Stig - an alternate way: This is what they say it should be changed to and this is wrong. You see that the awesome temple and pantheon can be build by romans, you can do two things. Take the awesome temple and pantheon completely out or add romans to the other two. This is how you take them out. Go to the input of temple_of_horse in the export_descr_buildings.txt file. change it to say this. building temple_of_horse { levels temple_of_horse_shrine temple_of_horse_temple temple_of_horse_large_temple temple_of_horse_awesome_temple temple_of_horse_pantheon { temple_of_horse_shrine requires factions { spain, gauls, } { capability { happiness_bonus bonus 1 recruits_exp_bonus bonus 1 } construction 1 cost 400 settlement_min town upgrades { temple_of_horse_temple } } temple_of_horse_temple requires factions { spain, gauls, } { capability { happiness_bonus bonus 2 recruits_exp_bonus bonus 2 } construction 2 cost 800 settlement_min large_town upgrades { temple_of_horse_large_temple } } temple_of_horse_large_temple requires factions { spain, gauls, } { capability { happiness_bonus bonus 3 recruits_exp_bonus bonus 3 } construction 3 cost 1600 settlement_min city upgrades { } } } plugins { } } Make sure you copy this in at exactly the correct place underneed the last }, it should say "building temple_of_hunting" if it doesn't say that, you've done it wrong. Don't forget to back-up your export_descr_building.txt file, always do that.
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Marly	All Factions	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7321 12/29/05 16:27:20 Taisho	Question #3 : I see people on the forum talking about playing with factions like Macedon, how do you do this? They aren't unlockable in mine! Answer #3 : Try this download: www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=672 This should make all factions in the game playable! This mod is for v1.3/v1.4. Disclaimer: Remember you should back up any game files this mod alters most noticably : descr_strat.txt and campaign_descriptions.txt. If you are having problems do not post them here, post them in the RTW-Mods forum. Here are the downloads for German and Italian versions of RTW: German: www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=719 Italian: www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=685 Edit - Sirius21 says: I updated my Italian all factions mod for localized RTW 1.5, BI 1.6 and Alexander 1.9! It can be found at www.rtwitalia.com (italian RTW fan community website). Here is the straight link: rtwitalia.interfree.it/do...ns_1.0.zip Edit - Based on the fact that people are still have trouble with this, I am including this advanced method here as well: As far as I can tell, there is not currently an English RTW v1.5 mod that allows all factions playable. This does not mean it is impossible. It is quite easy in fact. What I would do is download this mod: www.twcenter.net/download...php?mod=74 This mod is NOT for v1.5/v1.6. But we can work around that because this mod has the advantage of NOT having an installer. This allows you to pick and choose what files to overwrite. Inside the .zip file you downloaded, you will see a file called readme.txt. Read that file. Understand them? Good. Now pretty much ignore it. But, it was important to read it first so you know what you are doing to your game. Now make a backup copy of your entire Rome - Total War/data folder. It takes a while, but it is worth it in the long run. Now, look in the .zip file. Find the file called "campaign_descriptions.txt". Now open your Rome - Total War/data/text folder. Copy and paste the new "campaign_descriptions.txt" file into that folder. It will overwrite the old one. Now, open up your Rome - Total War/data/world/campaigns/imperial_campaign folder. Now copy every file in the .zip file - EXCEPT for the readme.txt, the campaign_descriptions.txt and the descr_strat.txt. Another way of saying this is to say, copy all the files that begin with map_ or leader_ . Paste all those files into your imperial_campaign folder. This will overwrite all those files and add some new ones. Almost done. Now, open your descr_strat.txt. Make the top part of it look like this: ; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor campaign imperial_campaign playable romans_julii romans_brutii romans_scipii egypt seleucid carthage parthia gauls germans greek_cities macedon pontus armenia dacia scythia spain thrace numidia britons end unlockable romans_senate end nonplayable slave end This is the exact method I used to make all factions playable in RTW v1.5. I know for a fact that it works. If you think it is too complicated for you, then don't attempt it. Another edit - here is another link an all factions mod for v1.5. I haven't tested it, but it seems like it should work: rtw.heavengames.com/downl...ileid=3998 Another edit - according to various forum members, this link at heavengames works like a charm and is very easy to use.
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Olmsted	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 16:28:35 Administrator	Question # 4: I bought RTW and played it for a long time. Now I see that a new patch has come out. Will my old saved games work if I upgrade to v1.5? Answer # 4: Yes, your old saved games should work when you upgrade to v1.5. This was not true for all previous patches, but they should work with this one.
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Marly	Online Play	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7321 12/29/05 16:33:47 Taisho	Question #5: How do you get online battles with this game and what the heck is the mandatory update required for it?? Answer #5 : Online play must be done through Gamespy , the mandatory update is, at time of writing this, the 1.5 patch for Rome TW and the 1.6 patch for Barbarian Invasion.
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Olmsted	Re: Online Play	#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 16:36:38 Administrator	Question #6(a): I have RTW installed on my computer. Which version of the patch do I need to download and install? Answer # 6(a): If you have just RTW installed on your computer, then you need to install v1.3 and then install v1.5. In my experience you need to uninstall RTW and then reinstall it before installing v1.3. Maybe not everyone has to do this, but if you have a problem playing the game after installing v1.3, then uninstall RTW, then reinstall it, then install v1.3. Question #6(b): I have RTW and BI installed on my computer. Which version of the patch do I need to download and install? Answer # 6(b): If you have RTW and BI installed on your computer, then you need to download and install patch v1.6. If you just have RTW installed, then you need to install patch v1.3, then install patch v1.5. It is extremely helpful if you uninstall RTW and reinstall it before installing either BI or the v1.3 patch. You can also install the new export_descr_buildings.txt that was provided by CA to fix the temple of Epona problems. See FAQ # 2. This will make your game as up-do-date as CA currently wants it to be (as of December 30, 2005). For a list on improvements made in 1.3 > www.3dgamers.com/dlselect...ch_1-3.txt For a list of improvements in 1.5 and 1.6 > www.totalwar.com/communit...readme.htm 1.3 includes all previous fixes found in 1.1 & 1.2, there are no prerequisites for the installation of 1.3. 1.5 requires that 1.3 is installed. 1.6 should be installed in place of 1.5 for Barbarian Invasion. Do not attempt to install any patch other than 1.6 over Barbarian Invasion. As a side note, all saved games should be compatible with the latest patch, however, some users have not reported success with all their saved games. Patch 1.3, 1.5 and 1.6 can be found on the downloads page > www.totalwar.com/index.ht...v=/en/8/1/ If you have any problems receiving the files from the links in the download page, I recommend this website as an alternative > www.3dgamers.com/news/more/1096483086/
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the Stig	CTD	#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7326 12/29/05 16:37:31	Question #7: There is something wrong with my graphics, speed, CTD, or similiar. Answer #7: 1. You are in the wrong forum, go to the support forum. Here is a link to the support forum - p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm44 2. Ask your question nicely and politely. Be patient, someone will answer your question, but these people are all volunteers and have real lives. 3. When you ask your question, also post your dx-diag. How to do that you can find in here: p223.ezboard.com/fshogunt...1278.topic Edit - Just added a couple of things - Olmsted
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Marly	Unit Sizes	#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7321 12/29/05 16:49:37 Taisho	Question #8: How do you make units so big!? Theres over 100 men in every unit! Answer #8: Open RTW and go to options then Video options. Click the box called 'Advanced options' and you'll see a drop down box called 'Unit Scale', select Huge for the biggest sized units. Beware however you will need a good PC to be able to support this. Alternatively if you find you have bad performance on RTW you can reduce the unit sizes to gain better performance.
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the Stig	Unit Sizes	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7326 12/29/05 16:57:29	Question #9: When playing MP I keep having messages like, "No Response From Host" and "Failed To Join Game (GS)". What can I do about it? Answer #9: -No Response From Host: This is not your problem, sometimes the host quits the game himself because he's fed up with waiting or has to go somewhere else, or whatever. -Failed To Join Game (GS): This sometimes occures, just join another game or if you want that one, because a friend is waiting or something, logout and login again.
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Marly	Re: Unit Sizes	#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7321 12/29/05 17:05:15 Taisho	Question #10: I hear people talking about SPQR, RTR and EB, what do these mean? Answer #10 : These are popular mod's for R-TW (Rome Total Realism = RTR and Europa Barbarorum = EB) For a list of most RTW mods in development look here: www.twcenter.net/forums/f...y.php?f=34
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the player1	Q: What is the BUG-FIXER?	#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 914 12/29/05 17:06:59	Question # 11: What is the Bugfixer and where can I find it? Answer # 11: BUG-FIXER, an unofficial patch for both Rome: Total War and its expansion pack Compiled by player1 Requires: v1.5 patch for Rome: Total War, or v1.6 patch for Barbarian Invasion expansion pack Introduction: This is compilation of fixes to various bugs that can be found in Rome: Total War and its expansion pack Barbarian Invasion. Many of the fixes were not originally my ideas, but ideas of other members from gaming community that I compiled in one unofficial patch. Since unofficial, it is in no way associated with Creative Assembly, Activision or SEGA. Discussion thread: p223.ezboard.com/fshogunt...1372.topic Download link (2 parts): www.totalwar.org/patrons/...6part1.zip (440 KB, hosted by TotalWar.org) www.totalwar.org/patrons/...6part2.zip (1.9 MB, hosted by TotalWar.org)
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Olmsted	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 17:25:10 Administrator	Question # 12: I want to use some of the cheat codes, not because I suck, but just to have fun. How do I make them work? Question # 12: How you play your single player game is your business. Who am I to judge you? I use cheat codes all the time to make enemy armies stronger and so on and so forth. Not all of the cheat codes work. Here is how to use some of the cheats: When in game, press the ~ key to bring down Romeshell. On some keyboards you have to press the \ key to bring RomeShell up (thank you, Sirius21) Then enter the codes: 1. Add Money - add_money 20000 (can add any amount of money, but the game will only give you a maximum of 40000 every time you enter the code. In patch v1.5 you do not have to get out of the game to use it again. You could use it like 10 times in a row or even more.) [Thank you, Emilysboy] 2. Create Unit - Here are three examples, you can obviously change the city/character name, unit name and etc. as needed. The basic code is: create_unit "city/character name" "unit name" # of units experience armor weaons create_unit "Sparta" "greek hoplite elite" 1 4 2 2 (this one makes 1 Greek armored hoplite with 4 experience, 2 armor and 2 attack bonus at the city of Sparta) create_unit "Tiberius Brutus" "roman triarii" 2 3 1 1 (this makes 2 Roman triarii with 3 experience, 1 armor and 1 attack bonus in Tiberius Brutus' army) create_unit "Doros of_Sparta" "greek hoplite militia" 1 4 2 3 (this makes 1 Greek hoplite militia with 4 experience, 2 armor and 3 attack bonus in Doros of Sparta's army) 3. Give Trait - this one work a lot like the create_unit cheat. The basic format is: give_trait "character name" Trait Level give_trait "Tiberius Brutus" WellConnectedWife 3 - this adds the trait WellConnectedWife level 3 to Tiberius Brutus. Another note about the give_trait (or any other cheat applying to a character) - you have to put in the character's original name. Thus, if I have an assassin named Placus Libo and he gains the nickname "Placus the Killer", if I want to use the cheat code to make him better, I have to type in the following: give_trait "Placus Libo" GoodAssassin 3 . Typing in this - give_trait "Placus the_Killer" GoodAssassin 3 - will NOT work. To find the traits, look in export_descr_character_traits.txt. 4. Move Character - Move the character out of the city or off the ship before using this one. Basic format - move_character "Character Name" x,y move_character "Admiral Lucius" 118,35 5. Show Cursorstat - hover your pointer over the hex, then bring down Romeshell and type in show_cursorstat. This will give you the x,y coordinates for that square. Very useful for modding and using the move_character option properly. 6. Toggle FOW - type in toggle_fow to disable the Fog of War. 7. There are several other cheats that I have never used - add_population, oliphaunt and etc. These cheats do work. Because I have never used them, I am not posting exactly how to use them here. Nevertheless, if you can use the ones above properly, than you can figure out how to use the rest. More information on cheat codes can be found here: www.twcenter.net/html/rome/cheats.php 8. The diplomacy cheat codes do not work, as far as I can tell. 9. Many of the cheat codes do not work at all. 10. Some sites list lots of console commands that can only be enabled via scripting. If you want to know about scripting, I suggest you start here: forums.totalwar.org/vb/sh...hp?t=46738 11. "What if there's more than one character with the same name? If the Julii have two people called Marcus Julius, how do I differentiate between them?" As far as I know, you cannot differentiate between them. The game always deals with the first character with that name. 12. If RomeShell says "invalid command" it should mean that it doesn't recognize this command, then this cheat doesn't work in your version of RTW. There are different versions of the game around the market (i.e. localized versions). If you want to know if give_trait works in your RTW then type ?give_trait (or maybe it was give_trait? with the ? after the command) and press enter. It should tell you how to make a correct command line for this cheat. You can test the real effectiveness of every cheat by typing the command with ? on RomeShell. [Thank you, Sirius21]
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ltwass	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2543 12/29/05 18:13:13	Question #13: Why are my biggest cities always losing money? Answer: They're not! You have to pay upkeep every turn for your field armies. The game divides the cost of this upkeep proportionally between your cities, based on population. For example, say, Tarrentum has 10,000 population and shows an annual income of 400, and Rome has a 30,000 population and shows an annual loss of -1100. This does not mean Rome is losing money and Tarrentum is making money. It means that Rome is shouldering a higher proportion of your annual upkeep costs. You can check this out in the city details scroll. So letting Rome rebel, retaking it, and exterminating its population may give it a positive income. But this is just an accounting trick. You other settlements will be paying more.
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Sirius 21	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 3391 12/29/05 18:42:29 Sergeant	Question #14: How can I get rid of squalor? Answer: You cannot do it directly. But you can do something to lower it. Squalor is directly related to population. When you get enough people you can upgrade your town (2000, 6000, 12000, 24000 citizens). If you have, for example, 5600 citizens you cannot upgrade and you have a lot of squalor. Upgrading to the next town level will lower squalor. Untill you do it, you can do something to help. Build public health buildings: they will give health bonuses that go against squalor (but they will boost population growth). Train a lot of military units to lower population. Don't build highest level farms and markets, as they give strong population growth bonuses that will give you squalor. Build the temples that give you a lot of public order bonuses, as squalor makes people unhappy. Train a lot of peasants for garrisoning, you will lower population and you will get public order. The last solution, expecially for huge cities, could be extermination of your own population (by letting them rebel and retaking the city), but I don't like this kind of solution. I hope this helps.
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Olmsted	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8163 12/29/05 23:11:36 Administrator	Question # 15: The Marius event occurs too early for my taste in v1.5, is there any way that I can make it occur later? Answer # 15: No. It will occur as soon as one of the Roman factions builds an imperial palace in Italy (including Northern Italy and Sicily). This is different than the system used in v1.2 (where it also had to be after 220 B.C.). There is a modification you can make to work around this. I always wait until the reforms occur in my game before making any changes. Once they occur, I make the following changes. Make a backup copy of export_descr_buildings.txt. Then open it up. Find all the places where it says "and marian_reforms" - change these to "and not marian_reforms". Now change all the ones that used to say "and not marian_reforms" to "and marian_reforms". Examples: Old - recruit "roman hastati" 0 requires factions { roman, } and not marian_reforms New - recruit "roman hastati" 0 requires factions { roman, } and marian_reforms Old - recruit "roman infantry auxillia" 0 requires factions { roman, } and marian_reforms New - recruit "roman infantry auxillia" 0 requires factions { roman, } and not marian_reforms You have to do this for all the barracks, stables and range units. When you want to start building post-Marius units, then simply put in your old file again, or change it back to what it was before. Edit - Another method to make the reforms take longer is to modify the number of turns it takes to build various buildings. This will necessarily make the reforms occur later.
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LevNicholiavichMyshkin	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1214 12/30/05 02:26:04	Question # 16: unit shaders; do we turn them on or off to fix lag problems?? had to erase my hard drive and reload the games, now i can't remember which choice is correct! Answer # 16: "Unit Shaders should always be ticked, otherwise graphical anomalies will occur. The option is disabled on low end cards by default for performance reasons." (Thank You, Dark)
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ltwass	Re: Frequently Asked Questions & Game Fixes	#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2543 01/03/06 16:39:00	Question #17: How do I get my troops to move across the map without screwing up my formation? Answer: Keeping your units in formation as you move them across the map is easy once you figure out the little trick. 1) Select all your units, group them into one big group, then pick one of the pre-made battle formations from the little "face" button on the lower right of the screen. 2) Make any adjustments you want, i.e., change the width of your infantry line, move your cav to one flank, whatever. 3) Then select all again, and ungroup and regroup. This locks your guys into your new and improved formation. Then you can move them across the map however you like. If you select the group as a whole, you can click and drag the formation at its destination to face the way you want. You can even use waypoints, and they will not break formation. Note that if you do not first use one of the pre-set formations, it seems to give screwy results. You will click and drag and, instead of spinning your fixed formation around, it will change the unit widths and depths. As long as you put your men into one of the formations, and adjust from there, everything should work fine. Edit - I'd also add that using the Alt+move command keeps your units in the position you set them in even if you do not use a custom formation. - Olmsted
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Messalla Corvinus	Re: Frequently Asked Questions	#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 10435 01/04/06 10:07:30 Tribune	Question #18: How do I take screenshots? Answer: You take screenshots by pressing the Print Scrn button on your keyboard. The screenshots will be saved in the tgas folder in your Rome directory. If this doesn't work, try Shift + Print Scrn or Alt + Print Scrn. For some people, this seems to do the trick. If you're still experiencing trouble, try downloading a utility like Fraps, which can be found on www.fraps.com.
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the Stig	Re: Frequently Asked Questions	#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7326 01/04/06 14:31:28	Question #19: How do I start a Civil War? Answer #19: Normally you have to wait until the you are very popular with the people or till the senate is really fed up with you. But there is a way to let it start when you want it to start. Build a dozen assassins, they don't need to be very good, and send them to kill SPQR family members, after about 20 attempts, failure or not, the Senate gets really fed up with you and expell you and start a war against you, by doing this you can gather your armies in Italy before you start the war. UPDATE - I've tested this on VH - in v1.5 it is impossible to start the civil war until you have enough popular support. Even if you are outlawed, you can not attack the other Roman factions without the support of the people. So, it is no longer possible to start the civil war early if you are using v1.5. Update - A modding suggestion from Patrick199 - He says: It is possible to trigger a civilwar early in RTW 1.5. What must be done first is a bit of editing in descr_strat file. Here´s how to do it: At the beginning of the diplomacysection ( you will find it at the end of the descr_strat file) you will first see the coreattitudes of the different factions towards each other. And after that comes the factions relationships towards each other. And it is here that you will have to edit a little bit. Depending on what roman faction you play, you simply change the attitudes towards the factions you wish to fight. Example: You play as the Julii, and want to start the civilwar at once? No problem! Just type in the numbers in this example in your descr_strat file that I have changed. Do not type "at war"! This is only to point out what numbers I have changed. faction_relationships romans_julii, 600 =at war romans_brutii faction_relationships romans_julii 600 =at war romans_scipii faction_relationships romans_julii, 600 =at war romans_senate faction_relationships romans_julii, 600 slave faction_relationships romans_brutii, 600 =at war romans_julii faction_relationships romans_brutii, 100 romans_scipii faction_relationships romans_brutii, 100 romans_senate faction_relationships romans_brutii, 600 slave faction_relationships romans_scipii, 600 =at war romans_julii faction_relationships romans_scipii, 100 romans_brutii faction_relationships romans_scipii, 100 romans_senate faction_relationships romans_scipii, 600 slave faction_relationships macedon, 600 slave faction_relationships egypt, 600 slave faction_relationships seleucid, 600 slave faction_relationships carthage, 600 slave faction_relationships parthia, 600 slave faction_relationships pontus, 600 slave faction_relationships gauls, 600 slave faction_relationships germans, 600 slave faction_relationships britons, 600 slave faction_relationships armenia, 600 slave faction_relationships dacia, 600 slave faction_relationships greek_cities, 600 slave faction_relationships numidia, 600 slave faction_relationships scythia, 600 slave faction_relationships spain, 600 slave faction_relationships thrace, 600 slave faction_relationships slave, 600 romans_julii, romans_brutii, romans_scipii, romans_senate, macedon, egypt, seleucid, carthage, parthia, pontus, gauls, germans, britons, armenia, dacia, greek_cities, numidia, scythia, spain, thrace ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; >>>> start of regions section
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