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buddyguy340
02-22-2011, 10:33
fighting with small armies feels lame and unrealistic. i've increased the unit scale, but what else can i do?
Sabazios
02-22-2011, 11:58
nothing :)
Myth
02-22-2011, 12:09
Apart from making the stacks "Huge" from the Game Settings menu, nothing else. Well, you could also fight with at least two armies each time. To avoid the annoying "Reinforcements delayed?" message you must set a value "Max units on battle map" i believe it was, to 0. Just google it, there are instructions how to do it.
buddyguy340
02-22-2011, 12:30
but i've seen people on youtube use like 2000000000 soldiers
Sabazios
02-22-2011, 12:45
thats after modding and still with custom battle only
Alrik
02-22-2011, 13:14
Yep and you have to take into account that this game although amazing, is seven years old, they had to limit the amount of stuff on the screen or no computer would be able to run it. Plus there's the balance issue. A unit has always been between 50 and 150 soldiers, larger than that is usually a regiment or something. I get the feeling that with too large armies evereything would just become a mess, with little or no control.

I think they are tackling a total war shogun 2 at the moment, I wonder how large the armies are in that game? I mean they are bound to take another shot at Rome sometime after that. I do feel limited by the army stack sizes, but question is how large armies are fun to play more than for the occasional joy of seeing a hoard mill over the screen.
buddyguy340
02-23-2011, 00:29
what mods can i use?
Myth
02-23-2011, 09:38
You can try looking around this very site, or use Google you know... Anyway IMO the best mod for RTW is Europa Barbarorum.
G. Septimus
02-23-2011, 13:01
You could ask a CA dude.
and maybe those History Channel people who make the "Decisive Battles" Series.
Quintus.JC
02-23-2011, 15:16
You could ask a CA dude.
and maybe those History Channel people who make the "Decisive Battles" Series.

I remember first noticing Rome TW after watching the tv series 'Time Commanders', brings back a lot of memories.
Sabazios
02-24-2011, 10:08
I remember first noticing Rome TW after watching the tv series 'Time Commanders', brings back a lot of memories.

when i first saw that i laughed so hard!
''and using state of the art technologies'' :D
Motep
02-27-2011, 06:48
You can mod the file and make the unit size larger...and then set things to max...

I dont know the hard coded limit though, so if you really want max size, you can try increasing one by one until you crash. Take a look through the modding section, it should be help. The file is export_descr_unit.txt, the one you would mod.
MajorFreak
05-19-2011, 02:21
if you're willing to allow the AI to control a general led reinforcement army...*shudder* Just make sure they're disposable units you don't mind watching act like morons...or is there a cap on how many general led stacks can enter the field? during the seige of rome i remember there was about 4 or 5 stacks including my own on the same map fighting. it was mental. lol