What this game really needs

[I_Love_Sherri]

The AI needs to keep track of total kills/losses/building destroyed. I would love to know how many kills I had after a long campaign.

[rasoforos]

i agree . its been said before. many of the TW fans are statistics freaks. we need to know more , how many people we killed in total , a list of the lineage of our kings and how much they ruled ( and a map of the empire when they took over until they died) , and many many more . To compensate for the lack of lineage i started keeping a yearly journal during my last Almo campain , writting what happened each year etc the way the khalipha sees it...i know it sounds stupid...and it actually is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Devastatin Dave]

That would be sweet, along with lesbian princesses....

[71-hour Ahmed]

A family tree showing who married who, how many kids, and what princesses were lesbians... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif
Maybe also a listing of great generals, their victories, virtues and vices, who he married? If u use some of the simple story/report writing programs I've seen on the net that select words intelligently you could make it write it like a history or story.

I just broke my porridge bowl. Someone must pay. Time to send in the inquisitors.

[Devastatin Dave]

I think they could atleast have the stats for how many killed, captured, etc. It would be very nice to know the carnage created I often wonder how much death and destruction I've caused at the end of a campaign. Oh well, we can only dream....
I'll mainly dream about lesbian princesses... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Dark Prince]

I don't care about statistics too much,winning is everything to me.What this game need is that to show which general has betray to me before,so I can seek my revenge.... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Devastatin Dave]

But Dark, wouldn't it be cool to know the amoutn of carnage that was created over the past 400 years of war and victory. It would be like a alternate history book, a book authored by your accomplishments or failures. I love to win, don't get me wrong, but along with victory I want to stroke my ego with grand statistics of my accomplishments. I'd write more, but I have to go stare in the mirror for the next 3 hours and realize how awesome I am... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[pyhhricvictory]

The logfiles keep track of all of the battles that are fought in a campaign mode down to the number of enemy that each individual soldier kills and how much valour he gains. It is not the prettiest thing to look at but it is pretty cool to see your King personally kill 45 men in a single battle. He gained 5 valour on his own in that battle. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Foreign Devil]

How do you access this? And I agree, it would be very cool to see a kind of history at the end of your campaign. It might give me an incentive to actually finish one of my campaigns. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[pyhhricvictory]

I believe it is in the Battle folder under logfiles. It has them listed by battle. I am at work now so I will post a sample and the full location when I get home.

[Dark Prince]

Quote[/b] (daveinkorea @ Dec. 20 2002,10:25)]But Dark, wouldn't it be cool to know the amoutn of carnage that was created over the past 400 years of war and victory. It would be like a alternate history book, a book authored by your accomplishments or failures. I love to win, don't get me wrong, but along with victory I want to stroke my ego with grand statistics of my accomplishments. I'd write more, but I have to go stare in the mirror for the next 3 hours and realize how awesome I am... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
It will be cool if i can see how many enemy general/princess/king has been assassinated by my assassin.... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[gabrielvilleda]

To sidetrack a little: Is there a way to export a replay into a .avi file or something. I really want to show my doubtful friends how great of a game this is with it's large battles. I love nothing more in this game than to stare and the battlefield after a hour long battle with constant reinforcments. It's thrilling to see certain places like a valley marked with hundreds of bodies and then to see them trail off as they ran away.

Also to sidetrack even more: I think it would be great if the archer arrows that missed got stuck in the ground and stayed there. Also there should be random events when fleeing or something like one of your units tripping or giving himself up. Little things like that could give the game much more appeal to the realistic freaks out there Oh yeah make some mud Nothing would look cooler than seeing a bunch of knights get mired in mud and picked off by arrows.

[pyhhricvictory]

Foreign Devil,

The LogFile is at c:/programfiles/totalwar/medieval/logfiles

This is what one looks like, as I said, it is not pretty or functional but it does give some stats

Battle Type:: CAMPAIGN
Date:: 12/18/02
Time:: 21:44:53
Host:: N/A
Attackers::
Defenders:: The English
Victory for:: DEFENDERS
Game Time:: 14 mins 33 secs
Battle Name:: Mercia
Map Name:: FlatCoastal01
Is Custom Map:: NO
Attackers' Florins:: 0
Defenders' Florins:: 0
Season:: Summer
Difficulty:: Easy
Time Limit:: 30 mins
Game Style:: Last Man Standing
Unit Size:: 30
Limited Ammo:: off
Fatigue:: on
Morale:: on
Restricted Camera:: on
Battle Terminated How?:: BATTLE FOUGHT TO CLOSE


Player Name:: The English
-------------------------
Player Type:: HUMAN
Stance:: Defender
Florins Allocated:: 0
Florins Spent:: 0
Number of Units:: 8
Total Troop Count:: 240
Total Men Killed:: 124
Total Men Captured:: 0
Total Men Routed:: 0
Total Enemy Killed:: 171
Total Enemy Captured:: 0
General's Rank:: 1


Unit Type: UrbanMilitia
Is General: YES
Is Faction Leader: NO
Leader Name: Lord Eadwulf
Kills This Battle: 69
Losses This Battle: 11
Inital Cost of Unit: 100
Soldier Pre-Battle Honour Post-Battle Honour Armour Weapon Kills Friendly Kills How Soldier Left Battle
1 GEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 VICTORIOUS
2 0 1 0 0 2 0 DEAD
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEAD
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 VICTORIOUS
5 0 2 0 0 4 0 DEAD
6 0 2 0 0 4 0 VICTORIOUS
7 0 2 0 0 2 0 VICTORIOUS
8 0 1 0 0 1 0 VICTORIOUS
9 0 2 0 0 5 0 VICTORIOUS
10 0 2 0 0 5 0 VICTORIOUS
11 0 1 0 0 3 0 DEAD
12 0 1 0 0 1 0 VICTORIOUS
13 0 2 0 0 1 0 DEAD
14 0 1 0 0 2 0 VICTORIOUS
15 0 2 0 0 5 0 VICTORIOUS
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEAD
17 0 2 0 0 5 0 DEAD
18 0 3 0 0 4 0 VICTORIOUS
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEAD
20 0 3 0 0 10 0 VICTORIOUS
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 VICTORIOUS
22 0 1 0 0 1 0 VICTORIOUS
23 0 1 0 0 1 0 VICTORIOUS
24 0 1 0 0 1 0 VICTORIOUS
25 0 1 0 0 3 0 VICTORIOUS
26 0 1 0 0 2 0 DEAD
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEAD
28 0 2 0 0 2 0 DEAD
29 0 2 0 0 5 0 VICTORIOUS
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 VICTORIOUS

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ Dec. 19 2002,20:59)]To compensate for the lack of lineage i started keeping a yearly journal during my last Almo campain , writting what happened each year etc the way the khalipha sees it...i know it sounds stupid...and it actually is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif Be sure to put it on the forum when you're finished with it Maybe they can open up something on the site for this sort of stuff.