View Full Version : 56 year bug in v1.1 ???????
Revenant69
08-11-2003, 21:00
Ok this is frustrating as hell. The only reason i have never installed VI (even though i have it siting right in front of me) is because of the 56 year bug.
As i mentioned in Funky mercenary oddity thread i am playing Byzantines, Hard , Early, v1.1. I had 2 kings die of this infamous bug. YEs thats right i had two kings die when they hit 56. Before that kings were dying pretty randomly, but now it seems to be 56 years. How the hell ??? I thought it was a VI bug and not v1.1 bug at all.
I'm gonna go cry in the corner now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif
Knight_Yellow
08-11-2003, 22:09
you know i wouldnt go crying over 2 generals dying at 56.
how many times has your general died at 70? 60? etc.
coincidence.
Eastside Character
08-13-2003, 14:21
maybe a coinsidence , maybe a bug ,but certainly it's a problem for a player - 56 year old king dying shouldn't happen to often
DrHaphazard
08-13-2003, 15:21
Haha, reminds me of that line from Lion in Winter.
King Henry II: At 45 I'm the oldest man i know I've got a decade on the pope for God sakes
Yeah, yeah it was just a movie...
BTW Lion in Winter is an excellent movie if you havent seen it. Its about King Henry of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine fighting about who will be the next king of England. Of course the oldest son is the infamous Richard the Lionhearted.
Revenant69
08-13-2003, 23:49
Arggggggggggh. Ok this is the third king who died at age 56.
It really frustrates me. Especially because his only heir is a zero command dufus. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
Why does an 8 command king gie birth to a zero command dufus lol.
Well, actualy what realy frustrates me the most is that i lost 3 kings in a row to this 56 year thing and i never had VI installed. I'm beginning to suspect that this 56 year bug has its roots in regular MTW - the seed generator gets stuck on 56 lol.
I would appreciate some more feedback about this. And plz dont tell me that its a coincidence cuz i DONT believe it (not 3 kings, no way)
Portuguese Rebel
08-14-2003, 00:51
I've never encountered this http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif
Anyway, about the stars of the heirs, it seems that the stars depend on the kings influence and if the king has been at war himself. It is also documented that 9 star kings will often have 0 star heirs if they engage in battles because the star level will not be 10 for the heirs and resets to 0.
It is a bug if all of your King died and will at the age of 56 from the beginning to the end of the campaign.
It is not a bug if a single one live past 56 or die of illness/old age before 56.
I had a 78 years old King in v1.1 so I'm pretty sure that the 56 bug didn't exist in v1.1. I can check it again since I still have v1.1.
Revenant69
08-14-2003, 04:25
Quote[/b] ]It is a bug if all of your King died and will at the age of 56 from the beginning to the end of the campaign.
It is not a bug if a single one live past 56 or die of illness/old age before 56.
I had a 78 years old King in v1.1 so I'm pretty sure that the 56 bug did exist in v1.1. I can check it again since I still have v1.1.
I'd appreciate if you do check it out. First thing id like to mention is that my beginning kings let pretty normal lives (ie died at random ages). And even though i have NEVER installed Viking Invasion on my machine, i have 3 dead kings in a row at the age of 56 - seems like more than a coincidence to me.
Is there a way to check when the kings died in the log files or somethin? (i only kep one savegame http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif ) If there is a way to chek it out then ill post it.
Thanks.
Portuguese Rebel
08-15-2003, 00:20
3 kings dying at 56 is strange but not impossible, continue your campaing and see what happens. Then tell us what happen.
Lord Of Storms
08-16-2003, 21:46
It is possible that 3 Kings dying at 56 is a coincedence, I have had many a King live well into the late 70's early 80's on V 1.1 , My oldest was 86yrs. old.
Gregoshi
08-18-2003, 15:28
Hello there Revenant and Eastside Character. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Lots of new faces to meet after my vacation
One other thing to check on this 56 thing - how did the kings die? Did they die of illness or were they killed in battle? If they died in battle, then this isn't the 56 bug at work.
Revenant69
08-18-2003, 18:01
They died of illness. All 3 of them. As expected after i finished building the College of Surgeons - my kings started living longer.I still think that the random seed generator gets stuck on 56 or something along those lines http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
This bug should be fixed in the up and coming patch.I thought it was related to having installed the viking invasion.
The hoards of players on this board who played MTW 1.1. before VI was made never saw anything buggy about the dying age of monarchs in MTW 1.1. You'll have to give us a streak of 5 to 10 deaths at 56 before I even begin to suspect anything buggy. Note that the 56 year old bug also affects AI monarchs, so you can watch their dying age as well. I'm sure you'll see randomness.
Revenant69
08-19-2003, 07:53
Allright, well it certainly was one freaky game.... Total death toll of my monarchs at 56 is 3. The deaths stopped after i have built.....drum roll...... a College of surgeons. Dont know what would have happened if i didnt do it. Still its freaky to think that i had such an occurence (bug or no bug). Next time 3 of your kings ie at the same age plz write it down.
Ciao
lol all my kings die of 56 yr old bug in VI no matter what campaign i play or faction...well 56 was pretty ripe age to live to at that time so by their time my king was a healthy and virile man http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif
Revenant69
08-19-2003, 08:21
khurjan the point of my post was that my kings died like that in v1.1 not VI . Oh well.
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