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11-06-2004, 12:51
Forum Index
Official Patches and Downloads
PATCH 1.2 has been released - see here (http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm7.showMessage?topicID=20448.topic). Download it using this link (http://download.activision.com/totalwar/RomeTW_1.2_Patch.exe). The patch is a 56.3MB download.
Alternative CA skin for the Peloponnesian-era Spartan Hoplite can be downloaded from the Official site (http://www.totalwar.com/community/newunits.htm).
You can also still get the V1.1 patch (http://download.activision.com/activision/totalwar/downloads/RomeTW_1.1_Patch.exe) - addresses mainly multiplayer issues (game stability, performance and synch) and reduces strength of elephant units. You don't need this patch to install 1.2.
Guides
General
frogbeastegg's Guide to Rome: Total War (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38382) - a lengthy beginner and intermediate level guide
Quietus' Rome: Total War Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45315) - an advanced guide, with detailed information on all facets of RTW.
Dave 'Fargo' Kosak's Guide to RTW (http://guides.ign.com/guides/498739/index.html?fromint=1) - IGN version of the Smackus Maximus guide.
Doug Radcliffe's Rome: Total War Game Guide (http://www.gamespot.com/features/6110568/index.html) - requires basic (free) Game Spot registration.
Specific Topics
Tamur's Diplomacy Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=36993) – everything you could ever want to know about diplomacy.
Sinner's Temple Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37949) – complete list of all the temples for each faction, and their effects.
Soulflame's Unit Guide v1.2 (http://www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=108) – Exhaustive list of all the units, and their stats.
Spino's Campaign AI Settings (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37581) – a quick guide to the personalities of the various factions under AI control.
Spartan's Trait guide (http://www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=44) - a list of character traits with descriptions. Falconne has produced a useful spreadsheet of traits (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11217) and their effects. There is also
geraldtan's more advanced treatment here (http://www.geraldtan.com/rtw).
Strategic Command Center's Unit Guide (http://www.stratcommandcenter.com/rtw/units/stats/) – web guide for unit stats in RTW.
Clan [Koguryo]'s Unit Guide (http://www.totalwar.co.kr/rome/) – Flash Player based unit guide. Complete with RTW music!
rumcajsz's RTW and RTR political maps (http://lazarus.elte.hu/~hzsolt/html/rtw_terkepek.html) - useful maps for both the normal game, and the Total Realism mod.
Silver Rusher's Eastern Army construction guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=640574).
There is also the developing RomeWiki (http://www.kanwei.com/romewiki/).
Mods & Fixes
The Forge (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=76) - list of mods that Org members are developing.
Org hosted mods (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=74) - major mods hosted at the Org.
Rome: Total Realism Mod (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showforum=53) - see link for full details on the changes made.
TWC mod list (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10523) - list of early mods from the guys over at TWC.
Unofficial Patches
BUG-FIXER (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44795) - an unofficial patch for Rome: Total War 1.2 which fixes many issues.
Discovered bugs: Unit bugs 1 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44097) & 2 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44735), Trait bugs (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44048).
Fixes for 1.1
Sinner's fix for admirals gaining command stars ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39016) - allows admirals to gain/lose stars like normal generals.
Sinner's fix for sabotage missions ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40007) - allows assassins to gain/lose skill on these missions.
Sinner's fix for Navigator trait ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39469) - fixes this trait, allowing Admirals to gain it.
Workarounds for 'stuck' ships (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39422) - couple of techniques to free ships if they fall victim to a bug in the game.
Forum Info
The Guild FAQ (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45416) - Collection of useful information that answers many commonly asked questions, as well hints and tips on Forum usage. Includes the Forum Rules.
Synopsis of the Guild Forums (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45417) - rundown of current forums, each with a short description.
Database Lagging (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38624)- info on the forum search function from TosaInu.
Signature Picture Rules (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/faq.php?faq=new_faq_item#faq_faq_sigpic) - The rules on pictures in signatures.
Useful Information posted by CA Devs
Culture and Unrest Public Order penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38089) – info from JeromeGrasdyke.
Captain to General ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38559) - info from Captain Fishpants on adopting Captains as family members.
What do command stars do? (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37001) - JeromeGrasdyke explains the bonuses conferred by the command rating of your general.
Playing as the Senate (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39304) - hatcat explains why it is not such a good idea!
Q&A by JeromeGrasdyke (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37359) – info from the RTW programmer, primarily about modding, but there are also useful nuggets of information about the game itself.
RTW's trait system (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38484) - info from Captain Fishpants on the new trait system.
Pre-Battle Speeches (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=605047&postcount=41) - the good Captain gives some insight into the generation of your General's (hopefully) rousing speech.
Game mechanics questions (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39668) - plenty of info from JeromeGrasdyke.
Useful Tools
d0t's Best capital calculator (http://bbb.unknownnet.com/rtw/bestcap.htm) - calculates the best position for minimising distance to capital public order penalties throughout your entire empire.
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast's advanced version (http://www.ravenousbugblatterbeast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bestcap.htm), which allows you to set the maximum unrest that distance from capital is permitted in each city when calculating the optimal capital.
Battlefield Research
(The Research Subject Tree (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40060), in the Ludus Magna (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=88), indexes research threads more comprehensively.)
Horse Archers in RTW (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38464) - Doug-Thompson and co. examine this unit type in detail. There is also an earlier version here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37792).
Elephants, Healing, and Multiple Hit Points (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39234) - an investigation of how to deal with elephant units.
Regarding Spears and Cavalry (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38951) - discussion of the various bonuses given to cavalry and spear units.
Best Foot Unit (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39226) - an analysis of the best foot units in the game.
The Testudo (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37868) - a discussion of the usefulness of this formation.
Phalanx formation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39916) - a discussion on how to best use this formation.
Battlefield AI - research on how the Ai handles battles
Effects of Command - an investigation of the effects of command
Missile Attack Index - a metric system for quantify the impact of various missile units
Archery vs weather - research into the effects of weather conditions on archery
Strategy Map Research
(The Research Subject Tree (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40060), in the Ludus Magna (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=88), indexes research threads more comprehensively.)
Squalor (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37586) – The population size for each level of squalor. Also covers garrison effects.
Distance to Capital PO penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38085) - how this public order penalty varies with distance from the capital.
Tax Income (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37831) - info on the income from taxation at various population levels. Also contains zhuge's farming equation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=620210&postcount=23).
Slaves Resource (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38046) - info on the slaves resource generated by enslaving a settlement.
Unrest Public Order Penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40421) – research on unrest.
Culture Public Order Penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40420) – factors which count towards the culture public order penalty.
Devastation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37843) - info on campaign map devastation caused by unfriendly units in provinces.
Economic info (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37360) - some basic experiments with economy.
Trade (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39404) - there is also this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40860).
Corruption (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38146) - investigation of this distance-from-capital financial penalty.
Governor's Admin income (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40141) - an equation for calculating Admin income.
AI personalities - research on the different AI personalities.
Bribery - investigating the costs of bribing.
Farming - research on farming income.
Building Strageties - researching the effectiveness of various building strageties.
Roads - looking in to the effects of roads, on income and Movement Points.
Senate missions - examining the missions the Senate assigns.
Battle Odds - investigating the odds of battle, as reported on the Campaign map.
Garrison - how the number of troops vs settlement population affects the garrison bonus.
Unit attributes - investigating the effect of the various unit attributes.
Agents - research the abilities of spies, assassins and diplomats
Diplomat Influence - investigating the effects of influence on the effectiveness of diplomats.
Useful Research Tools
GodsPetMonkey's Unit and Building Editors for RTW ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=618660) - useful tool for editing/viewing unit stats.
ShellShock's RomeSAGE ( http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11393) – save game modifier.
Finn's Rome Total War Cheat unlocker ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=618347) – unlocks further RomeShell commands, and removes the one-a-game restriction.
ArtMoney ( http://www.artmoney.ru/) - memory address editor, useful for editing money, populations, etc.
XVI32 ( http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm) - a hex editor.
Command line options ( http://area42.wildfiregames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135) - a list of the various command line options for running RTW.
Historic Battlefield Tactics
Roman Manipular Formation
Historic Dispays of Tactical Ingenuity
Humorous Threads
Maltz's RTW Stories:
RTW story I (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39606) - Carthage.
RTW story II (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39707) - Numidia.
RTW story III (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40197) - Armenia.
RTW story IV (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=647544) - Julii.
Archery legend restored (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40233).
Diary of a diplomat (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40792).
Highway snow ploughs in ancient Rome? (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40750)
Official Patches and Downloads
PATCH 1.2 has been released - see here (http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm7.showMessage?topicID=20448.topic). Download it using this link (http://download.activision.com/totalwar/RomeTW_1.2_Patch.exe). The patch is a 56.3MB download.
Alternative CA skin for the Peloponnesian-era Spartan Hoplite can be downloaded from the Official site (http://www.totalwar.com/community/newunits.htm).
You can also still get the V1.1 patch (http://download.activision.com/activision/totalwar/downloads/RomeTW_1.1_Patch.exe) - addresses mainly multiplayer issues (game stability, performance and synch) and reduces strength of elephant units. You don't need this patch to install 1.2.
Guides
General
frogbeastegg's Guide to Rome: Total War (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38382) - a lengthy beginner and intermediate level guide
Quietus' Rome: Total War Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45315) - an advanced guide, with detailed information on all facets of RTW.
Dave 'Fargo' Kosak's Guide to RTW (http://guides.ign.com/guides/498739/index.html?fromint=1) - IGN version of the Smackus Maximus guide.
Doug Radcliffe's Rome: Total War Game Guide (http://www.gamespot.com/features/6110568/index.html) - requires basic (free) Game Spot registration.
Specific Topics
Tamur's Diplomacy Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=36993) – everything you could ever want to know about diplomacy.
Sinner's Temple Guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37949) – complete list of all the temples for each faction, and their effects.
Soulflame's Unit Guide v1.2 (http://www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=108) – Exhaustive list of all the units, and their stats.
Spino's Campaign AI Settings (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37581) – a quick guide to the personalities of the various factions under AI control.
Spartan's Trait guide (http://www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?mod=44) - a list of character traits with descriptions. Falconne has produced a useful spreadsheet of traits (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11217) and their effects. There is also
geraldtan's more advanced treatment here (http://www.geraldtan.com/rtw).
Strategic Command Center's Unit Guide (http://www.stratcommandcenter.com/rtw/units/stats/) – web guide for unit stats in RTW.
Clan [Koguryo]'s Unit Guide (http://www.totalwar.co.kr/rome/) – Flash Player based unit guide. Complete with RTW music!
rumcajsz's RTW and RTR political maps (http://lazarus.elte.hu/~hzsolt/html/rtw_terkepek.html) - useful maps for both the normal game, and the Total Realism mod.
Silver Rusher's Eastern Army construction guide (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=640574).
There is also the developing RomeWiki (http://www.kanwei.com/romewiki/).
Mods & Fixes
The Forge (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=76) - list of mods that Org members are developing.
Org hosted mods (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=74) - major mods hosted at the Org.
Rome: Total Realism Mod (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showforum=53) - see link for full details on the changes made.
TWC mod list (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=10523) - list of early mods from the guys over at TWC.
Unofficial Patches
BUG-FIXER (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44795) - an unofficial patch for Rome: Total War 1.2 which fixes many issues.
Discovered bugs: Unit bugs 1 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44097) & 2 (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44735), Trait bugs (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=44048).
Fixes for 1.1
Sinner's fix for admirals gaining command stars ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39016) - allows admirals to gain/lose stars like normal generals.
Sinner's fix for sabotage missions ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40007) - allows assassins to gain/lose skill on these missions.
Sinner's fix for Navigator trait ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39469) - fixes this trait, allowing Admirals to gain it.
Workarounds for 'stuck' ships (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39422) - couple of techniques to free ships if they fall victim to a bug in the game.
Forum Info
The Guild FAQ (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45416) - Collection of useful information that answers many commonly asked questions, as well hints and tips on Forum usage. Includes the Forum Rules.
Synopsis of the Guild Forums (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=45417) - rundown of current forums, each with a short description.
Database Lagging (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38624)- info on the forum search function from TosaInu.
Signature Picture Rules (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/faq.php?faq=new_faq_item#faq_faq_sigpic) - The rules on pictures in signatures.
Useful Information posted by CA Devs
Culture and Unrest Public Order penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38089) – info from JeromeGrasdyke.
Captain to General ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38559) - info from Captain Fishpants on adopting Captains as family members.
What do command stars do? (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37001) - JeromeGrasdyke explains the bonuses conferred by the command rating of your general.
Playing as the Senate (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39304) - hatcat explains why it is not such a good idea!
Q&A by JeromeGrasdyke (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37359) – info from the RTW programmer, primarily about modding, but there are also useful nuggets of information about the game itself.
RTW's trait system (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38484) - info from Captain Fishpants on the new trait system.
Pre-Battle Speeches (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=605047&postcount=41) - the good Captain gives some insight into the generation of your General's (hopefully) rousing speech.
Game mechanics questions (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39668) - plenty of info from JeromeGrasdyke.
Useful Tools
d0t's Best capital calculator (http://bbb.unknownnet.com/rtw/bestcap.htm) - calculates the best position for minimising distance to capital public order penalties throughout your entire empire.
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast's advanced version (http://www.ravenousbugblatterbeast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bestcap.htm), which allows you to set the maximum unrest that distance from capital is permitted in each city when calculating the optimal capital.
Battlefield Research
(The Research Subject Tree (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40060), in the Ludus Magna (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=88), indexes research threads more comprehensively.)
Horse Archers in RTW (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38464) - Doug-Thompson and co. examine this unit type in detail. There is also an earlier version here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37792).
Elephants, Healing, and Multiple Hit Points (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39234) - an investigation of how to deal with elephant units.
Regarding Spears and Cavalry (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38951) - discussion of the various bonuses given to cavalry and spear units.
Best Foot Unit (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39226) - an analysis of the best foot units in the game.
The Testudo (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37868) - a discussion of the usefulness of this formation.
Phalanx formation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39916) - a discussion on how to best use this formation.
Battlefield AI - research on how the Ai handles battles
Effects of Command - an investigation of the effects of command
Missile Attack Index - a metric system for quantify the impact of various missile units
Archery vs weather - research into the effects of weather conditions on archery
Strategy Map Research
(The Research Subject Tree (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40060), in the Ludus Magna (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=88), indexes research threads more comprehensively.)
Squalor (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37586) – The population size for each level of squalor. Also covers garrison effects.
Distance to Capital PO penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38085) - how this public order penalty varies with distance from the capital.
Tax Income (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37831) - info on the income from taxation at various population levels. Also contains zhuge's farming equation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=620210&postcount=23).
Slaves Resource (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38046) - info on the slaves resource generated by enslaving a settlement.
Unrest Public Order Penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40421) – research on unrest.
Culture Public Order Penalties (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40420) – factors which count towards the culture public order penalty.
Devastation (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37843) - info on campaign map devastation caused by unfriendly units in provinces.
Economic info (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37360) - some basic experiments with economy.
Trade (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39404) - there is also this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40860).
Corruption (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38146) - investigation of this distance-from-capital financial penalty.
Governor's Admin income (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40141) - an equation for calculating Admin income.
AI personalities - research on the different AI personalities.
Bribery - investigating the costs of bribing.
Farming - research on farming income.
Building Strageties - researching the effectiveness of various building strageties.
Roads - looking in to the effects of roads, on income and Movement Points.
Senate missions - examining the missions the Senate assigns.
Battle Odds - investigating the odds of battle, as reported on the Campaign map.
Garrison - how the number of troops vs settlement population affects the garrison bonus.
Unit attributes - investigating the effect of the various unit attributes.
Agents - research the abilities of spies, assassins and diplomats
Diplomat Influence - investigating the effects of influence on the effectiveness of diplomats.
Useful Research Tools
GodsPetMonkey's Unit and Building Editors for RTW ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=618660) - useful tool for editing/viewing unit stats.
ShellShock's RomeSAGE ( http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=11393) – save game modifier.
Finn's Rome Total War Cheat unlocker ( https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=618347) – unlocks further RomeShell commands, and removes the one-a-game restriction.
ArtMoney ( http://www.artmoney.ru/) - memory address editor, useful for editing money, populations, etc.
XVI32 ( http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm) - a hex editor.
Command line options ( http://area42.wildfiregames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135) - a list of the various command line options for running RTW.
Historic Battlefield Tactics
Roman Manipular Formation
Historic Dispays of Tactical Ingenuity
Humorous Threads
Maltz's RTW Stories:
RTW story I (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39606) - Carthage.
RTW story II (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=39707) - Numidia.
RTW story III (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40197) - Armenia.
RTW story IV (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?p=647544) - Julii.
Archery legend restored (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40233).
Diary of a diplomat (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40792).
Highway snow ploughs in ancient Rome? (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40750)