Castles To City And Back?

[Strongsword]

For those of us across the pond who do not have the game yet, I was curious in the cost of converting a region with a castle to an income-producing city. This was described in previews and posts, but details would help. After all, it seems that once your faction pushes beyond its original borders, the original castles may no longer serve their border-protecting purpose. How does this work? Thanks.

[Faenaris]

Cities and castles can change to a different purpose (city to castle and castle to city) without any limits. The only thing you can't do, is switch the last 2 levels of Cities (Large and Huge City, I think) back to a castle. Everything else is fair game.

From my limited experience, the bigger your city/castle is, the longer the conversion will take.

[Quillan]

I saw a screenshot someplace (I think it was on IGN) that showed the English converting Caernarvon over. It looked like it was something you build, like a building. It listed a cost of 3200 gold and a time of 2 turns. I have no idea what size the town was, though.

Edit: Yes, it was IGN. I found it again. Here's the link: http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/722/722976/medieval-ii-total-war-20060802045758052.jpg

just in case the image below doesn't work.

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/722/722976/medieval-ii-total-war-20060802045758052.jpg

[Vlad Tzepes]

Also check (the very good) Lusted report:

"(...) Castles can be turned into cities at any point. (...) Cities can be turned into castles, but not if they go into the top 2 level of cities.

Finding the right balance between the number of cities and castles looks like it will be key in M2Tw. Have too many castles and you wont be gnerating enough cash."

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=71619

[Strongsword]

Thanks to all who responded for the heads up. The image was much appreciated.

[A jezy]

how do u change your Cities into castles ??

[TinCow]

The same way you change your castles into cities... by building the 'structure' that does it. However, you cannot convert a Large or Huge city into a Castle, so you had better change over early on or you will no longer have the option.