Stuffs found in demo

[mizuYari]

In frontend_files/ArmySelect, there are two files:
22 unit panel.BIF
16 unit panel.BIF

Does that mean we may have up to 22 units, not just 16? Or does that mean in multiplayer battle, we could chose among 16 or 22 units (depending on era)?

MizuYari

[Nobunaga0611]

I think I remember reading somewhere that in multiplayer we'll be able to control up to 2000 troops or something like that. So to answer your question....I dunno http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[mizuYari]

Found in LAN_Multiplayer directory:
teambox1.BIF
teambox2.BIF
start_region_frame.BIF

Does that means it will show, like in STW, two teams, with a crossswords in the middle, but also let us pick the start region of each army?

That would be a welcome improvement. The starting army no longer depends on the color of your coat of arm.

If this is true, then it is easier to setup multiplayer battles.

MizuYari

[mizuYari]

And I saw a file called kokubox.BIF. Isn't it suppose to be Florin? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif

MizuYari

[Nobunaga0611]

I've personally never played multiplayer, cause I haven't been able to http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/frown.gif so I wouldn't be of any help.

[RageMonsta]

Monsta found an angry man shouting at Monsta during tutorial...

Monsta shouts back....angry man not listen...so Monsta waits for angry man to show up on-line..then Monsta wears his tongue as neck tie!

[MiniKiller]

i think if ur default unit is say 60 u can creat units thats max are 40 or 80 based around the default size as 60, may come into play in campaing mode.

[Stephen Hummell]

Max in a unit is 200 I think. Armys are bigger and I'm sure of it.

[Prodigy]

I think 22 unit panel will be the total for the Crusade on the stratigic map, but only 16 will appaer on the battle map (16 for each army), the rest will come as reinforsements. But again this is demo, so the final version might have some sort of changes.

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[Krypteia]

im pretty sure that the max is 200 units , though they might change this in the final version , u should be able to have up to 500 or so , if you edit and change the units to 500 the game quits

[Hirosito]

i found that 22 unit thing a while ago and thought it might have something to do with sieges but alas it doesn't.

about the florin thing: in the nit .adf files it says stuff like generalisdaimyo. they didn't put a lot of onus on that kind of stuff

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Hirosito Mori

Gentile or Jew
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

[Rokkaku]

22 units would be great, it woulsd increase the game for me no end because the extra tactical luxury of having them.

[vyanvotts]

but then it would slow down the crap computers, not a problem for me tho! nemore!!!! new computer coming tommrow http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

[Vanya]

Quote Originally posted by vyanvotts:
but then it would slow down the crap computers, not a problem for me tho! nemore!!!! new computer coming tommrow http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif[/QUOTE]

GAH!

Not true!

Online, you WILL play those fellers with crap computers. And the game will LAG as a result!

So, don't dismiss it just because you PC is brand new. Those 4v4s will humble you soon enough.

GAH!

[Rokkaku]

vyanvotts has a good point that isnt often touched upon, Im in the luxury of having a very decent computer, but ther are others who will struggle with the game, I wonder how much options can be toned down?

[vyanvotts]

at the monemt im running on a 466mhz with 127 ram..demo works fine in 640x480 resoloution....lol.....until the last battle! 1 frame per second!

[Rokkaku]

o..m...g! how did u manag to squeeze the game on that, good work if you ask me!

[vyanvotts]

lol, tommrow it will all be different!

[Kraxis]

GeneralIsDaimyo, indeed. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif
I think is saw somewhere something like KokuIs:: Florins
so you can actually name your own coinage, I think I have to look it up again.

[Hirosito]

Quote Originally posted by Kraxis:
KokuIs:: Florins
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LOL they really made it hard on themselves

[Kraxis]

ok...

I could not find it really, but I found many like this one:

["Online_Internet_Games_Column_Header_Koku"]
{"Florins"}

If you take a look in the frontend file you will find loads of info!
For instance you can set the koku... ehhh florins for both sides so attackers might have more florins than the defender. Ain't that nice.

I'm quite certain that Agincourt was supposed to have been the last battle in the demo, a battle that came after Jaffa, thus giving us two battles. Look at this:

// The 'Upcoming Battle' text for the Agincourt tutorial
@["Tutorial_Agincourt"]
@{"Agincourt is the most famous of English victories in the Hundred Years War. Under the inspirational leadership of King Henry V a tired and bedraggled army made up mainly of longbowmen defeated a French army of knights five times their size. The French were appalled that an army of commoners could slaughter their greatest nobles and champions, and the battle marked a major change in the nature of warfare."}
@{"Ensure that your general is not killed, and also crush the spirit of the French and make them rout from the field."}

// The Victory message for the Agincourt tutorial
@["Tutorial_Agincourt_Victory"]
@{"Congratulations! English yeomanry has triumphed over the French knights, and your mastery of tactics means the victory is yours."}

// The Defeat message for Agincourt.
@["Tutorial_Agincourt_Defeat"]
@{"The battle was long and gruelling, but the French have carried the day. Consider the tactics revealed to you in earlier battles, and try again!"}

Ok, maybe it will be the battle for the tutorial.


[This message has been edited by Kraxis (edited 07-19-2002).]

[Thane Talain MacDonald]

They are using the same engine http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif
Koku was hard-coded in as the unit of currency, so rather than recode every instance of Koku, they just rename the visible parts.

[Aelfred Magna]

hehehe . . . get this . . . for any of you who, like me, were upset that they didn't release a demo of the strategic level . . . you can read the one that will come with the game, if you have the demo http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/tongue.gif

it's in your demo subdirectory at loc\eng\JMtutorial.txt http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif