ALEXANDER EB

[Maksimus]

Did it work? :shrug:

[ziegenpeter]

Are there advantages when I play EB on BI instead of ALX? The different types of formation?
THX

[Maksimus]

only if you can not live without some formations that are not implemented in Alexander..

But... for me that is not important coz most of those formations were used vastly after the EB time frame... :shrug:

And if you compare AI of ALX.exe and BI.exe ... Well, let's just say that great majority of players that tried ALX.exe after BI.exe are still using ALX.exe

Including myself :yes:

[Blazing141]

Hi guys..
So I installed EB 1.1, then the mini-mod to make it work with Alex, then TWFanatics Phalanx Mod, then DS' Romani fix to "fix" the various Roman elite troops...Also, I am NOT using trivial script to load the game...I basically just created a shortcut to start RTW-Alx.exe....

NOW FOR THE FUNNY PART....

I am somehow able to both play custom battles with the new Romani units AND still play the Imperial Campaign (seemingly) without having to switch EDU's...

Is this possible? Am I headed for disaster? Its still early in the game and all seems well, should I expect trouble down the road?

Thanks for any insight...

Bests
B

[Maksimus]

It is quite normal that you can play any Single Player option.. :shrug:

Custom, Historical.. Main ...

That is the good part with the target line :yes:

[Southern Hunter]

Well, installing this again from scratch is an absolute nightmare.

It would help to be as crystal clear as possible in the first post about how to do the install, especially when the SEGA installers are so unhelpful, and continually install things in 'default' locations even when you don't want them to.

[Blazing141]

Maks does the target line need to be just rometw-alx.exe or do I need to add other modifiers?

What should correct target line be?

[Maksimus]

Well, installing this again from scratch is an absolute nightmare.

It would help to be as crystal clear as possible in the first post about how to do the install, especially when the SEGA installers are so unhelpful, and continually install things in 'default' locations even when you don't want them to.

Belive it or not but I have my game on D after EB 11 :shrug:

Default location is an issue for the people that dont know how to install the game in alternarive location and make it work

you and me and anyone can install it in any location and the important part about the target line is the part that goes after RTW folder

So you install it anywhere and when you chabge the target you do this at the end

... \RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander


Maks does the target line need to be just rometw-alx.exe or do I need to add other modifiers?

What should correct target line be?

... \RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander
:grin:

[kepta]

Well i tried to use the trivial script by editing the trivial script config file but it causes some serious bugs. alx.exe started with the trivial script and i could load my campaign but it was running slow and when i ended my turn it messed up all the traits on my characters replacing them all with the same several traits, which prompted me to try a new campaign which does not work with a message to select an item from the list. Switching it back to rtw.exe with the trivial script and that behavior went away and when i used alex.exe through the suggested direct shortcut everything was fine. So guess ill use that for alx.exe but ill miss the minimal UI from the trivial script, is it possible and does anyone know how to use the minimil UI without the trivial script?

[Maksimus]

Can I addmitt that I dont know what is Trivila script for :shrug:

[Blazing141]

Hi Maks,

I think I blew it and didnt put in the command line modifiers...might this explain why my FM (dentatus) doesnt die?

Also, once I make the change is it save game compatible?

Finally, can this change also be made in the Trivial Script?

Thanks in advance for your help and hard work.

[brymht]

I was thinking of purchasing Alex to play on this. How do I get it? Can't order off of the TW Website.

[Blazing141]

http://www.amazon.com/Sega-Of-America-Inc-85175/dp/B000FUONKI/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1209070906&sr=8-2


You can order from Amazon...

All the Total War games before M2TW for a one low price....

[brymht]

Ah, IC. It only comes with Eras. :( That is fairly low price for all of them, but the only one I'm interested in is really just Alex. Are the soundtrack and documentary stuff all that great?

[Blazing141]

They're cool to have even if they are not the greatest thing since sliced bread...also, it is the easiest way to get Alex, which is the whole point...

[craziii]

which exe allows schiltron for spear units? or is that something for m2tw only? I forgot if BI or alex had it or not.

I want the hoplites to have it, even more deadlier to the calvary.

[kepta]

My knowledge of the trivial script is a bit vague as well Maksimus, I think it just gives you a simple gui to switch some of the options that before you would have to edit files or shortcuts like disabling the arrow markers in battle or turning off the movies. But ill search through the forums for more info on it although all I've found so far where a few odd comments and "Trivial script (very simple script engine that lets people create graphical interface for simple actions). Allows user friendly change of lighting, game type and modesty patch settings." from the 1.1 release thread. Also I'm retarded as all you need to do for the minimal ui is change a line in the preferences.dat file to true which is where it should logically be.

[Maksimus]

Hi Maks,

I think I blew it and didnt put in the command line modifiers...might this explain why my FM (dentatus) doesnt die?

Also, once I make the change is it save game compatible?

Finally, can this change also be made in the Trivial Script?

Thanks in advance for your help and hard work.

If you just download the files and change the target you will be fine. also only if that FLeader is over 100 years old you should worry :shrug:

It is save game compatible it's just that it will mess your traits and you are not going to be able to push night battles since descr_start.txt is tweaked.. soo..
I suggest new campaign :grin:

And since TScripti is some kind of optional add-on I am not going to tweak it coz I dont know how.. in any case if someone makes it work I will add it to the main post for everyone :curtain:


My knowledge of the trivial script is a bit vague as well Maksimus, I think it just gives you a simple gui to switch some of the options that before you would have to edit files or shortcuts like disabling the arrow markers in battle or turning off the movies. But ill search through the forums for more info on it although all I've found so far where a few odd comments and "Trivial script (very simple script engine that lets people create graphical interface for simple actions). Allows user friendly change of lighting, game type and modesty patch settings." from the 1.1 release thread. Also I'm retarded as all you need to do for the minimal ui is change a line in the preferences.dat file to true which is where it should logically be.

If you make it work I am gonna bring dancing girls here for you :dancinglock:

[kepta]

Well the only thing that was causing those problems i had was leaving -noalexander out of ebconfig.xml. Just edit line 215 to look like this
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>
and alexander works fine with the trivial script. Didn't figure this out myself but saw a mention of it in another thread.

[Maksimus]

Thank you :)

[TheOmegaWalrus]

Hello. Great mod you've got here. AI's much improved along with the load times.

So I installed RTW and ALX, installed EB 1.1, copied the files correctly and it runs just fine except for this;

https://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/theomegawalrus1/?action=view&current=what.jpg

Yup, question marks in traits that call for a foreign alphabet. This applies to every faction, but the traits in english are fine.

no crashes, no weird traits, just this. It's sorta annoying but not really game breaking, just immersion breaking.

Any known fixes?

[Maksimus]

First time I see this in my life :shrug:

[keravnos]

I want to thank Maksimus for all the hard work he has done.

Just a quick question if I may...

How many units can one have with Alexander? Models?
Is there a clear answer?

[Maksimus]

500
EDU & DMB :grin:

[luvadea]

My save from RTW+EB works but I cannot start new campaign.Got "please select an item from list" message.
Any ideas?
As I said,my save works,but my cartaginian generals got a lot of strange traits like sweboz victory conditions,seleucid relations,and many more.It seems all mixed up.Did I install it all properly?I mean:
1.rome+updates
2.alexander
3.eb
4.your mod(into my eb directory)
5.target changed.
Where did I go wrong?

[Maksimus]

If you start new game you are gonna mess the trait system :(

But game will work.. so you really should start new one :shrug:

[luvadea]

If you start new game you are gonna mess the trait system :(

But game will work.. so you really should start new one :shrug:


So how will I start it when I get "please select an item from the list" message when I try to start new game?:embarassed: :help:

[The Wicked]

Hi .... Today is the first day that i use the eb with Alexander :2thumbsup: ..at last no disrupted phalanxes :bounce: !!!! But i have one question....can i use the shield wall ability or it is unsupported ....

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

Hi .... Today is the first day that i use the eb with Alexander :2thumbsup: ..at last no disrupted phalanxes :bounce: !!!! But i have one question....can i use the shield wall ability or it is unsupported ....
No you can't use shield wall, schiltrom or swimming in Alex.

[kepta]

luvadea, are you using trivial script and if you are did you put -noalexander in the ebconfig.xml file like <Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>
because thats the error i get when it is missing -noalexander. If you are using the shortcut method double check that its in the shortcut target line properly.

[thelord]

Hey I downloaded the modified files and put them in manually, one by one as I didnt see any kind of installer and if I tried to extract them it just put them into a seperate folder, now when I play battles it tells me that several files are missing, I didn't get them all but onagers was there. The battle plays normally once I click OK, but I think if I have a battle with siege equipment or balistae it will CTD, did I put the files in wrong?? I definitely put them in the right locations... or is there an installer in there somewhere?

[Skandinav]

Fair tidings, and thank you for making and uploading the files to play EB on the alx.exe, I have enjoyed the frame rate boost and improved AI very much indeed and have had the most balanced total war campaigns ever. But it would seem that I have run into some trouble following the installation of EB 1.1, as many letters of my Sweboz traits seem to be replaced by question marks, here is a link to my thread about it for further reference :

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=103277

Do you think it could have anything to do with the alx.exe tweaked files?

Thank you for your time.





EDIT: Just saw this :

Hello. Great mod you've got here. AI's much improved along with the load times.

So I installed RTW and ALX, installed EB 1.1, copied the files correctly and it runs just fine except for this;

https://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x262/theomegawalrus1/?action=view&current=what.jpg

Yup, question marks in traits that call for a foreign alphabet. This applies to every faction, but the traits in english are fine.

no crashes, no weird traits, just this. It's sorta annoying but not really game breaking, just immersion breaking.

Any known fixes?


If you start new game you are gonna mess the trait system :(

But game will work.. so you really should start new one :shrug:

I tried starting a new game, even did a reinstall, and the missing letters are still there unfortunately.

[Maksimus]

@thelord - you need to copy all and overwrite it in EB folder :yes:

@Skandinav - really dont know :shrug:

[Skandinav]

Any other EB players out there using the alx.exe who have experienced the same in EB 1.1 ?
It would be very helpful to know if it is a genuine bug or something I´m doing wrong somehow, I would very much like to continue playing on the alx.exe as it has proven, to me at least, to be better than Barbarian Invasion.

Have a good day.

[Dr Octo]

I love the new AI and the night fighting but I'm not too keen on the tweaked starts. What files should I avoid overwriting to keep the starts the same as with EB 1.1?

[Illian the Mediocre]

I love the new AI and the night fighting but I'm not too keen on the tweaked starts. What files should I avoid overwriting to keep the starts the same as with EB 1.1?

I assume you mean stats (hopefully correctly!), if so which stats do you mean?

[Dr Octo]

I assume you mean stats (hopefully correctly!), if so which stats do you mean?

I installed the Beta 3 .7z files from the front page of this thread and it changed the starting cash and unit makup of the map. For example Hayasdan started with 40k, 8 gold armour / chevron heavy cavalry with 0 maintenance. Any idea how I can just keep the gameplay changes and be able to keep to the classic campaign?

[Maksimus]

The only thing that is added in the descr_start.txt (beside the enabled night battles) are the Night battle traits, for at least one FMember in every faction, so that you can enjoj night fights at the start of the game with some generals..

note: many players were not ''that good'' (If I may say it that way) in getting their generals to be Very Good Commanders which would lead to the enabled night battle Traits (to be able to get that trait you need to be really good or you need to have some older generals, in any case you need much time :shrug: ). For example ... in EB only Pyrrhos is able to 'try' to fight at night and no one else :shrug:

[Maksimus]

I installed the Beta 3 .7z files from the front page of this thread and it changed the starting cash and unit makup of the map. For example Hayasdan started with 40k, 8 gold armour / chevron heavy cavalry with 0 maintenance. Any idea how I can just keep the gameplay changes and be able to keep to the classic campaign?

Oo

You should play EB 11 with the transition files only... not the beta mod :shrug:

In any case that mod is for EB 10 not EB 11 :yes:

[Illian the Mediocre]

I went out and bought the Alexander expansion pack on wednesday. I'm going back home tomorrow (from University for summer), so i'll be able to try it out. I was impressed by the improvements mentioned and I want the best possible experience on EB since I haven't had a chance to go on it in a long time.

Thanks for the instructions and for telling me about it in the first place.

:beam: Cheers

[brymht]

I just got Alex and was lookign forward to starting a new campaign. Is there a quick ad dirty way to allow EB 1.1 to function on Alex? I don't use a modd switcher, and would LIKE to use night battles if possible.

[brymht]

also, if you're playing RTW and Alex Gold, what patches do you need to install?

[Maksimus]

Oh, yes, yes there is a quick way ))

And if you use Gold you dont need patches at all :)

NOTE:
To play Europa Barbarorum using Alexander expansion you need to install RTW that is 1.5 patched and working and then installed ALEXANDER add-on that is also working (without EB)!
Then Install EB + all known fixes for EB and then play it with Alex.exe
For those who just want to COPY- PASTE the uploaded tweaked files (that enable instant game without any manual tweaks) in their EB folders - follow the download link bellow. But remember - you still need to change the EB.exe target line of the EB shortcut as explained bellow! NOTE: these files are only for safe transition to ALX.exe engine (these are not the part of the Alexander EB Team Mod - still, all mod's will have these files included in along with all official fixes) ::

************************************************** **************************************************

http://files.filefront.com/EB11+on+A.../fileinfo.html
http://www.zshare.net/download/104019788e3b95be/

If you don't have ''7z'' archiver (which you need to unpack the files) you can download it for free here: http://www.7-zip.org/

[I Am Herenow]

So does it include the optimised script now?

[Maksimus]

nah .. :grin:

you can do it manually no time :smash:

[olly]

Just a quick thank you for you guys porting EB to Alex.

The battle field AI is so much superior to RTW and BI it just does not bear comparison.

I love the fact that if I am now defending a town I cannot just plonk a phalanx on main street and wait for the enemy to impale themselves. The attackers spread out and come down almost all the approaches to the town center.

When attacking a town they tend to keep people out of range of my missile units while I batter down the wall.

The best one was a bridge battle where I was attacking, they deployed up a hill away from the bridge with a skirmisher heavy army, I had less men but thought the AI is dumb enough just to let me cross. Instead they ran their skirmishers forward, killed all my light troops, ran back and waited for me to attack with my now couple of phalanx's and cavalry which would have been suicide so I legged it.

The AI completly out thought my (admittedly lazy) tactics and could not be happier about. Even if it does make me a simpleton.

Thanks

[||Lz3||]

in case I want to go back to the original RTW.exe how would I be able to do that???:dizzy2:

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

in case I want to go back to the original RTW.exe how would I be able to do that???:dizzy2:
You must reinstall RTW

[||Lz3||]

what about MP ??

[antreas]

Alexander: Total War

[||Lz3||]

aaaa!!! I just dont know... If I cant play MP then I wont get this mod...and another thing is that mi EB is alredy so modify that its like an EB frankenstein... so compatibility whit other mods is another issue

[brymht]

I have to say, I'm very impressed at how the AI is so much smarter for Alex. I'm playing as Rome, and Carthage CONTINUALLY ferries people form North Africa to Spain. They have 5 stacks attacking me on the penninsula.

One question, I scripted for the Lusitanan to spawn an army in Hybernia at a certain year. They spawn,ed but they aren't doing anything! Is it because they see nothing yet? If I spawn a spay there, and they see a settlement nearby, will this cause them to attack it?

[Maksimus]

belivem that is hardcoded so you need to try moddify more things so the army would move, I spent nights on modding just to make one army go to one direction, so you need to test and test :shrug:

[Mediteran]

do i first install the 1.1 fixes, and then alex.exe mod or the other way around? because there were fixes that came after the alex.mod was updated, so they probably change something?

[Skandinav]

Please excuse me for repeating my question from earlier in this thread, but besides the testament of OmegaWalrus I have yet to find if anyone else of you alex.exe users have seen question marks replacing letters in the traits of Swêboz family members ?
They should be an occurance at least in one trait of every Swêboz character and as such be quite easy to check, even from the start of a campaign.

[||Lz3||]

crap! I got this error:

failed to read censored word dictionary file:EB/Data//chat_filter.san

wth is that for??

ideas???:huh2:

[Maksimus]

@||Lz3|| you need to copy that file from Alexander folder into EB folde :curtain:

@Mediteran not sure you need to compare files from the fixes and the files that are moddified here :laugh4:

@Skandinav sorry man I whish I could help more :(

[||Lz3||]

well I re-copy the files again (alex to eb) cause I had installed the 1.1 fixes...and now it seems to be working...

and I'm using the trivial script... so does that means that I dont have to change the target line? , I just wrote the ALX.exe in ebconfig

[Mediteran]

yes it appears it changes some files that were in the fixes, so i guess i should try manually writing everything? i hope i dont screw up my installation:beam:

well, i did it and it works, thanx for the instructions :)

[||Lz3||]

aaaaaa crap!!!:furious2:


I'm still not able to get this working whit all of the fixes , I installed all the fixes and then I manually edited every file

BUT when I try to play campaing (clic start campaing) it sends me back to SP menu

[Mediteran]

try again, because i followed the instructions on the first page and everything is working :)

[||Lz3||]

try again, because i followed the instructions on the first page and everything is working :)

incluiding the Potential client ruler fix?:huh2:


cause it seems that whenever I instal those fixesthey overwrite alex's and viceversa

[Mediteran]

i first installed the fixes, and manually edited the files as the instructions on the first page say, if you edit manually and dont extract nothing overwrites :)

[||Lz3||]

oh and another question hehe... where the h... can I find skymod?:huh2:

[Mediteran]

archer's skymod? i have no idea :) i used the files from the zip that i downloaded from the first page

[||Lz3||]

maksimus, do you by chance have archer's skymod? , could you upload it cause I just cant find it

the original post where archer uloaded his mod isnt available anymore :furious2:

[||Lz3||]

anyone has the archer's skymod or the files? :huh2:

[GreatOnee]

Hi, I read the turtorial, and was wondering, what is command "-noalexander" used for?

[ezekiel2517]

it says it makes it possible for low end computers to play EB but, what about one old like mine?:

P4 at 2.0
nvidia 64 mb
384 RAM

i can play Vanilla with med or high unit detail, large size, unit shaders (without them some units have no feet) and everything else on lowest. I play DarthMod, RTR PE and TIC as well with the same "quality" but when i tried EB 1.1 i had 5 minutes turns and it was not bearable.

if it's gonna lag lots i don't mind waiting until i can buy a new computer.

[Maksimus]

you should try :yes:

[Juggernaut]

Do you have a plan to update the uploaded tweaked files so it includes latest bug fixes?

[Maksimus]

no :no:


sorry guys , no time :stwshame:

[||Lz3||]

well I could upload the latest files but unfurtonately I already changed them whit my own modifications , well.. other minimods (I think the ones that intefere are konny's trait changes) , If you want them...I could upload them

or also you could do the changes yourself , just update the files whit the latest fixes and then add alx.exe's changes


-I suggest you to download maksimus' files

-Backup the 3 files that need to be changed (I think they're VnVs enums.txt , export_desc_vnvs.txt, and export_desc_character_traits)

-copy and paste maksimus' files in your RTW folder (or EB data I don't really remember, check the instructions :sweatdrop:)

-then copy paste the backup files again to where they belong overwriting maksimus'

-add manually the changes (its not that hard you can do it in about 10 or less min)

-open your ebconfig.xml file in your RTW folder and change line 215 (or just serch for ".exe") and make it look like this
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>

now you can use it whit the trivial script and you dont need to change the target line
:2thumbsup:


was I clear enough?

[Juggernaut]

well I could upload the latest files but unfurtonately I already changed them whit my own modifications , well.. other minimods (I think the ones that intefere are konny's trait changes) , If you want them...I could upload them

or also you could do the changes yourself , just update the files whit the latest fixes and then add alx.exe's changes


-I suggest you to download maksimus' files

-Backup the 3 files that need to be changed (I think they're VnVs enums.txt , export_desc_vnvs.txt, and export_desc_character_traits)

-copy and paste maksimus' files in your RTW folder (or EB data I don't really remember, check the instructions :sweatdrop:)

-then copy paste the backup files again to where they belong overwriting maksimus'

-add manually the changes (its not that hard you can do it in about 10 or less min)

-open your ebconfig.xml file in your RTW folder and change line 215 (or just serch for ".exe") and make it look like this
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>

now you can use it whit the trivial script and you dont need to change the target line
:2thumbsup:


was I clear enough?

Thanks, that worked perfectly.:beam:

[Janius]

works like a charm here :)

[Laza]

Do I need to activate night battles? Ive edited the text files correctly without changing anything concerning night battles and it doesnt work. You cant start a campaign or load a save game. The mod itself doesnt make any problems but lacks the bugfixes which is really annoying.

Any help?

[||Lz3||]

well... why dont you install it whit night battles but dont use them...:thinking2:

The AI never uses them anyway , so If you dont want night battles... just dont click on them on the battle screen... and about the lacking of bugfixes...I alredy explained how to do this by yourself in less than 6 min:smash:

[Havok.]

is alex.exe EB good to go with the other useful mini mods?

[||Lz3||]

it depends... its not...auto... you'll have to make several manual tweaks but once you get use to it everything is compatible


you just need to check if the other minimods affect one of the files changed by alx.exe

or... which mods are you interested in?

[brymht]

Having trouble getting Alex to run. Getting the error "Cannot find chat_filter.san in //Data/EB/Data"

I have copied this file over to the EB/Data directory. Cannot find any issue.

[Havok.]

it depends... its not...auto... you'll have to make several manual tweaks but once you get use to it everything is compatible


you just need to check if the other minimods affect one of the files changed by alx.exe

or... which mods are you interested in?

1-AI unit formation mini mod
2-city mod restriction mini mod
3-Spoilers of battle mini mod
4-forced diplomacy mini mod

but if means changing things manually, i'll probally screw things up in the process, i guess i'll just stick with the BI.exe
:embarassed:

[Laza]

well... why dont you install it whit night battles but dont use them...:thinking2:

The AI never uses them anyway , so If you dont want night battles... just dont click on them on the battle screen... and about the lacking of bugfixes...I alredy explained how to do this by yourself in less than 6 min:smash:

Ive changed the txt files once again and and and it still doesnt work. Ive got the same problem here. Check the files plz! Both night battles enabled and disabled cause a ctd when trying to start a campaign or load a game. :-(


Level Ceases_Ambassador
Description Ceases_Ambassador_desc
EffectsDescription Ceases_Ambassador_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
Trait Immortal
Characters family
Hidden

Level Immortal
Description Immortal_desc
EffectsDescription Immortal_effects_desc
Threshold 1

;------------------------------------------
;Mod: EBMod801 - 12/31/05 : trait to make diplomats better when stationed in a settlement for EB 0.7.2.1
;-----------------------------------------


Prev_Ynys_Duwall
Prev_Ynys_Duwall_desc
Prev_Ynys_Duwall_effects_desc
Immortal
Immortal_desc
Immortal_effects_desc


{Legendary_Hero_effects_desc}
+4 Morale for all troops on the battlefield, +1 Influence

&#172;--------------------

{Immortal} Immortal

{Immortal_desc}
Hidden immortal trait

{Immortal_effects_desc}
No Effects

&#172;--------------------

{Daos} Daos

[||Lz3||]

1-AI unit formation mini mod
2-city mod restriction mini mod
3-Spoilers of battle mini mod
4-forced diplomacy mini mod

but if means changing things manually, i'll probally screw things up in the process, i guess i'll just stick with the BI.exe
:embarassed:


well first of all the AI unit is pretty much independant of evey other minimod that I've seen here, same whit Force diplomacy , you you can install them whit no problems whatsoever , just copy & paste :2thumbsup:

em not sure... I guess you could wait my files , or.... you do have a backup of the original EB?? just restore eveything as the original and start over

the trouble ones would be city mod and spoils, (not sure...its just that I haven't tried them yet :sweatdrop:)

but unfurtunately my laptop power cord broke so I can't access the files until I get a new one (that would be tomorrow)

I'll post a version of alex.exe whit the latest updates :P and if you give me some time (around 2 days) I think I can make it work whit spoils and city mod :smash:



@laza
I dont know... I had the same problem the fisrt time I did it , perhaps you can restore eveyting as it was and then start over? :P
or wait for my files...

[||Lz3||]

Having trouble getting Alex to run. Getting the error "Cannot find chat_filter.san in //Data/EB/Data"

I have copied this file over to the EB/Data directory. Cannot find any issue.


I had the same issue... not sure why it happens...:sweatdrop:

try copy & paste whit maksimus files and check if it works, if it does, then change the text files and check again, at least that way you'll know what went wrong

[brymht]

Still nothing. Despite the file being there, I'm still recieving the error message

Failed to read censored wor dictionary file : data//shat_filter.san

I installed this a few months back with out issue. What gives?

[||Lz3||]

Still nothing. Despite the file being there, I'm still recieving the error message

Failed to read censored wor dictionary file : data//shat_filter.san

I installed this a few months back with out issue. What gives?


em... even when overwriting whit maksimus files??:inquisitive: thats weird...

something must had gone wrong... not sure if this is causing the problem but, are you using it whit trivial script or the changing target method?

check if the target line or line 215 of ebcongfig.xml are as they should be...
:huh2:

and again I sould be uploading all the files you need in about 2 days or so (maybe tomorrow)


important note, when changing line 215 of ebconfig , theres some issues whit several text edit programs that I dont know why but fail to change it properly , I suggest using notepad++ (just google it) not even textpad worked

[brymht]

works!

[||Lz3||]

tada!! :2thumbsup:
happy birthday kids! :medievalcheers:

here's the fully updated alex.exe mod that works whit TrivialScript

HERE (http://files.filefront.com/Alexanderrar/;11432540;/fileinfo.html)

and if fore some reason you want to go back here are the original rtw files
Here (http://files.filefront.com/RTWrar/;11432482;/fileinfo.html)
Instructions for both "packs"
1-Download it...
2-Unpack it no go to your Activision folder (the one that contains the "Rome - Total War" folder)

(or unpack it wherever you want and copy paste)

NOTE:when using the trivial script you DON'T need to change the target line

hope this is clear enough, just let me know if something happens

now... a request for maksimus :2thumbsup: perhaps its good idea to update the first page so the new guys get the newest files


@Havok
I'll have alex working whit spoils tomorrow (well... in about 18 hrs since this post was made) feel free to instal FD ,citymod and AI mod now since none of those files are changed

[Laza]

Thx very much! No more problems right now! I think u need to copy and paste the immortal trait etc. at the beginning of the files. Otherwise (in my case) its going to crash everytime. :dizzy2:

[phonicsmonkey]

tada!! :2thumbsup:
happy birthday kids! :medievalcheers:

here's the fully updated alex.exe mod that works whit TrivialScript



Nice work, thanks!

But just to be clear, is this the full Alex mod, or just the files required to play EB1.1 (with fixes) on the Alex.exe?

because I'm looking just to play normal EB on Alex.exe...

[||Lz3||]

Nice work, thanks!

But just to be clear, is this the full Alex mod, or just the files required to play EB1.1 (with fixes) on the Alex.exe?

because I'm looking just to play normal EB on Alex.exe...


well... the only thing that the mod does is use the original EB but whit alx.exe , (which enables night , battles , enemy sea invasions ,right now in my campaign carthage send a lot of troops to sicily , more unit slots (this is probably not really a thing for many of you , but if for example one day you want to add the TW fanatic's aquilifer , you dont need to erase any existing unit; and so on


@havok , I think that city mod is also independant from the others, so you can install it without problems

[brymht]

I'm actually adding quite a few units. How many extra unit slots do you have in Alex?

[||Lz3||]

umm not sure I think 20 or 50 (I think its 20 I dont remember , darth knows exactly (I guess) :sweatdrop:

[Havok.]

@havok , I think that city mod is also independant from the others, so you can install it without problems

Yep, done it already, looks quite cool :2thumbsup:

[phonicsmonkey]

well... the only thing that the mod does is use the original EB but whit alx.exe , (which enables night , battles , enemy sea invasions ,right now in my campaign carthage send a lot of troops to sicily , more unit slots (this is probably not really a thing for many of you , but if for example one day you want to add the TW fanatic's aquilifer , you dont need to erase any existing unit; and so on


@havok , I think that city mod is also independant from the others, so you can install it without problems

that's great, thanks for your help

I installed last night and it worked just fine - looking forward to a real challenge from the Carthies for a change!

plus, by the way, I also installed sinuhet's AI formations and camillus' player formations over the top, plus the naval stratmap mod and all are compatible

[||Lz3||]

a suggestion when instaling minimods (it might requiere some memory :P) is that when you download a minimod , dont just unpack it into the RTW folder right away, is better to unpack somewhere else and check what files they change (if its inside the package , it changes it) , and try to remember if any of the other minimods (OR fixes) change that file too , if thats the case , those two are "uncompatible" , that means that in order to get them working you need to open your file and add the changes manually (at first is a little hard , then you become a natural :laugh4:)

usually the most common changed files are : export_descr_character_traits.txt , export_descr_vnvs_enums.txt, descr_strat.txt

@ havok ,are you still interested in SoV (spoils of victory) mod?

[Havok.]

@ havok ,are you still interested in SoV (spoils of victory) mod?

installed already, looks quite cool as well:smash:

[Ulfang]

I haven't played EB since some of the very early releases so decided to give this a try but have downloaded and installed the latest version (as I only heard about this project after I'd downloaded EB 1.1) so am assuming this wouldn't work with 1.1? Will there be a point when this mod is updated to work with 1.1? Sorry if this has already been answered but didn't look over all the pages in this thread.

[||Lz3||]

clic on the link in my signature , then look at the bottom of the thread and search for one of my post , there you should find the new updated version

but...I suggest you to wait a little , I'm about to launch a minimod pack, but it wont be savegame compatible

[phonicsmonkey]

I just thought I'd drop back in to let you know how much I'm enjoying playing EB1.1 on alex.exe

In fact I had some compatibility problems with my romani savegames (from bi.exe) - my family members had picked up a bunch of sweboz ethnicity traits, and the minimap in the bottom corner was all in primary colours...

So I started a new KH campaign thinking this would be a great way to showcase the differences between Bi.exe and alex.exe

and so far I'm loving it! Makedon are reinforcing by sea across the aegean and retraining their troops when I beat them back - it's a tough fight so far but I intend to come out on top.

so thanks again for the help!

[Maksimus]

Well,

I just hope that now, after 40 000 views, 850 replies and thousands of total downloads that are targeting ALX.exe with EB - some EB team members think of this ALX.exe project as one of the project's they should have supported. But they did not - and they should had have - coz ALX.exe is the only *exe that acctually makes EB playable and interesting. One advice here for all developers - Allways listen to the fans, their advices and suggestions - never act as if you know better than them even when you are 100% sure you do.

Ty

Best Regards

[overweightninja]

Well,

I just hope that now, after 40 000 views, 850 replies and thousands of total downloads that are targeting ALX.exe with EB - some EB team members think of this ALX.exe project as one of the project's they should have supported. But they did not - and they should had have - coz ALX.exe is the only *exe that acctually makes EB playable and interesting. One advice here for all developers - Allways listen to the fans, their advices and suggestions - never act as if you know better than them even when you are 100% sure you do.

Ty

Best Regards

Poor show Maksimus poor show, they've given you a product to mod, and a place to bring it all together on these forums, the team never directly support outside mods and have stated many times the reasons why.
I've tried using alx.exe barebones and using your full mod, and I personally prefer RTW/BI to both of them. If EB is s*** without your mod, why did you bother playing in the first place?
Oh and btw are you paying the EB team for their time? Hmm....

Get over yourself mate

[Ibrahim]

Poor show Maksimus poor show, they've given you a product to mod, and a place to bring it all together on these forums, the team never directly support outside mods and have stated many times the reasons why.
I've tried using alx.exe barebones and using your full mod, and I personally prefer RTW/BI to both of them. If EB is s*** without your mod, why did you bother playing in the first place?
Oh and btw are you paying the EB team for their time? Hmm....

Get over yourself mate

and poor manners too(no not you over weight).

the fact is there are issues with each endorsement: copyrights, chances of success, etc. your mod is justas likely to flop, or eat copyright, as the next mod. (I already know a few with that problem)

[Maksimus]

Since I am out of modding EB i will comment.

1. I praise all EB dev's and modders, EB team and supporters. Those guys did a good job (if i belive otherwise - I would not make this mod) - all comments on something I have against EB mod and EB team are just pure wrong info.
2. That all that from the 1 point - does not mean I can not comment on isseus '' I '' see as appropriate.


@overweightninja

This thread is dedicated to ppl that play ALX.exe - so if you dont like ALX.exe you stay away from this thread.

Still, I comment now :).
I tell you this ''product'' stand.
EB team made a mod that is OFFICIALLY - ownership of SEGA - in the other words Sega can use all these mods and mini*mods here - pack them - make a new game called EB - make money and give nothing to anyone (and I found this out from and EB member and some CA employes from TWC + you should read the licence agreement).

Second, I made this mod with FULL KNOWLEDGE OF EB team - and they agreed on using ''EB'' name maybe becasue they needed some boost in popularity or someone to test ALX.exe on EB (so they just gained popularity on this mod - did not lose any).

Now, IT IS NOT TRUE they dont support other mod's - they do, but selective, when some members feell like it. I am a modder, I talked to them, some supported me some DID NOT WANT - that other group of ppl made EB team stand officially on this mod as the one they ''dont support'' (I remember when I saw in few thread's EB team members giving specific EBBS and *txt info to some modders, they did not want to give that info to me when we in this team needed it most)

And, ''mate'' - i dont need to get over anything, no one stoped modding my mod and I did not make this kind of comment while I was modding, bot only now after thousands of downloads, of EB1 and EB11 on Alx.exe

Once again, I whish only to address those EB members that did a selective support to some minimods and they did not do it to others - like this one. For me it was pure discrimination sometimes and I WONT name anyone, it is long gone I just made this comment so ppl could see one of the reasons I quit one modding this - I will make sam comment on TWC if one ask me.

@Ibrahim

EB MOD itself, and most (as TWC moderators PMed me almost ALL) have issues with each endorsement: copyrights, chances of success, etc. And offcourse, this mod is just as likely to flop, or eat copyright, as the next mod. Thank you I know that

Thank you for your time

[Foot]

Well isn't this a turn up for the books.

Maksimus, I find it difficult to understand anything about our team when you are not privy to what goes on inside the EBH.

Firstly your remarks are false, secondly they are offensive, thirdly - wtf!?

As a team we do not support any third party mod of EB above any other, all have equal weight in this forum (except for MAA's city mod and the Force Diplomacy mod - I don't know why those have been stickied they just have). Where a mod for EB explores an interesting area that we would wish to expand in our next release (such as the work on the Ai money script a while back), we will follow and even recruit those modders, but we have never ever endorsed a 3rd party modification of EB as a team.

As individuals, we are all volunteers and we all have our own temperaments. Sometimes I'll like a person and be more inclined to help them when they ask a question, sometimes I won't like a person and not be inclined. But that is a personal decision from one modder to another and not any kind of team support.

I don't know where this poison comes from, Maksimus, and to be honest I don't really care. As for your advice, we do read what the fans have to say, but we also can disagree with it. We have never desired or planned to make EBI for anything other than the RTW engine. A long time ago we decided to not explore the route of using BI or alex. Alex may well offer a better AI engine, but that is not our concern. So we do listen to fans, we also disagree with fans. If we didn't (hyperbole alert!) then the celts would be a walk-over and Lorica Segmentata would be on every unit.

As for using EB, if you didn't how the hell would people know that this was a modification for EB. I'm sorry to say but you certainly did not boost our popularity by any great amount, just as we certainly didn't boost the popularity of RTW by any amount. You need EB to play Alex EB just as you need RTW to play EB. People without RTW are very unlikely to be drawn to EB, just as people without EB are very unlikely to be drawn to Alex EB.

Our popularity has been doing fine, clocking up tens of thousands for downloads before Alex EB was even imagined.

I would suggest that you leave as you planned to do. Allow your mod to continue under the auspices of others and don't worry about how EB did or did not support your mod but did or did not support other people's mods. It really is not worth it.

Foot

[Tellos Athenaios]

And finally, - which Foot has omitted (?) in his reply: from what I (as an EB team member) gather about almighty stamp of EB approval called "Support" - that just means we will take care to help people who have trouble installing the mod (a guide), try to help people getting past crashes, fixing bugs & glitches.

It is something different from "support" as in "help contribute to". Compare it to the official "support" you would receive from CA/SEGA when it comes to Q & A & troubleshooting. Does CA/SEGA help you out if you screw up when installing EB? No, most definitely not. Does CA support a modification such as EB from a "we like what you are doing" point of view? Yes, they do. They even help contribute (to mods in general) by responding to certain questions & clarifying certain game behaviour.

But that should not suggest CA members will dedicate their free time to help us modders fix our own bugs; just as it should not suggest the EB team will help you or the people who use your mod fix your & their bugs... Maybe, perhaps, it certainly could be that some individual would; but the team(s) as a whole will not. Hence the predicate "unsupported", and no big stamp of approval.

[Maksimus]

My first quota, I will place it again

1. I praise all EB dev's and modders, EB team and supporters. Those guys did a good job (if i belive otherwise - I would not make this mod) - all comments on something I have against EB mod and EB team are just pure wrong info.
2. That all that from the 1 point - does not mean I can not comment on isseus '' I '' see as appropriate.

Now,

@Foot

As individuals, we are all volunteers and we all have our own temperaments. Sometimes I'll like a person and be more inclined to help them when they ask a question, sometimes I won't like a person and not be inclined. But that is a personal decision from one modder to another and not any kind of team support.

Yes you are, and some did (do not you Foot I think of you as a pro) that was whole point of my comment. And when one EB member '' individual volunteer '' helps one forum member and does not want to help another - you can just say ''it was not the team'' - for me its the same, EB member help - EB team support (help).

And dont suggest me anything and talk about poison, you mind your manners, your name was under administrators concern's few times by now, you are not as polite as you would like to be.

@Tellos Athenaios - Man, all best to you and all Hellenes that work on this mod, you motivated me mostly, and I would add Kervanos and MMA too they are just great guys.

As for my comment I was refering to what Foot was saying

As individuals, we are all volunteers and we all have our own temperaments. Sometimes I'll like a person and be more inclined to help them when they ask a question, sometimes I won't like a person and not be inclined. But that is a personal decision from one modder to another and not any kind of team support.

Yes, when one EB modder helps some ppl and dont help all ppl - you can call it ''individual volunteer temperament'' - I like to call it ussually discrimination ! That was the poison, some basic info about modding EBBS script some forum members recived directlly with not problem, i needed to test in for days (with some EB members comments - ''I dont care, if you make big modd you must do it yourself'')

In the last month I wanted to say that some of those issues were one of the reason I quit modding EB. And YES - some EB members ''individual volunteer temperaments'' made them refuse to give basic info on things I needed bad just to modd basic stuff. I did not recive it while ''some'' others did (no, not all ecept me, I am sure more ppl like me quited modding coz of that).

And pls,
Even if some can belive otherwise -
I am one of the greatest fans of this mod. I modded it after and I can see EB team work so i see it was hard and deep. Just, dont shut my mouth now that I came to say one last (maybe not only) reason I really quit modding.

Best of luck

[Foot]

Well now that we can all move on from Maksimus's little problem with our lack of time for him. If people want to continue with this mod that is fine. If an EB team member helps anyone with the alex mod that is fine. If they don't that is, contrary to popular opinion, fine also. Both sides have represented themselves and I'm sure that others will be able to decide whether the EB team are either systematically ignoring some mods based on arbitrary criteria or just a bunch of volunteers who have limited time and who can sometimes feel in a giving mood and sometimes don't.

Lets get back on track, if this thread continues to head sideways then I will close this thread down and [[Lz3]], if he wants, can start his own thread to continue the Alex Mod.

Foot

[Maksimus]

@Foot

I would now like to thank Foot - this is why I always say you are pro, all can be solved this way in good manner (exept the closing the thread part)

I am waithing Lz3 response to add him as AlxEb Member, so then I will upload his modifications into the main post and he can continue working on making Eb much much better on ALX.exe (as soon as I can I will join him i belive)

No need to close the most popular thread in ORG's EB hosted modification sub-forum's.

[chenkai11]

Yes, please don't close this thread.

[Kovoged]

Hi , when it is going to leave the final version? Do you have forecast?

[Kovoged]

People, when I put where chooses the faction to play appears this message "please select an item from list", what Do I have doing of wrong?

[kingsword]

I've used the latest links provided for EB 1.1 but my family members seem to be immortal. Family leader reached 89 but he simply refuses to die. I haven't seen any immortality trait in the export_descr_character_traits file either in EB folder so I'm confused. Does anyone know any way to fix this? I was some 20-30 turns into a new campaign but then tried a hands-off campaign to check this out after reading a similar report, thank goodness that I did.

I was hoping for playing with ALX.exe as the AI felt superior so I'm keeping from starting another campaign till I figure out a solution to this.

BTW, I just realized that I had used those 1.1 hotfixes earlier which included the change to the same file I mentioned above. Might that be the reason? Just checked and saw that the original file which came with ALX.exe pack included the immortal trait. Would everything be alright if I replaced it again? Would that break the hotfix though? The hotfix I'm meaning is the Client Ruler Fix on the 1.1 hotfixes page.

[||Lz3||]

ummm... did you made the changes yourself? if you do it right your family members will die...

tested...:yes:

try my files (look at my signature, just after "strong AI engine for EB", there you should find a fully updated (all of permanent as well as optional fixes ) alex.exe version of EB :beam:

(NOTE: I realised that I had made a mistake with the previous link :sweatdrop:, so cause I didn't had the time... instead of re-uploading the whole thing I just replaced the link with the one from my pack :sweatdrop:, so there might be more files than the ones needed (since it's a backup that contains the original files) , but it shouldn't do harm if you don't have any other minimod around there )

[Kovoged]

ummm... did you made the changes yourself? if you do it right your family members will die...

tested...:yes:

try my files (look at my signature, just after "strong AI engine for EB", there you should find a fully updated (all of permanent as well as optional fixes ) alex.exe version of EB :beam:

(NOTE: I realised that I had made a mistake with the previous link :sweatdrop:, so cause I didn't had the time... instead of re-uploading the whole thing I just replaced the link with the one from my pack :sweatdrop:, so there might be more files than the ones needed (since it's a backup that contains the original files) , but it shouldn't do harm if you don't have any other minimod around there )

Sorry, even installing that Alexander_backup continuous with the same problem.. Will it be that it is Alex.exe's Crack? Which the size of your crack? Thanks.

By the way, I have using the version 1.1..

[kingsword]

ummm... did you made the changes yourself? if you do it right your family members will die...

tested...:yes:

try my files (look at my signature, just after "strong AI engine for EB", there you should find a fully updated (all of permanent as well as optional fixes ) alex.exe version of EB :beam:

(NOTE: I realised that I had made a mistake with the previous link :sweatdrop:, so cause I didn't had the time... instead of re-uploading the whole thing I just replaced the link with the one from my pack :sweatdrop:, so there might be more files than the ones needed (since it's a backup that contains the original files) , but it shouldn't do harm if you don't have any other minimod around there )

Yes, I made the changes myself. I wasn't aware that you made the hotfixes as I was using TWCenter thread as the base. :wall: Thank you, I'll just unpack your files over those then. :)

[Laza]

Are u going to release a version with fixed textfiles and therefore no more "?" when playing sweboz?

[||Lz3||]

Are u going to release a version with fixed textfiles and therefore no more "?" when playing sweboz?

I think they are already corrected... :sweatdrop:

but you might be downloading more stuff (original EB files) than what you really need hehe :sweatdrop: , that might cause problems if you have other minimods installed

[Laza]

http://files.filefront.com/alex+back.../fileinfo.html

The "..." make it impossible to use the link. Can u edit the link to make it work?

[||Lz3||]

I don't know why it got the "..." :inquisitive:

http://files.filefront.com/alex+backuprar/;10923233;/fileinfo.html

hope it works :2thumbsup:

[Laza]

Hm,the new link is working fine for me. :charge: Thx u very much! :)

[Kovoged]

Hi, I do everything that it has to do, and it continues appearing this window when I put in the campaign "please, select an item from list".., in the battle neither it ends up to coming in. Help me please.

[/Bean\]

I've got the same problem...i'm trying to run EB through ALX.exe i have done all the fixes in the first post, have changed the ebconfig...wot else is there? It still says "Please select an item from the list".

Its infuriating lol...anyone know whats up? The posts about this seem to be ignored, so there's no answer to follow that i can find...and i did search through all 30 pages of this thread. The only answer i saw was to OverweightNinja's problem, and that was to do with adding -noalexander...and i've done that.

At the moment, EB loads and opens, but the main campaign only comes up with the message of please select one from the list. This is what my target looks like:-

"C:\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW-ALX.exe" -mod:eb -noalexander''

Are there any mistakes? I manually changed the things on the first post using c&p, so its possible they could be slightly wrong, would any of those affect the campaign?

This is a fresh install of Rome (1.5) and Alexander, and EB with all the permanent and optional fixes, as this is a different comp from my usual EB station, so theres no other mods to clash.

I hope this range of information prompts a few more responses and hopefully solutions than just saying it doesnt work. Help is greatly appreciated, and if you know why it doesnt work due to that message please post solutions, i've spent my entire evening trying to make this work.

Thanks

[||Lz3||]

something must have gone wrong when editing the files...

I've a heavily moddified EB and it works without problems.

did you downloaded maksimus' original files? , I suggest doing so, backup the next files of your EB instalation: EDCT, export_descr_VnVs_enums.txt, export_VnVns (in text folder) and descr_strat

then unpack maksimus files , and after that... copy&paste your backup files back to where they were , overwriting maksimus' and do all the changes in those files, remember you must use windows notepad to edit export_vnvs.txt

from what I've heard , if you have a problem when starting a campaign is caused by errors in EDCT, alternately , if you don't have any other minimods installed , you could use the link above


and as a side note... why you're not using trivial script? , its better! :yes:

the instructions to moddify it are in page 38 of this thread , but here they go nonetheless

1-open your ebconfig.xml file (with any text editor , but I suggest notepad++ here) located in your RTW folder
2- go to line 215 or alternately search for .exe and change that line so it looks like this:
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander -show_err</Text>

now you can use your regular EB shortcut , NOT the one with the changed target line

[sfmain]

Hey, first of all thanks for putting alex.exe to work.now on to what i am thinking.The getai with alex beta 2 lite are nearly impossible to play. One of the reasons is that when i build a building that is suppose to make the population increase nothing seems to happen with the % is that the way it was designed ?:inquisitive:

[/Bean\]

@Lz3, thanks for the reply mate, i'm gonna delete the modded files and replace them with the originals so i can start over again i think, following instructions again.

[sfmain]

Um... is the alex eaem beta 2 for E.B. 1.0 or E.B. 1.1?:inquisitive:

[||Lz3||]

I think its for 1.1 but its not updated with the latest fixes...:sweatdrop:

[sfmain]

Maksimus just emailed me it said the eb alex was paused does anybody know why.

[||Lz3||]

look at the previous page... if not, the one before that...

[sfmain]

Just read that and yes please dont close the thread or give up thanks you guys rock~:wave:

[fenix3279]

So after I've got a clean and working ALX.exe, which folder do I install EB into? Usually, I just drop it into the RTW folder but I don't believe that's right. I'm in the process of installing it all right now so if anyone knows the correct location to drop EB then I sure could use your help.

[||Lz3||]

So after I've got a clean and working ALX.exe, which folder do I install EB into? Usually, I just drop it into the RTW folder but I don't believe that's right. I'm in the process of installing it all right now so if anyone knows the correct location to drop EB then I sure could use your help.

emm you mean vanilla alex right?

if so install EB in the same folder in which the other exes are located ,that would be
Rome - total war

then just use my files (not maksimus , those are outdated , heheh clic on my signature 2nd link)

[sfmain]

hey lz3 is the updated alex.exe compatible with the ai balancing mini mod?

[||Lz3||]

em I don't really think so, in fact I bealive those files were made for 1.0 :book2: heheh

[fenix3279]

emm you mean vanilla alex right?

if so install EB in the same folder in which the other exes are located ,that would be
Rome - total war

then just use my files (not maksimus , those are outdated , heheh clic on my signature 2nd link)
Aw crap. I wish I had known that. I finished installing ALX.exe with EB like 20 minutes ago. I also installed that mod-pack of yours to go with it. It's working great so far. Anyway, what sort of files are outdated? Is there a way I can still get yours without reinstalling the whole thing since it took me almost 2 and 1/2 hours to download everything and then I spent alot of time tweaking around with the script :gah:

[||Lz3||]

you don't need a reinstall nor anything... just:

well first to be sure... you have EB folder , Alexander folder in the same directory right? (not one inside another)

just donwload my pack and unpack it in your Rome - total war folder , that should do it , not a single other process to be done

(my pack works with trivial script , so just use EB original shortcuts)

[fenix3279]

you don't need a reinstall nor anything... just:

well first to be sure... you have EB folder , Alexander folder in the same directory right? (not one inside another)

just donwload my pack and unpack it in your Rome - total war folder , that should do it , not a single other process to be done

(my pack works with trivial script , so just use EB original shortcuts)
Yeah, I have everything in the correct location. I'll download your pack right now. It's the second link on your sig, right?

EDIT
I think there might be something wrong with the link. It takes me directly to filefront.com but not to the download itself. Any ideas?

[||Lz3||]

my pack or the files for alex EB alone?

either way , I think the link in my pack thread is working , just try the ALEX backup files , they are the same as the link provided here, I think that one works...

[fenix3279]

my pack or the files for alex EB alone?

either way , I think the link in my pack thread is working , just try the ALEX backup files , they are the same as the link provided here, I think that one works...

Hmmm, I already have your mini mod pack downloaded. I'm only trying to download the files for Alex EB. You know... the ones which you said Maskimus' links were outdated on?

Here is your link to it http://files.filefront.com/alex+back.../fileinfo.html

When I click on it, it takes me directly to the FileFront.com homepage. It won't take me to the download and I can't seem to find it. Could there be something wrong with my computer?

[sfmain]

defiant go to post #870 i know that on works
:yes:

[fenix3279]

defiant go to post #870 i know that on works
:yes:

AHA nice one! Good call dude. Have a shiny green balloon :balloon2:

Edit
It's working great, thanks lz3 and stmain.

[Kovoged]

People, for what serves that trivial script? Here when I put to open of the mistake "failed have open cadges"
Obs: Here I am using the Windows Web Server 2008..( It can be useful)

[||Lz3||]

People, for what serves that trivial script? Here when I put to open of the mistake "failed have open cadges"
Obs: Here I am using the Windows Web Server 2008..( It can be useful)

trivial script allows you to personalize your EB in an easier way , (start > programs > EB > configuration)

and most important , it changes automatically between MP and SP EDUs

to edit those file you need to right click it and then "open with" and select a text editor :yes:

[Kovoged]

Another one doubts.. How does EB.Alex have make the same runs in "Windows mode"? how?

[Havok.]

Dont think there's a way to play on windows mode lad

[Foot]

add -ne to the end of the target line in the shortcut to alex-eb. The game will run as a window (though this will only be noticeable if the desktop resolution is higher than the ingame resolution.

Foot

[Havok.]

*Coughs* Ma bad :sweatdrop:

[||Lz3||]

add -ne to the end of the target line in the shortcut to alex-eb. The game will run as a window (though this will only be noticeable if the desktop resolution is higher than the ingame resolution.

Foot

or... that would be line 215 of the ebconfig for trivial script

[sfmain]

Lz3 does your alex.exe have all the official fixes included in it?

[||Lz3||]

Lz3 does your alex.exe have all the official fixes included in it?
yep... however the current version will probably erase any other minimod you might have...:sweatdrop:

[sfmain]

So if i put the alex.exe then darth 16.2 then spoils of victory i should be rockin right?:sweatdrop:



(cant wait trying now)

[lord_mongol]

Okay, so there's thirty some pages, and in the last 72 hours I've had 4 hours sleep, but I've been dreaming of this mod the whole time. So here is my question, which has probably been asked before! Does this work with the Steam version? If I went out and got RTW Gold with Alexander off of Steam and then applied EB 1.1, and then Alexander EB, would it in fact work to the best of anyone's knowledge?

EUROPA BARBARORUM PERPETUA!!!

[||Lz3||]

So if i put the alex.exe then darth 16.2 then spoils of victory i should be rockin right?:sweatdrop:



(cant wait trying now)

sort of... AI formations yes...but sorry... spoils is not compatible with this unless you manually add the SoV text blocks to your files , wich isn't very difficult.

alternately you can also try my minimod pack :smash: (look at my signature)


Okay, so there's thirty some pages, and in the last 72 hours I've had 4 hours sleep, but I've been dreaming of this mod the whole time. So here is my question, which has probably been asked before! Does this work with the Steam version? If I went out and got RTW Gold with Alexander off of Steam and then applied EB 1.1, and then Alexander EB, would it in fact work to the best of anyone's knowledge?


if you can run vanilla alexander...yes :yes:

[lord_mongol]

Thanks!!! Let's hope this works!

[Havok.]

EUROPA BARBARORUM PERPETUA!!!

Amem to that brother

[Panzer Meyer]

Very stupid question and I may know the answer already, but from what I understand, I need to have Alexander Total War expansion for this to work, correct?

[fenix3279]

Very stupid question and I may know the answer already, but from what I understand, I need to have Alexander Total War expansion for this to work, correct?
Yes.

[Kovoged]

Hi, after I installed these MOD´s EB Alex my EB get very weighed, doing use of 100% of my Athlon x2 2.6ghz... Ví what is because of script, he would have how to do it incapacitate only script function what does it let the game more fast?

[Maksimus]

Hi, after I installed these MOD´s EB Alex my EB get very weighed, doing use of 100% of my Athlon x2 2.6ghz... Ví what is because of script, he would have how to do it incapacitate only script function what does it let the game more fast?

EB is very demanding, so its quite normal my friend :yes:

[Kovoged]

Friend, me sorry is not most EP necessarily that is demanding, is yes one of these MOD´S.. If I not me mistake has a MOD who has this function, of speed up of the game so that load among turns pass more fast...

[||Lz3||]

something weird happened to a friend's lap , suddendly with any program he tried to run the procesor would go all the way up to 100% , and as far as alex goes... I don't think it's relatees? :inquisitive: , I could be wrong though... , I don't have those problems myself :sweatdrop:

[Havok.]

I don't have those problems myself :sweatdrop:

Lucky >.>
lol


:laugh4:

[||Lz3||]

Lucky >.>
lol

:laugh4:

you have em' too? :inquisitive:

[Havok.]

you have em' too? :inquisitive:

Noes, i was just joking, at the msn you calling me lucky
:sweatdrop:

[Kovoged]

Hi, their ai in EB Alex.exe, when activated Script... Does not it stay everything more fast in the campaign map?

[LorDBulA]

Can I start using Alex in the middle of a ongoing RTW campaign or will it have some ill effects (like immortal FMs ) ?

[konny]

Can I start using Alex in the middle of a ongoing RTW campaign or will it have some ill effects (like immortal FMs ) ?

Yes, that's the problem. You need to have the "immortal" trait added to EDCT (and the other trait-files). This is not save-game compatible. Otherwise switching the exe mid-game is no problem. A workaround, provided you don't want to start a new campaign, might be to run some turns with the RTW.exe when you have a couple of very old characters, to allow the engine to kill all zombies of old age (not tested, but it should work).

[LorDBulA]

Thanks Konny.

I went with this approach

A workaround, provided you don't want to start a new campaign, might be to run some turns with the RTW.exe when you have a couple of very old characters, to allow the engine to kill all zombies of old age (not tested, but it should work).

Unfortunately after many turns of using Alex save games no longer load on RTW ( I get KTM ), so this does not work.

So right now I have a problem with my 230BC very nice Romani campaign.
I cleverly added Immortal trait to the end of trait list ( so hopefully trait table that Alex created at start of campaign was only extended and not shuffled ).

It seems to work so far. At least my characters did not get any strange traits.
But since I don't know how changing EDCT messes up game I can be wrong.
So I would like to know what are the effects of changing EDCT during ongoing campaign, so I can more closely look for these signs?

[konny]

Unfortunately after many turns of using Alex save games no longer load on RTW ( I get KTM ), so this does not work.

Ah, seems like save cannot be "downgraded", good to know.


It seems to work so far. At least my characters did not get any strange traits.
But since I don't know how changing EDCT messes up game I can be wrong.
So I would like to know what are the effects of changing EDCT during ongoing campaign, so I can more closely look for these signs?

A good sign are not matching attributes, like a character having ten management scrolls even though he should have none according to his traits. Another thing would be "impossible traits", like a Saka faction leader being of the Roman gens Cornelia or such.

[LorDBulA]

So I think it worked.
I cant see any strange traits.

The trick is to add Immortal trait at the end of trait list so position of all original traits is unchanged.

[||Lz3||]

the other not retroactive thing when switching to alex.exe are night battle traits, cause you need to enable night battles in desc_strat file which is... non retroactive , so you might not get any night battle related trait :sweatdrop:

[blado]

I just installed the mod so I can play with alexander, but how can you be sure if it worked or not? The only noticable thing I saw was alexander at the bottom of the loading screen. I don't have an option for night battles or anything. Although I can only play with the alexander disc too now.

[||Lz3||]

I just installed the mod so I can play with alexander, but how can you be sure if it worked or not? The only noticable thing I saw was alexander at the bottom of the loading screen. I don't have an option for night battles or anything. Although I can only play with the alexander disc too now.


you installed it? or did the modifications yourself?

if you downloaded files from here... which did you downloaded? :book2:

to see if it's working alt-tab out of the game and instead of the red rtw icon there should be a purple one , as for night battles , when you're about to fight a batle there should be an option say "attempt night attack" select it if you can (FM must have more than 4 stars)

try downloading the files located in the second link of my signature ,however this will erase pretty much any other modification in EB :sweatdrop:

[blado]

Don't have any other modification! so lucky me. I found it by looking at your link in the first place ;). Also I tested a new game and found the night battle box hidden in a corner and it was a purple icon when minimized. It isn't there on any of my saves though :(

[||Lz3||]

Maksimus should delete that part... the conversion to alex.exe is not save game compatible... at least not right now, if you continue you will probably mess up your current games :sweatdrop:

as for the night battles, they will only work when starting a new campaign :sweatdrop:

if you would like to keep your old campaigns I suggest using the backup file heheh so you don't loose them

there would be a way to make it save-game compatible -sort of- but it wouldn't have night battles either

[mp0925]

im a bit confused, so i already need to vanilla alexander expansion installed correct?

[blado]

EHhhhhhhhhhh, I'll start a new game. Not like I was far or anything. Thanks for the help!

[mp0925]

EHhhhhhhhhhh, I'll start a new game. Not like I was far or anything. Thanks for the help!

would it have been so hard to answer my simple question, just people these days are very rude or more appropriate uncaring

[blado]

Don't automatically assume people are rude, because occasionally it can make you look rude yourself. I didn't even see your post, I looked at the other answer and did a quick post so I didn't even see yours. Anyways, I'm pretty sure all you need is alexander for this. And I installed alexander after eb was already there, and having no problem if that is what you meant. And having unmodded alexander would probably be good. I don't know much about this mod so I'm not really one to ask about this kind of stuff.

[mp0925]

ok thank you you answered my question

[||Lz3||]

you need to have alexander instaled before using this minimod, you don't need to uninstall anything ,just install alexander on top of everything else (this should work but there could be issues if you don't have a clean vanilla rtw)

[TWFanatic]

Simple question: should I spend 30 bucks on the Alexander expansion JUST so I can use it with EB?

[||Lz3||]

Simple question: should I spend 30 bucks on the Alexander expansion JUST so I can use it with EB?

depends... your choice... :2thumbsup:

[Timoleon]

Simple question: should I spend 30 bucks on the Alexander expansion JUST so I can use it with EB?
You could also try playing the expansion too. Consider it as a challenging RTW-vanilla experience. I bought it mainly to use it in EB but I spent a lot of time playing the campaign (twice!) and the historical battles, like Chaeronia, Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela etc.

[Kovoged]

Hi.. Does with that MOD change the recruitment system? I am playing with Rome and attacking germanics, build "Roman Aliad States" everything more and does not have any unit for recruit except for the diplamats, spies...

[johnhughthom]

Okay, so there's thirty some pages, and in the last 72 hours I've had 4 hours sleep, but I've been dreaming of this mod the whole time. So here is my question, which has probably been asked before! Does this work with the Steam version? If I went out and got RTW Gold with Alexander off of Steam and then applied EB 1.1, and then Alexander EB, would it in fact work to the best of anyone's knowledge?

EUROPA BARBARORUM PERPETUA!!!

I was just wondering if you had managed to get ALX.exe EB running on Steam, having a bit of trouble myself.

edit: I managed to get it running by installing EB in my Alexander folder, then installing the fixes, formation files and ||Lz3||s download into that EB installation. It seems to be running ok, the only problem I have noticed is no intro movies, could I run into problems?

[Warmaster Horus]

Kovoged, this mod doesn't change the recruitment system. It permits you to play EB with a better AI.
I think your problem is that you're still in the Camillan or Polybian period, where troops can only be recruited with a type I government in Italy. After the Marian reforms (see the faq for details), you can recruit practically all over the Mediterranean.

[LorDBulA]

the other not retroactive thing when switching to alex.exe are night battle traits, cause you need to enable night battles in desc_strat file which is... non retroactive , so you might not get any night battle related trait

Night battles are FUBAR anyway so no problem there. I dont want them.

[TWFanatic]

I have a question: If we want to run EB with Alexander, what do we do? Say I have the Alexander expansion. Then what? And what is it exactly that is up for download on the first page of this thread? Do we need to download that to make EB compatible with Alexander? I am just a little confused.

Also, if I install this over my copy of EB, it will almost certainly overwrite my files. I have mods which effect most files, including EDU, EDB, traits, and so on. Is there anyway to make Lz3's minimod pack (and other mini mods) compatible with Alexander EB?

[LorDBulA]

Download pack from first post.
Open EDCT and copy Immortal trait from it.
Paste it to EDCT in EB\Data folder.
Change shortcut to point to alexander exe and change command line parameters to " -mod:EB -noalexander -show_err"

You are still missing one file which name I cant remember. Start EB using alex shortcut. It will fail but will give you name of missing file. Copy it from pack to proper location and you are done.

[||Lz3||]

I have a question: If we want to run EB with Alexander, what do we do? Say I have the Alexander expansion. Then what? And what is it exactly that is up for download on the first page of this thread? Do we need to download that to make EB compatible with Alexander? I am just a little confused.

Also, if I install this over my copy of EB, it will almost certainly overwrite my files. I have mods which effect most files, including EDU, EDB, traits, and so on. Is there anyway to make Lz3's minimod pack (and other mini mods) compatible with Alexander EB?

well... there's a mod pack with alexander EB... that will give you the mod pack AND alexander as the working exe

also in first post there are 3 ways to get EB working with alexander:

1-Download Maksimus files -alexander EB beta 2 , this files contain a complete mod , not only they change to the exe , but also units , treasury as well as 2-3 more units

2-Download my files in first post. however there's an error in those files , I dont recomend it -sweboz traits get weird characters and there's no night battle related traits ,my bad... :sorry2:

(is there a way to change who can modify the first post? , I would like to correct several mistakes in there , but since maksimus isn't longer here , he can't do that himself , but I wouldn't like to start a new thread tough... who should I ask? )

3-make the changes yourself so EB can work with alexander -you can find what you need to do in the first post

4-Download the files in my signature [recomended] however , this will overwrite a lot of your files , even if they dont have anything to do with alexander :sweatdrop:

[Iron Fist]

Hey guys i just wanted to ask one thing, is there supposed to be such trait as Family Member with using Alexander, when i try to read what it does it says hidden and all my family members have it

[||Lz3||]

yes... it's not... exactly alexander's fault... that trait was made visible in the addition of LordbulA's client ruler fix

[TWFanatic]

Download pack from first post.
Open EDCT and copy Immortal trait from it.
Paste it to EDCT in EB\Data folder.
Change shortcut to point to alexander exe and change command line parameters to " -mod:EB -noalexander -show_err"

You are still missing one file which name I cant remember. Start EB using alex shortcut. It will fail but will give you name of missing file. Copy it from pack to proper location and you are done.

I did this and while it starts fine, whenever I try to load a campaign I get a CTD with no show_err message and also some historical battles don't work anymore. Custom battles seem to work fine though.

[||Lz3||]

put everything as you had it and just install this (http://files.filefront.com/Alexanderrar/;11432540;/fileinfo.html) over , to avoid confusion...

the files that are overwriten are :
-EDCT
-descr_strat
-export_vnvs
-export_descr_vnvs_enums

oh and...

MINOR UPDATE the Alexander link in my signature now has new files... only those necesary to change the exe -instead of the many unnecessary files that were in the previous download link-

[TWFanatic]

put everything as you had it and just install this (http://files.filefront.com/Alexanderrar/;11432540;/fileinfo.html) over , to avoid confusion...

the files that are overwriten are :
-EDCT
-descr_strat
-export_vnvs
-export_descr_vnvs_enums

oh and...

MINOR UPDATE the Alexander link in my signature now has new files... only those necesary to change the exe -instead of the many unnecessary files that were in the previous download link-
Thanks, I'll try to redo everything from scratch.

Btw, will my old savegames be compatible with ALEX.exe?

[||Lz3||]

Thanks, I'll try to redo everything from scratch.

Btw, will my old savegames be compatible with ALEX.exe?

nope...

and take this as a survey... are you using LB's ClientRuler fix?

[LorDBulA]

I did this and while it starts fine, whenever I try to load a campaign I get a CTD with no show_err message and also some historical battles don't work anymore. Custom battles seem to work fine though.

Strange. This is how I made it to work. You did copy this new Alex file right? (it was bad word blacklist, cant remember file name )

[||Lz3||]

the most common forgotten files is chat_filter.san or something... but that makes the game ctd at the game launch, you can't even get to the main menu

[TWFanatic]

Thanks guys, everything is working well now. And best of all, my old savegames ARE compatible!:beam:

Can't wait to try out this new AI.

EDIT: One more question: Is it possible to use ALEX with trivialscript? If so, how can I do that? I would love to have two seperate shortcuts to make it simple such as with vanilla EB.

[||Lz3||]

Thanks guys, everything is working well now. And best of all, my old savegames ARE compatible!:beam:

Can't wait to try out this new AI.

EDIT: One more question: Is it possible to use ALEX with trivialscript? If so, how can I do that? I would love to have two seperate shortcuts to make it simple such as with vanilla EB.

:inquisitive: you aren't using the link in my signature are you? ^^

if you used my files then it's already working with TrivialScript

if you're not using it it's simple though

in your RTW folder open the ebconfig.xml file (right clic >open with> notepad -or something-)
search for .exe
make it look like this

<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander -show_err</Text>

[TWFanatic]

It does look like that, without the show_err that is. Here is my text:

<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>

My problem is that I only have one ALEX.exe shortcut for EB, and it runs whatever EDU file I happen to have in the Data folder. It also opens with the preconfigured setting of whatever I happened to run last time (sp or mp). If I want to play the campaign, I have to open EB sp using the trivialscript sp shortcut that came with EB, exit it out, then start up ALEX.exe. I would prefer to skip this lengthy step if it is possible.

[||Lz3||]

you dont have your original 2 EB shortcuts?:inquisitive:

their target line should say

"C:\[wherever your rtw is]\EBTrivialScript\EBTrivialScript.exe" -s ebconfig.xml -runeb -type "Single Player"

and change the "Single Player" to "multiplayer" in the other shortcut

[TWFanatic]

I do have my original EB shortcuts, but I want to run EB with ALEX.exe. Those two original shortcuts run with RTW.exe.

[||Lz3||]

then its a bit freaky-ti-bi-kity ... cause the changes in ebconfig file , changed the trivial script... meaning that you can play (and so you should) use the original EB shortcuts

if its not working then... my guess would be that the trivial script isn't working for some reason and/or the changes in ebconfig file werent made/saved correctly :huh:

[TWFanatic]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so the original "sp" and "mp" shortcuts that I used to start EB with before ALEX now run EB with ALEX? How can I know that EB is being run with ALEX.exe?

[||Lz3||]

if you have a quick eye :P the moment you launch EB an icon should appear in the lower section of your screen, this icon should be purple... instead of RTW red

if you miss this you can always alt tab out of the game and/or open the task manager where you should be able to see if the rome total war program is using alex... or RTW icon

:thumbsup:

[TWFanatic]

Good news: It's running with ALEX.

Bad news: It's CTD-ing with ALEX and giving me this error message:

https://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5813/errorda6.jpg

[||Lz3||]

:inquisitive:

emm.... what if you try with my ebconfig file (http://files.filefront.com/ebconfigxml/;11458060;/fileinfo.html)?

[TWFanatic]

It works! I downloaded your mini-mod pack for ALEX.exe as well, and best of all, it is all save-game compatible. All hail the great Lz3! :jumping: :jumping: :jumping:

Now I may continue my campaign which, if all continues to go as planned, will form the basis of my upcoming AAR.:book:

[||Lz3||]

1 :bounce: great it work , enjoy it! :beam:

2- I'm honestly "scared shitless" about the savegame... :worried: cause... I did modified the EDCT... which means your traits will be all messed up :scared:

[TWFanatic]

Well if anything goes wrong in my savegame I'm blaming you.:whip:








:clown:

[iberus_generalis]

i've seen some Chinese units in the files of the Alex mod( the second mod downloadable here)... are they recruitable? i've not yet managed to find them in gmae=S

[Maksimus]

only if you play EB 1.0 you can use chinese units in the far far east of the map (as mercenaries)

but i did not updated the EB 11

[jmadden50]

Sorry to be late for the party, but I can recommend this setup to anyone! Absolutely top-notch work by all involved. I'm having a blast playing this and it really does run much quicker, especially with regards to the AI's moves and load/exit times. And of course EB 1.1 + Alex's .exe makes for VERY addictive gameplay. Everyone have fun; I'm going back to playing now! :beam: First-rate modding goodness!

[iberus_generalis]

guess that the chinese are on the to-do list then=) and i thinking i was almost done modding my EB build to my personal perfection, almost thinking of giving my FR:RE mods a go and customize them to crispy eye candy=SS
what was exactly the provinces you could recruit them in? i know im being lazy=PPPPPPP:2thumbsup:

[TWFanatic]

Two questions:

1. How many more spaces are available in the DMB file with ALEX?

2. What new units should I add?:beam:

[||Lz3||]

Two questions:

1. How many more spaces are available in the DMB file with ALEX?

2. What new units should I add?:beam:

1- I dont know... I think not many know but for example LoTR (Lord of The Rings) total was uses alex and now is using 324 unitslots and they haven't reached the hardocoded limit yet , they are looking to add even more units :P, so who knows... there's a lot of new unit spaces :beam:

2- up to you :P , personally I added the Aquilifer (thanks to you :medievalcheers:) and even more italic allies for the romani :P , I did not created those units though :sweatdrop: , I just... merged several mods together :P

and in another example mucky added more imperial and praetorian units, it's totally up to you :2thumbsup:

[iberus_generalis]

1- If im not mistaken ALex.EXE raised the model cap from 250, to 330(or something like it, but i believe its 330), the Units Slot is still 500, but we are still far from reaching it!
2- What new Units? whatever units you feel like it=))))))))) Depends on whatever floats your boat.
To me its ethnical diversity, so i added a lot of units and principes/hastati variants all over italy=), as well as the mauryan army units from Res Gestae in Indian, Several iberian armies across the Iberian Peninsula, several units across north africa, a lot of celtic new units, the Chinese units present in EB ALEX in 1.0, i put in new Horse models for pretty much every horse in the game...the list goes on... As i said, you can add pretty much whatever you want=)))))

[Atraphoenix]

any chance to add a new building in Alex.exe?
did it expanded hardcoded building limit of EB?

cos I am planning to add two gowermnent buildings is it possible so?

[iberus_generalis]

dont think so...

[Atraphoenix]

so I have to sacrifce one victim building instead?

[||Lz3||]

I honestly don't know about buildings ... :huh:

[Atraphoenix]

In EB it is hardcoded that Eb used all buildings slots. no idea wether this mod increased the building slots or not..

[auboy105]

Nice work, thanks!

But just to be clear, is this the full Alex mod, or just the files required to play EB1.1 (with fixes) on the Alex.exe?

because I'm looking just to play normal EB on Alex.exe...

Im thinking this looks to be just the alex mod basic and not the mini mod...

Does this basic Alex mod also contain all of the current EB fixes as the mini mod does?

[||Lz3||]

yes :yes:

remember to use the files in my signature not the ones in the first post though :sweatdrop:

[||Lz3||]

ADVERTISEMENT:beam:

Ok there are rumours that the change to alex.exe could be SGC... so does anyone wants to volounteer? :beam:

More advertisement :medievalcheers:

the advantage of using alexander exe is really noticeable , and the ammount of things you could do with it its also amazing , but unfortunately I lack the modding skills/creativity/time to create a full quality mod

there were several things incluided in the alex.exe rtw like

330 unit slots instead of 255 -the hardcoded limit in rtw.exe- so you can fill your game with A LOT of new units if you know how to model or even adding units from other mods (as I did , but since I doubt the other mod teams will give me rights for their units I can't release a version of that)
Sort of Moddable campaign AI -you can force a faction NOT to attack another one, don't knwo if this could be implemented somehow
Substansially faster loading times (when loading EB - its about 30 seconds faster than rtw in my computer)

[Hax]

Sort of Moddable campaign AI -you can force a faction NOT to attack another one, don't knwo if this could be implemented somehow

Arche Seleukeia - Pahlava
Arche Seleukeia - Hayasdan
Arche Seleukeia - Baktria

Well, if you were really awesome you could try and put a script in which forces the AS not to attack those factions until they have taken a few number of settlements under Seleucid control, yes?

[satalexton]

=/ y wud the chinese be in the eastern fringe of the map when the Qin's busy steam rolling the other 6 states?

[Intranetusa]

I'm sure a couple of Qin soldiers could've wandered west and became mercs =D

and after the 3rd century BCE, the Han Dynasty started expanding westwards to Central Asia...so use your imagination :D

[TWFanatic]

So many unit slots, so many units to choose from, so little time...

I wonder if there are any units that the EB team discarded and/or replaced that we could request the spare parts from.

Also, maybe we could have local hoplitai for each Hellenic city-state rather than merely "classical hoplitai."

[||Lz3||]

So many unit slots, so many units to choose from, so little time...

I wonder if there are any units that the EB team discarded and/or replaced that we could request the spare parts from.

Also, maybe we could have local hoplitai for each Hellenic city-state rather than merely "classical hoplitai."

hehe exactly my feelings ...

and I also had the hoplite idea ... but I'm waiting for a certain mod to finish their new version so I can merge some units ... *cough* RS2, also I guess you could add more iberian units from RTR IB:sweatdrop:

[satalexton]

yo lz, care to gimme the 'private' mod of urs that uses those nice ALEX.exe unit slots?

[||Lz3||]

yo lz, care to gimme the 'private' mod of urs that uses those nice ALEX.exe unit slots?

err... not sure if I can do that :sweatdrop:... you know the whole thing of "you may only use em for personal use"


either way I haven't made many modifications regarding unit slots... I do have lots of ideas but not the will power/time/energy to apply them :sweatdrop:

so far I've limited myself to italic allies only :smash:

[TWFanatic]

Thus far I've added Berserkers, Dogs, Pigs, Bull Warriors, and Oliphants Italic, Germanic, and Celtiberian units.

[Atraphoenix]

anyone knew or tired how to install RS legions in alex?

[TWFanatic]

It would be a bloody pain in the arse. Besides, most of the legions contained in RS were created after EB's timeframe.

[iberus_generalis]

May the Gods forgive me, but i've gotten the hog o' War and the Dogs from hell back into my EB=)))):laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

BTW i tried installing the Republican legions of RS into my EB back in the day of 0.8X beta, the work was huge, the results although satisfying proved to be a lackluster, as i wasted about 30+ model slots just for the legions alone, and then my pc had to be formated...GG!!!
My advice...get a generic Legionary model, a generic centurion model, and then several models for the various standard beares...that will save you a lot of work, as well as model slots, that can be used for other stuff=)

[||Lz3||]

It would be a bloody pain in the arse. Besides, most of the legions contained in RS were created after EB's timeframe.

that's why I didn't used them... EB has turned me in a history geek now I can't whitstand historical inaccuracy :sweatdrop: but it's certainly plausible , not... that difficult though ...but rather time consuming

[TWFanatic]

I enjoy EB for its historical accuracy and don't think that makes me a geek. I also enjoyed other, less accurate mods, some of which have no qualms about admitting they don't give a hoot about such things. However, adding units which did not historically exist (or existed out of EB's timeframe) is utterly against the EB ethos and would ruin my EB experience by making it just like any other mod. I'd rather play EB and those other mods seprately, even if that means less units.

Just my :2cents:

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

I enjoy EB for its historical accuracy and don't think that makes me a geek. I also enjoyed other, less accurate mods, some of which have no qualms about admitting they don't give a hoot about such things. However, adding units which did not historically exist (or existed out of EB's timeframe) is utterly against the EB ethos and would ruin my EB experience by making it just like any other mod. I'd rather play EB and those other mods seprately, even if that means less units.

Just my :2cents:

Does that mean that all the units that will be in AlexEB mod are historically accurate?

[Atraphoenix]

is not there any chance to arrange them with reforms?
or hidden source if left any 0f 64 hardcoded?

[TWFanatic]

Does that mean that all the units that will be in AlexEB mod are historically accurate?

I was just offering my humble opinion, I am not part of the ALEX EB mod team.

[phonicsmonkey]

I'm honestly "scared sh**less" about the savegame... :worried: cause... I did modified the EDCT... which means your traits will be all messed up :scared:

I was running EB1.1 on Alex.exe using the files in the first post of this thread. Then I had to reformat my HDD so I reinstalled EB1.1 and used the files from your signature instead.

Now my save games from my previous installation run fine, except that my traits are all messed up. I am playing as KH and all my family members have the 'Basileus' trait and the 'Monopthalmus' trait.

Is there anything I can do to fix this, or do I need to start a new campaign?

[||Lz3||]

try using the files in the first post again... if that doesn't work... sorry bro

I lost a 40 years long campaign when I was creating these files for example :(

[phonicsmonkey]

no worries mate, I can live with the traits being messed up if I have to.

So what exactly is the difference between the files in the first post and those in your sig?

[||Lz3||]

well...

the first ones contain errors I made by accident when I modded the files in somewhat a rush :sweatdrop:

so Sweboz traits have weird characters like "?" Sw?b?z for example
and I'm not sure about this but there might not be a chance to get night battle related traits

those were fixed in the links of my sig :sweatdrop: but aren't SGC

I would change the files in the main post but since maksimus s the one who made it... I can't edit it..

modderators... help? :huh:

[Maksimus]

I am gonna have a go with eb11 now :)

Soon i maybe decide to mod a bit xD

:curtain:

[||Lz3||]

let's just hope that the final version isn't finished a week before the release of 1.2 <.< :smash: