another reform question

First let me say, I enjoy this mod more than MedII. now on to my questions.
I cannot seem to get the first reform for the Roman faction. I have started diff Roman campaigns. In both campaigns I have progressed past the 210 BC date. In the first one I progressed to 185 BC before I quit the campaign. In the second one I have progressed to 202 BC. I have conquered 5 out of the required 7 cities. Two in sicily and 3 in the northern part of Italy. I have upgrade the barracks to level 5 in Rome. The barracks in other starting provinces are at level 4.
1st question - The number of total battles i have fought is 25. Does this matter?
I intentionally just upgraded the barracks and then keep clicking the next turn button to see if the reforms happen.

2nd Does the campaign and battle settings have to be at a certain level?
I am using med for the campaign and hard for the battles

3rd Do I need a certain level general?

I have read the faq and previous posts. I just cant get the polybian reform.

Thank you for any help you might give me

Have you aktivated the script every time you start a new campaign or load a savegame. You start it by clicking on show me how on the advisor who always pops up if you click on a settlement.

edit:
The Polybian Reforms are coming after 242 if you have conquered 2 of these: Patavium, Mediolanum, Bononia, Segesta
and 2 of these: Lilibyum, Syrakus, Messina

Hello and welcome to the Org midnit26 ~:wave:

You have fallen into the huge trap that many new EB players fall into. Sorry to break it to you, but your old games are now bugged. Playable, but bugged. To stop your problem occurring in the future:

1. First start a campaign as your chosen faction.
2. Then click on a settlement.
3. You will see the advisor. Click on his/her portrait.
4. Then click the Show Me How button which is the one that looks like a blackboard with a piece of chalk on it. This activates the background script which is essential in playing EB to it's full.
5. Play on as normal. Repeat these actions whenever you load a saved game.

Enjoy your campaign,
Avlvs

1) Not for the Polybian reforms. The number of battles only plays a role for Marian and Augustean reforms.

2) The recommended difficulty settings are VH campaign and M battles. These are the settings the game is balanced at. Lower than VH campaign will make the rebel A.I. passive; higher than M battle will give the A.I.'s troops unbalancing stat bonuses. They are not obligatory, though, and several players prefer H battles because of the extra challenge.

3) Same as the first answer: this is not important for the Polybian reform.

Thank you very much for your help!