Are you referring to my screenshot I posted? If you are, then I have no idea why that is. A bug? :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by blank
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Are you referring to my screenshot I posted? If you are, then I have no idea why that is. A bug? :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by blank
I don't think it is. I certainly haven't seen any new City/Town icons.
New settlements? Dude, you must have an EB version from the future then!
Here's what they look like:
https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/783/0001ou1.png
Maybe he has the culture-different models mistaken for vanilla or new models?Quote:
Originally Posted by Justiciar
Odd. The GUI is all wrong too.. :inquisitive:
Yeah, that's quite weird. I wonder if the rest of the game is "EB"? But it's not using the interface files at all. Strange stuff you've got going on there blank.
That`s 0,74 with some prom`s additions and the resource addon.
Notice the vainilla seleukid icon on the faction icon? There`s no way that could occur on 0.8.
Cheers!!!!
But he has those stone walls for Prom's cities - we can't get those to work now. I'd love to know why they work there but not in ours.
is his resource-position .74 or .8? I believe they've changed positions, not?
PS: those models are quite nice, I've never seen them before. Hope EB can get them to work for .8x
this is from my current game in 255bc. I'm sarmatia.
https://img319.imageshack.us/img319/...rogresscq5.png
I play unmodded 0.8 :cheerleader:
They worked for me when I copied them from the eb folder to the root one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Hmm. I just did that though Casuir, and I don't get them - I get wood textures on the stone walls instead. Well, Sarcasm is trying to figure this out now for us. Let's hope he can handle it.
Thats wierd TA mine work when I just move them into the vanilla data folder like those above did..
Are you sure you're looking at the right walls, theres 5 seperate models two of which are wooden ones which look like stone:
https://img264.imageshack.us/img264/...tiesct4.th.jpg
Other than that the only thing i can think of is to make sure you've copied over the textures folder along with the models, they reference a different named textuue than anything else though so I cant see any conflict there unless they're using a default texture.
If you are going to use them theres some discrepancies that occur when you just copy them, greek cities use the new cities and wooden models but the stock stone walls, and barbarian factions will get them if they capture a city with stone walls then upgrade it to a large city. Not sure what you'd do about that without new barb cities but it looks kinda funny. I'd recommend downsizing the textures they use as well, 1024*1024 is totally unneccessary for a model that size, all you're going to see is the lowest 2 mipmaps at most and the rest is just a waste of memory.
Ok. Thanks guys. I think I see the problem with what I was doing. Sarcasm may have these ready for the next patch. We really would love to get someone to help with the barb and eastern cities though. Any takers? Modellers?
I was just hoping that they look something like this: (The barb. ones)
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Hope you have time though, I realize that you`ve got more prioritary things to do.
Cheers!!!
PS: Any way to contact Prometheus? Off course, he should have the models for the Greek settlements (yes, he did some for the greeks too) and the Barb ones... the only ones that he didn`t made, IIRC, were the eastern ones....
The nomadic ones are an entirely different story. :rolleyes:
We would love them too, but Prom hadn't released a version of RG with those barb cities yet when we asked him, so we never got access to them. I don't think one yet has been released with them.
sorry to interrupt your conversation, guys :laugh4:
Makedonia campaign, 239 BCE, H/H, BI-exe with Oleo´s africa wars edit (it works!).
https://img150.imageshack.us/img150/...imak240ve4.png
It seems that the expansion of smaller factions like the Sauromatae is seriously hampered by rebels like this. 3 1/2 stacks for one settlement is too much for them :inquisitive:
The towns left in arabia look the same, btw.
https://img336.imageshack.us/img336/...biolbaiwb6.png
Here's my current Romani campaign, I've actually advanced past this point by quite a bit so I'll get an updated pic soon. It is using the BI.exe, playing on M/M.
250BC:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ndom/250BC.jpg
230BC:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ndom/230BC.jpg
The Punic Wars were long and drawn-out. The 1st Punic War started when Roman armies took control of Massilia; the Carthaginians took this as an act of aggression and launched an attack on Campania, but were quickly repelled. Lilybeo was taken without too much of a headache, but the subsequent Roman assault on Sardinia and Corsica was significantly harder as Carthaginian reinforcements kept the invaders at bay. Eventually a ceasefire arrangement was made with Rome being given legal control of the islands.
The 2nd Punic War started with surprisingly historical triggers. Rome became allies with an Iberian tribe, the Edetani (ie I took over Arse and gave it a type 4 govt). Not a year later and the two empires were at war again; Carthage landed a full stack on each of Sardinia and Corsica, while the Roman Legion in Iberia, led by none other than Caius Aurelius Cotta Africanus from the 1st Punic War, faced off with another Carthaginian army there (neither side attacked as they each had strong defensive positions). Both islands were conquered by Carthage, leading to bloody conflict with Rome attempting to recapture them. Peace was finally reached when Africanus defeated two large Punic armies in Iberia and captured Mastia and Gader, before sailing back to take the islands that had been lost.
Polybian Reforms went without a problem just as my 2nd Punic War ended and the Iberian Wars started. The Ptolemies are expanding quite well, but the remaining Seleukid towns are too well-fortified so they should survive for a while longer. Baktria has started snapping up rebel provinces, especially since most of those "immobile" Eleutheroi generals have died from old age.
Elsewhere, a new Gallic confederacy seems to have arisen in the Bituriges; three full Eleutheroi stacks from neighbouring regions have gathered and seem to be threatening Aedui and Averni expansion (although they haven't really been trying anyway...).
Speaking of rebels, it would make a good addition to the mod to have the script drop an Eleutheroi family member into any rebel cities that have none. This would help stop the AI's explosion of conquest at around the 230BC mark when all those starting generals die and allow their armies to go wandering.
More to come...
Wow. The Ptolemaioi are really wiping the floor with Arche Seleukeia there. :egypt:
I have been thinking the same thing. Is it possible to script in new leaders to cities that lose theirs? (Or at some date kill all those that are still alive and dump in new one in every town, so as to insure there is at least one space in every town.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheexsta
I'm playing with 1.5 exe and thinking about playing with bi.exe.
Is bi much better? And what about bribing? Does AI still bribe so much with bi exe? Think I ve heard something about it?
Playing as Casse on M/M the Romans was wiped out in about 20 years. Is there any chance for them to reappear? :inquisitive:
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Originally Posted by hafensaengerx
jugde yourself:
https://img177.imageshack.us/img177/...nvasionxr6.png
I nearly fell of my chair when i saw that. :help:
Fear teh Might of the BI-exe!
The AI tries to bribe me, but I've never seen any success come from it. Also, the naval invasions in BI work so well, I want to know if:Quote:
Originally Posted by hafensaengerx
Can I remove land bridges from the middle of a game? At this point I don't think it's fair for the AI to waltz over any place they like. They have boats. They can invade, they don't need no stinkin' land bridges.
230 BC:Quote:
Originally Posted by Oleo
https://img344.imageshack.us/img344/...on230bcap1.jpg
210 BC:
https://img133.imageshack.us/img133/...on210bcuc6.jpg
- Sweboz started expanding big time, after I gave him a couple of 100000 Mnai and bribed them a 3rd and 4th city
- Casse started expanding after giving them 100000.
- Sauromatae still havent done anything with the 300000 I gave them.
I had way to much money, I figured I give something away :idea2: .
- Seleucids are getting owned and are protectorate of Saba, I didnt touch them except for Sardis and Ipsus when they betrayed me.
- I gave Ptolemais-Theron (Erithrea) and Bostra to Saba, cause I didnt want it to be ptolemy and I didnt want them for myself.
-Saka was about to be destroyed 5 years earlier, I guess baktria screwed up and lost two cities back to them
Radier - please post pics of your minimap (fog of war off so we can see)! Romans are very rarely (very) defeated like that - but we'd love to see proof of it.
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Oleo - a very interesting set of pics.
-I love that getai empire
-the Carthaginians taking over all of iberia is good to see sometimes
-I also love that Baktrian empire and the way the parthians have expanded into their own empire in the right place (if they could continue to knock out the seleukids and even some soutwest baktrians that'd be great)
Wow, thats the first I've seen of Getai actually doing stuff.
He defeated them, not an AI faction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Playing Hayasdan, at about 245BC.
https://img72.imageshack.us/img72/454/245bcmt8.jpg
Casse: Not really doing much. Have a stack, but its just sitting there.
Sweboz: Again, not much action here.
Aedui: Fighting hard against the Romans. Also have Dalminion in the Balkans and Ankyra, but Epeiros is seiging the former and the Seleukids are about to take the latter.
Arverni: The Romans have all but crushed them. One city left, and a single stack of army. I doubt they'll last much longer.
Lusotann: No action here that I can see, not even an army. They seem to be sitting in their city with 4 units, 2 of them generals...
Rome: Heavy expansion into gaul. They have about 10 armies rampaging round france, and are really pushing the gauls hard. They are currently allied to the Carthaginians, though it wont be long before they meet in Spain...
Carthage: Working their way up through Spain. I think they are also trying to take Kyrene, but with no success so far.
Epeiros:Together with KH they have pushed the Macedonians to Lesbos. They are wading through the Balkans city by city.
KH: Helped the Epeirots push the Macs out of Greece, but seem to have stalled now.
Getai: Not doing anything.
Ptolomaics: Part of the three way anti-Seleukid alliance. Turkey and the middle-east change hands about twice a decade...
Saba: Also part of the anti-Seleukid alliance. Strong presence in Palmyra, gaurding the Ptolies flank, allowing them to concentrate on Antioch and Turkey.
Pontus: Have stayed pretty neutral in the regional troubles, snapping up the coastal cities of Sinope and Nikaia. Will probably try Pergamon next if they remain true to form.
Sauromatai: Have gained a couple of provinces in the north, but seem to be so debt ridden that they cant afford any troops or buildings. I relieved them of Kabalaka through bribery (they are my allies, after all, so I didnt want to attack them) and they had built very little there.
Parthia. Battling with Bactria. Coming off worse...
Saka: Not doing a great deal.
Bactria: Quite a powerhouse in the east. Still allied to Seleukia, not sure how, as they have about 5 full stacks sitting near Seleukid cities... A full stack marching through India, and about 5 in the north, either heading for Sulek, or attacking Parthia.
Seleukids: Insanely powerful and rich. They are sending armies of Argyraspidai and Kataphracts against me, and are holding against the combined armies of the Ptolies and the Saba to the south. They lost most of the near east to the Ptolies, but have since won it back and are counterattacking in Turkey. They also have 3 full stacks wandering round Arabia, which may come as a nasty shock to the Saba...
Hayasdan: I am expanding nicely in the Caucasian mountains. Am allied to Sauromatae, as I have no interest in going north, and the Ptolies and Saba as part of a three way alliance to counter the Seleukids. Im about to launch an invasion of the plain once I have gathered my armies for a counter-offensive...
One thing I am pleasantly surprised by is the stability of alliances. Rome and Carthage have been alied for a while, and are carving western europe between them, Epeiros and KH allied to oust the Macedonians in Greece and our little triple-entente has helped each other out of tight spots on quite a few occasions. The Ptolies and the Saba are particularly close, rescuing each other quite frequently from the Seleukids, and not squabbling over the middle east as I would have expected.
https://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6033/qh229pb0.jpg
Kart-Hadast campaign @ 229 BC.
Eastern Mediterranean:
The Makedonians were on the brink of destruction when I decided to intervene in the war in Greece (partly because I wanted to snatch Rhodos for myself but didn't want to lose trade with southern Greece, so KH hegemony there was against my interests). I built an elite invasion army and, using Krete as a base, launched a naval invasion which took the city states completely by surprise. In a quick succession I seized poorly defended Korinthos and Sparte, and handed their governance over to the Makedonians. Then I destroyed two KH armies near Athenai before withdrawing back to Krete. The KH were unable to recover from this shock and the Makedonians went on the offensive, while I sailed over to my real target, Rhodos. Soon the only free polis worth note was Athenai, which became protectorate to Makedonia. Now both Athenai and Makedonia are my allies and trade is flowing nicely, though occationally interrupted by Ptolemaic fleets that blockade my ports. The Maks have even strenghtened to a point where they are doing progress agains the Epirote empire - they just recently took Pella back, having lost it very early in the game.
Speaking of Ptolemaioi, they are clearly the most powerful faction in the game. The Seleukids are almost completely finished off and I doubt that any other AI faction will be able to resist the onslaught of the Ptolemaic juggernaut. They declared war on me soon after capturing Kyrene and I am spending my time building up for a massive attack. It'll be a real clash of titans when I'll take the fight to Egypt, although I have no idea how I could possibly hold on to those huge cities on the Nile. I fear it'll turn into a sick extermination fest like none the world has seen :sweatdrop:
Western Mediterranean:
The Lusotannan are no more. During the entire game they had done absolutely nothing, save for futile attacks on Sucum-Murgi with far too small armies while most of their troops sat on their behinds in Oxtraca. I foolishly though that I could conquer them, boy was i wrong. I did destroyed them as a faction, but it turned out that Oxtraca was completely uncontrollable despite being exterminated *twice*. In the end, the underdeveloped town just wasn't worth the effort to keep it so I abandoned it to the hapless rebels. I took over Sucum-Murgi myself (which actually submitted like an obedient puppy despite being much larger in population than Oxtraca...) but it's questionable how long I can hold on to it. There are some BIG scary rebel stacks wandering in Carpetania.
The romani have been kicked out of Italy. It was bound to happen as soon as I lost interest in actively thwarting the Epirotes with spies and assassins. They have remained my faithful ally since the beginning of the game, no punic wars in this one. It'll be interesting to see how much longer they manage to hold on.
Elsewhere
Sabyn are doing surprisingly well, while Baktrians have a crazy empire stretching (and bending) from the Persian coast to the western steppes. They appear to have no interest in going to India, or it could simply be that the rebels are too strong in there. Getain seem to have done a bit of expanding and Sweboz look to be doing nicely, if not quite spectacularly. The celtic factions and Armenia & Pontos aren't much to speak of. Pahlava is now providing a buffer zone between the Ptolemies and Baktrians.
Did he? As the Casse in 20 years I would think that a challenge. He didn't say that he did it that I saw - just that the Romans "were" destroyed. Was there a map somewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gertgregoor
Either way, the answer is 'no'. They can't reappear if they've been wiped out.
https://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6392/2272mn0.jpg
Just 10 years from the last, turns are getting longer and time to play shorter. Audei driven out of Gaul, Lusotan took their hands out of their pockets and drove carthage almost out of iberia. Ptolomy looking very scary, Selecuids wiped out about two years after this.
some of these campaigns look truly awesome. the baktrians generally seem to be doing pretty well by the late 3rd c.
internal rebellions might make the ptolemies less effective expanding into syria...
Wow!~:eek:
Look at the size of that Bactrian expansion, if they move down south east into Persia they could very well become even more powerful then the Ptolemies
As Pontos, 253bc running under BI.exe on VH (campaign) and M (battles)
https://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9334/243bcrz5.jpg
Makedon I'm currently allied with the Makedons, who would be doing even better if it wasn't for me checking their Eastward expansion by bribery and forcing revolts, and by "encouraging" them to war with the Seleucids when they were strong. The Makedons seem to be trying to expand north, as they are allied with the Epirotes and haven't been able to break the backs of the KH.
Seleucia has lost nearly all of her holdings in Asia Minor thanks to attacks from Makedon, the Ptolemies, and myself. I've incited a few revolts to form a neutral zone between the Seleucids and myself, and the rebels have held on to their cities nicely so far. Selucia is currently launching a major counter-offensive in the Middle-East, and perhaps will capture several coastal cities south of Antioch (which for the moment is safe).
Makedon, the Ptolemies, Baktria, Pontus (myself), and the Hadastin are all allied against this once great nation. Seleucia has been tough to break. I think she would've gained territories over all if it were not for my concerted efforts in Asia Minor, and some heroics of the Ptolemies (good allies so far).
Romani Slow and steady northward expansion at the loss of the Audei, who are about to lose their southern holdings. It took the Romani until very recently to take Southern Italy from the Epirotes.
Epirotes This kingdom is doing quite well against the rebels to the north. The Illyrian rebels were no match for them, and they soon will have two provinces bordering the Romani.
KH They are doing well just to not have been eliminated. They actually expanded to a city in Asia Minor across the sea in the first 5 years, but Makedon took that posession away from them.
Lusotana, the Getai, Casse, Saromatai, Sweboz, and Hadastin are all surrounded by strong Rebel cities with at least a full stack in each. None have done anything all game. They might as well be rebel cities themselves...
Saba This kingdom looks stronger than they really are. They are at peace with their two neighbors. If that changes, expect them to get wiped out.
Baktria
Yet again, this faction is doing very, very well. They are about to take two more provinces from the rebels, and are causing the Seleucids to have headaches at their northern border. Poor Seleucids.
it seems like the Baktrians are a little too powerful, which causes them to smoke the Selukids, weakening them so that the Ptolomies become uber, and the East becomes a Baktrian-Ptolomy playground-maybe nerf Baktria so Selukia can hold their own against the two of them?:idea2:
Also, those giant rebels are sorta cramping the smaller factions, maybe the Eleutheroi's cash should be lowered a bit so these factions have a real chance?
But otherwise the balance in the West Med. seems sound (Lussotonan aren't exactly empire-forging, but they really shouldn't be either) and the Romani and Quarthadastim often seem to wind up being the major powerhouses, with the Gauls and Spaniards cought in the middle- so all in all seems like a good balance! :yes:
Some seleukid garrisons are better in the east in the next patch. But we would love for the parthian provinces to rebel sometimes. We've tried all we can to get Bakria to go towards India, but India does need good garrisons too. It's all so difficult to get perfectly right with some units still up in the air and unfinished.
About the Ptolemy vs. Seleukid power struggle, historically didn't the Ptolemaic holdings in Asia minor rebel at some point, after which they were taken by Seleukids? In game Seleukids never seem to take hold of southern Asia minor, so if those settlements would be more difficult to hold for Ptolemaics maybe that would balance the power a little bit. Ptolemaics seem to beat Seleukids even without help from other factions, and one might argue that Seleukid Empire was stronger, but it just had too many borders to hold. So maybe Ptolemaios needs to be nerfed. :egypt: :whip:
By the way, I'm playing as Baktria and in about 265 BC Seleukids declared war on me, but there were no special messages or anything. Do they only trigger when Baktria attacks Seleukids, or are they not enabled in 0.8?
Second.Quote:
Originally Posted by Imperator
https://img55.imageshack.us/img55/3481/scruffy2ze1.jpg
Those special messages were for the old roman civil war event. With the senate gone and turned into saba, it doesn't occur anymore unfortunately. I had done those images and text work, so I'm a little sad about it, but I don't think much can be done about it.
Oh yes you're right. I mixed two posts up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
I did the best I could to adapt event_strings (I believe that was the file) to the new culture groups so that we could still get that event. If those messages aren't showing up at all, even when the baktrian player breaks the alliance, we could try and find an alternative in the scripts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Update of my makedonian compaign, 226 BCE, H/H with BI-exe and Oleo´s africa wars edit.
https://img178.imageshack.us/img178/...twbi226bx1.png
Well, Baktria is...just huge. They have by far the largest army and wipped the floor with poor Seleukids. The Saka, Sauromatae and Hayasdan are their protectorates and the baktria-ptolemy war has begun 3 turns ago.
Any bets who´ll win? ~D
Sabae is one of the 5 most powerful factions (i´m third :wall:) and at war with ptolemy atm.
The Getae are my trustful allies since turn 2 (yes, AI diplomacy works from time to time), but havent done anything meaningful yet.
Quart Hadasht keeps sending stack after stack to sicily and is a real pain in the ass as it even invades italy sometimes.
Carthaginem esse delendam!!!!!
A very interresting campaign so far!
10 years later (200 BC):
https://img101.imageshack.us/img101/...edon200ei4.jpg
Baktria is just to strong I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Observations:
1. Baktria is crazy.
2. Ptolemaioi is a little nuts too.
3. Romans first invade Gaul and maybe after that Sicily. Also they are very reluctant to attack Epirotes in southern Italy. Goes a little backwards...
4. In 1.5 AI changes capitals if their empire gets too big. Can this be disabled? It for one screws up Seleukid Empire's unrest in the eastern provinces, when they switch their capital to Susa. It would be embarassing if Romans or Carthage changed their capitals...
Edit: Too bad about the special messages. Can they be done with traits or the advisor?
They do (rome and carthage)
An update at 245bc, 8 years later (I'll keep it at a nice 10 years of progression per time after this. Sorry for starting at an odd 253 :oops: )Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnabas
https://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4792/247bcxm9.jpg
The WEST I thought Seleucia was down and out, but they have come roaring back. They've taken another couple provinces from the Ptolemies, who are fighting hard with the Qarthadasim (at least coastal-only battles at this point). Saba lost a province to Seleucia, then sued for peace. Baktria is having problems with rebels, and Saro, Saka, the Getai, and Hadast, as well as the new Armenian faction (sorry, their name escapes me at the moment) are all stagnant and have been from the very start. Rebel provinces would've been more active, which is too bad.
The EAST Makedon was in control, but that was 8 years ago. I purchased lesbos and Nicea for around 150,000 gold each, which really hurt Makedon. Epeiros turned their focus, along with KH's help, against Makedon. I spread the plague in three Makedon provinces, in two provinces of the Epirotes, and in a rebel province near the Getai (hoping to make that faction start doing something!). The Epirotes are rolling right along with their KH brothers. Only Thermon, the "C" isle by Athens, and a small village by the Getai are still in Makedon's hands. All but the small village are sparsely defended. Makedon will be gone in 10 years at the longest.
For some reason the Qarthadastim have 3 full stacks in southern Iberia, but they have yet to move out of that point. Roman legions are fighting against Qarthadastim warriors on Corsica and Sardina (sorry for forgetting the older names). Qarthadastim has even launched a few forrays on Romanii soil, though they have not made any gains.
The Averni and Aeudi have made gains, and now are at war with the Romanii (as well as each other). A divided Gaul most likely means the Romans will take home the cake, but that remains to be seen.
Sweboz, Casse, and Lusotania might as well be rebel cities, as they haven't done anything all game. Casse was very nearly eliminated by a stack of Eleutheroi a few years ago, and is in critical condition at the moment.
I noticed this, too, but I thought I was just imagining things ~D In my game, Carthage moved its capital to Mastia (before I captured it), while the Ptolemies moved their capital to Hierosolyma and the Koinon Hellenon moved theirs to Chalkis. I think it's rather interesting, actually...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thaatu
Perhaps it can be scripted using the test_message command? Just a simple monitor for a war between Baktria and the Seleucids, and maybe a counter thrown in there so the message is only displayed once...Quote:
Edit: Too bad about the special messages. Can they be done with traits or the advisor?
Just an idea.
Edit: a quick update on my Romani campaign, 220BC. I'm finding it hard to get the time to play between work and modding, but I'm getting there ~D
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...ndom/220BC.jpg
The Iberian Wars, contrary to history, were short and sweet; in just two battles, the Lusitani armies were crippled and their hegemony fell apart. The remains of their small 'empire' is weak and no longer a threat to the people of Rome.
Elsewhere, Epeiros conquered Makedonia, which spurred the Roman Senate to send two Legions and a diplomat to convince the King of Epirus to lay down arms and surrender Pella. Of course, the king refused and Rome declared war. Two more Legions were raised and sent to the Hellenic mainland and conquered the rest of Epirus itself. The king fled to the north, but the Roman armies were unable to pursue because of the Koinon Hellenon breaking its alliance with Rome and attacking its newly-conquered lands - clearly they were not impressed with my defence of Makedonia, with whom the Greeks were at war for quite a while. Four more Legions are being raised in Italy to deal with this new threat.
In Africa, the Carthaginians have been supplying the Epirotes with grain to support its armies - that's a clear enough casus belli, don't you think? ~D The 3rd Punic War may well be under way soon...
Maybe it's out of date for this mod, but may I recall that the Romans did historically move their capital.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thaatu
Well Rome split up to western and eastern empires in about 300AD, but Rome remained the capital of the western empire. Not many of EB factions historically switched capitals during 272BC-(whenever the game ends). One that I think was Seleukeia switched to Antiocheia, I'm not sure about it though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucasiewicz
Towards the end of the Western Empire's life, the capital was changed to Ravenna.
That's how we scripted them in the first place, using the roman civil war slots. My fear is that the fact that the roman factions don't belong to the roman culture anymore may be causing issues with the engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheexsta
Okey, the baktrians definitively need to be toned down... a lot... in 3 of the the last 4 pics we all have seen the monster they become pretty early in the game, obliterating most of the Parthians and the Sakas (WIP faction, I know).
IMHO (In my humble opinion)
On another matter, sorry that I don`t have a pic for this, but in my Makedonian Campaign, the parthians just got wiped out in 264 by the seleukids, effectively making them the first faction that I see wiped out in all my EB 0.8 games. Just felt the need to inform you of this...
Cheers!!!!
Parthians will probably get a major major overhaul (and will be the most unique faction in the game when it's done) in the patch after our next one. One thing our next one will include is three extra spies for Pahlava at the start. We're hoping the AI sees a little more rebellion in those Seleukid territories south of the Pahlava. But it hasn't really made a big dent in the one campaign I've run so far.
I have just reached 230 (my AI progress is irrelevant because I have been helping out half of them and trying to cripple the other half), but I have noticed that nearly all the towns on the map are maxing out in size. (Exceptions being ipsos, desert settlements, sinope, and damaskos (ironic on the last two).)
So I have a question for those of you who have played for several decades: Are all of the AI towns (and infact your own), especially the rebels, maxed out in size for their culture?
I thought there might be some interest from the results of a AI game I've been running for a while.
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215 BC. No script, since its an AI game, and BI. I'd strongly recommend to any player that has the spare cash to get it in some format, I tried a game with 1.5, on accident, and it was boring compared to BI. I'd have to say the jump between 1.5 and 1.6 is the biggest improvement in AI I've seen. And I'm loving every minute of it.
-Iberians are quick pickings for carthage if they choose to attack
-carthage itself could probaby take out epeiros in italy, and sieze what it needs from rome no problem if they moved their forces out of africa
-rome.... doesn't give a rip about italy they're chasing after the large amounts of towns in the direction their heading that have VERY small garrisons
-The Aedui have larger army, but overall I think arverni control more land. Seems pretty well balanced between the two
-Casse almost control all of the Isles, however the huge number of stacks, and the overwhelming number of ships in those stacks will probably prevent a naval invasion from ever occuring.
- Sweboz, sarmatians, and Getai are the undead. Doesn't the script where, if they have armies in other people's land, they get money, at least for sweboz and getai? Could that be boosted if the faction is played by the AI? I get the same results whether its a game I'm playing, or just an AI game. I've yet to see the getai and to a large extent sweboz expand beyond their starting positions in any of the games I've played.
-Epeiros just attacked carthage, so we may see a punic war with them instead of Rome, that should be interesting, especially if carthage navally invades greece. I'd say their forces in the area are well matched, epeiros might have the upper hand at the moment, but I suspect carthage will get off its ass and attack
-KH is about ready to take out pella, and it looks like chalkis shouldn't be far behind, considering that they have a huge army at athens
-Hayasdan have the way, but not the will, same with saka.
-Baktria could pose a threat to seleukia if they could make a stack. They probably have two full ones, but their so splintered its pathetic.
-Pahlava are making a half-hearted attempt at Baktria
-Saba seems to have the most life in the east, and after this was taken they started to make a come back. (214)
-Despite the map mod, carthage still has a army in the province south of Kyrene, and Ptolemy, albeit in a very stupid direction, is heading over to attack I think. They could challenge Seleukia if they wanted, but they just mill around.
-Pontos is fish food
-Seleukia surprised me by controlling so much. However, their army/empire size ratio is quite low, thankfully there's no strong opposition to them at the moment otherwise I imagine they'd collapse. Not that there's a event or trait like the EB page describes as far as I know. They're rtying to push KH out of asia minor right now.
That about sums it up, I can't think of anything else to note on.
Makedonian campaign, 220 BCE, BI-exe.
https://img83.imageshack.us/img83/84...baktriaaw6.png
Count the baktrian stacks :help:
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Even if i wanted to fight all these armies on the battlemap (i dont), it would be impossible as most of them have 1 or 2 Baktrian Hippeis (-> CTD).
At least the army upkeep has put a serious dent in their economy...their treasury is below 400,000 mnai now.
Reminds me somehow of RTR Macedon (the black plague ~D).
@MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Yes, even the most remote towns have a population of ~ 20000 now.
I noticed the same, they´re sending their stacks to kyrene with ships now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazius
I like how the Romans are no longer Roman, and are instead some strange Central European power founded, essentially, by remnants of the Roman army cut off at the frontiers. Brulliant. :2thumbsup: Some really interesting games going on here.
Bactria in my campaign has become a monster too, protectorating Saka and wiping out the Parthians. Im hoping that they will take some Seleukid attention away from me soon, but Im not looking forward to the day when we meet...
I noticed that every town is a large or huge city, population growth needs to be seriously limited. It ridiculous to have a world in 240BC littered with towns of 30-odd thousand people. And thats even on the steppes...
Rome also has remained steadfastly allied to Carthage, and is instead pursuing a crusade against the gauls. The Arverni have already fallen, and the Aedui are on the ropes. No Punic wars in sight.
Changes from 249BC:
https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3136/249bcrc0.jpg
To 242BC:
https://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7168/242bcim6.jpg
Casse, Sweboz and Lusetanns have still done nothing, Getai finally made a move and took the province to the south of their start point, but a full stack of epirots is lurking near that city, so I dont know how long they will hold it for. The fact that Epeiros has nearly surrounded the Getai doesnt bode well for them...
Indeed, the Holy Roman Empire has arrived early in that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justiciar
Good one. ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sdragon
Maybe i should give the getai a new home at the lovely shores of Quart Hadasht? Would be nice to have some vandals in the game, imo...
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I won't be continuing as it constantly CTD's on Epeiros turn.
Is this an -ai game or are you controlling one of the factions?
As mentioned in my first post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazius
love the aedui in that game!
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Originally Posted by Bavarian Barbarian
HOOOOOLY SMOOOOKES!
Look at Baktria go!, they've formed a neo-Persian Indo-Greek empire
I counted roughly 14 stacks, when you add some of those smaller armies together. They may be impossible to stop.
Bavarian, what does the unit structure of those Roman cities/armies look like? Are they mostly regionals, or are there some good auxilia, or core roman units or what? That's the sort of thing I'd love to be able to develop and then fight against.
Me as KH, 238 BC, running off the 1.5exe
https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4852/0002du7.jpg
(dunno how to make minimap bigger, sorry)
Egypt is rolling the Selecuids (see pic)
Bactria is doing well, but not as well as they seem to be doing in everyone else's campaigns.
Sweboz is doing really well, but Casse, Getai, and the Iberians (I forget their EB name) are all stagnant.
Roman Capital:Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
https://img304.imageshack.us/img304/...capitalva4.png
https://img151.imageshack.us/img151/...biromanvq4.png
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Never played as SPQR in EB but they aren´t able to recruit principes and such outside italy, are they?
The only roman buildings in cities seem to be gov type 2, roads (i love to see highways in the woods of germania ~D), temples and auxillia.
did u see that Hestati and Triarii??????
Those are Camilian units. Means that the reforms haven't hit yet so the recruitment of Camilian Roman soldiers is limited to central italy.
Finally won my campaign, 215 BCE.
https://img386.imageshack.us/img386/...wvictoylq5.png
I´ve been really lucky as ptolemies threw all their stacks towards Baktria (aka "Blue Scare") while i launched a naval attack with 6 full stacks from cyprus to conquer the coastal cities and bribed seleukia.
Oh, and here is the new Megas Alexandros: Conquerer of Rome, Capua and Damaskos, Butcher of Galatia, worshipper of Ares, philosopher, winner at the Olympic games and a true Makedon: Kephalon Methonaios, a f****** 8 star!
https://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1220/generalpw7.jpg
I really love this guy! (maybe because all of my other generals are retards ~D)
Isn't Great Builder and Great Architect pretty much the same? Or does Builder refer to something else?
Bavarian,
Great Campaign! I like the way the world is now divided between 5 empires: yours (the mightiest), a very plausible Carthaginian one in the western Med., an equally plausible Celtic on in France and Southern Alps, the surprising Baktrian one, and well.... this fascinating "Roman-Germanic" Empire.
IMO the balance between very "realistic" evolutions (Cathage, Celts) and original ones (the semi-barbarian "New Roman Empire") is a proof of the success of the EB engine, congrats again EB team! :balloon2:
- Now can you tell us your relations with your neighbors, especially Romans and Carthies? Is Carthage a good commercial partner as one would imagine?
- What do your armies look like? How and where do you recruit them?
I believe, Baktria's only serious rival (Seleucid) is surrounded. Once they fall, and that's what usually happens when they have a war with Ptolemais => Baktria wins. Always.Quote:
Originally Posted by Numahr
I hope, EB team is going to somehow power up north-eastern nomads.
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Originally Posted by Numahr
Thanks! But mine isnt the mightiest, Baktria is (at least in military terms).
I´ll refer to the status of 220 BCE (in 219 the whole world went mad and declared war on me.~D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Numahr
Heres the pic again:
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Getai: have been my allies since turn 2.
Aedui: Allies too (since ~245). Gave them 3 cities and they are fighting against Rome for me.:whip:
Rome: Enemy since i kicked them out of italy (~240), wont accept ceasefire since we have a tiny little border at segestica.
Qart Hadasht: My archenemy. Im playing with BI-exe so they´re invading sicily (and even italy) regularly. I razed Q. H. twice (maybe i forgot to salt the earth the first time), the other african coastal cities once but they´re still trying to reconquer Lilibeo.
Bastards! (no offense to carthage players :san_grin:)
So, sorry, i dont know if they are good trading partners.
For my army compostion and where to recruit them please have a look at the link in my sig (i added the recruitment list +necessary MIC levels of faction units in homeland territories today).
Oh, and thanks to the EB team for this wonderful mod/game/learning tool/experience again!
That's one of the best player made generals I have seen in EB yet. Congratulations! Keep that screenshot - maybe we'll have a "greatest generals" contest down the road. :grin:
As the game developed further, did more traditional roman troops start showing up in their new empire? Or did they miss their reforms and never really get "romanizing" abilities?