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Admetos answer is good for you Blazing141, just try to follow the instructions from the first post and do the thing...
If you realy would have some probs with that - I will upload the vanilla files/folders to make it work back...but the point of this is to know-how to use the 'pattern' of switching to Alex.exe for any future EB modes (RTW based:smash: )
Excellent, thanks, guys! I will stick with EB/Alex for now as my Romani campaign is going well, but I will wait and see if dudes start dying of old age....if not, then back to EB/RTW....
Please post if they live more than.. let's say.. 115 years:yes:
That is due to Alex.exe vanilla campaign.. in wich you have to win all before Alexander is dead.. so .. some just play longer than the others!
anyone know how to make the generales die in alex.exe?
If you look up a few of posts...
Admetos,
I'm not well versed in modifying the files to make the generals mortal. Can you advise of what specifically needs to be done? Thanks.
When you switch to alex.exe, the generals WILL NOT be immortal. To make a general immortal, you need go to descr_strat and give them the trait "Immortal 1" (without quotes). This won't work in EB because there's no immortal trait. So now maybe finally we can have people stop worrying about their generals being immortal, this being the second time i've said it. To make your generals immortal, you will need to add the immortal trait from from Alexander and, as said above, give it to the generals you wan't to be immortal in descr_strat.
Maksimus@ I'm thinking you should put in the first post that generals won't be immortal, seeing this is being asked alot.
Even though it feel strange to have a bunch of 100+ years olds...
Well, I'm pretty sure that the generals become immortal through that trait, and seeing as EB was built on 1.5, that trait wasn't even made then so definetly isn't in EB, so I can't see how generals would become immortal simply by switch to alex.exe. And even if the trait did exist in EB, you still need to give it to generals in descr_strat. :dizzy2:
Well in M2TW I believe you can mod the max age, in RTW IIRC you cannot so it's hardcoded by that it means controlled by the exe, so yes an exe switch could cause the max age to go up and generals (perhaps especially FMs) live very long lives...
Is it possible for them not to die? I belive No..:inquisitive:
In M2TW? set the max age to something ridiculous like 1000... at least that's what I remember reading somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maksimus
I agree with you, on the other side there is no real in depth research on alex and there might be a few hard coded weird things...Quote:
Originally Posted by Admetos
how can I stop the game from CTD when playing custom or historic on ALEX?
:no: You just have to figure what *txt. to change.. I would have but I am just guessing for now...
It would be nice if someone from EB team or anyone who made Custom/Historic work on BI.exe could help now
But we are not so lucky this week:no: (fixed.)
maybe you should post this topic on the unofficial modding projects forum and ask for help?
I think people that read the mod sub-forum would read this forum, perhaps this forum would be better.
Did anyone have Naval Invasions? - I mean, I know Alex AI is much better then BI AI, but I tought that I read somewhere that BI is made to use even 'plastic' invasion sometimes 3-4 unit's top's, and that was just a response for RTW setback on naval issues
Still, I belive that it is now diferent in Alex.. There are not so much naval, but there are more AI battles on the land..
Please post if you have naval invasion screen in Alex.exe:yes:
I had naval invasion in vanilla alexander
Well, that is nice to :laugh4:
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In vanilla naval invasion is bugged, not under-programmed. I have a Carthie fleet filled up with decent units and sailed to Latium coast but sitting there for a decade or more not disembarking. It's the disembarking part that doesn't seem to work, so I call it the AI disembarking bug.
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BI Is better with naval invasions but the side-effect is they can get annoying fast, small invasions of 3-4 Epirote units sieging Taras were too common in a Romani campaign and we were at peace I just beat them and then made peace again...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre
Anyway they made me conquer Greece faster that I would've liked...
The best part was a full scale naval invastion from Carthage into Iberia witnessed in my Sauromatae campaign, 2-3 full stacks crossed over and started whooping Lusitan butt (the Lusitans had previously subdued the Carthies and made their way into the heart of Gaul) fun stuff...
Did you try it with Alx.exe my Balkan friend?
What do you think?
so about the CTD with custom or historic... I asked in that forum and the answer was:
so no solution yet:no:Quote:
I am afraid I am not au fait with running mods through .exes they were not intended for. I know that in an Alexander modfolder I needed to keep the battlefields folder with a descr_strat file present in order for CBs to work (though this will not be your answer in whole if at all). Not quite sure why that works tbh. I think Alex may work a little differently from RTW and BI in regard to the CBs and HBs, probably in the folder structure and possibly text files. The map files themselves do not seem to be suspect as the campaign map will work.
Best of luck in finding the answer - and do post here, whoever finds it.
]:bow: Leviathan .. I realy think that it is not so popular or good to have a RTW mod that has no custom or historic battles available.. still, The point is in ALX.exe exellent campaign AI..
I call upon anyone that has a suggestion or solution or some 'small' solution.. to go ahead with it now.. so we can make historc and custom work
Thank you!.)
I decided to make another folder of RTW & BI and install eb there on BI jest so I could play CS & HC
That should work too :yes:
Do you have a dead general yet? Anyone? I have my Pyrros at age 73.. but I play a loooong campaigna and slowly... so .. When you have someone to die just post his grey picture here so we all know there are no vampires around:candle:
I have my Sweboz leader at an age of 200 -.-
I think I'm going to switch back to BI.exe
so it's the leaders who won't die... anyone knows what to modify in order to make them die?
edit: never mind solution has been found!!:crown:
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It's the trait "Immortal", that only works in Alexander.
Make a backup of desc_strat.txt file and look for this section:
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character Alexander, named character, leader, age 20, , x 11, y 49, portrait alexander, strat_model ALEX_alexander, battle_model ALEX_alexander_general_battle
traits Drink 1 , Arse 1 , Brave 1 , TacticalSkill 1 , CounterSpy 1 , Handsome 1 , TouchedByTheGods 1 , Intelligent 1 , Factionleader 1 , Immortal 1
Removing the "Immortal 1" (and the comma) should work