What is different in 1.3?

**Sheogorath** · 06-28-2009, 23:40

Yeah, it seems pretty unresponsive now. I suspect it might have something to do with the performance issues. I just use the run button most of the time now.

On the issue of those issues...

It seems the latest Steam update screwed something up. I get horrible lag when exiting ETW and the only way to get rid of it is to contro-alt-delete and force Steam to quit that way. Rather annoying since it takes a few minutes during which nothing responds, or responds very slowly.

Anybody else having that issue?

**FactionHeir** · 06-28-2009, 23:47

Tried offline mode?

**Sheogorath** · 06-28-2009, 23:48

Yup. That seemed to help a bit, but not very much.

**FactionHeir** · 06-28-2009, 23:49

Since its heating up these days I also unplug my router when playing ETW, so not had these issues.

I suspect they are memory related though (used to have those on my old laptop with newer games)

Edit:
Is it just me or is Irish Brigade utterly useless? They have worse stats than Spanish Line Infantry and cost more to recruit and upkeep. And they also have a 1 unit limit (which you can circumvent by rebelling, which randomly managed to spawn 3 of those into the rebel stack).

**Sheogorath** · 06-29-2009, 00:00

Thing is, it only started after the latest Steam update. Seems rather odd.

They do look neat :P

**FactionHeir** · 06-29-2009, 00:13

You can always try deleting everything in your steam folder EXCEPT:
Steam.exe
steamapps folder

Afterwards, reboot and then run steam.exe (not the steam link via startmenu)

That clears the entire Steam cache and fixes a wealth of issues usually.

**Husar** · 06-29-2009, 12:44

Originally Posted by FactionHeir

You can always try deleting everything in your steam folder EXCEPT:
Steam.exe
steamapps folder

Afterwards, reboot and then run steam.exe (not the steam link via startmenu)

That clears the entire Steam cache and fixes a wealth of issues usually.

Yeah, I was given that solution by the Steam support a long time ago and it has fixed quite a few problems since then, it's some kind of universal Steam fix.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 06-29-2009, 04:43

Originally Posted by FactionHeir

Edit:
Is it just me or is Irish Brigade utterly useless? They have worse stats than Spanish Line Infantry and cost more to recruit and upkeep. And they also have a 1 unit limit (which you can circumvent by rebelling, which randomly managed to spawn 3 of those into the rebel stack).

Their stats are hardly better then militia. I hope that Lusted will re-balance them.

**al Roumi** · 06-29-2009, 15:17

Originally Posted by Monsieur Alphonse

Their stats are hardly better then militia. I hope that Lusted will re-balance them.

Yeah, in v1.2 they had better melee skills but worse accuracy & reload than regular spanish line infantry. I really liked the difference and always placed them in the most sensitive points of my line.

In v1.3, i've been doing rhe same, blithely oblivious until seeing the updated Fusil guide today!

No wonder they've been getting chewed over so much!

Must be a bug/omission, silly for them to cost more for less (unless the claret uniform is worth it...).