ACIN's procreation problem...

**a completely inoffensive name** · 07-28-2009, 03:37

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

You have more than 75 provinces and just *two* family members?

Yes. They keep producing girls and/or nothing. When I adopt they suck with crappy traits and usually die because I am playing on VH/H.

**Vasiliyi** · 07-28-2009, 03:39

Ive never had that problem. Bug?

**a completely inoffensive name** · 07-28-2009, 03:40

Originally Posted by Vasiliyi

Ive never had that problem. Bug?

At some point I have edited every file at least once. Could I have messed something up with the probabilities of having children, boys/girls etc..?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 07-28-2009, 03:52

I've never heard of anything remotely like that. Either you have introduced some bug, you are the worst general ever, or you are just really really really unlucky.

If I kill off a couple of generals in a battle and I have a ton of provinces, I almost always get new ones or fight a battle and get men of the hour like crazy.

**antisocialmunky** · 07-28-2009, 04:00

If you get 4 daughters on all your living generals, I don't think you can do anything except do a sex change console command/save hack thing.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 07-28-2009, 04:08

k thx guys.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 07-28-2009, 05:38

Originally Posted by Vasiliyi

Ive never had that problem. Bug?

Yes, a bug. But not a computer one. More of the likes of a one that infect Homo sapiens sapiens. And not a noticeable on either, but more of the stealthy, insidious nature. So far, the only known symptoms of it are the rare but yet documented dramatic and abrupt elongation of the protuberance of our body which houses the nostrils. Yes, that part.

This grotesque and peculiar effect is observed only in men of certain character, of certain physical disability which is characterised by the replacement of the somatic composition from flesh to cellulose in a process not yet rationalised by the befuddled men of knowledge of these days. How morbidly curious you say, but believe my word, and believe you shall, this affliction is, if we are to heed the statistics, is the most common of all the human maladies.

**Geticus** · 07-28-2009, 06:00

Go generalless.
With 75 provinces your empire should be awash in gold. So just let your 45 year old be a fat cat, preferably in a city with a fertility temple. Send out the legions with lots of +morale units like prima cohors imperatoria or mercenary generals, naked spearmen or whatever and superior high morale units so they won't route. Hire morale penalty mercs like wargozes and tindanotae. Victorious armies will sometimes spawn men of the hour who you immediately retire and put out to stud in some city doing no military service, just procreating and let the legions win without generals. Sooner or later you should get a decent kid, let him govern a city with a war temple until he becomes hale and hearty then let him go out and crush the world.

**A Very Super Market** · 07-28-2009, 06:02

Nah, Meth has still got his own hair.

ACIN, just park your family members in a city and let them do their nefarious deeds. Although their children will probably be equally hopeless as your adoptees.

**Andy1984** · 07-28-2009, 07:42

Keep them in cities that are safe and fight your wars with client rulers and mercenary generals?

**Megas Methuselah** · 07-28-2009, 07:46

Originally Posted by Andy1984

Keep them in cities that are safe and fight your wars with client rulers and mercenary generals?

But what if the Family Members can't have anymore children, as their 4 children/adoptees are already dead? If so, ACIN's campaign is pretty screwed.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 07-28-2009, 06:29

Originally Posted by Geticus

Go generalless.
With 75 provinces your empire should be awash in gold. So just let your 45 year old be a fat cat, preferably in a city with a fertility temple. Send out the legions with lots of +morale units like prima cohors imperatoria or mercenary generals, naked spearmen or whatever and superior high morale units so they won't route. Hire morale penalty mercs like wargozes and tindanotae. Victorious armies will sometimes spawn men of the hour who you immediately retire and put out to stud in some city doing no military service, just procreating and let the legions win without generals. Sooner or later you should get a decent kid, let him govern a city with a war temple until he becomes hale and hearty then let him go out and crush the world.

Still do not suspect anything, do you?

**Geticus** · 07-28-2009, 06:59

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

Still do not suspect anything, do you?

I think you are basically just befuddling the befuddler. Screw it, if ACIN is smart enough to mod all his files but yet lacks the diligence to keep his generals out of harms way or at least let them sit around in cities until they get hitpoints, he should just press the reset button and start anew.

Build taverns and temples of the wargod.