Trouble with/question concerning EB script.

**Aram** · 12-11-2009, 07:55

Hello. I am currently playing a campaign as the Romani. I have played one campaign previously as the Qarthadasti. During my previous campaign, I had clicked the advisor "show me how" button every time I loaded the campaign, but apparently it failed to "register" that I had done so once and my campaign was ruined.

I do not want to go through this frustrating experience a second time with my Romani campaign. Much to my distress, as I was just continuing an intense campaign in Egypt, I saw a reminder about turning on the EB script where the historical quotes customarily appear in the loading screen. I am CERTAIN that I did indeed hit the "show me how" button during this current gaming session. Does this reminder, for whatever reason, sometimes appear although the script is in fact loaded? If not, why would the script not load even though I hit the "show me how" button? Finally, is there any possible way to ENSURE that the script is definitely running at any given time during gameplay? Thank you very much in advance for your assistance; unfortunately, I am not tech-savvy at all, so if your response could kindly be in very simple computer-layperson terms it would be greatly appreciated.

**Biowulf** · 12-11-2009, 08:27

To my knowledge the reminder you saw on the loading screen is merely that, a reminder. It doesn't mean you haven't activated the script.
I don't know why the script sometimes doesn't load when you hit the "show me how" button, I assume it's a glitch and always double-check by clicking on more than one settlement. Every time you click on a city you own and the script isn't activated the advisor will show up. That's how you know for sure.

**XSamatan** · 12-11-2009, 10:24

He is right. This reminder is just a loading screen.
If the reminder does not appear if you load a save the first, that is a bug.
If, however, you load a save after you not quit the game, then sometimes the advisor will not appear the first time you click on a city

XSamatan

**Aram** · 12-11-2009, 20:53

Thank you both very much. Perhaps what I was dealing with was a bug that had nothing to do with the script. Since I posted my request for assistance, I spent a few hours playing a Casse campaign, as I didn't want to jeopardize all the work I had put into my Romani campaign. Oddly enough, the same problem that had occured during my Qarthadastim campaign occured again (and I am using a different PC). In spite of my clicking the "show me how" button, at the beginning of my next turn I was fast-forwarded to the year AD 14 and all of the "year in history" announcements appeared (where announcements routinely appear). Again, I am certain that I had hit the "show me how" button, and I had clicked on more than one settlement without seeing the advisor pop up again. However, during the series of AI turns, I noticed the advisor pop up in the upper right corner as usual, only to have him immediately disappear upon the beginning of my turn (the turn in which everything had suddenly rushed forward to AD 14). If anyone can explain this, that would be excellent. Meanwhile I've resolved to use multiple save slots for any given campaign so I can always jump back if need be. Thank you.

Note: If any of the members of the EB team view this post, I just want to commend you on the most enjoyable gaming experience of any sort that I've ever had in my life.

**XSamatan** · 12-12-2009, 02:18

Originally Posted by Aram

Thank you both very much. Perhaps what I was dealing with was a bug that had nothing to do with the script. Since I posted my request for assistance, I spent a few hours playing a Casse campaign, as I didn't want to jeopardize all the work I had put into my Romani campaign. Oddly enough, the same problem that had occured during my Qarthadastim campaign occured again (and I am using a different PC). In spite of my clicking the "show me how" button, at the beginning of my next turn I was fast-forwarded to the year AD 14 and all of the "year in history" announcements appeared (where announcements routinely appear). Again, I am certain that I had hit the "show me how" button, and I had clicked on more than one settlement without seeing the advisor pop up again. However, during the series of AI turns, I noticed the advisor pop up in the upper right corner as usual, only to have him immediately disappear upon the beginning of my turn (the turn in which everything had suddenly rushed forward to AD 14). If anyone can explain this, that would be excellent. Meanwhile I've resolved to use multiple save slots for any given campaign so I can always jump back if need be. Thank you.

This jump to the end of the game is a bug related to the script. Did you change any files? Maybe your installation is corrupted, is that jumping-bug repeatable or does he hit randomly? Having the same failure on two installations would be very odd.

XSamatan

**Aram** · 12-12-2009, 04:25

Originally Posted by XSamatan

This jump to the end of the game is a bug related to the script. Did you change any files? Maybe your installation is corrupted, is that jumping-bug repeatable or does he hit randomly? Having the same failure on two installations would be very odd.

XSamatan

No, I did not change any files (in fact, I don't know how to change files). The problem seems to be random. I suppose the non-technical solution is to save often in several different slots; I just have to be sure to remember to do so. I'm actually rather surprised that this seems to be an infrequent problem, because as I've mentioned it has occurred on two different PCs. Perhaps it's a problem with my RTW disc?

**bigstape** · 12-11-2009, 21:03

When I'm in a hurry, I sometimes accidently dismiss the script reminder by clicking on the advisor when I meant to click 'show me how.'

**XSamatan** · 12-16-2009, 23:21

If you get the "Year in Time" thing, everything should be alright.

Save in different slots and every year in one separate, this way you shoulb be save to any bugs.

XSamatan

**Kleitos** · 12-17-2009, 20:39

sorry - me again - i´m definitely a zero regarding computers ;-) - i just want to use em - ..what do you mean save in different slots? ..i only used the quicksave as known from playin vanilla RTW.

and any year seperate - dont get what you mean.?

kleitos

**XSamatan** · 12-18-2009, 15:09

Wenn du im Spiel die Escape-Taste ("Esc") drückst erscheint im Spiel ein Menü. In diesem wählst du "Speichern" aus. Jetzt müsstest du zwei Dateinamen sehen (quicksave & autosave). Du kannst im Textfeld am unteren Ende des Menüs eigene Namen für deine Spielstände verwenden.
Ich würde empfehlen, einmal alle vier Runden, das Spiel unter Angabe der jeweiligen Jahreszahl zu speichern.

XSamatan