Open Gates

[Easterner]

I'm playing Rome in EB I, 1.2 including patches for the patch.

A number of cities (2 so far) during the assault phase have all the gates broken open making defense harder. Post battle there is no option to repair. In addition Demitrias was upgraded from stone to great stone and was finished with open gates. Walls came crashing down and repair allowed. Unknown if gates fixed yet. Another city Singudum's gates also open.

Occurred after a post-battle CTD, no problems earlier in game.

[Mediolanicus]

You have an enemy spy in your city who is opnening the gates... normal RTW feature...

[Easterner]

All 4 and they appear as broken?

I'll have to send in a spy hunter now.

[Ludens]

All 4 and they appear as broken?

I'll have to send in a spy hunter now.

Yes, that's how vanilla R:TW works. It may be a spy, but I recall there was a rare and unfixed bug that caused a town's gates to be permanently open. Never seen it myself, though.

[panten]

Yes, that's how vanilla R:TW works. It may be a spy, but I recall there was a rare and unfixed bug that caused a town's gates to be permanently open. Never seen it myself, though.

I think I'm a victim of that bug. Whenever I get besieged in Alexandreia-Ariana all my gates are open. I have had a minimum of four counter-spies there since then, but without any effect - never caught an enemy spy. Either Bactrian spies are superior or it is the bug.

[Easterner]

No sign of spy. However once a gate is breached, its breached permanently. Only started after I patched 1.2 with fixes.


Also sign that construction and units once built never arrive. Upgraded Thermon walls and it just fell after stockade bashed in.