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[feelotraveller]

Ah, thanks. That helps some with reassurance about what I could be missing (but am not). I guess half of my query was about:

"4) A series of code fixes have been made to improve stability."

I have experienced several crashes when reshrinking the battle mini-map. (Including one which, since I went straight to another battle in the same season, deprived me of an incredible and as I found unrepeatable victory over the No-Dachi hoard from Tosa with only YS and SA at equivalent numbers.) Would something that addressed that have been included in the stability fixes? It's okay if it's so long ago that nobody remembers - maybe I need to search more for the patch notes?

p.s I guess I differ from the beta-testers mentioned in that link - I like the original march speeds and detest those of the patch. The other stat adjustments, attack, defense, armour, charge I am neither here nor there about feeling that they are quite a mixed bag. But I guess I am comfortable with the 1.00 versions because that is what I am used to. And yes, I did try 1.02 for a while previously, and also 2.01 (unofficial). Neither took my fancy.

[ReluctantSamurai]

You can edit unit stats even after installing the patch. Besides the stability issues, IIRC, it fixes some of the bugs like enemy reinforcements appearing from all directions of the battle map, or getting hung up on terrain features (which sometimes still happens), or having it be virtually impossible to pull off an ambush, etc.

[feelotraveller]

Okay.

I had that reinforcement thing happen last night. In Owari, two-bridge river province, where most of my full stack army was attacking into Mino from, I got counter-attacked. Trouble was I had dumped all my 2 man and 6 man remainder units in there to help maintain the siege so I started the battle with half my units severely under strength (is the choice of units when there is more than 16 just random, besides the ranking Taisho?). I decided to withdraw a few of them to get some bows since only 2 out of 9 full strength bow units had appeared on the field. But my reinforcements arrived on the wrong side of the river... great if I was attacking I suppose but something of a disaster on defence.

I reloaded, since it was bugged. Second time through the CPU (you probably call it 'ai' but I can't bring myself to) sat there until time expired, refusing to attack with it's over 1000 man army. Doubly stupid since it had nowhere to retreat to as Mino fell to my few units coming from elsewhere. It lost about 600 men straight up, and another 250 odd in the siege. The castle fell the next turn...

So I am thinking the 1.02 patch might be a good idea after all.

After patching can I simply paste the 'projectiles.txt' and 'troopstats.txt' from 1.00 and overwrite the 1.02 versions? Or is there something more deep I have to do? Will the CPU 1.02 version weight its decisions properly using the 1.00 troop strengths/weaknesses?

Thanks for the help and sorry to be all questions and boring war stories...

[ReluctantSamurai]

Look here for tools, stat-swappers, maps, etc:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/local_links.php?catid=2

Oh, and the Owari map is bugged when you are the defender. You need to remove the group of buildings in the center of the map on the AI side. Included in one of the mods at the above link is one called 'Nobunaga's Ambition'. You need not install the mod itself, but packaged with the mod is a modified Owari map that corrects the problem.

[feelotraveller]

Your help is very much apprieciated.

I have downloaded the stat-swapper but the campaigns section seems to only have broken links at the moment. Have pm'ed the moderator. Fingers crossed.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Just checked, myself....they are not functioning, as you say. If the links cannot be fixed for some reason, I have the Owari map and can send it to you, if you wish (and the campaign if you want that, as well)

[feelotraveller]

Yes, if you could send me the campaign that would be good.

I have sent you a PM with my email address.

Its an ongoing concern if the campaigns are no longer available for download though.

Thanks again.