Any old Iron Chef

[Knight of Ni]

Greetings,

This is my first post on the Org, though I occasionally post in the TW forums and try to at least read both on a weekly basis. The pitifully small amount of gaming time I have left (after a new house, a new baby daughter, a wife, and a massive project at work) is about to shrink even further as my wife begins to work at home (subliminal: shop on Ebay) one day a week. Of course, she uses the good computer (MTW machine), leaving me to the old PII if I want to do any computing.

The old computer was able to handle STW, and did until I had to wipe the drive and reinstall Windows. I'm about to put Shogun back on it, and am wondering (this is my real question) if anyone remembers whether it was the v1.12 patch or the advent of MI that lowered the cost/time of building contsruction. I'm actually keen to play it the 'old fashioned' way with longer build times for a change of pace, but I know that the AI got better from upgrade to upgrade, and I want to give old Machindo-san as much of a chance as I can.

In a loosely related vein, I have discovered a new 'Iron Man' rule for those of you who want to make your Total War experience more challenging: Play the game when your personal fatigue level is extremely high (4:30 am is a good starting point) and one arm is completely occupied by a colicky infant who will not be put down, even in the midst of a heated battle. Suddenly the AI becomes a much better general...

[frogbeastegg]

Welcome

MI definitely has the faster build times, I think that was where they were introduced as well.

[Knight of Ni]

You have the right of it, frogbeastegg, thank you for replying. I patched up to 1.12 this evening, and still have buildings that cost twice as much and take twice as long to build as they should.

Does this mean that the Daimyo were originally designed to be Republicans???

But I digress. I also want to thank you for making the Unit Guide - my Turkish campaign thanks you, too It had languished for months at the bottom of my campaign list due to lack of focus. Now that I have a clear plan of what I want to build where, it's about 1180 and so far I have taken everything east of the Poles, Hungarians, and Almos.

:bows:

[Aurelius1]

Hey, welcome to the forum, Knight.

Nice to see another person who plays Iron Baby Total War. I think I may be in trouble, since I think my son's first words may be The enemy General is dead.

[frogbeastegg]

Quote[/b] (Knight of Ni @ Mar. 02 2004,05:17)]But I digress. I also want to thank you for making the Unit Guide - my Turkish campaign thanks you, too It had languished for months at the bottom of my campaign list due to lack of focus. Now that I have a clear plan of what I want to build where, it's about 1180 and so far I have taken everything east of the Poles, Hungarians, and Almos.

:bows:

Glad to be of assistance



Both of you need to remember not to lose in front of your children - just imagine if their first words were Daddy's routing again

[desdichado]

Quote[/b] (frogbeastegg @ Mar. 02 2004,19:49)]Both of you need to remember not to lose in front of your children - just imagine if their first words were Daddy's routing again

[Knight of Ni]

I like that, Aurelius; Iron Baby indeed. Reminds me of a bit form the Kentucky Fried Movie:

This is Gaijin Daimyo. He is tough and ruthless. This is Iron Baby. She is rough, and toothless.

I guess I'll have to stop building 'Porno Allgone' Byzantine cavalry before she learns to talk. Or at least do it quietly.