Time in RTW

**Matthias** · 10-12-2004, 05:29

Hey, I dont know if this has been adressed or not, but is there a way to turn the timer off in RTW, or at least make it so it gives you more time? I know it was possible in MTW. The times to fight sieges in RTW are ridiculously short. I was fighting a siege against the Brutii. I attacked them because there was another huge army that would be there next turn and i didnt want to be caught between the two. So i attacked, both our armies had about 1000 men in each. The timer showed only 30 mins. By the time I destroyed the gate and took the walls i only had 3 minutes left. I rushed my calvary through, killed about 200 enemies, but didnt make it to the city square in time (my unites got confused where to go and it was a very windy path to the city square). So i lost, even thought the enemy only had about 50 men left, i still lost because of the stupid timer.

Is there any way to turn off the timer, or am i just going to have to learn to fight sieges extremely fast?

**Red Harvest** · 10-12-2004, 05:36

Originally Posted by Matthias

Hey, I dont know if this has been adressed or not, but is there a way to turn the timer off in RTW, or at least make it so it gives you more time? I know it was possible in MTW. The times to fight sieges in RTW are ridiculously short. I was fighting a siege against the Brutii. I attacked them because there was another huge army that would be there next turn and i didnt want to be caught between the two. So i attacked, both our armies had about 1000 men in each. The timer showed only 30 mins. By the time I destroyed the gate and took the walls i only had 3 minutes left. I rushed my calvary through, killed about 200 enemies, but didnt make it to the city square in time (my unites got confused where to go and it was a very windy path to the city square). So i lost, even thought the enemy only had about 50 men left, i still lost because of the stupid timer.

Is there any way to turn off the timer, or am i just going to have to learn to fight sieges extremely fast?

There is a "no timer" utility out there, but there is another way that someone discovered: Go into a historical battle, then exit the battle. Now start a new campaign. You will not have the timer for the entire campaign!

**The Tuffen** · 10-12-2004, 14:23

I've found that you only have to go into the historical battle menu and back out again to get no time limit.

**Matthias** · 10-12-2004, 18:41

Thanks for the info. I will try going into the historical campaign and then backing out. But would that require starting a new campaign. I am almost finsihed with my current Roman campaign, and i dont really want to do that. Someone mentioned a utility that would turn off the timer. Does anyone know where to find it?

Thanks in advance

**TN[ KrAzY!** · 10-12-2004, 20:53

what the hell were you hitting the walls with that took 27 minutes to knock em down?

**Red Harvest** · 10-12-2004, 21:00

In some of the big cities it can take a very long time, even once you have beaten the units on the walls. You often have to rest your troops before you hit fresh units in the plaza. And it is often a very long march there through a bit of a maze. The march alone can take 5 minutes--since routed AI units will keep regrouping in the plaza and running back out to attack you along the march. I've beaten the timer by a few secs before...and lost a lot of men needlessly in a mad rush to beat the silly timer.

**Matthias** · 10-13-2004, 01:37

Well, i only had 1 unit of orangers for artillery. I took out the gatehouse and then once it was down i moved my troops with ladders to the walls. But they had a good 300 men on each side of the gatehouse and it took a long time to kill them all before i could take the gate and rush my cav into the city (once the gatehouse is destroyed, does it still burn your units? If i doesnt, i could have taken the city quicker) My the time i took the gatehouse, i only had 3 or 4 mins left, and they still had around 500-600 infantry to kill. Thus, i didnt make it to the city center in time.

**praetorians cavalry** · 10-13-2004, 05:01

I know that go to historical battle menu the back again can help turn the timer off for the new campaign, but do you have any ways to just lenghthen the time?Yesterday I defended my city against enemy's assault,they only have very little siege equipment.I managed to destroy them all, and the attackers stood outside the wall to look at my troops !The timer is off, and the only thing I could do was to sally forth to meet them! A bitter defeat,then...

**Sleepy** · 10-13-2004, 11:35

Originally Posted by praetorians cavalry

I know that go to historical battle menu the back again can help turn the timer off for the new campaign, but do you have any ways to just lenghthen the time?Yesterday I defended my city against enemy's assault,they only have very little siege equipment.I managed to destroy them all, and the attackers stood outside the wall to look at my troops !The timer is off, and the only thing I could do was to sally forth to meet them! A bitter defeat,then...

Not tried this myself but you can use the ESC button to exit a battle. It may have helped in your situation

**albo g** · 10-13-2004, 12:28

The same happened to me lol.
and yes this question was posted before by me,
If you dont want to start a new campaign then u should use this Mod.
It turn the timer off on any savegame you want.

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