Some problems with graphics and stability of STW WE

[Biggus Diccus]

I have recently started my first (ever) STW campaign, and I have had some early success. I have taken the Imagawa provinces and most of the rebel island, and now I have to choose between Mori and Takeda for my next move. The game looks great, but it has a cumbersome UI in strategical, and battles are a bit hard for me. But I manage to outnumber the enemy and assassinate their generals, so far.

The problem is I am having issues with game graphics; the screen blacks out and then is restored again very quickly. This happens both in tactical and strategic overview, every 5-10 seconds or so. Very annoying..... This is not like the flickering in the menus.

And I can't select 3d rendering device, only software rendering. Is this normal?

Stability issues: when I end turn the game crashes. This has happened to me twice now, and I had to reload a previous autosave. This has made me save the game every turn.

[Drisos]

i don't know about the technical stuff, i'm no expert, but someone else will problably help you with that. Just send PM to a mod. if no one responds.

you'll become better in battles just if you practice a lot(i've just won my first expert battle, i'm learning too ) the problem is, if you can win them only if they are outnumbered, you always play a slow conquering campaign, try to attack with less units then the enemy once, then you'll become better in that too. Don't worry about facing mori and takeda, i once had war with 5 at a time, wasnt a problem too. Just attack the provincies that you want, and you'll deafeat mori and takeda before you realise it. (btw. takeda will be a very easy enemy in the beginning, just use yari sam, once you have aki build a mine and your money won't be a problem anymore too!)

hoping this was helpful information!

welcome to the org m8, glad we have another new shogun player!

drisos

[Wilbo]

I think youre doing pretty damn well if you can handle a large army well - I win when playing on expert mode but am awful with large armies and tend to keep mine with 5 units or less...

[Biggus Diccus]

I have no cavalry yet, only basic yari and archer units, and I have been able to have large armies because I fill up with cheap yari ashigaru. I have had some success with using them in flanking and as shock troops.

I also use ashi as garrison in newly conquered provinces and position my main force for the next attack. The ashigaru units actually become useful with some experience; a 2-3 honour unit don't scare when someone cough nearby, but the fresh units will run if you just look at them, hehe.

[Wilbo]

heh, Ive been considering using the Palace as my main building upgrade in future - surely with increased morale the Ashigaru would actually be quite effective? I agree that they are damn useful for flanking, though it normally costs the battle if one unit starts running and panics the others... Also, I find them much more useful if you put them onto Hold Formation: They seem to last much longer into the battles.