Quote Originally Posted by McNulty
Hello all, I have recently purchased Medieval: Total War on the P.C. I decided to play my first single player game as the English. I started out, I think it was the 1000s, and quickly built up a force and conquered the rebel Welsh and the Scots. But I couldn't get at the Irish, what with them being across the Irish Sea. I worked away building up my buildings and moving in my French holdings, until I built a port, a trading post and a shipwright. I built a Barque from Wessex and it went into the English Channel. I found that I could send troops over the Channel with ease, using the boat as a kind of bridge to get them across. But when I moved the Barque to the Irish Sea, I couldn't move any troops across into Ireland. What am I doing wrong.
Also, am I not allowed to trade accross the English Channel with French Flanders? I have a trading post and a port in Wessex.
This is not the right thread for this, but I'll try to give you a short answer. To trade you need a port and trading post in the exporting province, a port in the importing province and one or more ships in all seas between these two. One single enemy ship will break this connection. If you have VI installed, you caqn use the V button to see which seas are yours. However, my guess is the French haven't built a port yet. Also, for some reason you are unable to have sea-trade with your own provinces. BTW, money from exports does not show up in the port-scroll (this one shows money from imports) but in the trading-post scroll.

To invade you do not need a port in the targetprovince, but you need one in the province where your troops embark. Also, if when invade, they won't be able to return by sea until you build a port (and if a port exists it usually gets destroyed in the invasion), so beware when you send your troops to Ireland. Especially do not send your king: if he loses contact with his home provinces loyalty will plummet. In this case, I think you don't have a port in the Irish sea, so your troops cannot embark. BTW, you do not need a ship to travel between Wessex and Flanders. There is a land brigde between these two provinces (shown on the map by the dotted line).

Welcome to the Org, BTW .