can't build advanced troops

[Gort]

I just picked up M:TW a few weeks ago, and man I love it. So after partially playing through a couple games and learning some basic stuff, it started quitting after pressing end year...so I reinstalled. I started a new game as the English, normal difficulty, and it's running fine. It's about 1140 or so. the problem is I havent been able to build any advanced units. No crossbowman (or higher). No chivalric men at arms. No billmen. I have territorries with all the required buildings and then some. I've built all this stuff before in the previous games with even less resources and earlier in the game. But I have only played a couple games , still a newb, so is it possible when I created the game I checked some weird option? Or some other strange thing I'm overlooking? I have the budget version with no rules, so learning the game is a real pain. But I did see in the FAQ on one site that those units don't become available until 1205, the high era, but this is the same starting scenario (1087) as a played in the previous games, and I don't think I even got to 1200 in either before I decided to start over. Yet I've built those units in those games. But I didn't bother trying to save those old games when I reinstalled (if thats even possible) so I can't reference to be sure. But I'm already building higher than citadels which I never even got to before. Also, some other factions have crossbowmen, which, again, I can't build. This game is going great but I don't wan't to waste any more time on it if it is some corrupt file or something.

[CBR]

You have to wait for the start of High/Late era before you will be able to produce the advanced units.

Have you installed the 1.1 patch? That might fix the crashes.


CBR

[Gort]

Thanks for the reply. I guess this is the root of my (non) problem. But it is confusing becuase I swear I built those things before 1200 in earlier practice games. But it must just be my flawed memory. Also I did install the patch when i re-installed and it does seem to have solved the crashing problem. Man this game is hard to figure out without any manuals! Thank god for the online information.

[Es Arkajae]

Once the clock hits 1205 you'll be able to build High Era units, Late Era is 1320 I think (I hardly ever play up to that time).

Keep in mind that there are also some units you will LOSE the ability to use as periods advance.


MTW is a great game but it is a bit crashy at times, for instance whenever I quit to menu to save game I do so knowing it may just well crash.

And I've had an additional problem when loading battle screens the whole monitor sometimes goes black except for a little white box with 'Sync. Out of range' in it. though I suspect this may be peculiar to my comp and not the game so don't worry too much about it

[Ironside]

Thanks for the reply. I guess this is the root of my (non) problem. But it is confusing becuase I swear I built those things before 1200 in earlier practice games. But it must just be my flawed memory. Also I did install the patch when i re-installed and it does seem to have solved the crashing problem. Man this game is hard to figure out without any manuals! Thank god for the online information.

In version 1.0 wasn't that funktion activated, so you could build all troops in every era.

[Yoyoma1910]

I seem to remeber it so. But my memory is not always so good... so to say.

[Gort]

Wow that would totally explain it, as the last time I played I did not have the patch installed. Maybe the brain cells aren't as decayed as I thought. Now if I could only remember which is "left" and "right" when we get the orders to charge. I'd stick some straw in the left shoe like the others do, but I don't have any shoes.

Peasant From Provence