Anyone else seen this? (Adoption Failed)

**SMZ** · 08-24-2005, 00:14

So I sit down, turn the computer on and load my Rome campaign. As soon as the campaign loads a message pops up saying I have a new adoptee. I'm thinking, "huh?", because that message wasn't there when I saved, and the game doesn't save random chance messages like that anyway.

Nevertheless I'm happy to see another general so I of course click the "Accept" button. Whereupon a new message pops up saying the man I was going to adopt is dead.

At which point I'm thinking, "wtf??? what was the point of that?" Anyway, here are the relevant screenshots so you can see for yourselves:

followed by:

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Oh, and I got the screenshots because after this very strange event, I exited and loaded game again, and the same sequence occured. So I was able to get screenshots of it.

**Orda Khan** · 08-24-2005, 00:28

Yes I have seen this happen

......Orda

**Razor1952** · 08-24-2005, 00:35

Yes many times, its another of the RTW teams' pythonesque sense of humour. Although I now am playing RTR, I admire the RTW team making it a little less serious at times(head hurlers, speeches about girls in dresses etc.)

**Murmandamus** · 08-24-2005, 06:57

Haven't seen it on loading but I have seen it after battles. It means he was up for promotion due to a heroic victory but he died in the battle.

Did you have a captain die just before saving? Maybe the game assessed the battle differently on reloading?

**SMZ** · 08-24-2005, 07:05

nah - cause that's a "Man of the Hour" message - I've gotten those - they're formatted different... this was, to initial appearances, a standard adoption setup... and then he was dead - it did give me a laugh tho...

**Murmandamus** · 08-24-2005, 07:15

I had a captain adoption happen after a battle last night playing as the Germans and it was the message in your first screen shot. Not man of the hour.

**Hold Steady** · 08-24-2005, 09:44

The screen in which the adoption is offered allready provides a clue. No personal picture of the guy, normally you get one. You got the Scipii flag..

**Celt Centurion** · 08-24-2005, 21:35

Yup,

I have had a few of those as well. Lots of excuses, the most vivid being along the lines of;

"the messenger lacked the fleetness of foot."

Send the messenger on a fast horse next time!

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion

**Dutch_guy** · 08-24-2005, 21:55

yeah had that happen on a few occaisions , never gave me a laugh though - especially if it was a good general

**Reidy** · 08-24-2005, 22:20

how did you manage to get that many provinces in 10 years?

**SMZ** · 08-24-2005, 22:43

See my thread on "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" for info on the fast conquering..,

thnx for the feedback - I didn't know what had happened - kinda cool - there are other messages like that too - lol - first time I noticed it...