v1.3 Unit Sparkles, Selection Arrows and Banners

[Ilsamir Lord]

Hi everyone,

Firstly if this has been spoken of before please delete it after referring me to it .

Now, in 1.2, removing the unit selection arrows and floating banners was easy - just change a few lines in preferences.txt. In 1.3 I have made the same changes to the txt file but to no avail? Is there a solution?

Also, is it possible to remove the sparkle effect when units level up?

Thanks anyone who has information, good or bad.

[Monkwarrior]

Now, in 1.2, removing the unit selection arrows and floating banners was easy - just change a few lines in preferences.txt. In 1.3 I have made the same changes to the txt file but to no avail? Is there a solution?

Now the file containing the working preferences for RTW 1.3 is Rome - Total War\preferences\preferences.txt
Changing the former Rome - Total War\preferences.txt doesn't change anything.

[Ilsamir Lord]

Wunderbar! Thanks Monkwarrior. Is there a way to turn off the experience sparkles? I couldn't see it in the preferences/ Preferences.txt

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

Also, is it possible to remove the sparkle effect when units level up?

This feature kills the RTS element IMO, and turns it into a console game. Wonder if they've taken it from Spartan: Total Warrior?

Yeah, it would be good to turn this feature off, or remove it completely.

[Epistolary Richard]

The release info for the 1.6 patch says there'll be an option to turn it off.

[wlesmana]

1.6?? Whatever happened to 1.5?

[Ilsamir Lord]

Hmmm. I'll look that up... Strange that they didn't include that option when they added the effect in the first place!

[Epistolary Richard]

1.6?? Whatever happened to 1.5?

1.5 will patch RTW, 1.6 will patch BI. They should both be released at the same time though.

[Ilsamir Lord]

Is there a thread with info on 1.5/6 somewhere? (if so where)