Suggestions for v0.8

**cdbavg400** · 03-20-2006, 05:46

If the move to 1.5 goes as anticipated, will the Yuezhi be replaced for another faction?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 03-20-2006, 05:49

I'd look for Yuezhi to hang around a little longer. Even if there is another faction in the future, it won't happen overnight. It would take a while to get things in order (you can probably tell the Yuezhi were our newest faction anyway - as they had lots left undone).

**Ambiorix** · 03-20-2006, 06:17

If you are porting I guess we'll have to wait a long while for it then =( In any case I was wondering if ethnicities for the Sweboz and Carthage will be in .8? Unless they are already in right now

I haven't checked yet.

**Cheexsta** · 03-20-2006, 10:33

Since 1.5 (or was it 1.3?) introduced the ability to change the name of a settlement you owned (it's a rtw\preferences\preferences.txt option), would it be possible to have the advisor pop up and tell you what that settlement was called by your faction once you conquer it? For example, if Rome was to conquer Kart-Hadast, Victoria would pop up and tell you that the Romans referred to it as Carthago and would tell you how to change the settlement's name.

Also, I know that you guys make your own formations files, but would it be possible to look into using a (modded, obviously) version of Darth's latest formations? I haven't actually checked them out yet, but they seem like a vast improvement over previous versions...

And how about night battles?

**Christianus** · 03-20-2006, 13:59

This realy is a wonderfull idea indeed!

**cunctator** · 03-20-2006, 15:00

Originally Posted by Cheexsta

Since 1.5 (or was it 1.3?) introduced the ability to change the name of a settlement you owned (it's a rtw\preferences\preferences.txt option), would it be possible to have the advisor pop up and tell you what that settlement was called by your faction once you conquer it? For example, if Rome was to conquer Kart-Hadast, Victoria would pop up and tell you that the Romans referred to it as Carthago and would tell you how to change the settlement's name.

Wow, great idea. I didn't know that this is possible with 1.5

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 03-20-2006, 15:17

Scripts often need to use the visible variant of a town's name - so I'm wondering if this would change or negatively affect anything we would do with scripts?

**Slider6977** · 03-20-2006, 17:15

I wanted to know whether or not it would be possible to have regular armies (ie without a Family Member) build forts and watchtowers. Is this at all moddable or is it a hardcoded feature. I just find it unrealistic that an amry could not be able to build battlements without a "general". Not to mention I always like to see every inch of my provinces, so I always build watchtowers. And having to march around a family member instead of having him concentrate on being a Governor or fighting in battles is really annoying.

Sometimes is works out, as you can build towers on your way to conquer other provinces, but usually this is not the case. I don't like playing with FOW off, so I wanted to know if this is at all possible. I don't mind the fact that you must have a Family member to hire mercenaries, but it seems unrealstic to not be able to build a fort when you have a full stack army that just happens to not have a general.

**Cheexsta** · 03-21-2006, 02:12

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

Scripts often need to use the visible variant of a town's name - so I'm wondering if this would change or negatively affect anything we would do with scripts?

Are you sure? Looking over EBBS, it looks like they only seem to use the internal names of the cities, which stay the same when you simply change the name of a city.

At least, that's what I assume. You guys are the ones who made the script, so I may be wrong. I hope not, though

Edit: as an aside, I believe a similar suggestion has been made to the RTR boys for 7.0, regarding a script to tell the player about the settlement names. Just clarifying before people start crying foul