The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

**Mount Suribachi** · 05-20-2006, 14:46

When you talk about sorting out Avatars do you mean we will actually have our avatars on the Org changed to reflect the avatar of our in-game character? Cool

I also suggest that to help each other out we also alter our custom member titles to the name of our in-game character.

I think you are correct to not be totally rigid regarding the Cursus Honorum. IIRC Pompey Magnus was only 19 when he got his first command and Scipio Africanus was also quite young (under 30) when he was given command to fight against Carthage, but like you said, exceptional individuals in exceptional circumstances (civil war and imminent annihilation). And I'm sure we can create ourselves a Boni faction, spouting off about the Mos Maorium and such

*trots off to read "True Roman" guidelines

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**econ21** · 05-20-2006, 16:26

By "avatar", I was just using the term in the role-playing sense to refer to the faction member in the game that represents the participant. (I still feel I need a shower after being Shodan's avatar in System Shock 2...

) It would be nice if all or most Senate members had an in-game representation. But adopting appropriate Org graphical avatars and custom names sounds neat.

The "true Roman" guidelines are at:

http://forums.rometotalrealism.org/i...howtopic=12035

They give lots of good ideas and information.

**TinCow** · 05-20-2006, 16:56

This is sounding very promising. Autocalc for all battles not supervised by the playing Consul himself makes a lot of sense and would vastly increase the interaction. This would definitely be a much slower progressing game, but I think it could be very interesting. It would also be relatively undemanding for most people, just checking the forums regularly (which I do anyway) and responding.

We don't even have to 'win' in any real sense. Just playing it like this would be the interesting point. Politics, battles, back-stabbing maybe... that would be the goal in and of itself. Are there any mods out there that increase the number of turns per game year? The slower this went, the longer people would get to play their specific avatars.

edit:
After reading those guidelines, not only do I think a lot of them are perfect for us, but I think that the RTR forums may be the perfect place to recruit. Anyone who likes that kind of play style may also like our interactive version of it.

**econ21** · 05-20-2006, 17:13

Good point, TinCow - there are "four turns per year mods" (FTPY):

http://forums.rometotalrealism.org/i...showtopic=8656

Currently, one possibility is the "FTPY mod for Platinum". I'd like to use a Platinum mod so we can use 1.5 RTW as I am getting sick of fighting rebels in 1.2 and also IIRC there are some bugs (save/reload? charge bonus?) etc.

I've tried to recruit on the RTR Platinum sub-forum - feel free to make your own announcements in other forum. In response, LestaT said he would join if we used his Imperator II mod. This includes the FTPY mod and is designed for Romans specifically, so I think it is ideal for us. But it is still a beta and we can't have CTDs messing up our PBM. We should check on the status of the mod when we are about to start.

FTPY is also incorporated in other mods which we should investigate (and maybe try out).

I am quite keen to start this going quite soon - maybe next weekend? But I'd like some more old-time PBMers (and newcomers!) to sign up here first.

**TinCow** · 05-20-2006, 17:16

I played an old version of RTR and enjoyed it but I'm largely out of the loop when it comes to RTW modding. As such, I'll go with whatever mods and config edits everyone else agrees with. The complexity of installing mods and such is not an issue for me. I'll do whatever is decided.

I may actually download RTR Platinum this afternoon to see what has changed since last I played.

Edit:

Urrr... I'm only seeing RTR 6 Gold. Where is Platinum?

**econ21** · 05-20-2006, 17:34

Originally Posted by TinCow

Urrr... I'm only seeing RTR 6 Gold. Where is Platinum?

The download link is in my post #2 above.

And for future reference (inc. mine!) the 4TPY mod for Platinum is at:

http://forums.rometotalrealism.org/i...0&#entry251110

**TinCow** · 05-20-2006, 18:09

Thanks, I have made a fresh install and will be using Platinum and the 4TPY and Metropolis mods for it (and the extra music). I'll check it out later tonight. Gotta make a run to the wine store first though; you can't properly celebrate the slaughter of stinking Gauls unless you're sipping from a nice bottle!

**econ21** · 05-20-2006, 18:32

Nevermind - see post #2

**Mount Suribachi** · 05-20-2006, 19:30

This is sounding more and more excellent. I really hope we can get a few folks together for this one. I wonder if the folks in the chapter house would be interested? Its the kind of thing that's right up their street.

And I like the idea of using Influence as a weighting factor, nice way to represent the clients of a Roman patrician

Also like the 4 turns per year thing, makes for a more realistic game in a couple of ways. First, it allows for a "campaigning season" style of play where you stick all your troops in a fort for the winter. Secondly, a consul's reign is only 5 years that way - I know historically they only had 1, but special commands, such as Julius Caeser in Gaul could be up to 5 years.

*drums fingers whilst waiting for RTRPE to download*