The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

**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*

**Avicenna** · 05-20-2006, 21:15

Pleease allow the extermination of Carthage as a single exception. Pretty please?

Also, thanks for the recommendation that I play econ, but I'm at a boarding school, so I can't play RTW. The upload website is blocked anyway. I can't actually get onto totalwar.org, but luckily the forum isn't blocked

By the way, don't elect Quintus as a consul. He's just some randomer. When the RTR campaign starts, Decius Laevinius and Tiberius Coruncianus were the historical consuls. I recommend that both stay in a city, and they'll soon develop into characters with incredibly high influence and management. Laevinius should take Paestum and then settle, Coruncianus should have the city east of Roma (forgot the name) until he overtakes the other character (Amulius?) in management. Remember not to make taxes on VH all the time though, as it makes the governors stingy and hence squalor increasing.