The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

**Tricky Lady** · 05-27-2006, 21:52

Originally Posted by econ21

TrickyLady's character has married an amazing young fighter - I'm trying to persuade her to eventually step down to the Lower House or to liberate him for another Lower House player, as it seems a waste not to let him fight.

Sending me to the Lower House?

I better get my RTW box off the shelf if you want me to play a turn. Let's just wait & see.

PS. Thanks for linking me to a strong character. I would be happy to see a screenshot of this fighting youngster.

**econ21** · 05-27-2006, 23:58

TrickyLady - your character's screenshot is in the Senate library. The key thing about being a Lower House member is not just that you might take a reign - it's that you may be asked to fight a battle in another person's reign at 48 hours notice. There's no urgency at the moment, as we have more Lower House people than generals and you character is still rather young to take a field command. But your man really does seem to be marked for greatness and it would be a shame not to use him eventually.

TinCow will update the other screenshots when he returns to his computer, but IIRC they have not changed much so far. I am going to post a savegame Senate278s.zip later tonight that Lower House members can download to find out how their characters have changed.

EDIT: With the latest version of the Metropolisis and Naval mod out, I've revised the installation instructions in post #2 yet again. I realise this constant patching is a pain for Lower House members, but the revisions do help with some minor bugs. What I recommend is that whoever becomes First Consul reinstall the mod when they take office. But other Lower House members can probably patch as they go along (I just installed the latest MN over my existing installation and then did the last 2 steps again).

EDIT: I also get the CTD that DDW reported when I attack Rhegium. Grrrr... I am going to load my prebattle save as Rhegium.zip. Anyone with the mod installed can try it and see if they also get the CTD.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 05-28-2006, 17:30

Originally Posted by econ21

I also get the CTD that DDW reported when I attack Rhegium. Grrrr... I am going to load my prebattle save as Rhegium.zip. Anyone with the mod installed can try it and see if they also get the CTD.

You night try to lure them out of the city by posting a lone unit just outside as bait and your army just beyond that. Then your army can reinforce the lone unit if it gets attacked. The rebels will not attack you however. If the battlefield does not figure the city of Rhegium there are no problems. Otherwise autoresolve seems to be the only way out of this conundrum.

**econ21** · 05-28-2006, 17:50

I'm a little confused how we can lure them out if they can't move. I know the rebel generals in cities have traits that make them immovable (and unbribable).

I am currently installing PE 1.4 and seeing if I can play out the rhegium save on that, save again and go back to 1.5.

EDIT: no, it still crashes. Autoresolving seems to be the only option left.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 05-28-2006, 18:07

There is the possibilty of waiting for Rhegium to be taken over by another faction and luring them out. It is of course theoretical in the current scenario. I was able to play the battle at Rhegium by intalling RTRPE 1.4 and the previous M&N mod. It seems the new install contains the critical flaw as well. I see you have reacted to my posts in tech support about this, good work.

**econ21** · 05-28-2006, 18:16

Can you play out "my" battle at Rhegium on your 1.4 install, DDW? ie download the rhegium.zip and fight the battle manually? Or are you referring to your own earlier battles at Rhegium.

If you can play out "my" battle, you might try doing that, saving it as rhegium2.zip and uploading it. I could try to play on from there. What do you think?

Autoresolve is brutal, although if we have to go that route, I would bring up more men before doing it. I don't think we can wait for another faction to take it - they are too weak, in my experience.