The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

**econ21** · 06-04-2006, 00:21

I think the bandit spawn rate is descr_strat.txt, but apparently that is only read at the start of the campaign so players don't need to worry about it. I modded both bandits and pirates spawn to 50. We saw only one bandit stack in my 20 turns.

DDW, I think the only unassigned avatar is the second diplomat. Manius Aemilius was assigned some time back to Destroyer of Hope, who is a Lower House member.

**TinCow** · 06-04-2006, 00:32

Originally Posted by econ21

DDW, I think the only unassigned avatar is the second diplomat. Manius Aemilius was assigned some time back to Destroyer of Hope, who is a Lower House member.

There are also 3 unassigned underage males:

Marcellus Aemilius - Age 4
Servius Aemilius - Age 1
Galerius Vatinius - Age 1

And 5 underage females (Aged 0, 2, 3, 4 & 7) who will marry eventually.

**econ21** · 06-04-2006, 00:34

My instinct is not to assign the under-age characters yet - they are very young, so we may get some adult generals before then and I'd rather not be re-assigning. But I'm open to persuasion.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 06-04-2006, 00:44

There has been a lot of discussion about the spawn rate and the consensus was that changing the values does not matter. However, the lack of rebels so far has been suprising. Then again, the sea seems to be teeming with pirates.

Welcome to the family, Destroyer of Hope :) Just a sneak peek. Manius may be a little strange, but he is getting guite a lot of influence.

I agree with only assigning them after they come of age. Things get too confusing. One more turn to.

**econ21** · 06-04-2006, 01:11

Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds

There has been a lot of discussion about the spawn rate and the consensus was that changing the values does not matter.

Curious why the feature would not work as advertised. In my experience, it does work. Modding down bandit spawn is the main reason I prefer 1.5 over 1.2. In RTR Gold and EB, I spend all my time battling rebels. They are never a real issue in my 1.5 games.

**econ21** · 06-04-2006, 17:21

One presentational point for DDW and future First Consuls, if you are posting screenshots in threads - which is very much encouraged - please save them as jpg after reducing them to 75% in size, that way the post formatting will work and we will be able to read a whole line on our screen without scrolling. Cheers.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 06-04-2006, 17:37

Ah yes, I have a 19'' monitor so I do not have this problem. I am willing to update the links with reformatted pictures if this is desired, but the texts become unreadable if reduced to 75 % size.
Do you wish me to do so, econ21 ? Alternatively, I could post thumbnail links to full size pictures.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 06-04-2006, 17:42

Gah, please no thumbnails. You have no idea how annoying they are for me.

It's like opening a book displayed with glorious pictures, but they say to go pick up another book to see the picture at full-size.

**Death the destroyer of worlds** · 06-04-2006, 21:54

Perhaps we should change the african+asian landblock with this :
http://forums.rometotalrealism.org/i...howtopic=20850
It also includes a port fix for Isca and Cyrene, which have the same problem as Aleria had (i.e. no landings or trade routes possible due to cliffs, as I found out to my dismay winter 273 BC). The latest M&N mod version includes a fix for Aleria, but not for Isca and Cyrene.
I will try it out and see what happens. In theory this is all savegame compatible. All you have to is to remove the map.rwm files again and reload.