Hi Caius - are you happy with the above or do you want to change any of it? Would you like to be the first player?

Quote Originally Posted by Caius Flaminius
[1]To do this, the first player needs to edit the file descr_strat.txt in:
C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\bi\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion
to change "brigand_spawn_value" to 100 and that for pirates to 100.
The descr_strat file gives lots of details about the campaign. It is only read once, at the start of a game, so only the first player need worry about it. With 1.5 RTW, they introduced a couple of lines early on in the file specfying the "brigand_spawn_value" and the "pirate_spawn_value". If you raise the values of these two things to about 100, you will see bandits and pirates pop up much less frequently.

If you want, I can load a savegame for turn 1 with the settings we agree and then the first player can just download it without worrying about the above.

And optional - fight with half stacks?Whats that
I meant with 10 units in a stack rather than 20. I just meant this to optional for players who want a greater challenge.

BTW, I think we should play on large unit size if that's ok with people.