v0.80 Known Bugs

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I don't know if anyone will read this or what. But I wanted to list a the major known bugs of EB80 so maybe they would be reposted less often. So I'm posting all those I know of and what the team has said is the status on them. Commonly re-reported ones in Bold

Battle Bugs
-Failed to find texture 'eb/data/models_unit/textures/agart_hypaspitai_macedon.tga'
---Caused by the Massalia Hoplites
---auto_calc the battle or disband these guys - or add "mercenary_unit" in EDU
---Fixed for .81

-Failed to find texture 'eb/data/models_unit/textures/celtic_heavy_infantry2.tga'
---Caused by Assilin Modarra'in mercenary
---same as Massalia Hoplites - autocalc, disband, or add "mercenary_unit"
-----Fix explaination here
---Fixed for .81

-Failed to find texture 'eb/data/models_unit/textures/unit_barb_infantry_dacia.tga'
---Caused by the Baktrian Hippies
---auto_calc the battle or disband these guys
-----It is possible to remove all the "hellenistic cavalry hippeis baktrioi" entries for the EB\Data\export_desc_buildings.txt
---Fixed for .81

-CTD when loading a battle in Darioritum (northwest Gaul)
---A unique building was accidentally placed in the same place as the town
---auto_calc any battle at the city (it is also possible to change the location in of the unique building in the custom_locations.txt)
---Fixed for .81

-There is a small remnant of the Reinforcement CTD
---RTW has a weird way of calculating traits after a battle
---auto_calc if repeatable (I find that making sure no enemy family member escape is a good way to avoid it)
---Unfixable?

-Sallying forth bug
---Game freezes when trying to load battle where you "sally forth"
---Unresolved

-Saba battle bug
---There is a freeze when initiating a battle against Saba sometimes
---Fixed for .81

Strat Map Bugs
-CTD during the AI's turn
---Caused by certain cities not having the ability to recruit a garrison when rebelling
---Temporary fix found here: "EDB v.802 (CTD Fix)"
---Probably fixed for .81

-Admiral's seasonings
---The season (and penalties) in which an admiral is sometimes off from the true season

-Going to "View Settlement on Battlemap" will cause CTD
---Error on the side of causion, don't view cities
---Fixed for .81

-Agents (spies/assassins/diplomats) don't always have the color of their faction
---Fixed for .81

Graphical/Visual Bugs
-Celtic Archers cause weird visual effects
---Fixed?

-There is a cavalry unit in Kappadocia that has a crazy skin error (face on back)
---Fixed for .81

-Spartans weild both swords and spears at the same time
---Fixed for .81

-Many overhand hoplites hold spear backwards
---Fixed for .81

-The Ptolemaic Jewish Spearmen have a graphical error on their face
---Fixed for .81?

-Peasant cards and Graeco-Roman Barracks as placeholders
---"All" placeholders are gone for .81

-Some Ptolemai buildings hover

-English translations of units in parenthases are on hanging down on the next line/unit
---Optional fix here: "Small text fixes for units"
---Changed for .81

Recruitment
-Recruitment Holes: Various "FactionX can't recruit anything in AreaY"
---The AOR isn't completed yet and some places are void - also, some groups would have had trouble recruiting in some areas - also there were a couple mistakes that will be fixed in .81 (northern Iberia, for example)
---As more units are added to EB, this will diminishes

-Roman recruitment
---The Roman recruitment is a bit buggy
---Camilian: Intended: first five cities plus Segesta (no faction MIC outside of those six) - .80 bug: first five cities
---Polybian: Intended: All typeI government cities (no faction MIC outside of Italia) - .80 bug: first five plus Segesta
---Marian: Intended: Italy can recruit legions, a few auxilia everywhere - .80 bug: Legions in first five plus Segesta only
---Imperial: Legionaries in various places all around the empire, lots of auxilia everywhere
---Tweaked for .81

-Elephants
---Only available in Numidian areas - Not A Bug
---(Romans need level3 Marian factional MIC [bug])

EDB bugs
-Can't build Great forum
---Typo due to the change in government systems from .7x to .80
---Fixed for .81

-Can't build Hippodrome
---Typo due to the change in government systems from .7x to .80
---Fixed for .81

-Romans can't build port upgrades
---Fixed for .81

-Dockyards unavailable
---Can't build level shipwrights (4 trade fleets) in towns that should be able to build dockyards (6 trade fleets) thus you can't build dockyards unless it starts with a shipwright
---Fixed for .81

Carthage building bugs (Government, sanitation buildings, and Temple to Tanit)
---The "egyptian" (Eastern Greeks) entry was used when the "egypt" (Kart-Hadast) entry was intended
---Fixed for .81

Gallic Stone Roads
---The "or" command doesn't work as it should
---Fixed for .81

Installer Bugs
-Common mistakes
---Make sure is clean (no other mods) and patched to 1.5 or higher
---Make sure you direct the EB installer is pointed to the same place as you put RTW (the ...\Rome - Total War\ folder)
---Make sure the installer is not incomplete/corrupt

-Windows user name
---There is something weird that has to do with if your user name for WindowsXP has non-number/letter symbols in it

Startup Problems
-Error message during first loading screen
---Make sure you had the correct RTW version (1.5 or higher)
---Make sure the installer wasn't incomplete/corrupt

-Loads Vanilla
---"mod switch" requires you use the EB desktop icon (with "-mod:eb" after the target)

EBBI
-There is a way to make EB work with BI
---The AI works differently/better
---How to: <link goes here>

-Custom battles
---Custom battles in EB with BI don't work
---Someone found a way to fix it: <link goes here>