Turn off perfect spy?

[Dooz]

I'm assuming it's part of the EB script that perfect spy is enabled as part of the overall script. While this was nice for a while, as I always wanted to be able to enable that to see what's what around the world, now I kind of want to revert back to without it. Reason being, it makes spies almost totally useless. As long as an army or city is in field of view, you can see every unit and building in it. I kind of want to be surprised by some of the armies compositions and so on, and have to use spies to actually get a clearer picture of what I'm up against.

I just wish there was a console command to turn it on and off. Since there isn't (I think), how can I do so through the script file so that it isn't automatically enabled?


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Damnit! Could a mod edit my title typo? "of" to "off" please?

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Holy crap! I just accidently discovered that I can edit the title. The universe comes together again.

[Cataphract_Of_The_City]

Yeah it's quite weird. I was playing with Kart-Hadast and I could see exactly what units and their strength in Bactrian cities. I couldn't see the traits of generals though.

[NeoSpartan]

yeah is that some kind of bug with the 1.5 patch of RTW? In EB .74 which ran with 1.2 Patch you needed spies to see the AI's army composition.

[Tiberius Nero]

No it's not a bug afaik, it is an EB feature and it is there so that probably one can spot causes behind CTDs and that sort of thing (I am just guessing that this is the motive behind it though).

As an aside I too would like to know how to turn it off please.

[NeoSpartan]

No it's not a bug afaik, it is an EB feature and it is there so that probably one can spot causes behind CTDs and that sort of thing (I am just guessing that this is the motive behind it though).

As an aside I too would like to know how to turn it off please.

oh.... well I guess that makes sence, because when reporting a bug one the main things u should write is the # and types of troops u and the AI have.

[ByzantineKnight]

I don't have EB, but your choice would be to either make your own script, or edit the existing one...

Not i'm not sure how the script is implimented... Could you tell me how you activate the EB Script? Like, do you have to click on a button? or just start the game (you dont have to do anything)?

ByzantineKnight

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi guys,
Luckily to remove it from the game you don't need to change the script at all - I don't think the script controls it, perfect spy is on before script activation. Just open the console and type in toggle_fow. Then it all disappears and not a thing can be seen. You need to do this, however, every time you load a new campaign - it stays "blacked out" on saved games. Good luck! Cheers!

[Dooz]

Hmm, I believe you're talking about the fog of war Omanes. What we're actually referring to is being able to see the units in the stacks, whereas before you would usually see question marks and maybe not be able to see some stats without sending in a spy to check them out.

[The_Mark]

No it's not a bug afaik, it is an EB feature and it is there so that probably one can spot causes behind CTDs and that sort of thing (I am just guessing that this is the motive behind it though).

Erm, yes, it is definately a feature designed to help you spot bugs et all. There's no way that the command has been forgotten in the build, again.

To turn it off, go to EBBS_SCRIPT.txt line 77 and comment the line

console_command toggle_perfect_spy

out with one of these:

;

So it looks like this:

;console_command toggle_perfect_spy

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hmm, I believe you're talking about the fog of war Omanes. What we're actually referring to is being able to see the units in the stacks, whereas before you would usually see question marks and maybe not be able to see some stats without sending in a spy to check them out.

[Dooz]

Thanks Mark!