Lands to Conquer v2.3

[BeastRabban]

Love the LTC mod. Encountering a problem with the game crashing when I hit the hourglass to start a new turn.

The AI animation plays out then crashes to desktop. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

(Year is 1299 incidentally, playing the Egyptians. Have repelled two crusades and wiped out the Mongols twice as well. Now working my way up through the Balkans. Bugger if I can't finish this campaign...)

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

[BeastRabban]

Please disregard my previous post.

I read in the LTC v2.3 bugs thread that others have been having the same problem, (something to to with Portugal's character names) and that v3.0 should fix.

Cheers.

[rory_20_uk]

I've been playing a campaign with the mod and there are one or two things that could do with fixing; whether they are the mod or the game engine I don't know:

It seems the AI likes to attack castles / towns as soon as it has one ladder, one siege tower and a ram. The tower dies, the ram takes the gates and the ladders get one attacking unit routed from the walls. Sometimes ballistas and catapults mobilise up to the walls.

The AI needs more equipment before assaulting. Siege for an extra turn?
Is it possible to stop the rest of the army standing in range?

If one misses the alliance-fest at the start of the game no one never seems to be friendly - even defending against catholic aggression will upset the aggressor's mates if you win. And will the AI every cease to fight a war? Not that I've seen.

Could the map be expanded so more fights occur in the open as opposed to generally being siege driven (which the AI is pretty poor at)?

I find castle walls and city walls to be quite similar. Sure, there is the extra layer of walls in the castle, but perhaps it is my inability to know how to make use of this properly. I find that everyone manning the outer walls works. This might be different if the AI had a proper siege train to reduce towers and smash several holes in the outer wall, creating a need for a secondary line of defence.

[TinCow]

It seems the AI likes to attack castles / towns as soon as it has one ladder, one siege tower and a ram. The tower dies, the ram takes the gates and the ladders get one attacking unit routed from the walls. Sometimes ballistas and catapults mobilise up to the walls.

This is very true. If large AI armies used about 3x to 4x more ladders/towers, they would be far harder to defend against.