Siege tower jam

**LordCurlyton** · 05-09-2007, 21:04

Also, you could just repeatedly stop/start the stuck troops. Just click on wall, stop, click again, etc. Eventually you get them all up, though it can be REAL annoying when 3 of 4 siege tower groups stick leaving the poor bastards who know wtf to do to get slaughtered.

**neoiq5719** · 05-09-2007, 22:05

Ladders? if the game gives u the option of siege towers then u should be able to use them properly so i guess that comment is a little goofy. As for pressing several times, that´s not a normal thing to do. I call that A BIG BUG THAT HASNT BEEN FIXED YET.

**Dol Guldur** · 05-09-2007, 22:26

Are you referring to the siege tower bug that occurs in vanilla where at apparently random towers the soldiers will not enter the tower or only do so after several attempts?

I do not believe anyone has ever worked out exactly what causes this. The bug fixed docking distance reportedly had a small effect on improvement but nothing major. The conclusion - as I understand it - was to mod out large stone walls/ epic stone walls or to replace the medium and large tower with a modded smaller one. I have not personally tested the problem as far as large towers/epic walls are concerned but it happens every so often with medium/large stone walls.

I'm sure EB are aware of this.

**Foot** · 05-09-2007, 23:09

Originally Posted by neoiq5719

Ladders? if the game gives u the option of siege towers then u should be able to use them properly so i guess that comment is a little goofy. As for pressing several times, that´s not a normal thing to do. I call that A BIG BUG THAT HASNT BEEN FIXED YET.

The "not" function doesn't work properly in edb code either, and it should. It, like your tower problem, is not going to get fixed so there is no need for caps. Given that it is a known problem and there is no fixing it, I reckon that ladders are a good second choice.

Foot

**bovi** · 05-09-2007, 23:15

My suggestion may look goofy to you, but it's still a valid workaround to a bug which is not ours. Trying to help. Often succeeding.

**LordCurlyton** · 05-10-2007, 03:44

But....who would ever want to lose the protection and frontal-machine gunnage of a large/epic siege tower?

I really have no problem with it since even if I have a sizable portion jam I've never had ALL jam. And I've yet to lose a battle because of it; just taken extra casualties at times, which is well within my realm of acceptability.

**neoiq5719** · 05-10-2007, 06:21

Originally Posted by Foot

The "not" function doesn't work properly in edb code either, and it should. It, like your tower problem, is not going to get fixed so there is no need for caps. Given that it is a known problem and there is no fixing it, I reckon that ladders are a good second choice.

Foot

has it ever occur to u that when u attack big fortresses or epic walls or whatever it is called, the ladder option has been GREYED OUT?

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 05-10-2007, 07:12

There are no epic walls in EB.

Simply put, this is a RTW bug, not an EB bug. There is nothing that can be done about it, ever.

**neoiq5719** · 05-10-2007, 11:52

Now let´s see how this goes. The EB has to be installed on a 1.5 version. Can we assume that many of the bugs ( not this one but others too cos i know this has nothing to do with EB and i´m sure this is part of what u call hardcoded part of the game) have been fixed on 1.6 and 1.9 version?.
Let´s assume they have, shouldnt EB have been made then for the 1.9 version then?
Now let´s assume they havent, so multiple patches for this game have been released and many of the bugs still persist?
I just dont get it, and moderators are against any bashing against them. If i was one of these moderators, at this stage i would have to say, "hey take whatever is coming and roll with the punches cos they have all the rights to say it". Patch 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.9 and still like this , i dont know if it is funny, aggravating or shocking.
i bought the game with the Alexander out and i cant imagine what this game was like when it came out, poor those of u who played the vanilla version.

**bovi** · 05-10-2007, 12:34

Get this: THIS BUG IS NOT BECAUSE OF EB. Go pester Creative Assembly if you want. They're the ones who could fix the bug if they chose to. They'll ignore you, because it's a minor bug, experienced by few, easily worked around, and the game is ancient history to them (pun intended).

You can try 1.6 if you like, a lot of people get it to work fine. EB is made for Rome Total War, not the expansions. Enjoyment is not compulsory.

**Ludens** · 05-10-2007, 17:44

Originally Posted by neoiq5719

I just dont get it, and moderators are against any bashing against them. If i was one of these moderators, at this stage i would have to say, "hey take whatever is coming and roll with the punches cos they have all the rights to say it". Patch 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.9 and still like this , i dont know if it is funny, aggravating or shocking.

We do allow criticism, witness the many R:TW bug and suggestion threads, but we want people to be constructive about it. Simply posting "CA sucks" is unlikely to make them take notice, but a detailed bug report or a constructive suggestion for improvement is. Anyway, I disagree that R:TW is a bugfest just because siege towers don't always work. Show me a recent game that is without bugs.