a noob's question

**Ag3nt_Magnum** · 06-04-2007, 10:11

I've been playing RTW, as well as medievalTW and RTW barbarian invasion for some time now. When I saw this new thing, I was delighted. So I started a campaign with the romani. The question is, when/how does the polybian reform start ??!!! As is clearly visible in the picture (hope it uploads ok and stuff), I have lots of money, the year is 238 BC, i have the barracks in Arretium upgraded, have taken all the cities wich have to be taken to start the dam reform (and even a few others), and still no reform takes place.

"at least year 242, either hold 2 of these cities (Segesta, Mediolanum, Patavium, Bononia) AND 2 of these (Lilibeo, Messana, Syracuse) OR wait until 210BC You get the new units after upgrading your Mic's"

Do I have to upgrade EVERY Mic ???
This turn of events is really damaging to my campaign, since I don't really have an army in the field, except for some mercenaries in north Africa holding of the potelmaic's. Other then that, pretty much nothing. To make matters wors, the lusottanans are incredible powerful and on the brink of invasion, and any invasion of greece is out of the question (since i have no army) (I'm playing the game on very hard campaign diff/hard battle diff)

PLS HELP !!!

**goolasso** · 06-04-2007, 10:31

Originally Posted by Ag3nt_Magnum

I've been playing RTW, as well as medievalTW and RTW barbarian invasion for some time now. When I saw this new thing, I was delighted. So I started a campaign with the romani. The question is, when/how does the polybian reform start ??!!! As is clearly visible in the picture (hope it uploads ok and stuff), I have lots of money, the year is 238 BC, i have the barracks in Arretium upgraded, have taken all the cities wich have to be taken to start the dam reform (and even a few others), and still no reform takes place.

"at least year 242, either hold 2 of these cities (Segesta, Mediolanum, Patavium, Bononia) AND 2 of these (Lilibeo, Messana, Syracuse) OR wait until 210BC You get the new units after upgrading your Mic's"

Do I have to upgrade EVERY Mic ???
This turn of events is really damaging to my campaign, since I don't really have an army in the field, except for some mercenaries in north Africa holding of the potelmaic's. Other then that, pretty much nothing. To make matters wors, the lusottanans are incredible powerful and on the brink of invasion, and any invasion of greece is out of the question (since i have no army) (I'm playing the game on very hard campaign diff/hard battle diff)

PLS HELP !!!

Did you activate the background script?

**bovi** · 06-04-2007, 10:33

Yes, you must upgrade every MIC to take advantage of the reforms. The Camillan MIC will upgrade to the Polybian next level, IE if you have Camillan level 2 the Polybian will be level 3. If you have overflowing coffers, you should immediately start upgrading them, and possibly even bribe some Lusotannan armies if you have a hard time holding them with troops. Anyway, you need to create an army, recruit Camillan troops while waiting to get the MIC upgraded. Expect invasions from all your neighbours soon, this time is when everyone will be looking for trouble and will find it at your place.

Edit: Oh, and what Goolasso said.

**Ag3nt_Magnum** · 06-04-2007, 10:53

looked at the guide on how to play the romani after i wrote the initial post a bit, and there it was: THE SCRIPT !!! I had no ideea, and was a bit angry when the advisor kept popping up. Seems he was trying to tell me something... Thx anyway. Oh, and I will never bow down to the evil potughese. Let them come !!!
Rome's armies will prevail. (they have some 6 full armies scatterd across southern gaul and northern iberia, and i have 1/2 army in the area) 250.000 mnai should do the trick. (i tried to bribe 1 egyptian native spearmen and he refused. what would happen with those evil lusotanans?)

O, how do u upload an image ???

**Foot** · 06-04-2007, 11:02

Originally Posted by Ag3nt_Magnum

looked at the guide on how to play the romani after i wrote the initial post a bit, and there it was: THE SCRIPT !!! I had no ideea, and was a bit angry when the advisor kept popping up. Seems he was trying to tell me something... Thx anyway. Oh, and I will never bow down to the evil potughese. Let them come !!!

You will need to start your campaign again, playing the game for any length of time without the script running effectively breaks your campaign.

Foot

**Ag3nt_Magnum** · 06-04-2007, 11:23

Originally Posted by Foot

You will need to start your campaign again, playing the game for any length of time without the script running effectively breaks your campaign.

Foot

No thx, I think it's a pretty good campaign. Even so, I only missed 4 years of polybian reform. Or do u mean it causes bugs by "breaks" ?

again, how do u insert an image into your text

**Foot** · 06-04-2007, 11:28

Originally Posted by Ag3nt_Magnum

No thx, I think it's a pretty good campaign. Even so, I only missed 4 years of polybian reform. Or do u mean it causes bugs by "breaks" ?

No, I mean it breaks your campaign. A lot. Missing a couple of turns is alright, but missing half a century will mess it up. I really suggest you start a new campaign.

again, how do u insert an image into your text

Use imageshack.us

Foot