Out of character thread XIV

**GeneralHankerchief** · 10-08-2007, 00:18

It's done. That was a really fun battle to fight.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1314-3.zip

Prisoners/city executed. Dietrich was feeling frisky.

Battle report coming, but in the meantime let me show you the benefits of having a bad CPU and probably the greatest death in KotR ever (outranking even Fredericus).

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**econ21** · 10-08-2007, 00:57

Curses, foiled again!

I thought you would have had a real fight on your hands facing three Papal armies. But I never reckoned with your trusty CPU.

This may be a case of bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted, but please can people sack and ransom where possible? We are really short of cash now. None of it is my doing - just going to war with Byzantium (and mass riots) has switched our economy from a 30-40k surplus to -12k deficit. Ironically, TinCow had come up with a great storyline to justify us not recruiting any more men. But unless I can turn things around financially, it will be quite redundant. The game has done the job without us needing the plot twist.

Oh and another point - this game is getting dangerous. As we are still on the scripted portion, I am cheating to keep people alive (TinCow and Dutch_guy, you owe me). The AI armies are pretty powerful - check out Becker's predicament - and now that we don't have full stacks that are endlessly replenishable, we are going to be in for, literally, the fight of our lives. I suspect when TinCow takes over in 1320, the gloves will be off, so be careful out there!

**FactionHeir** · 10-08-2007, 00:59

Can I get kept alive too if they get kept alive?

As for reinforcements delayed due to lack of CPU, we can remedy this with a simple switch in the prefrence file:
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1

**GeneralHankerchief** · 10-08-2007, 01:03

Nah, I already have an IC excuse to justify it, and if you think I'm going to re-fight that battle, well...

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**econ21** · 10-08-2007, 01:03

Originally Posted by FactionHeir

Can I get kept alive too if they get kept alive?

You want me to keep performing medieval CPR to make Hans KotR's version of Mr Burns? It's possible. TinCow did that for me in the Apollonia incident in WotS[1]. So I guess he doesn't owe me - we are even.

[1]I even alluded to in a battle report:

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**GeneralHankerchief** · 10-08-2007, 01:32

Oh, forgot some extra Chancellor's Report-worthy stuff:

France, Poland, and Hungary have been reconciled. We, amazingly enough, have not.

**OverKnight** · 10-08-2007, 01:35

Geez, GH, why don't you just cut and past the whole "Reconciliation is Imminent" speech from the good old days.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 10-08-2007, 01:38

After you see what Dietrich did to Durazzo in the battle report you'll understand.

I don't think the Papacy would forget that in a while.

And plus, he doesn't really care one way or another, unlike certain past Kaisers.

**Northnovas** · 10-08-2007, 02:12

Originally Posted by FactionHeir

As for reinforcements delayed due to lack of CPU, we can remedy this with a simple switch in the prefrence file:
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1

Is that a text file? Because when I go under preferences I don't see where that can be modified. I opnly had it come up once in another mod and would like to change it.

**OverKnight** · 10-08-2007, 02:13

If you check econ's FAQ in the citadel, I believe it has info on changing it.

**Stuperman** · 10-08-2007, 04:56

I'm back, glad to see it all hasn't gone to hell, yet. Just for clarification, my vote regarding the Lutherans was for OOC reasons, I didn't realize the IC politics, at the time.

**econ21** · 10-08-2007, 07:48

While we are waiting for players to fight there battles, everyone could take the opportunity to plan their move for 1316. If it is just a continuation of their orders for 1314, don't sweat it. But there might be changes - for example, does Fredericus Erlach want to retake rebel Marseilles? We sure could use the money from sacking it. Ditto Fritz and Stettin.

**TinCow** · 10-08-2007, 14:36

Originally Posted by econ21

Oh and another point - this game is getting dangerous. As we are still on the scripted portion, I am cheating to keep people alive (TinCow and Dutch_guy, you owe me). The AI armies are pretty powerful - check out Becker's predicament - and now that we don't have full stacks that are endlessly replenishable, we are going to be in for, literally, the fight of our lives. I suspect when TinCow takes over in 1320, the gloves will be off, so be careful out there!

What danger was I in? I thought I was nice and safe inside Florence.

**econ21** · 10-08-2007, 14:53

Originally Posted by TinCow

What danger was I in? I thought I was nice and safe inside Florence.

Governors are far from safe inside rioting cities. I had to move Lothar to the fort and Tancred to his boats, as either or both of you kept dying in riots when I hit end turn.

The other thing that caused me to reload was poor Pope Abbate. Sometimes he would call for a crusade on Tunis and require Prinz Peter to join. It would have been cool, but did not really fit our narrative.

**Privateerkev** · 10-08-2007, 15:02

Actually, that is pretty smart of him.

Pope Abbate: "Ah my little Lutheran, I will distract you by demanding that a Holy Crusade be sent to... oh I don't know... um... Africa? Yes, Africa. And I demand that you go lead it. Yes, that is entirely appropriate. A man who probably doesn't even believe in God should lead a Crusade to take an African territory that no one cares about. Get right on it."

**FactionHeir** · 10-08-2007, 15:32

Originally Posted by Privateerkev

Actually, that is pretty smart of him.

Pope Abbate: "Ah my little Lutheran, I will distract you by demanding that a Holy Crusade be sent to... oh I don't know... um... Africa? Yes, Africa. And I demand that you go lead it. Yes, that is entirely appropriate. A man who probably doesn't even believe in God should lead a Crusade to take an African territory that no one cares about. Get right on it."

**gibsonsg91921** · 10-08-2007, 16:13

haha what a n00b. good thing he's dead

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