ALEXANDER EB

[Mr Durian]

will i be able to continue with my saved game?

[Pharnakes]

Should be able to. At least you can on BI, so i'm 99.99% sure you can on alex.exe

[Maksimus]

Ok, I will test more... but you know... I am in the middle of my campaign wit Epiros.. And I fight a lot so I am in 271 after the Battle of Rome...

I promise... I will test separatly with Casse during the day and will post here..
It's just that I have to install my WinVista now .. so I will post later..

I will keep this thread open.. And some of you people could test also.. If he has Alex.. if not.. I will for all of you.. but later
I will even upload my files that work so you can just copy-paste them.. or mybe I will make a setup for this.. But the point is for you to see the 'catch' because EB 1.1 is under way so.. you can use Alex.exe even after EB 1.1!

[Zarax]

Alex has been reported to be better on the diplomacy side with less backstabbing (ironically I must say as the game was shipped without diplomats) and some say with slightly better battlefield AI.
I think I will try a shot as well provided I can recover my key...

[Little Legioner]

Pls upload Maksimus.

[Zarax]

First report:
with Alex it seems to be marginally faster, just started a Pontus campaign

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

does phalanxes still breaks apart when they attack another phalanx like in RTW?

[iamphet]

Loading is way faster indeed. I did not see much improvement over AI turn timing (75-80 sec vs. 90-95).
But personally I'm not sure that CA broke nothing in Alexander We are all aware of literally breaking changes introduced by RTW patches.

[Maksimus]

does phalanxes still breaks apart when they attack another phalanx like in RTW?

No, I am playing Epeiros and I had no such issues - I think that I have screenshots of one macedonian phalanx attacking mine when we fought in Demetrias.. Will post.. but I just don't have time now - sorry

[Maksimus]

Pls upload Maksimus.

ok ok ok.. I will.. I just have to try my Vista on it and I will confirm that all is ok

First report:
with Alex it seems to be marginally faster, just started a Pontus campaign

Very Nice! Did you follow instructions mentioned above? Just so you can confirm that it works so others would have clear ground on Alex.

Loading is way faster indeed. I did not see much improvement over AI turn timing (75-80 sec vs. 90-95).
But personally I'm not sure that CA broke nothing in Alexander We are all aware of literally breaking changes introduced by RTW patches.

So we have two + me confirmed opinions on speed! Right? Just test some and post here so we have all at one place

[Zarax]

ok ok ok.. I will.. I just have to try my Vista on it and I will confirm that all is ok

Very Nice! Did you follow instructions mentioned above? Just so you can confirm that it works so others would have clear ground on Alex.

So we have two + me confirmed opinions on speed! Right? Just test some and post here so we have all at one place

Instructions worked fine, AI seems less backstabbish as well.
The only gripe I have with Alex exe is that it doesn't support anything BI related, including hording.
It's a shame because I was already thinking about Alex-XGM...

[Ludens]

Instructions worked fine, AI seems less backstabbish as well.
The only gripe I have with Alex exe is that it doesn't support anything BI related, including hording.

How about the tactical and strategical A.I.? Are they doing better?

[||Lz3||]

oh and another question hehe... where the h... can I find skymod?

[Maksimus]

Pls upload Maksimus.

I did not answer or upload the files because if I do you will have to hand-delete some folders - because 'imperial_campaign' that is renamed with 'Alexander' can not owerwriten - it can just be renamed.. so sorry
You are going to have to follow the instructions..

but have a baloon!

and a dancer! that should be a motivation to do it manualy

[overweightninja]

will i be able to continue with my saved game?

I tried to reload a saved game from use with the BI.exe and got a CTD.
Works fine with a new campaign.
So no don't count on it :(

[Maksimus]

Ok..
Can anyone confirm that save-game will work from RTW.exe to Alex.exe?
I would .. but I just got some unexpected probs on my h-drive
so I have no save games... I will have to start over again

[king hannibal]

hi I've got a roman one that's working fine on alex.exe I'm ownly early on in it though 250 bc or something

thanks Alex.exe modders

[Sarkiss]

the feature when you double click a unit card on the battle field and camera promptly moves to the unit is broken in Alex. is it still so in your Alex EB campaigns?

[Zarax]

It's partially broken, you need to not move the mouse while it zooms.

[fallen851]

Is it really that much faster with the Alex.exe?

[Maksimus]

Is it really that much faster with the Alex.exe?

It is.. Even If you have some average or low-end CPU and soft* system!

So.. I tought that om my old PC it realy does not matter - that is, EB on RTW.exe or on Alex.exe I tought It was the same. But, no - even on my Celeron/WinXP or on my C2Duo/64Vista EB on Alex wprks! - ofcourse it goes much faster on my new PC - just think of it.. Alex has much improvements you should check the official site and review of Alex.. much can be found there

[ezekiel2517]

it says it makes it possible for low end computers to play EB but, what about one old like mine?:

P4 at 2.0
nvidia 64 mb
384 RAM

i can play Vanilla with med or high unit detail, large size, unit shaders (without them some units have no feet) and everything else on lowest. I play DarthMod, RTR PE and TIC as well with the same "quality" but when i tried EB 1.1 i had 5 minutes turns and it was not bearable.

if it's gonna lag lots i don't mind waiting until i can buy a new computer.

[Maksimus]

you should try

[Juggernaut]

Do you have a plan to update the uploaded tweaked files so it includes latest bug fixes?

[Maksimus]

no


sorry guys , no time

[||Lz3||]

well I could upload the latest files but unfurtonately I already changed them whit my own modifications , well.. other minimods (I think the ones that intefere are konny's trait changes) , If you want them...I could upload them

or also you could do the changes yourself , just update the files whit the latest fixes and then add alx.exe's changes


-I suggest you to download maksimus' files

-Backup the 3 files that need to be changed (I think they're VnVs enums.txt , export_desc_vnvs.txt, and export_desc_character_traits)

-copy and paste maksimus' files in your RTW folder (or EB data I don't really remember, check the instructions )

-then copy paste the backup files again to where they belong overwriting maksimus'

-add manually the changes (its not that hard you can do it in about 10 or less min)

-open your ebconfig.xml file in your RTW folder and change line 215 (or just serch for ".exe") and make it look like this
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>

now you can use it whit the trivial script and you dont need to change the target line



was I clear enough?

[Juggernaut]

well I could upload the latest files but unfurtonately I already changed them whit my own modifications , well.. other minimods (I think the ones that intefere are konny's trait changes) , If you want them...I could upload them

or also you could do the changes yourself , just update the files whit the latest fixes and then add alx.exe's changes


-I suggest you to download maksimus' files

-Backup the 3 files that need to be changed (I think they're VnVs enums.txt , export_desc_vnvs.txt, and export_desc_character_traits)

-copy and paste maksimus' files in your RTW folder (or EB data I don't really remember, check the instructions )

-then copy paste the backup files again to where they belong overwriting maksimus'

-add manually the changes (its not that hard you can do it in about 10 or less min)

-open your ebconfig.xml file in your RTW folder and change line 215 (or just serch for ".exe") and make it look like this
<Text>RomeTW-ALX.exe -mod:eb -noalexander</Text>

now you can use it whit the trivial script and you dont need to change the target line



was I clear enough?

Thanks, that worked perfectly.