ALEXANDER EB

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Much thanks to everyone who worked to get EB 1.1 working on Alex.exe.

Having tried it though, I'm not sure it suits my style of play. I play with Huge unit size, and I'm very worried about the AI draining their city populations because they're retraining their depleted units as well as building new ones. This makes for larger enemy armies, and bigger battles, but how are the smaller towns going to cope?

As far as the AI goes, I like it a lot. The AI is extremely aggressive, even on Medium campaign difficulty. For instance, Pahlava attacked Seleucia immediately! Never seen that in BI. The AI is so aggressive you can almost imagine that you are playing against other humans in a multiplayer game!

The AI does seem to gather it's troops together better too.

[LumpyHL]

i dont know but i think that alx.exe is easier than bi. I havent seen naval activity yet only few cheap ships(and they are 3x cheaper than was in original export_units.) Im in 255 and some factions which were very strong in RTW and BI are now weak and stupid. For expample Germans,Carthagians Seleucid, Dacia. They cant capture rebel setllements and they have been destroying by small factions. But i think that battle AI is better.

please some pictures of your campains in year abou 255 and 200

[Blazing141]

Hi there,
I'm using 1.1 with Alex and with Darth Stalin's revised Romani skins...and I just want to be sure that immortality has been taken care of in the this version, as my initial faction leader is already 71....is this normal? when can I know if he is unnnaturally old?

Please advise, thanks.
B

[Darth Stalin]

Well, maybe he's just very lucky...
As I remember, I had Dentatus in my old 1.0 campaign to live about as long on RTW 1.5 engine - the old FMs chave the increasing chance of dying when old enough, but this is stil a chance, not certainity. Rare occasion, but happens sometimes...

[Maksimus]

I am not sure how to do it?

What is the difference?

[king hannibal]

The same target that was used for EB 1 is used for EB11 so the targer is the same.
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hi yeah I got it working with that shortcut and several other it works for a short while each time but then CTD me and when I try going back on it comes back up with the MP menu setup

has anyone else go this happening?

[mcantu]

Much thanks to everyone who worked to get EB 1.1 working on Alex.exe.

Having tried it though, I'm not sure it suits my style of play. I play with Huge unit size, and I'm very worried about the AI draining their city populations because they're retraining their depleted units as well as building new ones. This makes for larger enemy armies, and bigger battles, but how are the smaller towns going to cope?

As far as the AI goes, I like it a lot. The AI is extremely aggressive, even on Medium campaign difficulty. For instance, Pahlava attacked Seleucia immediately! Never seen that in BI. The AI is so aggressive you can almost imagine that you are playing against other humans in a multiplayer game!

The AI does seem to gather it's troops together better too.

IIRC, the EB script replenishes depleted cities...

[Maksimus]

hi yeah I got it working with that shortcut and several other it works for a short while each time but then CTD me and when I try going back on it comes back up with the MP menu setup

has anyone else go this happening?

Sorry I am not sure what is the problem

Hi there,
I'm using 1.1 with Alex and with Darth Stalin's revised Romani skins...and I just want to be sure that immortality has been taken care of in the this version, as my initial faction leader is already 71....is this normal? when can I know if he is unnnaturally old?

Please advise, thanks.
B

It is just fine, Immortality is fixed so dont worry

And about the T script, I am not sure how to change it and I dont have much time so any suggestions would be nice :))

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

IIRC, the EB script replenishes depleted cities...

Really? I didn't know that.

How does it work?

[king hannibal]

Sorry I am not sure what is the problem

hi sorry to give you a head arch

I've done everything you said to do to get ALX-EB working which I ends up working but after the first time I've played it and come off it the shortcut don't take me to the single player menu setup anymore but instead takes me MP menu setup

and so I can't load my game I tryed several target ending which have work but none that have sorted out the problem

but I'm pretty sure now that it's something to do with playing MP on the same copy as ALX-EB not totaly sure though

[Maksimus]

Just reinstall everything and try again, but place installation in default folders

[king hannibal]

that include EB from scratch as well or you ALX.exe files and setup of it

thanks

[Maksimus]

I mean everything . Whole RTW game and then install Rome and Alexander and this patch

That means reamove the Activison/Sega game, install it from scratch

New install must be in default folders.

so it goes: install Rome, patch 1,3 and 1,5 and then install Alexander add-on and then this patch

[king hannibal]

NICE not

think I'll try doing abit of modding to see if I can get it to work as I've got a load of mods on RTW take like aday to sort it out from scratch

[Lysimachos]

Hi there,
I'm using 1.1 with Alex and with Darth Stalin's revised Romani skins...and I just want to be sure that immortality has been taken care of in the this version, as my initial faction leader is already 71....is this normal? when can I know if he is unnnaturally old?

Please advise, thanks.
B

I once had a family member some years over 80 in EB 1.0 on RTW 1.5, so i'd say unnaturally old is something over 90/95 :)

[Sarkiss]

does my Alex need to be totally "clean"?
i have a mini-mod that tweaks unit movement speeds an other minor changes installed over it ages ago. can i still use this copy?
thanks

P.S. also interested if immortal bug being fixed btw.

[Blazing141]

Dentatus now 75 years old....will keep you guys posted on whether immortality has truly been fixed...

[Dooz]

I'm pretty sure it says right in the first post that immortality has been fixed, as well as confirmed throughout recent posts.

Just to add my own confirmation of death to ease your troubled minds, my faction leader recently died at the ripe old age of 68. So that's that.

If I'm not mistaken, there just might still be immortality for some far-off rebel generals just so they don't die by the time anyone gets to them and their garrisons take off and ruin all that fun stuff.

[Blazing141]

....praying for Dentatus' death....

[Maksimus]

does my Alex need to be totally "clean"?
i have a mini-mod that tweaks unit movement speeds an other minor changes installed over it ages ago. can i still use this copy?
thanks

P.S. also interested if immortal bug being fixed btw.

You can easilly just see what files are tweaked from the download link. And yes you can use most minimods - that is, ALL minimods for EB if you want. But you must see if other minimods are compatibly vice versa - coz I am not sure I dont use them all ( I use CityMod and Naval)

I can confirm that only the mods that tweak traits or descr_start.txt* are NOT compatible - all other are compatible

[Sarkiss]

You can easilly just see what files are tweaked from the download link. And yes you can use most minimods - that is, ALL minimods for EB if you want. But you must see if other minimods are compatibly vice versa - coz I am not sure I dont use them all ( I use CityMod and Naval)

I can confirm that only the mods that tweak traits or descr_start.txt* are NOT compatible - all other are compatible

i see, thanks.
the only mods im planning to use are Spols of Victory and perhaps Force Diplomacy but these two shouldnt cause any trouble...
will give it a try, thanks.
btw, difficulty settings are more or less comparable with 1.5 and BI exe?
i mean if i usually play EB on Hard campaign will it be the same or weaker/harder with Alex exe?

[Darth Stalin]

Well, I suggest playing campain on Very hard, with battles on Hard.
Anything easier than Very hard in campaign means losing your time - the AI is a little bit demanding only on VH settings, no matter which engine it uses.

[Maksimus]

I suggest Very Hard campaigns in any case and Very hard or default (medium) battle..

[Barry Soteiro]

Maksimus what do you think about Kosovo independancy ? Just curious

[kepta]

Did anyone get alex.exe to work with the trivial script yet? If not this link from the bi thread might help. https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...60&postcount=7

[Maksimus]

Maksimus what do you think about Kosovo independancy ? Just curious

... look this post and plz dont ask those questions here

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...d.php?t=156236

[Darth Stalin]

Very hard battles are not good option - the AI cheats with units' stats...

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

How can I use the TrivalScript with alex.exe?

[Maksimus]

Check out ebconfig.xml file in Rome folder.

Find
Code:

<Element> <ID>RtwStart</ID> <Type>String</Type> <Values> <Text>RomeTW.exe -mod:eb</Text> </Values> </Element>


Change RomeTW.exe to whatever you like.

That is ALX.exe

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

Thanks