ALEXANDER EB

[Conan]

Starting money seems very generous, with Rome at least, on hard campaign! I've not got past turn 1 yet as just not had time but will do today...

Three questions to start with...

1. Which difficulty would you recommend playing at? Both campaign + battle?

2. Are the core combat mechanics the same as EB in the sense that sword/axe armed units are generally effective against spear units, cavalry switch to swords on Alt + click to make them more effective in melee etc.

3. Would it be possible to have the fog of war back if I wanted? If so would you be kind enough to tell me how? :-)

Looking forward to getting me teeth stuck into this great looking mod! So point I'll get my wife to post the intructions on how she got it working with a steam version of Alex just incase other peeps what to et it working via Steam.

Thanks Maks

[Ludens]

Looking forward to getting me teeth stuck into this great looking mod! So point I'll get my wife to post the intructions on how she got it working with a steam version of Alex just incase other peeps what to et it working via Steam.

That would be appreciated.

[Conan]

Well a few turns in and enjoying the mod so far! Taking me a while to get used to the minimla battlefield UI! As my first seige battle felt like a million year to do I've cheated and hotkeyed "f" to get triple speed back!

I would like to get the fog of war back how do I go about that?

Love the fact factions have elite units + full armies from the start as well :-)

[Conan]

Hi - "The Wife" here

Relatively easy to do with regards to the steam install...

1. Unpack the zip
2. Go to your local install folder for the RTW Alexander Steam game - if you're not sure where this is then open Steam, go to Library, right-click Rome: Total War - Alexander, go to Properties > Local Files tab > Browse Local Files
3. Backup the contents of this folder, just in case
4. Select all of the files from the unpacked zip, and copy into the RTW-Alexander steam install folder, overwriting those currently there
5. Go back into Steam, Library, right-click Rome: Total War - Alexander, go to Properties > General tab > Set Launch options
6. Copy the following into the box: -mod:eb -show_err -nm -noalexander and click OK

Play the game as normal

He's played it for around 12 turns so far with no glitches or crashes, seems to be working fine

[Conan]

Imposter Headache...

How does the Client Ruler system work? I've played as Arch Sel + Romans so far and no matter where I put my hired generals they get the imposter trait and just become a complete headache with public order!

[Maksimus]

Hi All,
@Conan: Thank you for support! I play Very Hard both battle and campaign, for fog of war press ~ (command line) and type: toggle_fow, use recruited generals for battle, not all men are made to administrate :) - if you want them to manage settlement they have to be created within an allied state. Combat mechanics did not change much, but the overall setup did.

Ask Questions I will get back to you all when I can :)

Maks

[Conan]

Hi Maks,

Thanks for your replies! Really enjoying the mod :-)

The Seleukid campaign is tough! Just about started to turn a profit (finally). Just lost my main army in an epic battle with 2 full stacks of Ptolemy elites near alexandria.

Love the way elephants are back to having full hit points and they really are a battle turning force now if used correctly!

Kinda got used to not having the fog of war anymore and not actually sure if I want it back to be honest :-)

Also got used to having the minimal UI during battle, certainly makes you think more as can struggle to identify units in a big melee.

I'm sure I'll have more questions at some point :-)