Modifying the end_date - is it possible?

[Rottweiler]

Hi,

before starting the next campaign I would like to know if altering the campaign end_date from 14 to 100 (AD) would be possible without crashing the game when it happens? Or in other words: does it bring stability conflicts with EB script if starting/ending dates are modified in any way?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

The script ends in AD14, so if you change the date, everything will continue to work, just without the 4tpy script.

[Rottweiler]

The script ends in AD14, so if you change the date, everything will continue to work, just without the 4tpy script.

I thank thee for the answer.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Also, it we be savegame incompatible.
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[Pharnakes]

Also, you will never get there anyway, so it doesn't matter.

[Darth Stalin]

Where will I never get to?
Is that impossible to play till 14 AD? Is there any bug or crash or whatever that prevents the player from reaching that date?

BTW: why 14 Ad and not any other date?

And what about the infamous "66 BC bug"? Is that finally removed in EB 1.0?

[Pharnakes]

How can anyone play one faction for over 1100 turns?

(272+14)X4=1144 turns.

Surely that is more than enough?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

AD14 was choosen for no real reason. It is the death of Avgvstvs, but it doesn't really matter. I don't believe anyone has ever gotten to the end date. If you play that long, there will be no other factions left and the entire map will be yours.

I think the 66BC crash is still in there. I heard recently that it is impossible to get rid of. Though it only appears for the factions that are Roman (for EB that is Arche Seleukeia, Hayasdan, and Baktria). Again, I don't think anyone has ever gotten there.

[Pharnakes]

Whats this?

First I've heard of it.

Though, as you say, it doesn't seem like a game breaking bug...

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

In 66BC, the game will force the Roman civil war to start, if you have not started it already. If there is no Senate faction, the game will crash. I thought it was gone with RTW v1.5 or when you renamed the Senate faction (the slot is called "saba" internally), but apparently it still remains. I guess nobody has ever played EB that long to find out, though.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Maybe pull back the end date to 67 BC then?

I presume it won't hit with BI.exe or Alex.exe...
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[thelord]

I'm determined to get to 14 AD with my save, so i may well be the first. If so I can find out if this CTD still exists.

I'm at 112 BC currently, check out my AAR thats in progress to keep track if you like

[Xoo]

Btw what do "the 4tpy script" mean?

[Mediolanicus]

It is the script that is integrated into the EBBS script that gives you 4 turns/seasons per year.

[Xoo]

It is the script that is integrated into the EBBS script that gives you 4 turns/seasons per year.

Hehe, who will help us and make 12 turns per year... For moment we have 4 turns per year. :D

It means we need to add 8 new turns per year, lol.

It will add a long from BC272 to AD14... (except a known bug as BC 66?)

[||Lz3||]

I have an idea , why dont use another roman calendar? in roma surrectum (I think) they used another calendar which was based upon the creation of Rome (480 after rome was created ) so it didnt had the 66 bug


In another questions , if I were the romans and I get to 66 will the game still crash? even though the "roman factions are controled by the AI? , I think I heard that there couldn't be any civil war if the romans were controled by the AI

[QuintusSertorius]

How can anyone play one faction for over 1100 turns?

(272+14)X4=1144 turns.

Surely that is more than enough?

Probably. I could quite happily have played my Roman game down to 31BC, that was my intent. As it was I only managed as far as 133BC before serious bugs killed it.