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    Default Some stuff I found

    So I started my Saka Rauka VH/VH campaign like 1 1/2 month ago and saw some interesting stuff.

    The only real bad bug I met was CTD when Carthage capital rebel, but here's some others.

    1) The late Saka Bodyguard on the "Units trained/retrained" page pop-up has it's own unit picture. But when I open the unit profile to read it I see a peasant.

    2) On the battlefield the late Saka Bodyguard has bows and arrows on his saddle, yet he can't shoot.

    3) The Parthian Noble Cataphract, or some unit I forgot the exact name, is labled "Horse Archer" in the info box during battle yet it can't shoot.

    Ah yeah and I won the campaign. I actually wanted to post this like a month or more ago but there's some problem with registeration.

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    Default Re: Some stuff I found

    for #3- its just for realism- IIRC, they did use them, but use thier spears and swords much more often, so they chose to use those & not the bows
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    Well... then why label it "missile cavalry"?

    The label "missile cavalry" means it should shoot missiles.

    This isn't the name of the unit, it's the unit type label "light cavalry, heavy cavalry that sort".

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    probably a scripting error......
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    That label helps the AI making up formations, which admittedly it is not very good at.
    EDIT: The bow etc. depicted on the unit is because the unit in real life would have used aforementioned bow and arrows; but also its lance and second side-arm. The problem is, however, that RTW only allows for 2 weapons per unit, and the descision was made to keep the lance & second side arm - and reduce the bow and arrows to mere decoration.
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    They can use the lance as a "sidearm" ; )

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    Correct and for cata's:
    1) Bow
    2) Lance
    3) Sword/Axe.

    That's 3 in my book - which is one too many for RTW. Some cata's get the bow/lance; other the lance/second-side-arm combination AFAIK. But the unused weapon is still painted on the unit, because in reality it would've been used.
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    Ah I see.

    So what about that picture of RTW peasant?

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    No clue: the right tga files *are* there.

    Might be due to the fact you've been playing for a long time on end which causes the RTW engine to see problems that aren't there?
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