ALEXANDER EB

[TWFanatic]

It works! I downloaded your mini-mod pack for ALEX.exe as well, and best of all, it is all save-game compatible. All hail the great Lz3!

Now I may continue my campaign which, if all continues to go as planned, will form the basis of my upcoming AAR.

[||Lz3||]

1 great it work , enjoy it!

2- I'm honestly "scared shitless" about the savegame... cause... I did modified the EDCT... which means your traits will be all messed up

[TWFanatic]

Well if anything goes wrong in my savegame I'm blaming you.

[iberus_generalis]

i've seen some Chinese units in the files of the Alex mod( the second mod downloadable here)... are they recruitable? i've not yet managed to find them in gmae=S

[Maksimus]

only if you play EB 1.0 you can use chinese units in the far far east of the map (as mercenaries)

but i did not updated the EB 11

[jmadden50]

Sorry to be late for the party, but I can recommend this setup to anyone! Absolutely top-notch work by all involved. I'm having a blast playing this and it really does run much quicker, especially with regards to the AI's moves and load/exit times. And of course EB 1.1 + Alex's .exe makes for VERY addictive gameplay. Everyone have fun; I'm going back to playing now! First-rate modding goodness!

[iberus_generalis]

guess that the chinese are on the to-do list then=) and i thinking i was almost done modding my EB build to my personal perfection, almost thinking of giving my FR:RE mods a go and customize them to crispy eye candy=SS
what was exactly the provinces you could recruit them in? i know im being lazy=PPPPPPP

[TWFanatic]

Two questions:

1. How many more spaces are available in the DMB file with ALEX?

2. What new units should I add?

[||Lz3||]

Two questions:

1. How many more spaces are available in the DMB file with ALEX?

2. What new units should I add?

1- I dont know... I think not many know but for example LoTR (Lord of The Rings) total was uses alex and now is using 324 unitslots and they haven't reached the hardocoded limit yet , they are looking to add even more units :P, so who knows... there's a lot of new unit spaces

2- up to you :P , personally I added the Aquilifer (thanks to you ) and even more italic allies for the romani :P , I did not created those units though , I just... merged several mods together :P

and in another example mucky added more imperial and praetorian units, it's totally up to you

[iberus_generalis]

1- If im not mistaken ALex.EXE raised the model cap from 250, to 330(or something like it, but i believe its 330), the Units Slot is still 500, but we are still far from reaching it!
2- What new Units? whatever units you feel like it=))))))))) Depends on whatever floats your boat.
To me its ethnical diversity, so i added a lot of units and principes/hastati variants all over italy=), as well as the mauryan army units from Res Gestae in Indian, Several iberian armies across the Iberian Peninsula, several units across north africa, a lot of celtic new units, the Chinese units present in EB ALEX in 1.0, i put in new Horse models for pretty much every horse in the game...the list goes on... As i said, you can add pretty much whatever you want=)))))

[Atraphoenix]

any chance to add a new building in Alex.exe?
did it expanded hardcoded building limit of EB?

cos I am planning to add two gowermnent buildings is it possible so?

[iberus_generalis]

dont think so...

[Atraphoenix]

so I have to sacrifce one victim building instead?

[||Lz3||]

I honestly don't know about buildings ...

[Atraphoenix]

In EB it is hardcoded that Eb used all buildings slots. no idea wether this mod increased the building slots or not..

[auboy105]

Nice work, thanks!

But just to be clear, is this the full Alex mod, or just the files required to play EB1.1 (with fixes) on the Alex.exe?

because I'm looking just to play normal EB on Alex.exe...

Im thinking this looks to be just the alex mod basic and not the mini mod...

Does this basic Alex mod also contain all of the current EB fixes as the mini mod does?

[||Lz3||]

yes

remember to use the files in my signature not the ones in the first post though

[||Lz3||]

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the advantage of using alexander exe is really noticeable , and the ammount of things you could do with it its also amazing , but unfortunately I lack the modding skills/creativity/time to create a full quality mod

there were several things incluided in the alex.exe rtw like

• 330 unit slots instead of 255 -the hardcoded limit in rtw.exe- so you can fill your game with A LOT of new units if you know how to model or even adding units from other mods (as I did , but since I doubt the other mod teams will give me rights for their units I can't release a version of that)
• Sort of Moddable campaign AI -you can force a faction NOT to attack another one, don't knwo if this could be implemented somehow
• Substansially faster loading times (when loading EB - its about 30 seconds faster than rtw in my computer)

[Hax]

• Sort of Moddable campaign AI -you can force a faction NOT to attack another one, don't knwo if this could be implemented somehow

Arche Seleukeia - Pahlava
Arche Seleukeia - Hayasdan
Arche Seleukeia - Baktria

Well, if you were really awesome you could try and put a script in which forces the AS not to attack those factions until they have taken a few number of settlements under Seleucid control, yes?

[satalexton]

=/ y wud the chinese be in the eastern fringe of the map when the Qin's busy steam rolling the other 6 states?

[Intranetusa]

I'm sure a couple of Qin soldiers could've wandered west and became mercs =D

and after the 3rd century BCE, the Han Dynasty started expanding westwards to Central Asia...so use your imagination :D

[TWFanatic]

So many unit slots, so many units to choose from, so little time...

I wonder if there are any units that the EB team discarded and/or replaced that we could request the spare parts from.

Also, maybe we could have local hoplitai for each Hellenic city-state rather than merely "classical hoplitai."

[||Lz3||]

So many unit slots, so many units to choose from, so little time...

I wonder if there are any units that the EB team discarded and/or replaced that we could request the spare parts from.

Also, maybe we could have local hoplitai for each Hellenic city-state rather than merely "classical hoplitai."

hehe exactly my feelings ...

and I also had the hoplite idea ... but I'm waiting for a certain mod to finish their new version so I can merge some units ... *cough* RS2, also I guess you could add more iberian units from RTR IB

[satalexton]

yo lz, care to gimme the 'private' mod of urs that uses those nice ALEX.exe unit slots?

[||Lz3||]

yo lz, care to gimme the 'private' mod of urs that uses those nice ALEX.exe unit slots?

err... not sure if I can do that ... you know the whole thing of "you may only use em for personal use"


either way I haven't made many modifications regarding unit slots... I do have lots of ideas but not the will power/time/energy to apply them

so far I've limited myself to italic allies only

[TWFanatic]

Thus far I've added Berserkers, Dogs, Pigs, Bull Warriors, and Oliphants Italic, Germanic, and Celtiberian units.

[Atraphoenix]

anyone knew or tired how to install RS legions in alex?

[TWFanatic]

It would be a bloody pain in the arse. Besides, most of the legions contained in RS were created after EB's timeframe.

[iberus_generalis]

May the Gods forgive me, but i've gotten the hog o' War and the Dogs from hell back into my EB=))))

BTW i tried installing the Republican legions of RS into my EB back in the day of 0.8X beta, the work was huge, the results although satisfying proved to be a lackluster, as i wasted about 30+ model slots just for the legions alone, and then my pc had to be formated...GG!!!
My advice...get a generic Legionary model, a generic centurion model, and then several models for the various standard beares...that will save you a lot of work, as well as model slots, that can be used for other stuff=)

[||Lz3||]

It would be a bloody pain in the arse. Besides, most of the legions contained in RS were created after EB's timeframe.

that's why I didn't used them... EB has turned me in a history geek now I can't whitstand historical inaccuracy but it's certainly plausible , not... that difficult though ...but rather time consuming