The Daily Update at the Com

**peacemaker** · 09-23-2009, 04:58

This time it wasn't my antivirus-it was a combination of Vista not wanting to let stuff edit my program files as it patched. I did a verify-ing of the game files and then tried again and SUCCESS!

I only had time to play a turn or two but on the whole I am happy with this game and it seems that the AI is more or less fixed- after the first turn there was only one DOW between other nations (russia vs sweden).

Nations seem to want to play nice when I tried to make some trade agreements, it seems that whether or not a nation likes you has an effect now.

**Durallan** · 09-23-2009, 05:43

sounds good! still waiting for my patch to download (at 90%) I have vista as welll, hopefully i don't have that problem too :S

**peacemaker** · 09-23-2009, 05:56

XD yeah, I had to wipe my hard drive and now in order to do anything you have to get admin permission. Steam doesn't activate at startup like it's supposed to, and starting games makes me wait for a window to pop up. Silly vista

I'm definetely excited for tomorrow since I want to keep playing

**Lexio X** · 09-23-2009, 21:06

Originally Posted by peacemaker

I only had time to play a turn or two but on the whole I am happy with this game and it seems that the AI is more or less fixed- after the first turn there was only one DOW between other nations (russia vs sweden).

Nations seem to want to play nice when I tried to make some trade agreements, it seems that whether or not a nation likes you has an effect now.

Ah, that's sound good. Maybe this time I'll have time to do something and let the cpu react rather than vice versa. So here's hoping to finishing at least one grand campaign instead of just playing around in battles and laughing at the ridiculous glitches.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 09-25-2009, 20:01

Some news from Kieran

25 September:

Dear All,

In response to several questions and queries we'd like to address a few points.

The new Menu screen 'WTF'??

There are a number of you who dislike the new Warpath menu screen, it was implemented temporarily in order to let everyone know that a new DLC was coming shortly. Whilst those of you who read the forums regularly and follow Total War developments (thank you) will be aware of the expansion, many players at home will not. The menu screen is a good way of letting those players know that an expansion is coming and that it'll be of a native american theme.

And on that note...

When is Warpath coming out?

Very soon. It's gone into our public beta program so it's not much longer of a wait.

Will there be any more patches?

When Warpath is released a patch will be made available symultaniously with it. Patch 1.4 made a great impact on the AI and the feedback we're getting is generally positive, so hopefully you're enjoying it. The patch that arrives with Warpath is really the coup de grace as far as the campaign AI is concerned. It makes a massive difference in the AI's ability to wage war and completes the changes we've begun in 1.4.

Obviously to see the full benefits of the new AI changes in the upcoming patch it's recommended you start a new campaign, however it will be compatible with old save games.

An important point of note so there is no confusion: You do not have to buy Warpath to benefit from the upcoming patch, you will get it automatically. It's release alongisde Warpath is simply for ease of distribution.

Why should I be excited about Warpath?

In all honesty, my favourite thing about Warpath is that it's like 'old Total War versus new Total War'. You start out with axes, horses and bowmen and you must fight against cannon and musket. It's really great to play the two styles agianst one another, plus the new Native American tech tree and agents make for some interesting tactics.

Where the bl**dy hell is the multiplayer campaign beta?

It's also about to go into our public beta group, just behind Warpath, so it's not long now. And it's proving to be great fun. We've held onto the beta for a while in order to implement all the AI changes, so that when you and a friend (Or enemy) get your hands on it, it's really a fun experience. And we're almost there. Of course as it's a beta, it won't be perfect, but the intention is to have as many of you experience it as you wish and feedback via these forums.

Hopefully this has addresed a few of the regular issues appearing here.

Thank you all for your constructive feedback, we listen to what's said politely and it's nice to hear many of you are enjoying Patch 1.4. The next one is even better...

Kind regards,
Kieran

So a new patch is coming and it will (hopefully) improve the AI even further.

**Fisherking** · 09-25-2009, 20:50

That is good news, but I hope it doesn’t mean there are no patches after that. The MP campaign is not out and some times (it seems like a lot of the time) changes made make other things that need changed.

By the way have Grenzers made it into the game yet or are they still fouled up...and I guess I will need to start an Austrian campaign to see if they are still a mess as far as units go...

**peacemaker** · 09-25-2009, 23:07

With all these cool campaign changes, I've almost forgotten about the multiplayer campaign. It's nice to hear that they're still fine-tuning the game and I'm considering buying the expansion, especially since I prefer having games with melee fighting as opposed to running around with guns.

**Durallan** · 09-26-2009, 03:15

well apparently theres another patch on the way, hopefully there will be a 1.5, there needs to be a 1.5 but they may just get tired after 1.5, depends how much money sega is willing to spend most likely, although hopefully these mini DLC's continue to finance their development, I'm glad that they are waiting on the multiplayer campaign till the AI is better, very good idea IMO

**peacemaker** · 09-27-2009, 06:42

Originally Posted by Durallan

well apparently theres another patch on the way, hopefully there will be a 1.5, there needs to be a 1.5 but they may just get tired after 1.5, depends how much money sega is willing to spend most likely, although hopefully these mini DLC's continue to finance their development, I'm glad that they are waiting on the multiplayer campaign till the AI is better, very good idea IMO

I think the next patch is gonna be like 1.4 part 2(Did I misread what they just told us?). They'll probably bring out a patch 1.5 when NTW comes out with the final changes....hopefully...