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[Genius of the Restoration]

Armour-piercing reduces armour by half. Warcry lasts 30 seconds and increases attack by 10. IIRC

[Gen. Chris]

Is Alexander supposed to suck beyond belief??? Cause it does. Horrible AI pathfinding. I tell my calvary to attack, they turn the other way and run to the corner of the map

I never enjoyed Alexander...I just use it for the mods.

[dr_s]

Quick question from a total noob (playing first short campaign as Julii). If I'm at war with a faction, how do I try to negotiate peace? Thanks.

[debux]

Quick question from a total noob (playing first short campaign as Julii). If I'm at war with a faction, how do I try to negotiate peace? Thanks.

Wait 'till you get it offered.

No joke, I guess you've seen it yourself how hard it is to get to negotiate with the AI... you can always download a force diplomacy mod, always when you don't overuse it

[Alexanderos]

Hello , i would like to add silver shield legionaries for carthage , because they pretty lack decent meelee infantry , can someone explain to me how to do it step by step ? I have tried doing it using a guide , but it didn't work. I must mention that i managed to add archers from the greek cities to Carthage , but i just can't get it with this guys. I know i have to edit export_descr_units , models_battle , and other but could anyone explain it to me step by step ?

[Alexanderos]

How can i make my Iberian infantry throw pillas ?

[Sar1n]

A few mods give option for .exe, can someone detail differences? I know that alex has supposedly better AI and BI got few unit abilities like swimming, shield wall or schiltrom, which one do you think is best?

[anycolourfloyd]

i've been wondering about this for some time.. does a general's command stat only effect autobattle? if not, how does it influence a battle map?

[Bonez]

More morale, less likely to break. Also I think it may give a disadvantage to moral to the other army.

[Genius of the Restoration]

Command increases morale and, to an extent, attack. Or at least it used to.

[Ferdiad]

What path is that for.

[Genius of the Restoration]

That was in the original 1.0 I think. A few things have changed since then. Beserkers used to have three hit points IIRC.

[ordoprinceps]

Is there a unit guide for RTW-Barbarian Invasion expansion, I have one for RTW.

[Genius of the Restoration]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=213544

[Ferdiad]

Not that one should be needed.

[Nordicvs]

Quick question from a total noob (playing first short campaign as Julii). If I'm at war with a faction, how do I try to negotiate peace? Thanks.

What Debux said and-or offer them a great deal of money. That usually works for me.

[Flypurplehamster]

My game has a weird problem where the water seems to look pixelated and greenish, which it has since I got the game. Any fixes?

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[LestaT]

Update your graphic card driver ?

[Flypurplehamster]

Update your graphic card driver ?

My computer isn’t very old, but I tried that and it did not work. Can I change something in the game’s files?

[sventington]

Hello,

If I am in a position where I can't force my artillery to withdraw, how can I at least get them to drop their respective pieces of artillery? This has popped up a few times and I can't seem to find any hotkey or anything to help me out.

In addition, where can I find an advanced list of hotkeys? I've been googling for awhile and am not able to come up with much.

Thank you for your time.