0 turn recruitment to 1 turn

**owen** · July 09, 2009, 11:34 AM

I love the 0 turn recruitment but i was just wondering if it could be harder to get better units. for example make all legionary cohorts 1 turn and auxila 0 turn and vice verca for all other faction equivilants. Or would this just make the AI recruit the bad 0 turn units all the time?

**Legionary Titus Pullo** · July 13, 2009, 03:55 AM

i think you have answerd your own question, with the dilemma you will always face when you give the AI that sort of choice

**Odoaker** · July 13, 2009, 12:22 PM

Yeah, I like 0 turn recruitement! It's useful, in Roma Surrectum 1.5! Most troops per 0 turn. Some units 1 turn. Elite troops 2 turns. That's really fair and give's us a feeling, of the difference of light infantry/militia and elite troops. Also is it more realism having more simple troops on field then elite troops.

**stanley86** · July 13, 2009, 03:07 PM

But on the other hand, you can be sure to face countless stacks of AI armies later on in the campaign. That's why I want to experiment with the My EDU - 3x Costs, 2x Maintenance for Units sub-mod
because fighting 10 battles each turn can become really irritating

Moreover, you can forget to invade an AI empire, when you turn off the FoW and see 50+ full stacks just waitng to attack anyone (you).
P.S. But still, RS is a kick-ass mod.

**dvk901** · July 13, 2009, 07:32 PM

I guess it just depends on what you like. I had just the experience you mention playing the Romans for the only time in RS1.5. I had taken Gaul, Spain, Carthage and Greece, and turned my attention to the east for the first time. I assembled 8 Legions for the invasion of Anatolia...brought them to Constantinople, and then, just out of curiosity, turned off FOW ot see what I would face. Pergamon and Parthia had wasted the Far East and 50+ full stack armies were just itching for a fight. A lot of people see this and think.."Oh,that's just not right!". I, on the otherhand, was overjoyed! It took fifty years and countless battles and reinforcements to finally subdue Pergamon...with Parthia just waiting for it's chance. Great fun!

**HunterKYA** · July 16, 2009, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by owen

I love the 0 turn recruitment but i was just wondering if it could be harder to get better units. for example make all legionary cohorts 1 turn and auxila 0 turn and vice verca for all other faction equivilants. Or would this just make the AI recruit the bad 0 turn units all the time?

I suggest if you want larger battles more often, where it would literally take you decades to subdue an enemy because of how many armies they have, then go ahead with 0-turn recruitment. Word to the wise, don't be surprised if you see other nations begin to steamroll over each opponent they fight due to sheer weight of numbers, because you may eventually have to fight an enemy that has 30, 40, 50+ full stack armies, as DVK did in his campaign.

If you want something a little more moderately paced, then use 1-turn recruitment. That way, if you fight larger battles, they're most often decisive and the enemy may not (and I say that with caution) have the strength to fully recover after that blow. Enemies will, possibly, use strategy to weigh their options about making war with certain nations, contrary to sending stack after stack as they would with 0-turn recruitment.

It's all about your play style, and whether 0-turn or 1-turn recruitment is best for you.

**tito labieno** · July 16, 2009, 06:55 AM

I agree, if you want to fight on the battlefield as Caesar or Hannibal use 0-turn recruitment. Instead, if you want more time for strategy change to 1-turn.

**Legionary Titus Pullo** · July 16, 2009, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by tito labieno

I agree, if you want to fight on the battlefield as Caesar or Hannibal use 0-turn recruitment. Instead, if you want more time for strategy change to 1-turn.

Nicely put.

**Fridericus Rex** · July 16, 2009, 12:13 PM

I guess, I am on "0-turn" - can I change to "1-turn" during the game and how?

I like to play with more strategic considerations.

**Scipio praeditus** · July 16, 2009, 01:32 PM

Yes you can change 0 to 1 turn recruitment in a campaign with the batch file in the important stuff folder (don't forget to switch the text files as well), though if this was properly tested I have no clue.

**dvk901** · July 16, 2009, 02:57 PM

Look in the _important_stuff folder and you will see a folder named:

recruitment

In that folder are the two options. Just copy the files out of whichever one you want into the 'data' folder.

**Fridericus Rex** · July 16, 2009, 03:43 PM

DVK - the important_stuff folder is in the data folder.
I took both "option_0" folder out to desktop and left only the two "option_1", but still the game is loading with the "0" option, even a new game.

What's wrong?

**Scipio praeditus** · July 16, 2009, 06:03 PM

If I remember correctly there was a batch file for each choice that had to be activated to integrate the switched text files, though reading DVK's comment i'm not so sure anymore.
Seeing as I don't have RS installed anymore in anticipation of RS2 (for at least the last year now), I can't go and check, but if there is anything other than a text file in there activate it and it should work.

**Legionary Titus Pullo** · July 18, 2009, 08:11 AM

try reinstalling one of the patches and i think you will get a choice menu - although now that i think of it i think that was another MOD, i will look later when i get in as i have two versions of RS on my game system