Official All Questions Thread (Maintained by the ACW Team)

[A Barbarian]

Atm, there is no tech tree. It's supposed to come with 3.5. There are also no agents and no ships and almost no diplomacy (North can trade with all, South with none, that's about it). Atm, the mod essentially focuses on land battles but does that beautifully imho. The AI is great (apparently parts are from Darth Mod), maps and units are beautiful and effects stunning

[Marcus Vitruvius]

Thanks for the reply! Whens the release date for 3.5?

[shokh]

I donīt want to say a release date. But one thing can be sure, this is the biggest update since 3.0 release and will take a good amount of time now.

[Antioco III]

Hi all! Your mod is awesome, but i have a problem: even with the lowest graphic settings, when my guys are shooting at the yankees, the game gets slower What can i do?
Thanks

[noobd]

When I try to start a US/CS campaign, the ACW Brothers vs. Brothers screen takes up my entire screen for a few seconds and then I receive a CTD. Here is my log:

ACW 3.X log - 08/07/2012
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Info:
Registered owner: Chris, Is admin? True, Has limited token? True
OS: Windows XP x 32 - N/A, Version: 5, Build Number: 2600
Memory: Total: 3327 Available: 2534
Display: 1280 x 800 - 32 bit
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Mod Installation Path:
ACW path: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW
Current Campaign: RTI3
Steam Status: On
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Current non vanilla files in data folder:

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Actions:
* 20:03:24 -> Mod started
* 20:03:24 -> boot.pack removed.
* 20:03:31 -> bg_art.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:03:31 -> bg_boot.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:00 -> bg_core.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:02 -> bg_db.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:21 -> bg_models.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:21 -> bg_movie.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:21 -> bg_music.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:24 -> US selected. Launching procedure started:
* 20:04:24 -> scripting_us_union.lua copied.
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_art.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_core.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_db.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_models.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_music.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_camp_rti.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> mod bg_us_rti.pack;
* 20:04:24 -> ACW mod files commands added in user script for US RTI3.
* 20:04:24 -> bg_camp_rti.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:24 -> bg_us_rti.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:25 -> bg_us_txt.pack moved from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\ACW\Packs to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data.
* 20:04:27 -> Startpos copied from C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\campaigns\ACW_RTI3\US to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\campaigns\ACW_RTI3.
* 20:04:28 -> Launching procedure completed.
* 20:04:28 -> ==========================================
Final Files in Data: 

* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_art.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_boot.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_camp_rti.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_core.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_db.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_models.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_movie.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_us_rti.pack
* 20:04:28 -> C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data\bg_us_txt.pack
* 20:04:28 -> ==========================================

* 20:04:30 -> Empire started succesfully

I had ETW & DMUC installed but Steam stopped working so I had to reinstall ETW twice. There may be traces of DMUC left, but I don't know what/where they would be. ETW loads fine without ACW.

[Post Hoc]

the music pack file doesnt seem to be in there

[shokh]

Either turn down the particle effects graphic settings from ETW or delete the table particle_effects in bg_db.pack.

[Antioco III]

I don't think i delete the right one... Now empire does not run anymore. I know you have work to do, but i really would like to enjoy your mod in the best way i can. Can you please tell me the exact file i have to delete and where it is located? Sorry i'm a supernoob.
Thanks

[Minas Moth]

@noobod

as Post Hoc said... you are missing a bg_music.pack. you have to download ACW music file and install it too..

[Minas Moth]

ANSWERED&

[Hoj]

Atm, there is no tech tree. It's supposed to come with 3.5.

I notice that "the other side" will always start with techs that you don't have. Pre-war I have been able to buy these techs from the non-playable nations for 20k or so each, but once the war starts that sort of money never seems to be around.

I've also noticed that once war starts and you try diplomancy with "the other side", they have many many more techs, more than what they started with pre-war. With the game in its current format, does this mean the "other side" will always streets ahead of you in tech advancment or is this tech advancement just a visual illusion and just a side effct of the mod in its current format?

[Minas Moth]

I notice that "the other side" will always start with techs that you don't have. Pre-war I have been able to buy these techs from the non-playable nations for 20k or so each, but once the war starts that sort of money never seems to be around.

I've also noticed that once war starts and you try diplomancy with "the other side", they have many many more techs, more than what they started with pre-war. With the game in its current format, does this mean the "other side" will always streets ahead of you in tech advancment or is this tech advancement just a visual illusion and just a side effct of the mod in its current format?

in current format tech advancement/tech tree is completely irrelevant... player and AI both start the game with all the techs needed to build all of the units supported currently. that is why there is no need to do any research whatsoever. I would advise against buying technologies from other nations before the War because there is simply no need to do that... you have everything you need and that money can be put to good use somewhere else.

the "AI advancement" in technology is also irrelevant. it seems that AI "researches" new technologies with/without college building. the important thing is: it gains no bonuses from those researches as their effects have been set aside.

I personally never bother with technology tree in the ACW 3.x. but that is maybe because I have some secret insight what is in store for us all once we incorporate Tech tree into the mod...

[Hoj]

Thanks for the quick reply. I thought that must be the case, but it is always nice to get an official conformation.

[Idaho]

game crashes during the battle , and the time of crush is random. Sometimes i can play 10 min 20 min, other time 5 min. But the game is still crushing. PLEASE HELP ME BECAUSE THE MOD IS GREAT.

[shokh]

Reduce Unitsize, lowering graphic settings and close all other programms while playing. More i canīt say for now.

[Idaho]

I wish it would be so easy. But i think where is the problem, SMOKE!!!! it crashes becosuse of smoke :/.
FX are from Smoke&Blode Mod?
The Enhanced Empire is working with no problems, and i think there is older version of S&B?
What can I do to not use this mod in ACW?

SRY FOR MY ENG

No sry Enhanced Empire is also crushing :/, but stil i think it is about the smoke

EDIT: posts merged; MM

[shokh]

The smoke have some impact on performance, yes. If it is too much for your memory then it can crash.
Check out this thread: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=548862

[holden558]

The ACW3Beta_setup.zip file with main mod is about 350 MB (compressed), in zip format using 7z. Windows should be able to unzip it but if not use 7zip as Shokh suggested.

What effect does it have if you dont zip the files ??

[shokh]

What effect does it have if you dont zip the files ??

You posting abour something that is related to an older version of our mod.
The actual version 3.4 does not need to be unzipped, itīs a normal installer in exe file format.

[marcello]

One question, what are union horse artillery batteries armed with in the game? The guns look like 3 inch ordnance rifles but when checking maximum range in a set battle it appears from the red marker as much shorter.