Reinforcements delayed

[Darkie]

Hi,

I always get this message when having a battle with more than 2.5-3k units depending on the size of the reinforcement army, even when I set things to medium it stays the same. My specs are:

Nvidia 8800 gtx Ultra
E6850 @ 3.6ghz

That's all you need to know I suppose.

[LlamaD]

nope.
memory?

[Darkie]

2gb 800 mhz ddr2 pc 6400

[Furin]

Isn't that the unlimited men true parameter in the cfg file? Needs to be put on true...

Okay here, from my cfg file, set this to 1 and check again.

unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 0 ;<--- 1

[Darviathar]

Isn't that the unlimited men true parameter in the cfg file? Needs to be put on true...

Okay here, from my cfg file, set this to 1 and check again.

unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 0 ;<--- 1

Where do I find this ? My CFG file doesn't mention anything like it.

[LlamaD]

but then(without the parameter) why can the reinforcements arrive sometimes and sometimes the cpu says : enough, i can't take it anymore, wait till some died, then u get it.
?
is there a trigger or something?
<= 2500 men (reinforcement arrive)
> 2500 men (reinforcement delayed)

I guess when your unit board is full (18 or 20 units) and you don't let the AI control the reinforcements, they wait until there's space to join the battlefield. but then again, they are supposedly not delayed by message.

someone else got insight on this ?

and darkie : u set things to medium and the overall amount of soldiers stays the same ? that would mean you just lowered the graphics, not the unitstacksize (requires fresh campaign(?) ).
This would only help if the problem is graphic-related. Doesn't seem so to me.
And i suppose that you got more then enough free space on your harddrive...

if you indeed reduced the unit size and the message continues, try to put it on minimal and see if it continues or disappears.

But anyways, the parameter should work => all available armies join the field looking for some Lag

that can lead to extended battlefield space. at least it does in custom battles. so it's a nice thing if there are places you couldn't reach before, and they offer you serious advantages, like mountains, hills etc.

Where do I find this ? My CFG file doesn't mention anything like it.

i have it in Medieval II Total War\medieval2.preference.cfg

[Furin]

If he changes it there it won't help for DLV, need to be changed in the file DLV_ext.cfg in the MTW2 root directory, copy this line into the appropriate section in your file:

[game]
unlimited_men_on_battlefield = 1

And the message is simply misinforming, instead of writing "please change this parameter in your cfg file" CA decided to make it "your PC isn't good enough" for whatever reason.

[s.rwitt]

Hi,

I always get this message when having a battle with more than 2.5-3k units depending on the size of the reinforcement army, even when I set things to medium it stays the same. My specs are:

Nvidia 8800 gtx Ultra
E6850 @ 3.6ghz

That's all you need to know I suppose.

I get this too. Never happened before beta 3, even with beta 2.

[Omar Nelson B.]

You might have to go back in and change it again. I had this prob also after installing 5.6.

[Darkie]

It helped for me, ty

[s.rwitt]

Sorry guys, but where is this file that you have to change?

[s.rwitt]

I can't open it. Is there some kind of software I need?

[Aeon`]

A .cfg is a text file.

Use wordpad or whatever

[Omar Nelson B.]

I can't open it. Is there some kind of software I need?

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