not going anywhere.

[Nazok]

well the game is at a dead end.my profit is 109 at 1159AD.since merchant trade is useless i am not getting any income. only 275 and i got like 10 merchants.and for some reason my army upkeep is 10k and corruption is 5k.everything else looks about right except thoes 2.

[Nick_Since_1985]

No it isn't the game is over when you lost you last city...


Besides what are you trading with you merchants and where are they trading it...

Oh and I would use that 10k army...

[Quark]

Nazok
Add a little detail, faction, LE or EE campaign, maybe even a map. Because with 10 merchants you should have plenty of trade, let alone from things like roads, markets, ports, merchant guilds etc.

[Nazok]

well thats the problem. i dont have a 10k army.i only have 5 places that are forrtifed with 4-6 units. while most towns just have 1-3 units.i have no idea where the 10k is coming from,other the 5k from corruption.

[Nazok]

this is a SS of my income and expenditure.am poland, early era.

EDIT:added end of turn report

[Jyvblamo]

Tell us what your financial scroll says.
Edit: nvm

[kbibs89]

here a tip go to your campaign.xml and open it in word pad scroll down till you find the merchants area and change the # there by double and that should help[ your merchant problem

[Nazok]

here a tip go to your campaign.xml and open it in word pad scroll down till you find the merchants area and change the # there by double and that should help[ your merchant problem

Done,ill see how it works.on a side note, is there anyway to edit the doccument in vista without having to save it to desktop and copy and paste it back in the game folder?

[B. Ward]

Well, at least you're making "some" money and not in the red

[Nazok]

btw anyway to turn down the army upkeep cost by 1/3?

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Disband some units and place only free upkeep militia in cities?

[Quark]

Nazok
I could tell you lots of ways to cheat, but what would be the point of playing then?

As to the scroll, I notice some things
1. You are paying 900 tribute to some one
2. You have poor merchants. Try sending them to look for tobacco resources in Anotolia or Palestine. I would not send a merchant to any resource which does not bring in 100 on its own, and normally find ones with 300-500.
3. You have a expensive army, how much cavalry do you posses.
4. What is your castle to city ratio.

[Nazok]

ok so i went to my most fortified city. got the avg cost of the units and times it by how many units i had. then i times that by how many regions i controled,and the total was around 6k.so if i have every city and castle fortfied with atlest 8 units the max should be 6k.and most of my cities are empty except for 1 unit or general.

[Nazok]

i have absolutley no cavalry.i changed my merchant income and now most resources are between 200-600.well the ones in egypt and far away places.my army upkeep just seems to be messed up.NO WAY i have a 10k army.my city to csatle ratio is bad. 9-5 but i dont have 10k to change my castles to cities.here is a ss proving i have no army but still an insane upkeep.

[Nastaroth]

Try to lower your castle/towns defence where its not needed that will save you some money.

[Nick_Since_1985]

I don't want to sound rude but you could start a new game on an easyer difficulty level until you know how the game economy works.

[Nazok]

^i know how it works.my army upkeep cost is insane,no way that i could have 10k army upkeep while having the worst army in the whole game.something is messed up.

[kbibs89]

yes it is ? how many generals/family members do you have cause their expensive (bodyguards)

o and also another thing if you have the stone forts working make sore you have
free_upkeep_forts_2 I mean if your paying 2500 for a fort you should get two free upkeeps right?

[Nazok]

i dont have any forts.and i think i may have 6 or 7 generals

[kbibs89]

what the up keep of the generals 450? but that probably why you have such a high army upkeep