morale!

[Theseus1234]

i cant get units to rout!
i mean, i was on the walls, my merc macemen fighting 2 pasive crossbows, not 2 units, 2 people...THEY DID NOT ROUT. i killed their general a minute prior to that moment

i noticed that morale=0 in the medieval2preferences.cfg, so i set it to 1 and i thought it would change mid-game

is it supposed to change mid-game if you change the .cfg?

[shenryyr]

nope, any files you edit will take effect the next time you start a new campaign. some files will cause campaigns to no-longer work(ie: non-save compatible). other files will require you to delete map.rwm, or the sound or event .idx and .dat files...

the cfg file is run when the game is launched, so try saving, then closing the game entirely, re-lauching it, and your change should take effect. I don't have a clue what morale=1 is supposed to do though lol

[Aldwen]

They may have been surrounded and thus couldn't route? Was their banner flashing red?

[Theseus1234]

no and no
their backs were to a nearby tower which i had not captured yet

so will there be some file i have to delete to get my morale back?

[Aldwen]

Oh well that might be the thing then. You said you had not "captured" a tower yet so I'm assuming you were attacking. Sometimes that happens with a defending army, they fight to the last man. I've seen it happen a few times.

Have you tried other battles since then? Have units routed? If not try loading up a Custom Battle with some Peasants vs. anything and see what happens. If they don't route then yeah you have a major issue and I dunno what to tell you :/

[moosey]

i find that i dont often get units routing on walls (apart from peasant archers etc...) they usually start routing if they get down and get in fights. i quite like how units dont rout quite as easily as before.

if you want a unit to rout, use greek flamethrowers on them, they can decimate units and rout them in very little time.

[Theseus1234]

if you want a unit to rout, use greek flamethrowers on them, they can decimate units and rout them in very little time.

that would work, except im playing as the venitians heading westwards to the genoese dogs

[OG Grenadier]

Where do you get these flamethrower units? Are they mercs? I would very much like to get some for my French camp.

[Old Geezer]

Go east, young man.

[moosey]

i think only byzzies get them unfortunately, but if you want fireworks, go with mangonels, i always keep one in every city. they work wonders when im being seiged