Version 5.8

**Scutarii** · September 04, 2008, 07:52 PM

I don't think its optional or non-optional. By that I mean you have to download and install it separately from the main XGM build. And thanks Dime, I can't wait to play it.

**CaesarVincens** · September 04, 2008, 11:54 PM

Dime isn't including XC in 5.8. But the current build of 5.8 is compatible with the current builds of XC.

**Suppanut** · September 08, 2008, 01:36 AM

This idea maybe for XGM 6, What do you think about Res Gestae MOD's map which most part of Sahara and deep Central Asia which many people complain a lot have been cut off but expand into India and a bit of Scandinavia as well as add Mauryan Empire in India?

**Zarax** · September 13, 2008, 03:54 PM

I'd rather use the faction slot for something else and frankly expanding into india is not very historical except for baktria and maybe parthia...

**Hippias** · September 23, 2008, 03:45 AM

Playing 5.8 (doesn't feel like a Beta) - 50 years in to a Roman campaign and 35 years into a Thracian one - Loyalty On - no CTD's - everything going fine.

Playing on M/H I had a 1/2 stack army bribed away from me by the Indie Greeks - nice (haven't seen that for a while) - they have also assassinated 2 of my family members - I couldn't be more pleased

**Scutarii** · September 25, 2008, 08:30 PM

Ugh, assassin spam has killed my two best generals in a Syracusian campaign: my revenge was not pretty. Well, it was for me.

I'm also having no problems with 5.8.

**DimeBagHo** · September 26, 2008, 09:41 AM

I like assassin spam - it forces you to pay more attention to the strat map agent side of the game. I once had a general named "Alexander the Great" who was assassinated a couple of turns after achieving greatness - ever since then I've been careful keep my top generals well guarded.

I haven't seen any problems with 5.8 either, so I'll be releasing a non-beta version shortly. The only changes will be some minor updates from Suppanut.

**Spartan198** · September 27, 2008, 11:11 AM

Sweet, non-beta 5.8 homing in.

I, too, have yet to encounter any problems. This is officially the most trouble-free beta I've ever played.

**TM Is Back** · September 29, 2008, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by Scutarii

Ugh, assassin spam has killed my two best generals in a Syracusian campaign: my revenge was not pretty. Well, it was for me.

I'm also having no problems with 5.8.

Always send 4 spies and 2 assassins with any army you send against the enemy, is my opinion. I've never got one of my generals killed.

**Scutarii** · September 30, 2008, 07:21 PM

Usually I try to send a couple of forward assassins and a spy with armies but with Syracuse with my first army I couldn't really afford to. Money was tight at first and I kinda forgot about them until my generals were killed within a few turns of each other.

**Spartan198** · October 01, 2008, 11:35 AM

Okay, I keep getting a CTD without any error message when I attempt to assault Corinth as the GCS.

At first I thought it was a mistake in my modded files, so I reinstalled completely and tried again. Same thing.

Then I thought maybe it was Alexander itself, so I deleted everything XGM, reinstalled Alexander, then reinstalled XGM. Same CTD.

Then I tried reinstalling XGM on BI. Same CTD again.

Edit: The above occurred with the 5.8 beta. I'm gonna try 5.8.0 and see what happens then.

**DimeBagHo** · October 01, 2008, 12:23 PM

When does the CTD occur? As the battle loads, or after it's over?

**Spartan198** · October 01, 2008, 12:38 PM

It occurs at the loading screen (sorry, I don't know why I didn't mention that earlier). Upgrading to 5.8.0 also didn't stop it.

**DimeBagHo** · October 01, 2008, 12:47 PM

Seems to be working OK for me.

Are you sure it's not a problem with your original RTW files (when the game runs it uses the original RTW files in the main data folder + the files in the xgm/data folder). You may need to re-install and re-patch RTW.