Rapid Aging?

**perris0707** · December 29, 2009, 12:22 AM

I have now played through quite a few turns (56!) in the 1080 mod, and it seems that the characters are aging at a different rate than the game turns. For example, there are four turns per year but the characters are aging four years in one. The Byzantine Emperor Alexious, who died in 1118 in real life, was dead of old age in 1082 after only 12 turns! There must be a simple fix for this - I hope...

I have greatly enjoyed the mod!!! I think it is the best one that I have played! Thanks for all your efforts!

**uanime5** · December 30, 2009, 07:06 AM

It seems I didn't add the ageing script correctly so each character ages 2 years every 4 turns, rather than 1 year every 4 turns.

Regarding the death of Emperor Alexious I can't control when a character dies, so I can't ensure that they live as long as they did in real life.

**perris0707** · December 30, 2009, 01:00 PM

Can I change that in the script so the characters live longer? I get a lot of revolts and loss of loyalty in my subordinates when the ruler dies and it would be nice if they lived longer. I have my ruler in the capital but still the loyalty suffers when they die. Is there a file that I can go into and change the script? I really am enjoying your Mod! I think it is the best one that I have played so far. Thanks again for all your work!!!

**uanime5** · December 31, 2009, 06:16 AM

If will probably be easier to edit the descr_campaign_db.xml file (default location ""C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\conquest\data\descr_campaign_db.xml), than the campaign scripts. To do this go into the 'mods\conquest\data' folder, open the descr_campaign_db.xml with wordpad, and change

<old_age uint = "50"/>

to

<old_age uint = "70"/>

This means that anyone under 70 can't die of old age.