Decreased movement on roads. Need help !

[diplomat4war]

I've played "Rome: Total War" for a few years now, so here I'm as new member on this forum.

I was playing the 'sassanids' faction and everything in the game worked well without any problems. After a while, when a faction member should begin his military service the next season. The summer season had a flood disaster in the Hatra region, I check the settlement and repair some damaged buildings & roads (royal highway). Then after 10-20 seasons later I discover that still was decreased road movement. I don't know how to use the console for correcting this issue. I run WinXP SP2, updated to SP3, with an Intel DuoCore 2,53 GHz cpu, 2Gb Ram and Asus EN8600GT Silent Pci-E (pci-e card later crashed). Before this happen it's was no problem at all. I would really appreciate it if anyone could assist me.

[irishron]

If a region gets flooded movements do slow down until it floods again. Roads and highways only help a little.

There is nothing wrong with your machine.

[Brusilov]

One thing that you can try is to delete the 'map.rwm' file for RTW BI - you will need to search for it but it will be under the BI folder somewhere. Sometimes when there has been a disaster in an area the effects simply don't reset. You will probably find that you will be unable to build watch towers in the area (maybe).

[irishron]

The cheat way is to delete the descr_disasters.txt and the map.rwm and start a new campaign.

No more floods, earthquakes, etc.

[diplomat4war]

If a region gets flooded movements do slow down until it floods again. Roads and highways only help a little.

There is nothing wrong with your machine.

This information was I not aware of, but now I will keep that in mind for the future. Thank you for the info.

---- triple post merged (Brusilov)

The cheat way is to delete the descr_disasters.txt and the map.rwm and start a new campaign.

No more floods, earthquakes, etc.

I've no intention to cheat if I could avoid it. Thanks, I appreciated it.

---- triple post merged (Brusilov)

One thing that you can try is to delete the 'map.rwm' file for RTW BI - you will need to search for it but it will be under the BI folder somewhere. Sometimes when there has been a disaster in an area the effects simply don't reset. You will probably find that you will be unable to build watch towers in the area (maybe).

I need time to test this tough. Thanks for the advice. I will let you know.

If a region gets flooded movements do slow down until it floods again. Roads and highways only help a little.

There is nothing wrong with your machine.

Can I make it flood again from the console ?

One thing that you can try is to delete the 'map.rwm' file for RTW BI - you will need to search for it but it will be under the BI folder somewhere. Sometimes when there has been a disaster in an area the effects simply don't reset. You will probably find that you will be unable to build watch towers in the area (maybe).

No it's not working after I've deleted the 'map.rwm' file. Any suggestions ?

[irishron]

Did you start a new campaign?

[diplomat4war]

Did you start a new campaign?

Yes, I did.

[irishron]

I never had Brusilov's reset work for me, either. That's why I either deleted the file, commented out the flood entries in the file, or just put up with it waiting for the next flood.

[Brusilov]

The map.rwm deletion will only work if there has been some kind of glitch on the map. Personally, I've never seen an area that's been subject to a natural disaster have an effect on movement for as long as you've stated. I've heard the problem with the watchtower in a similar area.

[diplomat4war]

I never had Brusilov's reset work for me, either. That's why I either deleted the file, commented out the flood entries in the file, or just put up with it waiting for the next flood.

To minimized the waiting time, is there anything I can do to make it flood again ? Perhaps through the console or as you already suggested. If there must be with console, which I don't even try it before, what command should I use ?

The map.rwm deletion will only work if there has been some kind of glitch on the map. Personally, I've never seen an area that's been subject to a natural disaster have an effect on movement for as long as you've stated. I've heard the problem with the watchtower in a similar area.

What do you mean a map glitch ? But when mention the building problem with watchtower, at first I did'nt think that was related to the map glitch problem, but now I don't sure of anything. I've not even tried it to build a watchtower, because I don't think that was important.

EDIT: Last lines of this post I've deleted, because that is not relevant to this thread after all.

[Brusilov]

What do you mean a map glitch ? But when mention the building problem with watchtower, at first I did'nt think that was related to the map glitch problem, but now I don't sure of anything. I've not even tried it to build a watchtower, because I don't think that was important.

I mentioned the reason why I mentioned watchtowers and map glitches in post#3. Sometimes the map.rwm file gets messed up - probably while it's being updated. Details that would be added are to do with natural disasters. Natural disasters can affect movement in the area but they can also prevent watch towers from being built.

[diplomat4war]

I mentioned the reason why I mentioned watchtowers and map glitches in post#3. Sometimes the map.rwm file gets messed up - probably while it's being updated. Details that would be added are to do with natural disasters. Natural disasters can affect movement in the area but they can also prevent watch towers from being built.

Do know if the CA have receive(d) any reports of this issue before ?

In mean time I could give you some description of the mod I've installed. There is however two similar mods which are related to the campaign I was playing, when this problem come up for the first time.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...do=file&id=762 - 1st choice
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...do=file&id=774 - 2nd choice

Do know any tools who could fix this problem, such as editing a saved gamefile(s) ?

[Brusilov]

As I don't work for CA I have no knowledge if they have received any reports of this error.

If you think it's a mod then you need to contact the people that released the mod.

[diplomat4war]

As I don't work for CA I have no knowledge if they have received any reports of this error.

If you think it's a mod then you need to contact the people that released the mod.

The only thing I can do now, is to either reinstalled RTW (no mods) or try the irishron mentioned earlier.

Is there anyone on this forum who has any idea of this problem, please post your information here.

[irishron]

It's not a problem. CA wrote it this way.

Go back to when RTW 1.0 was released, someone at the .org came up with a way to edit seasons, and years in savegames but I don't remember floods being one of them.

Keep in mind, even as much as the ai cheats, it takes him longer to go across there, too.

[diplomat4war]

It's not a problem. CA wrote it this way.

Go back to when RTW 1.0 was released, someone at the .org came up with a way to edit seasons, and years in savegames but I don't remember floods being one of them.

Keep in mind, even as much as the ai cheats, it takes him longer to go across there, too.

Thanks irishron for the information you have. I would really appreciated if you have a direct link to this.
On monday begins my testing week. Maybe some people out there may some news to share with us.

[irishron]

I would have no idea the name of the thread after what seem like ten years.

[Brusilov]

Do you mean RomeSage? It should be on this forum somewhere. I don't think it would do any good with this problem though.

[irishron]

Rome Sage is correct.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...do=file&id=448 is the five year old link.

[diplomat4war]

I would have no idea the name of the thread after what seem like ten years.

Do you mean RomeSage? It should be on this forum somewhere. I don't think it would do any good with this problem though.

Rome Sage is correct.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...do=file&id=448 is the five year old link.

@Brusilov: I could try this anyway just in case, I might find some useful hints there.

@irishron: Thank you for that link. I hope this is the solution I was looking for.


I grateful for all the help that both of you have gave me. So don't close this thread yet, because I need some time to test this.