Is there an autowin cheat for battles

[sabaku_no_gaara]

I never used cheats, but in my Norway campaign, everything goes from bad to worse.

Everything started well, I conquered Oslo, then sailed to Antwerp and Groningen and took those, built churches etc..., then the danes blocked my port and I sailed a massive army to their capitl, what should have been an easy victory and cash influx became a nightmare, the pope treathened to excommunicate me so I left the danes in peace, they however are allowed to attack me as much as they like (it's some sort of the pope loves denmark cheat for the AI I guess) Then I asked for a crusade against Gaza because I needed to reduce army upkeep for a few turns, and sailed a large crusader army to Gaza, It has a big army (unlike Jerusalem that allways seems to be empty when you crusade that place ) and when they sally they allways win, for some reason my general allways dies upon first contact no matter the manner of fighting, even when charging their allready engaged arab cavalry.

I decided to retreat to my fleet when they sallied (reloaded that turn 7 times now) then besiege gaza again and get some mercenaries, even tried assaulting their walls but 1 unit of kurdish javelin men can apparently rout 6 units of viking raiders with ease. So I reloaded that turn again and decided to continue the siege untill the other crusaders arive, only to be surrounded by 4 cavalry heavy fatimid armies after pressing end turn. I retreated tot the fleet because I could never win that battle but then after clicking end turn, my men deserted.

I see no solution but to use a cheat or to mod it so desertion no longer happens. Is this possible? and how do I do it?

So
- Is there a win battle cheat? and how does it work?
- Can I mod desertion out? And how do I do it?

[cedric37]

Type the key to enter the console

In the console, type auto_win attacker if you attack or auto_win defender if you defend.
Then click on the auto resolve button.

I sometimes used this cheat to auto win battles i won on the battlefield but caused a CTD when reloading the strat map. In this case i was not in the mood to replay the battle and risk another CTD

[sabaku_no_gaara]

How do you acces the console with azerty keyboard?

[cedric37]

How do you acces the console with azerty keyboard?

On my french keyboard it's the % key but i cannot tell you on a us keyboard

[cezarip]

On my french keyboard it's the % key but i cannot tell you on a us keyboard

I thought AZERTY keyboards are used mainly in France or French speaking countries...
Try % or M. If it does not work press all the keys one after the other until the console appears...

[sabaku_no_gaara]

On my french keyboard it's the % key but i cannot tell you on a us keyboard

yes it's the ù key (wich also has % if you press it in combination with shift)

I'm on a Belgian keyboard

[cuo]

yes it's the ù key (wich also has % if you press it in combination with shift)

I'm on a Belgian keyboard

I always thought you were german. You live and learn...

[sabaku_no_gaara]

I always thought you were german. You live and learn...

I'm Dutch, living in Belgium


Joris, Belgian keyboards are really just French keyboards

[JorisofHolland]

I'm on a Belgian keyboard

French or Dutch? Or don't they have two types of keyboards? I once had to type a message on a French keyboard and it didn't work very well. Many letters had changed position and I got confused

[bɑne]

I never used cheats, but in my Norway campaign, everything goes from bad to worse.

Everything started well, I conquered Oslo, then sailed to Antwerp and Groningen and took those, built churches etc..., then the danes blocked my port and I sailed a massive army to their capitl, what should have been an easy victory and cash influx became a nightmare, the pope treathened to excommunicate me so I left the danes in peace, they however are allowed to attack me as much as they like (it's some sort of the pope loves denmark cheat for the AI I guess)

They should be under the same excommunication threat as you - I'm guessing they started out higher in favor than you and can therefor attack longer before acutally beeing excommincated (attacking after exco threats when in high favor leads in the loss of 5 crosses for me, but not always successfully so).

Then I asked for a crusade against Gaza because I needed to reduce army upkeep for a few turns, and sailed a large crusader army to Gaza,

I'm guessing you had your first problems here with deserters or threads of desertion - I always go by land because of a bug thats still unresolved I believe. Going by see forces you to move away from targets like Gaza which then gets treated by the engine as "not enough progress on march to target" invoking the desertion penalty.

It has a big army (unlike Jerusalem that allways seems to be empty when you crusade that place ) and when they sally they allways win, for some reason my general allways dies upon first contact no matter the manner of fighting, even when charging their allready engaged arab cavalry.

If you are early in the game there should be many targets of opportunity when you crusade over land (all rebel cities can be attacked) which might get you a easier target then gaza next time around.

I retreated tot the fleet because I could never win that battle but then after clicking end turn, my men deserted.

Is the army leadership (general) still alive? Are the units already marked as in danger of desertion (crosses with red stripe or something like that)? How far did you retreat? Normally a specific area around the crusade target should be "safe" fromt what I remember preventing desertions from happening to crusaders in that zone.

So
- Is there a win battle cheat? and how does it work?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Type
auto_win attacker [enter]
in the console when the prebattlescreen is open (the one where you choose to fight on the battlemap or autocalculate) and then press autocalculate

But I would advice you to take the losses and play on without that as it looks to me like your position is undefendable even if you win the first battle. And if you win and retreat the powerful units from there you will be stuck with high upkeep units that will have no impact on the homefront whatsoever for many turns.

[sabaku_no_gaara]

i never had threats of desertion. desertion just happened.

Gaza is a money maker, and castles aren't too hard to defend so I can send most of the army to Jerusalem, sack that and gift it tot he pope, the sacking will solve all my money problems, and the gift of Jerusalem to the pope will solve all my papal problems

[JorisofHolland]

F1 also lists all shortcuts, but maybe it lists for a qwerty keyboard.

[cedric37]

Cool, and did it work ?

[sabaku_no_gaara]

yes, it's tempting to use it most of the time now whenever I don't wish to fight, and can't trust the autocalc.

I'd rep you but you turned rep off

[cedric37]

Lol, i did not turn my rep off, but it is a long story And yes, it is hard to resist the temptation sometimes