Age Script (Pros & Cons)

**strife1013** · September 06, 2010, 04:39 PM

I was wondering the pros and cons vs the age script in SS 6.3 and trying to figure if I should leave it in or take it out.

**SoulBlade** · September 06, 2010, 04:52 PM

Generals age faster and... die faster (of old age of course).
But you can get the Long Live and Prosper sub-mod, that's what I'm using.

**Meneth** · September 06, 2010, 05:34 PM

Pros:
Generals age 1 TPY
Cons:
Devastation gets broken
Generals live shorter lives (LLP helps

)

**SoulBlade** · September 07, 2010, 04:21 AM

What is "Devastation"? The scorched earth from sieges?

**Caesar Clivus** · September 07, 2010, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by SoulBlade

What is "Devastation"? The scorched earth from sieges?

Correct.

**Gorrrrrn** · September 07, 2010, 04:49 AM

I'd would prefer a default 2tpy - 1 tpy is not enough.

**Fair Prince** · September 07, 2010, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

I'd would prefer a default 2tpy - 1 tpy is not enough.

Agreed. 2TPY is the way to go for TW games, it's the most balanced choice.

**Caesar Clivus** · September 07, 2010, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Fair Prince

Agreed. 2TPY is the way to go for TW games, it's the most balanced choice.

I agree with this agreeance.

**Slyspy** · September 07, 2010, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Rozanov

I'd would prefer a default 2tpy - 1 tpy is not enough.

Quite so.

**chris7ian** · September 07, 2010, 09:58 AM

4 turns per year is what I prefer. But it takes awhile to get to the events to open up better units. I dont recruit so many merchants and priests as that slows down the game micromanaging them. With other mods its not as bad. Some tweaking is advised to use 4 tpy with 6.3. If anyone wants the script pm me and I'll give it to you.

**Meneth** · September 07, 2010, 12:17 PM

2 TPY would be nice, especially as the aging script wouldn't be needed at all then, and devastation would once again work properly.
Ofc, for it to work well, building times, recruitment, growth, and probably other things have to be slowed down somewhat.

**Sanderlicious** · September 07, 2010, 02:59 PM

I kept the 1TPY aspect per game but removed the aging script.

1TPY seems to work perfectly for me as I find it not too slow or too fast. I feel this aspect should always be up to the player and their play style.

2YPT, though it doesn't line up, gives me enough time to get into the roleplay of my games and the dramas that unfold :O

**strife1013** · September 07, 2010, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Sanderlicious

I kept the 1TPY aspect per game but removed the aging script.

1TPY seems to work perfectly for me as I find it not too slow or too fast. I feel this aspect should always be up to the player and their play style.

2YPT, though it doesn't line up, gives me enough time to get into the roleplay of my games and the dramas that unfold :O

So this sounds interesting, how does it work? Can you explain it?

**Meneth** · September 07, 2010, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by strife1013

So this sounds interesting, how does it work? Can you explain it?

All he did (AFAIK) was delete the aging script, so that characters age 1 year every 2 turns instead of every turn.

**strife1013** · September 07, 2010, 05:07 PM

Ahhh it's like I like it but I don't like it at the same time.

**Sanderlicious** · September 08, 2010, 05:34 AM

Yes, I am assuming you also want 2 turns per year as well. Which is an even easier change.

**Meneth** · September 08, 2010, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Sanderlicious

Yes, I am assuming you also want 2 turns per year as well. Which is an even easier change.

Except some of the things in the campaign script are based on what turn it is.
For example, the Teutonic Order emerging has several events based on turn-times, though that's easy enough to fix (if you know how, that is)

**Slyspy** · September 08, 2010, 08:20 AM

Yes, I've changed my game to 2TPY and was wondering about the timed events, considering that they are based on turns rather than years. Then I decided that I didn't care. The TPY was far more important. Now it doesn't take me a year to travel from one end of England to the other, and so on. I get more time to organise my forces, to role play characters and generally play the game. Travel times and distances are one of the fundamental flaws of the later games of the TW series IMO, an unhappy hybrid of the original "chess board" system and a "sand box" style system.

**Meneth** · September 08, 2010, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Slyspy

Yes, I've changed my game to 2TPY and was wondering about the timed events, considering that they are based on turns rather than years. Then I decided that I didn't care. The TPY was far more important. Now it doesn't take me a year to travel from one end of England to the other, and so on. I get more time to organise my forces, to role play characters and generally play the game. Travel times and distances are one of the fundamental flaws of the later games of the TW series IMO, an unhappy hybrid of the original "chess board" system and a "sand box" style system.

All events are based on years from the game start, actually, only some things in the campaign script, like the Bulgarian Uprising and the Teutonic Order emerging, are based on the turn you're on, so you shouldn't really notice that much of a difference when it comes to things firing on the correct date.