Wasted campaign

**igotballsofsteel** · September 12, 2010, 07:52 PM

Hello im having a major problem since the start of this campaign my family members seem to not like sex at all can someone tell me if the problem is on my side or its a SS problem ,i did not mess whit many mod i changed computer 1 month ago and installed for the 1st time medieval on this computer loaded the game realised it sucked and got to totalwar center to get SS and since then im having a blast exept for this major game breaker .

Il give some pics so u guys can tell me were did i made a mystake

no 1 made a child all my family member are 50+ my king is 80

**agc28** · September 12, 2010, 08:06 PM

the game rule states that the General number will be roughly equal to the number of regions you control.

you have 7 generals and 11 regions. that means you are somewhat short on generals. but it looks like you have/used to have a huge family tree. you seem to have had many deaths recently. perhaps you used to have 11+ generals, then 4 of them died in battle/due to illness. Or perhaps you have always had 7-ish generals, and then quickly conquered 4 regions.

Make sure you expand your territory when your generals are still young, that way they will give births to new kids. and if you say no one made a child, that means all those generals were adopted..

stop adopting.

**igotballsofsteel** · September 12, 2010, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by agc28

the game rule states that the General number will be roughly equal to the number of regions you control.

you have 7 generals and 11 regions. that means you are somewhat short on generals. but it looks like you have/used to have a huge family tree. you seem to have had many deaths recently. perhaps you used to have 11+ generals, then 4 of them died in battle/due to illness. Or perhaps you have always had 7-ish generals, and then quickly conquered 4 regions.

Make sure you expand your territory when your generals are still young, that way they will give births to new kids. and if you say no one made a child, that means all those generals were adopted..

stop adopting.

the problem is they dont make child on all my general no 1 have made a child even then im still playing this campaign right now and most of my general are dead or 80+ my king is 90 and my heir is 67 and i dont have a single child male or woman 3 woman in my family passed child age because i never had the chance to marry her ,since i added the option that i need a genral in city to recruit and build it make my campaign verry very hard just last turn i had the chance to adopt 1 general and made my familly life maybe a couple more years ...

**ninja51** · September 13, 2010, 01:03 AM

Its probably punishment from the gods for having bad grammer

But like the previous responce stated, the game will keep you at, give or take, one general per settlement. I've never had the problem you seem to be describing and the general per settlement rule is hardcoded so Stainless Steel isnt messing with it. How many generals do you have currently? Dont bother with age or if theyre adopted or not, just the number, and how many settlements do you own? By the screenshot it looks to be eleven

**TheBard** · September 13, 2010, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by ninja51

~~Its~~ It's probably punishment from the gods for having bad grammear

But like the previous responcse stated, the game will keep you at, give or take, one general per settlement...

Sorry, but I had to do it!

**Tears of Destiny** · September 13, 2010, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by TheBard

Sorry, but I had to do it!

Oh, the irony.

**ninja51** · September 13, 2010, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by TheBard

Sorry, but I had to do it!

I consider spelling and grammar two different things

**agc28** · September 13, 2010, 12:48 PM

Can somebody enlighten me? What is wrong with this sentence?

"Sorry, but I had to do it!"

**Memb** · September 13, 2010, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by agc28

Can somebody enlighten me? What is wrong with this sentence?

"Sorry, but I had to do it!"

Nothing. No one said that there's something wrong in that sentence.

E: This is getting off topic

**chris7ian** · September 13, 2010, 07:55 PM

I mainly played with the HRE and I have never ran into a problem like this. I even make my kings first two sons infertile so they cant have heirs so my created family member Frederick von Hohenstaufens line can assume control as they historically did years later. Of course the Germans have lots of land and I blitz all the rebel towns they should have had to begin with,

**strife1013** · September 13, 2010, 08:04 PM

I say use the add trait this Fertile 3 to your family members. Also you need to expand more, there is a child to city ratio in the game.

**E.K** · September 14, 2010, 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by strife1013

Also you need to expand more, there is a child to city ratio in the game.

Wow I never knew that. I am still learning things about this game

**strife1013** · September 14, 2010, 10:10 AM

Ya I know what you mean EnglishKnight
I myself who has been playing MTW2 since it came out and SS when it was 5.0, I find myself still learning things that CA doesn't tell their fans.

**TheBard** · September 14, 2010, 04:51 PM

Sorry for the temporary hijack with my temporary hijinks. (Doh! Now I feel like I need to make sure my grammar and spelling is perfect in this post!)

I'm not so sure it is a child-to-city ratio. Based on my campaigns playing with the Live Long and Prosper Mod, I think it is actually a general-to-city ratio. Basically, having boys come of age at 5 (instead of 15) seems to directly limit your baby-making ability because the game counts generals, not children (I think).

Anyway, there is definitely a very strong, and hard-coded connection. So either get more cities, or "lose" some crappy family members.

**strife1013** · September 14, 2010, 05:54 PM

@ Bard:
When I was talking about family members I meant generals lol...guess i should have more more clear. I am not 100% sure on that but I have read somewhere that is the case, so just relaying what I know. lol. I just reload the pervious turn if I don't get at least two boys to keep the family line going.

**Birk** · September 14, 2010, 06:19 PM

Well I'm having the same problem atm. I had to let the king adopt when his youngest son were 36 and none of his sons were married. When the youngest son reached 44 he become married... Hopefully he will make a son before he dies in peace. Harald that are adopted have to be killed or he will take the throne. I can't let someone that aren't biological related with the first king take the throne. And I will try to make the Norwegian Blood trait to be part of my generals/family. I don't really want to kill Harald because is a damn good general and i need him in battle and give population boom to my castles.