Movement Points

[MrManFreak]

Hi,i'm currently playing a mod wich has long distances and in my opinion the movement points aren't enough so i need to know where can i change the movement points and whats the maximum points you can put?

[Alast0r]

You have to edit a line in descr_character.txt ( found in your RTW/data folder ). The default value is 80 I guess , here is an example I use in my Julii mod :

This file contains the character profession attributes, the idea being that a 
;    character has a certain set of skills and a current profession. The character 
;    is represented by his profession: if he is acting as a general, he will get 
;    represented as a general of a strat_model dictated by his combat skills.
;
;    This file gets parsed on application startup but is not otherwise referred to. 
;    The data format is thus:
;
;    ;                        indicates a comment ;-)
;                            
;    type                    indicates a new character type
;
;                                must be followed by id name string (phrase)
;
;    faction                    indicates one or more factions which use the following
;                                strat_model descriptions, valid entries are these:
;
;                                romans_julii, romans_brutii, romans_scipii, macedon, 
;                                egypt, seleucid, carthage, parthia, pontus, gauls,  
;                                germans, britons, armenia, dacia, greek_cities, numidia,  
;                                scythia, spain, thrace, slave
;                                
;                                if a given faction is not present in a given character 
;                                type listing, that faction cannot use characters of that
;                                type - so not all factions have access to all character 
;                                professions
;
;    dictionary                specifies dictionary entry for character type name
;
;                                note that there is one dictionary entry per type per 
;                                faction set, allowing different names for the same 
;                                character type - ie a diplomat barabarian could be a 
;                                'chieftain', while a roman might be a 'legatus'
;
;    strat_model                model to represent the character on the strategy map
;
;    battle_model            model to represent the character on the battle map (optional)
;    battle_equip            equipment character has on the battle field must be followed by a  weapon type,
;                            (not missile weapon type) and armour type
;
;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
starting_action_points    95

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
type            named character

actions            moving_normal, moving_quickmarch, garrison, assault, attack, besiege, entrench, ambush, diplomacy, bribe, exchange, building_fort, building_watchtower
wage_base        200

faction            romans_julii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

faction            romans_brutii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

faction            romans_scipii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

Increasing this number ( in the line starting_action_points ) to more than 100 will cause the game to become buggy or even CTD , I don't know since I haven't set the value higher than 95 .

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

You have to edit a line in descr_character.txt ( found in your RTW/data folder ). The default value is 80 I guess , here is an example I use in my Julii mod :

This file contains the character profession attributes, the idea being that a 
;    character has a certain set of skills and a current profession. The character 
;    is represented by his profession: if he is acting as a general, he will get 
;    represented as a general of a strat_model dictated by his combat skills.
;
;    This file gets parsed on application startup but is not otherwise referred to. 
;    The data format is thus:
;
;    ;                        indicates a comment ;-)
;                            
;    type                    indicates a new character type
;
;                                must be followed by id name string (phrase)
;
;    faction                    indicates one or more factions which use the following
;                                strat_model descriptions, valid entries are these:
;
;                                romans_julii, romans_brutii, romans_scipii, macedon, 
;                                egypt, seleucid, carthage, parthia, pontus, gauls,  
;                                germans, britons, armenia, dacia, greek_cities, numidia,  
;                                scythia, spain, thrace, slave
;                                
;                                if a given faction is not present in a given character 
;                                type listing, that faction cannot use characters of that
;                                type - so not all factions have access to all character 
;                                professions
;
;    dictionary                specifies dictionary entry for character type name
;
;                                note that there is one dictionary entry per type per 
;                                faction set, allowing different names for the same 
;                                character type - ie a diplomat barabarian could be a 
;                                'chieftain', while a roman might be a 'legatus'
;
;    strat_model                model to represent the character on the strategy map
;
;    battle_model            model to represent the character on the battle map (optional)
;    battle_equip            equipment character has on the battle field must be followed by a  weapon type,
;                            (not missile weapon type) and armour type
;
;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
starting_action_points    95

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
type            named character

actions            moving_normal, moving_quickmarch, garrison, assault, attack, besiege, entrench, ambush, diplomacy, bribe, exchange, building_fort, building_watchtower
wage_base        200

faction            romans_julii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

faction            romans_brutii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

faction            romans_scipii
dictionary        15
strat_model        sm_roman_general
battle_model    roman_general
battle_equip    gladius, chainmail shirt helmet and rectangular shield

Increasing this number ( in the line starting_action_points ) to more than 100 will cause the game to become buggy or even CTD , I don't know since I haven't set the value higher than 95 .

RS has 240. IIRC

[Ishan]

Be aware that by doing this it will increase the next turn time as this affects the pathfinding for AI characters too.

[MrManFreak]

Be aware that by doing this it will increase the next turn time as this affects the pathfinding for AI characters too.

you mean that the ai will only go has far has he could go before the change? that sucks,but i really think that the default movement points are un-realistic,if im not wrong it takes an 1.5 years to get to north italy when you are in south italy.

btw thanks for the answers.

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

you mean that the ai will only go has far has he could go before the change? that sucks,but i really think that the default movement points are un-realistic,if im not wrong it takes an 1.5 years to get to north italy when you are in south italy.

btw thanks for the answers.

No, but it will do dumb things, like go all over the place.

[MrManFreak]

he already does that .

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

Imagine it going in circles chasing another AI army.

[Fireright]

The ship movement points could use a tweak...what are those guys sailing through? 'tweakle'?? Sometimes I reckon its faster to swim.

[MrManFreak]

well i've discovered that the movement points of this mod are 140 and nothing of that happens the only thing that happens is that the romans can move an army from that small village in italy owned by rebels in vanilla to massilia in 1 turn and i think that the marching times between both is bigger than in vanilla ,but anyway this mod go's from full britain to india(pakistan i think) and when i play in asia the marching times seem huge ,besides with such a big map i think i might get frequent rebellions from distance to capital thing,but i will take your advice and will instead make a 4 turns per year script.