Question about multiplayer modes

Me and my buddy want to play some tw multiplayer campaign. We can play as allies or enemies, right?
When we play as enemies he will command the computer armies in battles. When we play as allies do we have to still always fight each other in battles, or can we fight against the ai?

In Napoleon, you can only fight each other, except the Spanish DLC campaign has the option of the coop mode. But yes, if you fight each other, other player can command the AI's army, but that option has to be selected before the campaign starts.

IS THERE ANY MODS FOR PLAYING ONLINE BECAUSE ME AND MY MATE KEEP PLAYING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHEATS ON.
CAUSE ARE MEN RUN ALL OVER PLACE FOR NO REASON.
MEN FIRE AT WILL KEEPS GETTTING TURN OFF.
CAV STOP JUST BEFORE THEY GET TO ENEMY.

Originally Posted by poloace

IS THERE ANY MODS FOR PLAYING ONLINE BECAUSE ME AND MY MATE KEEP PLAYING PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHEATS ON.
CAUSE ARE MEN RUN ALL OVER PLACE FOR NO REASON.
MEN FIRE AT WILL KEEPS GETTTING TURN OFF.
CAV STOP JUST BEFORE THEY GET TO ENEMY.

Napoleonic Total War III
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1677

Save a few replays and post them here for me to see. Sounds more like bad tactics/micro to me. I have only seen around 2-3 hacker ever. And I have been playing since day 1.

At Poloace

That sounds like lag problems. I get them all the time. Try not using the halt command for a start. Be aware of the lag and slow down your micro to be sure you are giving the command to the right unit. I have problems with the square button not highlighting correctly so if I want 2 units to square I square one then select a cav unit to change the displayed buttons then select the 2nd line unit to square it

I am not sure if I have explained that well but basically to check the effects of an order you often have to click on a unit with a different set of buttons displayed. That way you will see you are turning off auto- fire with the halt command.

I think.

Can't believe I just typed that. CA new game engine please!!!

Greetings NTW multiplayers,

Is there a FAQ or guide written up anywhere for the TWC community about this revolutionary new feature? I looked all over trying t figure out how to play multiplayer campaigns in ETW, and what mods work for it but it seems like that's a lost dream. I don't even own NTW but a couple friends and I are looking for a solid game to play together, and it seems this is the first offering by CA to come through on this front.

I see the Napoleonic Total War III shout out above, is that still one of the mods best optimized for MP campaign play?

lag? bad tatics? that seems to be coming from people who are actualy using the mods/cheats?. it just shows how bad these people are themselves when they have to use these to win a game......generally anyone over a 5* genral is using cheats......how come people are able to quit the game back to setup? how come when I win a battle the other person gets 6000 points?(their ALREADY ON 20000) when I'm firing its raining, soon as they attack it stops? my men when they attack(havent cancelled anything, fire at will is on) fire of will is turned off and my men start to run everywhere?(not pressed a key) nad then my men run away on 60 men...thiers down to 5 men and still on green(sand thats same agains same!) you all know most people are using mods/cheats on here so why dont you actual be HONEST about it!! on a fair and equal battle I dont mind getting my arsed kicked.....but thats not going to happen that often......just keep getting point raped by those who cant play the fairly!!

Can I ask you, how many hours of napoleon do you have?

Anyway, you can't cheat with mods, because both players have to have same version of the game. If someone got some mod installed, you see his version in the game lobby as red, and you cannot join his game, nor he can join your game. So mod is definitelly out of the question.

We really can't draw any conclusions without the replays, because from your description, we can't be sure what happened in battle.

over 392 hours of game play

Well in theory, I would agree with people above that said that it might be lagg issues, because personally, I've never seen or heard that someone would be able to somewhat control the other player's units. And only hackers I've seen in NTW were the moneyhackers, and that was a long time ago, and in all my NTW experience, I've seen only 1 or 2 of those. Howewer, as I previously said, one cannot draw any conclusions without replays.