Beginner's Guide To Playing RTR VII?

**Averroes19** · December 18, 2012, 06:49 AM

Hi all, hope you are well.

To keep this short, I want to play RTR VII. I tried RSII and really enjoyed that mod. No complaints really. It was straight forward and I enjoyed it very much.
I downloaded and installed RTR VII and from the get go I have a hard time understanding how exactly to play this beast mod.

My main concern is in regards to the economic aspects of this game.
I went through the FAQ, and to be quite honest, felt very overwhelmed and unsure as to whether my concerns were addressed. I most likely missed something.

I was just hoping that someone could point me to a post that actually addressed my issue pertaining to actually playing the game. I have been debating on whether to post this thread now for 2 weeks. I really looked through the FAQ and other important posts. But I still feel completely overwhelmed. I did not want to pass this mod up, I dislike to quit.

Thank you in advance.

**Maurits** · December 18, 2012, 07:44 AM

Could you explain what exactly you don't understand about the economical system? Also, did you see the old FOE manual in the extra's folder? It should contain some helpful information (alternatively, it can be found online here)

**Post Hoc** · December 19, 2012, 02:22 AM

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=478148

**Muizer** · December 19, 2012, 01:52 PM

Apart from what's i the info threads, I'd say there are two main differences from what you may be used to:

1) You will notice that both revenue and cost figures are far larger numerically than you are used to. However, the farming and mining income have not increased. In VII, the lion's share of revenue comes from tax and trade, and that applies to buildings that have something to do with mining and farming as well. You can safely disregard bonuses and income the game puts under the headers mining and farming. Focus on tax and trade instead.

2) It is likely that at some point the construction browser will offer you a choice of raw material or import buildings to construct. Note, however, that when that happens you can only pick one and that when you do, the others will disappear from the construction browser. A new chance to build one of those may arise when your city reaches its next level. However, you will only ever be able to construct 3 local resource and 2 import buildings in total. You'll have to choose which to build and when to build them.

**Averroes19** · December 20, 2012, 03:52 AM

Thank you all for your wonderful posts! I am sorry that I did not respond sooner. I left for my hometown and finally arrived last night. Additionally, I am reading through the link posted.

The big concern I have regarding this mod is the sheer amount of cost associated with recruiting, maintaining an army. It seems like I need to sacrifice a standing army, and then I am still unable to generate much revenue. This mod reminds a lot of Broken Crescent. I am still learning the curves.

But thank you again for the kind replies!

**Muizer** · December 20, 2012, 06:51 AM

Don't expand too fast. If you expand very fast without developing the settlements you already own, you'll run into financial trouble.

**Maurits** · December 20, 2012, 07:04 AM

But at gamestart the best you can do is conquering one or two Major Regions. Then you'll have enough income to support your armies without losing these

**Averroes19** · December 20, 2012, 09:10 PM

Well, after all the reading and encouraging tips I just decided to start playing, and hoping for the best. Well, I am pleased to say that I am having a blast. I am slowly growing the economy.

I started a campaign as Epirus and got my hands handed to me in the very first battle. But, regardless, even though I just played for an hour, I am having a great time.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=114633172

**Slaists** · December 21, 2012, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Averroes19

Well, after all the reading and encouraging tips I just decided to start playing, and hoping for the best. Well, I am pleased to say that I am having a blast. I am slowly growing the economy.

I started a campaign as Epirus and got my hands handed to me in the very first battle. But, regardless, even though I just played for an hour, I am having a great time.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=114633172

Hi there. An unrelated question: how do you get the screenshot in Steam wit RTR VII? F12 does work for me in vanilla RTW, but fails to do anything in RTR VII... I thought, RTR VII somehow disables the Steam overlay, but now that I see your screen I start to doubt that. Did you do anything special or your Steam screenshot key was functional from the start with RTR VII?

**Averroes19** · December 21, 2012, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Slaists

Hi there. An unrelated question: how do you get the screenshot in Steam wit RTR VII? F12 does work for me in vanilla RTW, but fails to do anything in RTR VII... I thought, RTR VII somehow disables the Steam overlay, but now that I see your screen I start to doubt that. Did you do anything special or your Steam screenshot key was functional from the start with RTR VII?

Hi. All I did was to change the hotkeys for taking a screenshot (shift, p). I took two pictures while playing RTR VII and it worked. I hope this helps.