First impresions on beta 2

**Sammur-amat** · November 09, 2006, 08:30 PM

First impresions on beta 2
Bravo...
I liked alot.....smooth gameplay (first 40 turns r so..)...not a single bug/ctd...stable as rock.
but...
the "-ne" from command line ??? why that....prevent the fullscreen?
the Tyrrhenian sea is cut off..maybe the landbridge will act better?
The "epic/large walls" of Babylon..are not visible (cultural differncies city set?)
the game is easiest i ever play (mod/mod i played)...its offcourse pure joy but with litle rush i managed too much (and AI is followin' quite well) in such a short time...
the rebels are nice addition but also way too much gentle for an enemy...
also ...the counterparts are missing alot..way too much factions are surrounded only by rebels (the gentle ones)...when i stopped there were only few of them left..(i guess thats the realistic part..no more gentlemans in large numbers)..

the money..whats with that..it seem that everybody have it too much?..
anyway...simple, good looking, easy and stable....bravo...
please eliminate the simple & easy.
great work...

cya
D.

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 12:42 AM

I cant even start my resolution is on 1024 by 768 and I found the rop screen to be terribly off centered and oversized. I cant even start a game because the start button is cut off plz tell me what to do or fix it. also has anybody else experienced this problem?

**vikrant** · November 10, 2006, 12:55 AM

u have to "some how" open game menu option
and then play with the settings

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 12:57 AM

i cant cause i found out it fine on 800X600 but strategy map doesnt play on that so i screwed

**Aristocrat** · November 10, 2006, 01:20 AM

Could you take a screenshot? (Using fraps or something) and upload it here so we can get an exact idea of what is happening.
Have you tried just hitting the auto adjust button on your monitor as a stop gap solution?

Edit: Does RTW normally work fine in that resolution for you? also...is it at 16 bit colour or 32 bit colour normally.

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 01:32 AM

no good screenshot tools except print screen....
Edit: vanilla works fine I usually do 32bits but 16 didnt change anything.

EDIT2: pasted the preferences of vanilla to ROP but it didnt do anything.....

**scannerfish** · November 10, 2006, 01:41 AM

mod is looking good. Can't wait for the full thing .

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 01:49 AM

vikrant and aristricrat im gonna reinstall ROP and see if that fixes anything
EDIT: well that didn't do crap.....

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 02:03 AM

I figured it out! it is only compatible with widescreen.....

**vikrant** · November 10, 2006, 02:07 AM

?????
did it worked

**Nero666** · November 10, 2006, 03:07 AM

I'm using "USE_WIDESCREEN:FALSE" in my preferences.txt - third line - guess you need to try that one then.

**Goscinio** · November 10, 2006, 09:43 AM

I suggest you remove the -ne command as well. It's more used for testing ( makes it easier to alt+tab ). So if you're normal resolution is bigger than the game's resolution the game won't be in full screen.

And RoP is indeed fairly easy because of the rebels, but that might give some problems later on in the game ( not sure on that though ): the AI can expand a lot as well because of this. I played with Babylon for quite a while, without encountering difficulties, until Lydia started attacking me. I actually lost a city to them! Obviously because I'm not a very smart player, but still quite remarkable.

Anyway, have fun playing the beta all.

**Paul d** · November 10, 2006, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Goscinio

I suggest you remove the -ne command as well. It's more used for testing ( makes it easier to alt+tab ). So if you're normal resolution is bigger than the game's resolution the game won't be in full screen.

And RoP is indeed fairly easy because of the rebels, but that might give some problems later on in the game ( not sure on that though ): the AI can expand a lot as well because of this. I played with Babylon for quite a while, without encountering difficulties, until Lydia started attacking me. I actually lost a city to them! Obviously because I'm not a very smart player, but still quite remarkable.

Anyway, have fun playing the beta all.

Where is the -ne command line? which folder/subfolder?

**Goscinio** · November 10, 2006, 02:56 PM

Just right click your desktop icon, go to properties and remove -ne from the command line.
So change this:

Code:

"X:\...\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err -ne -nm

to

Code:

"X:\...\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -show_err -nm

**Agrippa Postumas** · November 11, 2006, 04:53 PM

So far the campaign side is working just fine, but I keep having CTDs every time I go into battle mode. Sometimes it CTDs while battle mode is loading, other times when I click the deploy troops button.

I am using a wide screen laptop. Display resolution 1280 x 800. I set the video settings to 1280 x 800...no problem in campaign mode, CTD in battle mode.

I then adjusted the video settings for battle resolution to 1024 x 768 x 32...still crashes. I then tried 16 bit, no change.

I also played with the widescreen setting, to see if that would change anything...still crashes.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on? Vanilla and all of my previous mods worked just fine at 1280 x 800 x 32.

**vikrant** · November 12, 2006, 01:27 AM

well first add show_err command in ur rtw desktop shortcut as goschino has posted
it will give an error report of ctd.

**thoscme** · November 12, 2006, 01:23 PM

i simply LOVE the mod!
it's absolutely wonderful!
played with kyrene for like 5 hours, think i took like 15 cities or something

those kyrenaikan familymember's bodyguard, wow! both good and wonderful to look at!
my next faction would be sparta i think..
keep up the good work folks!

greetings thoscme

**FliegerAD** · November 12, 2006, 01:33 PM

The game experience is much better if you choose one of the great empires, imo. The units, the enemies and the land are much more multifaceted in the east, lancers, armoured chariots, superheavy axemen and many many more... also hoplites.

With the Greeks you usually have hoplites fighting hoplites (at least at first)... and the game offers you so much more. Just dare to choose something different for a time.

**thoscme** · November 13, 2006, 11:28 AM

if you were talking to me flieger (

), i like most playing small factions, for so to expand them to the extreme..
i set a goal to myself, and when i've managed that, i usually starts a new campaign...
keep it up!

greetings, thoscme