Announcement: Europa Barbarorum II 2.3 released!

[YourMadDoc]

I've played a campaign past turn 220 and haven't had a single CTD yet. There must be something wrong, I don't think this has ever happened to me in TW before

Same thing here. I'm about 150-200 turns ingame so far without a crash. Exceptionally stable version.

[Krampus]

250 turns of Carnyx parping and Iberian butt-trumpetry...

Nah, not really.
I got gustave's submod after I had gotten to 147 turns...and realised I had tinnitus

If anyone feels like making a mod to increase the Carnyx sounds,

The first time I moved a unit of Galatian Raiders, I almost fell out.

[hlidskjalf]

i think im actually losing in my campaign

hm.

[Hummer]

So, I hate to complain but my turn times are extremely long right from turn 1. I just timed 5 minutes and 30 seconds for turn #2. In the previous 2.2 series, my turn times started at about a minute and a half before gradually getting longer as the campaign went on. Is there anything I can do? What's different from the 2.2 series? Months ago I installed the patch that can't be named, do I have to re-install it? Would the uninstall of version 2.2 have removed the patch. I can't remember where that patch was installed, in M2TW directly or in the EB2 folder.

[QuintusSertorius]

So, I hate to complain but my turn times are extremely long right from turn 1. I just timed 5 minutes and 30 seconds for turn #2. In the previous 2.2 series, my turn times started at about a minute and a half before gradually getting longer as the campaign went on. Is there anything I can do? What's different from the 2.2 series? Months ago I installed the patch that can't be named, do I have to re-install it? Would the uninstall of version 2.2 have removed the patch. I can't remember where that patch was installed, in M2TW directly or in the EB2 folder.

Is your logging set to the default for 2.3, on error, not trace?

While the script is much better optimised than 2.2b was, there's also a lot more in it. In terms of sheer size, there's the recruitment limitation script which is about 85% of the volume. Turn 2 should be shorter than turn 1 though, because lots of faction-specific features are switched off.

[Saul Tyre]

So, I hate to complain but my turn times are extremely long right from turn 1. I just timed 5 minutes and 30 seconds for turn #2. In the previous 2.2 series, my turn times started at about a minute and a half before gradually getting longer as the campaign went on. Is there anything I can do? What's different from the 2.2 series? Months ago I installed the patch that can't be named, do I have to re-install it? Would the uninstall of version 2.2 have removed the patch. I can't remember where that patch was installed, in M2TW directly or in the EB2 folder.

The instructions clearly state in the OP "This is a complete installation, it's best if you remove any previous versions of EBII you have installed" but saying that, I have the same problem and I did a fresh install of M2TW for EB 2.3.

[Danius]

So, I hate to complain but my turn times are extremely long right from turn 1. I just timed 5 minutes and 30 seconds for turn #2. In the previous 2.2 series, my turn times started at about a minute and a half before gradually getting longer as the campaign went on. Is there anything I can do? What's different from the 2.2 series? Months ago I installed the patch that can't be named, do I have to re-install it? Would the uninstall of version 2.2 have removed the patch. I can't remember where that patch was installed, in M2TW directly or in the EB2 folder.

Is your .exe set to compatibility mode? I took mine off and the turns were normal.

[Danius]

Just a note, turn time decreased for me when i stopped putting the kingdoms.exe on windows xp compatibility mode (win 7 here). No crashes either, though i still run it as administrator.

This worked, thanks.

[Hummer]

Just a note, turn time decreased for me when i stopped putting the kingdoms.exe on windows xp compatibility mode (win 7 here). No crashes either, though i still run it as administrator.

Wow. This is huge. I missed this post. Thanks for all the responses from everyone but this fixed it for me. I recently put my steam M2TW executable on compatibility mode as per the link in the first page but after taking it off, my turn time went from 5 and a half minutes to 43 seconds. I never had any issues in the past with crashes so I think I will leave it like this.

Thank you!!!

I really wasn't sure if I wanted to continue the campaign but I definitely will now.

[Colos1987]

Same thing here. I'm about 150-200 turns ingame so far without a crash. Exceptionally stable version.

There should be no repeatable CTD up to at least turn 386 (that's tha farthest I got during testing times).

[YourMadDoc]

Months ago I installed the patch that can't be named, do I have to re-install it?

That sounds like some evil beast, "patch, that can't be named". But no, it alters M2TW executables so unless you reinstalled a whole game, you don't have to do it again.

[QuintusSertorius]

Just a note, turn time decreased for me when i stopped putting the kingdoms.exe on windows xp compatibility mode (win 7 here). No crashes either, though i still run it as administrator.

The instructions in the OP suggest putting it on Windows 7 compatibility mode, not Windows XP.

[MrKhazar]

Leusitane is unable to build a Stone Wall to unlock Large City buildings such as Druidic College. Is this intentional?

[QuintusSertorius]

Leusitane is unable to build a Stone Wall to unlock Large City buildings such as Druidic College. Is this intentional?

Yes, intentional, they're not on the subset of factions able to build a Large Stone Wall.

[MrKhazar]

Is the Druidic College for the Getai a placeholder for something in the future like a College for Zalmoxis priests?

[Genghis Skahn]

Is the Druidic College for the Getai a placeholder for something in the future like a College for Zalmoxis priests?

A consequence of the Getai being cul_5(barbarians). Just think of it as a College for Kapnobatai instead

[Aerys IV le Grand]

A consequence of the Getai being cul_5(barbarians). Just think of it as a College for Kapnobatai instead

Hello !
Could you please tell me what are the correspondence Cul_1 etc with cultures and factions ? That would really help Mac users for the settlements !
cul_1 = ?
cul_2 = ?
cul_3 = ?
cul_4 = ?
cul_5 = barbarians
cul_6 = ?
cul_7 = ?
If I can get this correspondance I think I will be able to make a settlements fix for the Mac users, that would be really great !

[jim600]

In the file ebii.cfg that comes as default why does it have windowed = 0 when you reccomend it to be windowed = 1 ?

Also is the trace and error lines under [log] the correct way around?

[QuintusSertorius]

Hello !
Could you please tell me what are the correspondence Cul_1 etc with cultures and factions ? That would really help Mac users for the settlements !
cul_1 = ?
cul_2 = ?
cul_3 = ?
cul_4 = ?
cul_5 = barbarians
cul_6 = ?
cul_7 = ?
If I can get this correspondance I think I will be able to make a settlements fix for the Mac users, that would be really great !

cul_1 = Western Greek
cul_2 = Romans
cul_3 = Eastern Greek
cul_4 = Eastern
cul_5 = Barbarians
cul_6 = Steppe
cul_7 = Semitic

[Aerys IV le Grand]

Thanks a lot ! That will be very helpful !