rome total war:epic

[steveomac]

i guess this post is aimed at modders , programmers well really anyone i guess,,,as you may or may not know the most units that can be personally controlled in rome total war is around 4800 (give or take a little),,, and the limit of 20 slots,,

i have searched this and other rtw websites a like,,, in my crusade i have found some patchs claiming 500 per unit which are accompanied with dead links to download ,,,, and have literally read tones of post's from many people like myself asking same thing in less words..

my aim and others if u accept it: is to create epic battles controlled by ourselves,, by increasing the unit size or the 20 slot unit control..(hold the thoughts of hard coded to the end lol) aiming to make the personal control of around 8000-1200 men ,,, wow


some twc,, ers may already know this has been achieved ,,,, time commanders,,, battle stations,,, decisive battles,,, and most recently clash of the generals

so here it comes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hard coded ,,,,,,,,, its hard coded,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe in rtw-2,3 or even 4 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

what is it ,,, why is it there,,, can it be re--coded,,, legally or un-legally

Here is a few pictures i sketched ,,,lol

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[Saiah]

That sir, is epic. By the way, how did you manage to create that large large size?

[Saiah]

Erm, nevermind the question.

[Matt]

Wouldn't this cause extreme lag though ? Even with a high-end computer ?

[tigger_t]

i don't know, but i would like to try on my computer! how did you get the unit size that big?

[Lykaor]

i don't know, but i would like to try on my computer! how did you get the unit size that big?

These are promotion-pics

@steveomac well, the problem is that firstable the limit of units is hardcoded and secondly the size of soldier per unit is hardcoded for, I think, 240.

[Kaweh]

i don't know, but i would like to try on my computer! how did you get the unit size that big?

He didn't, he's asking how it can be achieved, if it can.
We tried to raise the ammount of men per unit, but there's a limit at 250 or so (not sure, but it's a "2xx" number), it's impossible to increase the number via normal .txt editing.

As you said, in "Time Commanders", e.g., there are much more units on the battlefield, but that's because the developers themselves did that, I guess, and since it's hardcoded, we can't really do anything about it.

One could try and break the hardcode, I guess, but uploading any file would be illegal in this case.

K.K

[Ludens]

It's impossible to change the game engine without altering the hardcode; and that is illegal, not to mention that you need a very good programmer to do that. I also don't think that CA is willing to put out a patch that makes these changes when the game is three years old and the successor is already out, so these kind of epic game is nothing but a dream, I am afraid.

Incidentally, those pictures are old R:TW advertizing material: obviously CA changed something in the engine to make that possible.

[Darkragnar]

Here is a few pictures i sketched ,,,lol

Great, i hope your not claiming you took these photos beacuse these are the Promotional Pic's that CA took to promote RTW back when RTW wasnt released.

[Kaweh]

Great, i hope your not claiming you took these photos beacuse these are the Promotional Pic's that CA took to promote RTW back when RTW wasnt released.

He's asking how to achieve to have so many men on the battlefield, so he can't be claiming he took them.

K.K

[Aisis Julius]

best guess mulitplayer mod with about 16 people 8 one each side. be fun to watch thu :-)

[Sephynos]

looks pretty cool, ooh yeah!! Thats a total war!