Shocking new attribute in Rome Total War!

**Zerthamel** · April 23, 2007, 03:23 PM

Okay so I have been vigorisly (T3H 5P3LlInG sUx)working on my map for a few days now and no matter what I do units always climb over hills and flank me I am trying funnel all of the enemys into a little corridor and no matter what they always climb over the mountains I made or boulders I placed and flank me !

I have set them up so no generals have any experience but they still no how to flank they will go any where besides that little pass I made

is there a way to make restrictions for units so they cannot climb and only move foward??
\How can I edit the units to suck at climbing!

**Publius** · April 24, 2007, 08:50 AM

Well, there's no 'suck_at_climbing attribute.' (Dang that would have been too easy

)

Still, this sounds like it might be a custom map you made in the battle editor? If so try making a historical battle which has a rally point for your enemies right near your unit deployments.

Outside of that, it's hard to say. Maybe give the flanking units slower skeletons in the dmb so that you have more reaction time? Not sure...

**Zerthamel** · April 24, 2007, 06:58 PM

this is a historcal map

so youre saying if I have a huge rally point which it is they can flank me but If i make there unit spwan place small they cant go beyond it?

**Halie Satanus** · April 24, 2007, 07:35 PM

While i have no idea how maps work....can't you just make cliffs (which extend past the map boarders) either side of a narrow(ish) path. I presume you are making a 'hot gate' scenario. I have seen a fort set into a sheer wall, not that you want a fort but you do want a sheer wall.

**Zerthamel** · April 24, 2007, 07:44 PM

Yes the Hot Gate is what it is indeed

The first wave of persians does what they supposed they run right into the Spartan Shield and are massacred

however the rest hit the sides of the spartans and are not taken down by my Phalanx rather by the short swords the Spartans have then they pick at my sides run away come back and it takes forever to kill them all

I made huge cliffs but they still and climb them thats why im saying im getting sick of this awesome climbing ability taht the units have which is unrealistic

**Halie Satanus** · April 25, 2007, 05:54 PM

Ok, now i am intrigued, can you post some screens of these mountain climbing Persian's?.

**Zerthamel** · April 25, 2007, 06:24 PM

u asked for it lo

**Halie Satanus** · April 25, 2007, 06:31 PM

well bigger pics would be nice, but i think the answer to your problem is going to be to make the face of the cliff, rock, so it's not climbable, bearing in mind i have no idea what I'm talking about, but i know a man who might be able to point you in the right direction.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=3519

Though he might just direct you here.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55785

**Dannath** · April 25, 2007, 07:41 PM

okay, wtf.... how do they climb that?, thats retarded.

**Zerthamel** · April 26, 2007, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dannath

okay, wtf.... how do they climb that?, thats retarded.

It is even gayer when you cannot do anything about it...

**dvk901** · April 27, 2007, 02:57 PM

That is really bizarre and just 'wrong', but I think Halie Satanus has a point here.......it may be that the composition of the terrain has something to do with a unit's ability to traverse it. If that was a rock faced cliff, I'd bet they wouldn't be able to do that.

**ccllnply** · April 27, 2007, 03:16 PM

If you do get it fixed will we be able to download this map

**Zerthamel** · April 27, 2007, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by ccllnply

If you do get it fixed will we be able to download this map

Yes, of course!

I have been working for weeks now and nothing works....

I made the where the units spawn signifintly closer the the mountain pass it works but only a certain amount of units can spawn there the rest will 'climb' the mountains.

I hope to be done with this map by mid May even if I'm not done by then I at least release a beta of the map...