Interesting File in the BI demo - Total War Heaven Forum

Lord Hornburg
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posted 28 August 2005 16:02 EDT (US) 1 / 15

Woah quite a find there! Seems like CA should be careful what they put in these demo's lol!

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Gaurdian_112
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posted 28 August 2005 16:34 EDT (US) 2 / 15

CA would be a dumb company indeed if they didn't know that we would find these things. I don't think they really care

GLORYOFSPARTA
Seraph (in absentia)

posted 28 August 2005 20:24 EDT (US) 3 / 15

Been there, done that.

Nice info, indeed.

BTW, something just came to mind; Sussex (where the CA headquarters are located) was one of the settlements founded by the Saxons. This might explain MikeB's predilection for them.

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posted 28 August 2005 20:58 EDT (US) 4 / 15

Everyone should note that I don't think this is 100% accurate though. I was under the impression that some factions including the Huns and Vandals would start as a Horde, but here it lists them as owning 2 and 1 settlements respectively. Either the screenshots of the campaign set-up are wrong or this file is wrong.

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Mike the Mighty
Legionary

posted 28 August 2005 21:06 EDT (US) 5 / 15

CA shouldn't worry about this, its not like its a company secrete, its just what the campaign will look like in the beginning.

IzmirtheAstarach
Legionary

posted 29 August 2005 00:02 EDT (US) 6 / 15

It is also, we must keep in mind, most definately from an earlier build. The final game may have similar settings, or may be completely different.

CaptainFishpants
VIP

posted 30 August 2005 05:14 EDT (US) 7 / 15

I may live and work in Sussex, but I'm far from being a local lad. Hence, no prediliction for Saxons.

I do, however, have a soft spot for the Alvis Stalwart, and am deeply jealous of the man in the next village who owns one.

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KaiserWinterfeldt
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posted 30 August 2005 10:12 EDT (US) 8 / 15

lol...the next village.

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I was under the impression that some factions including the Huns and Vandals would start as a Horde, but here it lists them as owning 2 and 1 settlements respectively. Either the screenshots of the campaign set-up are wrong or this file is wrong.

My guess is that it is the file for an earlier idea of the campaign map. CA has already mentioned that the Huns will start out as a horde, owning no provinces.

Now, why they would put it in the demo is beyond me..

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Cunobelinus
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posted 30 August 2005 10:30 EDT (US) 9 / 15

Greetings CaptainFishpants, A valid point regarding Sussex and the Saxons but how many of our forum(m)ers (sp) know the connection? I would say perhaps 50% maybe 55 but no more.

An Alvis Stalwart......sweet.

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GLORYOFSPARTA
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posted 30 August 2005 13:16 EDT (US) 10 / 15

Thanks for your visit, Mike!

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Now, why they would put it in the demo is beyond me..

CA love sowing doubt and confusion.

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Lord_Morningstar
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posted 03 September 2005 07:24 EDT (US) 11 / 15

There�s also a handful of what appear to be hidden resources - britain, bosphoran, sughdian, rome, berber. I wonder what units will be trained in them?

Also, what�s up with each province having a �legion� tag?

CaptainFishpants
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posted 08 September 2005 04:39 EDT (US) 12 / 15

Quote:

CA love sowing doubt and confusion.

A modicum of misdirection, a dose of doubt, a cupful of confusion and a dash - no more than a dash, mind - of absentmindedness are what make up the Development Cocktail! Actually, any files that were included in the demo were almost certainly needed (in some form) for the demo to work.

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There�s also a handful of what appear to be hidden resources - britain, bosphoran, sughdian, rome, berber. I wonder what units will be trained in them?

Also, what�s up with each province having a �legion� tag?

Hidden resources are used to make sure that units can't be recruited in inappropriate parts of the map or, looking at it the other way round, that 'local units' can only be found in the right locality.

The legion tag is actually there for a good reason. First cohorts - as the core of a legion - in BI will have a regional legion title. Just thought you'd like to know that.

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GLORYOFSPARTA
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posted 08 September 2005 08:01 EDT (US) 13 / 15

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The legion tag is actually there for a good reason. First cohorts - as the core of a legion - in BI will have a regional legion title. Just thought you'd like to know that.

Now that's cool.

Does this also mean that the insignia (LEG II AVG) on the shafts carried by the signifers will change accordingly?

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lars573
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posted 08 September 2005 10:37 EDT (US) 14 / 15

That would require there to be about 60 different Signifers (I made a list of all the legion names there are about 60). If anything it will be a banner on the Singiferws spear shaft. But most probably it will just be a campagin map feature, but still w00t.

P.S. I knew that if the Legion names were included they would be attached to the first cohort. *does happy dance*

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Stuie
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posted 12 September 2005 09:36 EDT (US) 15 / 15

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The legion tag is actually there for a good reason. First cohorts - as the core of a legion - in BI will have a regional legion title. Just thought you'd like to know that.

Ah ha! I was wondering what the legion tag was going to be used for. So it only gets put on First cohorts? I'm hoping this is moddable to some extent....

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