Empire Total War, Again

[MadBurgerMaker]

Oh nevermind.  I just read further down the thread in TWC and someone claims that they use one of those systems where the patch will be downloaded automatically.

Reminds me of EU3.  I searched for hours where to download the patch, only to discover that there is supposed to be a programme to download the patch automatically.  Only, my computer only connects to the internet if I give it manual instructions, so it won't download for me.

Yeah, it should be DLed automatically by Steam.  So, I guess in your case, you would just connect, fire up Steam, and wait for it to DL + install.

[Scipio]

Worst manual ever.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Worst manual ever.

Hell no. Any of the EA Sports football games have the worst "manual" ever.  They're like 2 or 3 pages.

Edit:  This was the 700th post on these forums.  Worship me like a god.

[Monoriu]

Worst manual ever.

Worst manual?  I am not even aware there is a manual  ;D

[Kleves]

So do any of you guys notice Austrian line units are bigger than other nation's or not? 

[MadBurgerMaker]

So do any of you guys notice Austrian line units are bigger than other nation's or not? 

  Haven't used Austria.  Busy conquering the known world with the Knights Hospitaller.

[BVN]

So do any of you guys notice Austrian line units are bigger than other nation's or not? 

They are bigger.

I had an annoying bug last time I played. I had a fleet setting up a trade route in the East Indies. I took one ship away from the fleet because I needed it elsewhere. The rest of the fleet still on the trade route spot (the yellow circle) wasn't useable anymore. Everytime I tried to move it, there was a voice telling me: "Sir, this is a ship" or "We can't sail on land, sir"... No shit...  :

Also, the trade route doesn't generate any income anymore and Dutch ships are circling around the trade route spot as moths around a flame, but it seems they can't move onto the spot because my ships are still there.

[Ape]

I'm really mad that it is so utterly goddamn hard to mod this game, out of the box it sucks, with mods this could be the game of the year (at least for us strategy nuts)

BTW wtf is up with the smilies, we want better smilies goddammit!!!!

[Josephus]

Worst manual ever.

Concur. As I've said earlier, this is my first TW game; and I'm totally lost. I'm just ambling along trying to figure out what to do. The manual sucks dogpile.

[Warspite]

I was going to go out and purchase ETW but on second thoughts I'll wait till the patches and mods come out.

[jimmy olsen]

As Pussia in 2 wars I've conquered Danzig, Saxony, Silesia, Bohemia, and Bavaria by 1712. The BB Wars have come now, I'll either be destroyed or end up the dominant power in Europe.

[Kleves]

Tim: do Austrian line units have 100 men in them, while your's only have 80?

[jimmy olsen]

I attacked them while they were at war with France and Spain, they only at militia and assorted rabble to oppose me, along with several cavalry regiments and a few guns.

They just declared war on me, so I'll take a note of it this time around.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Tim: do Austrian line units have 100 men in them, while your's only have 80?

Here:  http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=235729

The numbers are on "large" unit size settings.

Edit: 

[Monoriu]

Yeah, it should be DLed automatically by Steam.  So, I guess in your case, you would just connect, fire up Steam, and wait for it to DL + install.

So I went home, connected to the internet, fired up steam, and...nada.  Nothing happened.  No download.  No dialogue box.  Nothing.  I looked at the settings.  Auto-update was on.  Wouldn't download for me. 

The biggest problem with this faith-based auto-update is there is no way to tell if the game is already updated or not. 

So I started the game, and did two experiments.  First, I alt-tabbed.  Worked.  Then, I started a new game as Sweden, built an indiaman, and sent it to a trade port.  Also worked. 

I am still not entirely convinced that my game is patched.  No, steam still won't download it for me.