In CTW, I want to change age advancement speed

[overseer]

Basically, I am playing the campaign on the most difficult setting i can handle (tougher), and I am realizing that it wont be so easy to just attack enemy capitals with 1 army to conquer all their territory. I will have to attack with several reinforcements, etc. This will take much more time as far as turns go, and I want to be able to conquer the entire world before the last turn.

Is there some way to edit how fast the ages advance? Maybe make it advance every 4-5 turns instead of 3? thanks for any input

 

[peppe1]

You can change how the CTW campains run by editing the XML files.

Goto your Thrones install folder and open the 'conquest' folder
Open a world map file in notepad: CTW_World_Map_01.xml

search for these terms and play with numbers as you like:
turns_per_age="3" starting_round="2" starting_age="0" ending_age="7"


If you want to keep the original settings intact, you can make copies of this XML file and change the name="" attribute to create your own custom settings for the various maps.

Ike Ellis, Example:

It's very easy to make Conquer the World do what you want it to.

1. Upgrade if necessary
Make sure that you've upgraded to patch 3. This will NOT work without it. For those who might not know how, simply log in to Gamespy multiplayer from with RoN, or click on the Check for Updates button if you have one.

2. Make a backup!
Find your RoN install directory and go to the 'conquest' directory. There you'll find CTW_World_Map_01.xml, CTW_World_Map_01.png. Make copies of both of these files. When I did it, I called them CTW_World_Map_01_EN.png and .xml. They must me called the same thing, with different extensions. Then open up the RenderMaps directory and make a copy of RENDER_CTW_World_Map_01.png and make a copy. Rename it RENDER_CTW_World_Map_EN.png.

3. Edit CTW_World_Map_01_EN.xml
Open the file in an xml or text editor and change the following attributes.

name="Enlightenment World Map"
starting_round="0"
starting_age="4"
ending_age="5"
turns_per_age="11"

4. Play!
Once you've made those edits, go to the Map combo box on the Conquer the World menu and select your enlightment age campaign.