TAM 1.99B released

[Szut]

Got it now, thank you very much indeed !

 

[Shqype]

Teuta has been at war with either or both Decebal and Agamemnon the whole game so far.

And how are my Illyrians faring?


For the next version the 10 experience cap should be doubled to 20. Let's try that out for balance and see if anything needs to be changed ...

 

[schlappi]

I think doubling the barbarian xp cap would help AI and those players who love micromanaging alot, it would be cool.


(But its easy to change yourself)

 

[schlappi]

I've noticed a graphic bug in the latest release:

Sometimes, if a city has finished a building and the build screen pops up, the colours of the map and the inactive units change to greyish-black. Farms are black, cities are black and everything looks really ugly. Everytime this happens, i have to return to desktop (not main menu) and reload the game.

Unfortunately i was not able to post a screenshot since it turned out to be all black as well...

 

[Kalimakhus]

This is not actually a TAM related bug. It is a display card one. Also you can simply switch to the desktop (not exit - use the windows menu key) and return back to civ4, and the graphics will be refreshed.

 

[monolith94]

Thanks for the info, Kali - I was having that same problem as well.

As for this - it's awesome! I'm loving TAM all over again, and I think that the small map is perhaps even more fun than the normal. Dido certainly has some great starting land!

 

[Seidrik_The_Gray]

And how are my Illyrians faring?


For the next version the 10 experience cap should be doubled to 20. Let's try that out for balance and see if anything needs to be changed ...

Sorry to report that they fell to the combined pressure of Agamemnon, Rome, Arminius, and Decebal....Agamemnon has a royal thirst for Illyria in 9 out of 10 games so far. In fact, I can almost count on Agamemnon starting a war with Illyria, which is then followed by the Dacians piling on, with Rome to follow soon after, depending on how the war goes. Interestingly though, the Illyrian capital holds together for a very long time, but without additional cities, it eventually succumbs to the never ending conflicts and increasingly stronger invasions from its neighbors.

I admit that I am not a student of Illyrian history, but this almost sounds like what may have actually happened.

I did have one game, where Illyria actually managed to do very well against its neighbors and kept Agamemnon isolated in lower Greece, leaving the Macedonians with only three cities.

Rome in the hands of a Human is quite different than when played by the AI, however. We Humans are more aggressive than the AI. I've had games as Dido of Carthage, where Rome didn't declare against me, until I had already built up a nice city on Cicilia and the Islands west of Italy (sorry name escapes me atm). I've had other games where Rome doesn't ammount to much of a force at all.

I am not sure what causes this strange behavior. It's almost as if Rome has some preternatural fear of exerting its muscle.

 

[Hiram]

I've downloaded and extracted the file but the mod doesn't load (I get the 'This program must close, we apologise for the inconvenience' message box), and pretty much all of the art files aren't there.

~Hiram.

 

[Astat]

which civ4 version do i need to play the current TAM v1.99b?
it's a rather obvious question i know, but i couldnt find any info on it at the download link or in the TAM setup (readme?) itself..
i suppose i'll ned 1.74, but just wanted to be sure..

 

[ambrox62]

Civ4 1.74 is ok

 

[Astat]

i'll take you by your word - thanks.

 

[davbenbak]

please tell me the next version will be for BTS!!!

 

[baptiste]

I encounter a "99 turns left" around -908 :/

Any idea about how to manage it ?

(playing huge map marathon speed as Agamemnon, standard 1.99b scenario english version)