Ardie
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Are promotions enabled?

Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:11 am

Hi to everybody.

I have returned to AGEOD games after a 7 year hiatus (jumped from Rise of Prussia to Thirty Years War) and I think my last post is from 2010.

The question: Are promotions enabled at all in ECW since I have not been able to promote those leaders that have additional models in database (like Hopton, Cromwell, Thomas Fairfax, Lord Byron etc)?

Same thing with TYW... I've tried to a get promotion for Turenne but no dice.

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Durk
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:55 am

Interesting observation. I have not noticed any promotions, but then again . . .. I will monitor these games and report back if someone else does not have a solid answer sooner.

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Nikel
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:21 pm

I should say there is a bug, also in TYW. Reported for the second game and never fixed.


Just tried Marston Moor scenario.

Rupert won a victory, was congratulated and changed seniority from 5 to 1.

He is promotable according to the mdl files.

The conditions are fulfilled according to the manual.

Promotion button is greyed.

Ardie
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:50 am

Yeah, I kind of figured this is a bug... a major one though.

Anyways... thanks guys.

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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu May 03, 2018 8:29 am

I have checked this and in the database looks ok so its probably linked with the code.
I will try to find a fix for this but I need Pocus help. Im already in contact with him
sorry for the inconveniences.

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Bohémond
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:37 am

Could somebody open the file 81PARCromwell.mdl in ECW\gamedata\models and very that the folloing is present ;

TechUpg = ldr_PAR_Cromwell2

Thank you

Regards

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jack54
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:15 pm

I can verify that 83PARCromwell has TechUpg = ldr_PAR_Cromwell2

(81 seems to be Russell)

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Bohémond
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:44 pm

Thank you for the feedback,

There is a $ missing, it should be ;

TechUpg = $ldr_PAR_Cromwell2


That why promotion is not working.

That should be true for all promotable leaders.

As I do not have the DB, I cannot make a global fix.
You will have to go leader by leader to do the modification.
.cached will have to be deleted before running the game.

Note ; Same issue, same fix for TYW.

Regards

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Nikel
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:25 pm

Thank you sir :hat:

The following seem to be the promotable commanders:


76PARTFairfax

77PARTFairfax

83PARCromwell

94PARWaller

154ROYPr.Rupert

156ROYByron

159ROYPr.Maurice

162ROYHopton

175ROYGoring

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jack54
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:35 pm

Bohemond:Thanks again for the fix :) and Nikel thanks for the list of leaders

If anyone would like to try this

In the ECW\gamedata\models replace the 9 MDL leader files with the 9 from the first set in the zip. (a second folder has the originals if you need to revert because I did something stupid! ) Delete the Models.Cached file. The game will make a new one when it starts again.

Sorry I can't attach directly like the old AGEOD forum so I'm using a dropbox link


https://www.dropbox.com/s/fjotds7qei4nl ... s.zip?dl=0

paulferris1964
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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:02 pm

Thank you SO much Bohemond, Nikel and Jack54!!

Paul

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Re: Are promotions enabled?

Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:53 pm

Thank you!!!

I immediately installed ECW to a new computer.

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