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[Gottfried]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(another_guest @ Oct 30 2006, 09:18 AM) [snapback]264267[/snapback]</div>

Are the single units you try to control within reach of your general (pause the game, click your general and look at the circle pattern)? You simply can't select those units that are out of his reach...
How are you trying to move your general, what are you doing exactly and what happens? Also note that he can't move inbetween two adjacent units and that nearby units can sometimes prevent him from turning.
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I click it with mouse (left i think) then his way appears as blue line. He never takes a move anyway. And when i change waypoins for either general or unit, they just ignore me :angry:

[another_guest]

How do you execute those orders?
When you paused the game (for example by pressing space bar) a few buttons will appear at the top of your screen. I don't remember them completely but I think you need to click "ok" before units will carry out your orders ; pressing "melee" or "retreat" will override your commands.

Also, what never worked for me is setting a complicated course for any unit, in the sense of a course that changes direction at some point. The only orders that worked were straight lines.

Can you try first dragging the existing blue line back until it is only a dot. Then release the button. Then start from the dot to set the course (blue line) you want. That is the way I always did it.

[Gottfried]

thx, it worx k: Problem was that i forgot to press 'done' button and only unpaused battle

Hey Guys, I've read all the post here and now I wonder, is it really just me?

I used to play this game when I was a kid, but back then I didn't think about changing difficulty levels, and finishing this game on the easiest one is, I agree, a very simple task.

Now I'm back to the old world and I switched to "legionaire", the second level. People in this forum are telling me this would be still easy, but I can't seem to advance to the point where you are powerful.


1) I conquer alpes.
2) I conquer Narbonensis and get promoted to centurio.
3) My second army attacks Germany.

This is as far as I get at legionaire... Right after reaching this point, the first barbarian armies spawn. Usually they come from across the sea, so I get my 2 armies to Italy and defend against the intruders.

I am still centurio at that stage, no horses, no chance! The intruders have war elephants and sqash my first army easily. My second wins (with a lot of effort...).

And then, one round or two after that, the next marauder comes in. From now on all I can do is protect myself until finally I'm destroyed.


How you guys do that??? I'm pretty experienced in strategy but this is just not possible...

PS: I tried the melee trick too, but it didn't work, the 8 horses swarmed my troops and soon enough I was running away.

what are the buttons for gladiator fights?

like up down left et cetera?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Mar 24 2007, 11:53 AM) [snapback]284780[/snapback]</div>

what are the buttons for gladiator fights?

like up down left et cetera?
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Below the complete list (as for Gladiator Fights : its are ok, tested before posting; as for the other ... i'm unable to remember where i found the walktrought on the net and if it's originally for the amiga version or Dos version... but i've played the DOS version some month ago with no problem) :

Hot Keys

E = End Turn
F = Complete Fleet List
L = Complete Legion List
P = Complete Provine List
Q = Quit
ESC = Game Control Menu
M = Music On/Off
R = Retreat (in the Water)

Naval Battle
(Use keypad for number)

8 / Up arrow = speed up
4 / Left Arrow = turn left
6 / Right Arrow = turn right
2 / Down Arrow = slow down
space bar = fire catapult
ENTER = Lower boarding ramp.

To flee from battle, move your flagship towards any edge of screen.

Chariot racing
(Use keypad for number)

8 / Up arrow = whip horses
7 = whip opponent on left
9 = whip opponent on right,
4 / Left arrow = move left
6 / Right Arrow = move right
2 / Down arrow = slow down

Gladiator Show
(Use keypad for number)

8 / Up arrow = high block
7 / Home = high strike
4 / Right Arrow = move forward
6 / Left Arrow = move back
2 / Down arrow = low block
1 / End = low strike.

thanks!

by the way, i have a collection of dos games... from a software called HRS
its a collection of dos games...
though its a kiddy games collection...
played it since 1996... when i was in kindergarten
wonders when my dad bought it... maybe before i was born?

oh yeah...

how do i send my troops on land?

heres an example.

i've controlled all the countries except egypt, brittania, and all the african countries (since i wanna see the cleoparta thing :P)

but anyway, how do i send my legions who are already in the fleets back on land or onto new countries that i wanna conquest?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Guest @ Mar 28 2007, 02:26 PM) [snapback]285317[/snapback]</div>

but anyway, how do i send my legions who are already in the fleets back on land or onto new countries that i wanna conquest?
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Uhm... well click on the fleet with right mouse and then on the spot (like a "shadowed legion") that appear on nearby conuntry. I hope you don't need the keyboard for this action, because i never found a key to "disembark" legion in doc/manual/walkthrough on the net (try enter/return/space; this keys generally were used for such kind of action)

Hi, has anybody found a way to negotiate an alliance with one or all of the following provinces:

- Carthago
- Dacia
- Narbonensis
- Parthia
- Sarmatia
- Scythia (is this a bug when you go "agrressive", "offer alliance" and no matter what tribute you require they'll reject your offer or are there any special circumstances that have to be fullfilled in order for them to accept?)

Thus far I managed 20 alliances, even with Cyrenaica. For that one I found a tip on a spanish page which gave some requirements to ally with Cyrenaica:
- you've got to have Cilicia (by alliance) before
- you have to have plundered before and at least one rebellious province
- then you make an alliance with another province (anyone) and in the very next turn you go into Cyrenaica with a bigger army than theirs (they have 2940 men) an go "diplomatic", "diplomatic", "offer alliance"

Seems like a great deal of requiremnts and I don't know if all are really necessary but I did as it was said and I could make an alliance with them.

That leaves the 6 aforementioned provinces as the only ones I didn't make that far. So, if anybody has a clue how to make them work it would be very nice if you could post your suggestions here.

Thank you in advance.

By the way - has the "ultimatum" response ever been useful anywhere? Not for me, but I think the programmers did put it in for reason...