ok i cant believe i found a way to change the language!!!!!!!!

ok here it is

1. Download the latest patch in the language you want it to change too(Ex. i have spanish version and i wanted to change it to english... download english patch)
2. Save the patch to a folder in my documents
3.Extract the files using winrar
4. Edit the patchconfig.xml file and change the language on the second line the the language you have currentyl installed(Ex. for me i would have to change it to spanish)
5. Run the exe. patch thing

This will change all the texts anywhere in the game but it will not change the voices. Still its better than nothing!!!

Did that realy require a new topic? Methinks no...

*plays twister*

well it seams a lot of people have problems with language and i didnt think they would look all the way at the bottom of some other forum titled 'dam language barrier

I have started out with a really good general that has fought many battles and is now the faction leader. I wanted to no if there was any way to family members younger.Is there?

No you can't. Only way to make generals younger is to make them start out young by modding.

so witch mod could i use and where would I find it?

Also put them in a city with good public health, they live longer Go Athens, 89 year old and counting...

i tried it it doesnt work it only mucks gameplay up by changing the genrals age also changes when the general got his traits and for sum reason it dnt change but the game goes wild and crashes lol only does it when i change age on charactors.

is there a mod u can use to change it?

You have to be quite careful when changing the ages. Like i said, a father (and mother!) must be at least 16 years older than their kids, and no two characters can have the same age.

add the - show_err switch to the command line of the game to get a box to pop up telling you what you cocked up.

Sav have you ever changed a generals age sucsessfully?
and is there a mod that allows you to change ages any1 noes about?

[This message has been edited by BDdizzle (edited 08-26-2006 @ 10:01 PM).]

The short answer is no, you can't.

The long answer, there should theorically be a way to hex edit the savegame. But then you would have to be a hacker.

any one ever got to 100 years old? once i got a brit gen to 95+ just leaving him in londinium. then i accidently erased the game......
would suck living your whole life in the same town

The oldest I have had is 91, but I have seen a screenshot of a 116 year old. I am also told that 130 years is the cutoff, where the age is reset to 0 but I can't prove it (127 would make more sense to me though).

If you want to make generals younger, then they must be 16 years older than their sons. I don't think it's possible in campaign.

[This message has been edited by yakcamkir (edited 08-28-2006 @ 03:13 AM).]

why would it make more scence 2 be 127 AND is there a MOD any1 noes about i can use to change ages??

You can edit existing / add new generals in the descr_strat.txt file using any txt editor (ie notepad)

However it is so easy to make a mistake you cant see I stongly advise against it. The First time I sucessfuly changed age took me about 2 hours, and even after knowing what I was doing took me about half hour or so because there are so many parameters and restrictions and there is no way to list them, and the only way to see if it worked is to run the program and let it crash... although admitedly I didnt know about the '-show_err' paramiter so that might make it a little less tedius. The best work-around would be to get the 4 turns per year download ; link at

http://rtw.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=9,4118,10

thus effectively extending life-span.

why is it that your generals die from old age but your troops don't?

As eplaind when barbaian invasion (medival expansion) introduced generals dying (though they were replaced with a general of exact stats/traits)

Troops are unkowns, thus older men would retire and be repaced without comment, generals are individuals and thus a general dying or being replaced would atleast deserve some comment.
Advancing this to rome consider Generals are members of the ruling family, wouldnt really make sence if they lived forever. On the other hand at only 2 turns per year recruting a good unit (2 turns) have it live only another say 20 years affter that, later in the game all your good units suddenly start dying off, not a 'fun' situation.
Once I actually did edit to make all units 'Generals' they started at random ages so you could spend 3 turns recruiting a brutal 'general-led' elephant, just to have him up and die 3 turns later!

However instituting an atrition rate for units outside your area of influence WOULD be a very interesting idea, maybe look into a script to implement....