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[_r.u.s.s.]

Originally Posted by LurkingGrue

Curious. I had tried configuring the sound through DOSbox using DOS commands and it didn't work no matter what. Today (as a last ditch effort) I just double-clicked the setsound.exe and ran it through Windows, selecting the same configuration options as before... and now it works. Simple as that. Heh.

Anyway, thanks for your help guys!

My next question is, where is the 'any' key?!

you probably set the config file as "read only"

stengah: save game maybe? (but i'm not sure what you mean, i haven't played caesar)

Ok, small domus needs external security in order to upgrade, and to do so the city must be surrounded by a wall (including rivers) on the city level, right? I did it, but to no avail. Why is this happening, dammit?

[dosraider]

OS? You don't give much details .... *sigh*.
If Vista follow this to set up dosbox 0.73 correctly:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=19982
Seems to me you encounter a write protection fault.

No, XP. And I don't use DosBox either. That's the reason?

Problem solved. Thanks!

[dosraider]

You're welcome, enjoy the game.

[Neiver the Reiver]

Originally Posted by stengah

I've finished with the 7 promotions and became a Caesar. Now, I tried everything in order to continue playing from there, but the game always goes back to main menu. When I hit ''new game'', nothing is conquered and I have to start all over. Is there a way to avoid this? (I started from Illiricum towards the north).

Thanks.

On the first two difficulties, you complete your promotions, then that's it. From Normal upwards, you get to play on as Caesar, and the extreme provinces become unlocked too.

If memory serves me right, there is a glitch in that the impossible campaign cannot be properly completed because there are not enough provinces to earn all the promotions (with Pompous Maximus pinching two provinces for every one of yours).

[Oskatat]

actually, at that level they put you back at square one, but as mentioned, it is almost impossible to complete the game a second time since maximus is now working way faster than you. I think he is programmed to take certain provinces when you do not, forcing you to replay the game in order to experience all the various provinces

[Neiver the Reiver]

I'm sorry if it wasn't clear that I meant starting a new game at normal difficulty. But what happens after the final promotion is that you get the option to continue, you get taken back to the empire map and the new provinces are opened. I've just got this far having not played it for a while, I don't know if Pompous Maximus still conquers after this.

Anyway, at normal difficulty, as Pompous Maximus takes two provinces for every one you do, and it's impossible to get enough ratings to complete a level before he does, there are a couple of regular provinces left available in addition to the Northern challenge. But you need so many provinces to get to Caesar at impossible that you get taken back to the main menu when you achieve promotion and there are no more regular provinces left because either you or Pompous Maximus have taken them.

Also, Pompous Maximus takes random provinces, as long as they are adjacent to a previously conquered province. If you save before he takes one, load it and he won't necessarily take the same place.

[Oskatat]

Originally Posted by stengah

Ok, small domus needs external security in order to upgrade, and to do so the city must be surrounded by a wall (including rivers) on the city level, right? I did it, but to no avail. Why is this happening, dammit?

did you take into account bridges? did you allocate plebs to maintain the walls? (if not, they degrade quickly). Finally, you have to wait a few months before the change becomes effective