Rome Total War 13 German Patch description
Rome: Total War - Rule the Roman Empire. Rule the World.

Rule the Roman Empire. Rule the World.

The much anticipated Rome: Total War is a multi-award winner. At E3 2004, it was named IGN Best PC Game of Show, GameSpy Best Strategy Game of Show, Game Critics Best Strategy Game of Show runner up, Game Revolution Best Strategy Game, Wargamer Best of Show, and, at E3 2003, it was awarded Game Critics Awards: Strategy Game of Show

Create, rule, conquer and manipulate the Roman Republic and Empire to become the "Imperator" of Rome in this award-winning game from the highly-acclaimed Total War™ series. Fight as, or against ancient history's most legendary generals including Julius Caesar, Hannibal and the rebel Spartacus.

From the Punic Wars against Carthage to the death of Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, control mighty armies of up to 10,000 fully polygonal, highly detailed, motion-captured warriors clashing in panoramic real-time battles.

At your disposal are over a hundred different troop types including legionaries, hoplites, barbarian hordes, war elephants, gladiators and scythe chariots to colossal war machines such as siege towers, battering rams and catapults hurling flaming missiles. The stage is set for carnage on more than 10,000 unique battlefields based on the topography of Europe and North Africa.

Conflict is not the only way to gain favor with the senate and people of Rome, however, as politics, diplomacy the gladiatorial games will play key roles in your quest to be declared Imperator.
Dominate and reign over one of the most powerful empires in history.

Requirements:

· English version of Microsoft® Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP
· Pentium III 1.0GHz (1000MHz) or Athlon™ 1.0GHz (1000MHz) processor or higher
· 256MB RAM
· 8x Speed CD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers
· 2.9GB of uncompressed free hard disk space (plus 500MB for Windows swap file)
· 100% Directx 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers
· 100% Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers
· DirectX 9.0b (included)
· 3D hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers.
· ATI® Radeon 7200
· ATI® Radeon 8500
· ATI® Radeon 9000
· ATI® Radeon 9500
· ATI® Radeon 9600
· ATI® Radeon 9700
· ATI® Radeon 9800
· All Nvidia® GeForce 2 and higher


What's New in This Release:

GAMEPLAY ISSUES
· Balancing
· There are a number of improvements that have been made to the Balancing of the game, which will change the way that the game is played.
· Spear bonuses against cavalry have been increased (they were previously hard coded and are now moddable, in addition to mount_effect)
· Braced spearmen (standing ready) now reflect part of any attacking cavalry’s charge bonus back on the horse
· Adjusted most units’ charge bonuses to improve play balance (especially for cavalry) in response to charge code changes (which fixed an issue for higher bonus values)
· Reduced archery attack for some elite units
· Reduced secondary non-phalanx attack for stronger phalanx units
· Adjusted incorrect shield attribute for several units (to reflect models)
· Fixed Egyptian desert axemen armour
· Fixed bug for early and late Thracian and Scythian generals
· Reduced archer attack from chariots and elephants, and reduced dog attack

Code Issues
· We fixed a number of different bugs and associated issues for the patch, below you will see some of the headline fixes.
· Campaign Map
· The Load Save bug has been addressed
· The speed on the campaign map has been improved
· Improvements to the Campaign map AI
· Better mix of rebelling units, including mercenary units and fewer peasants
· Fewer brigands, more pirates and the ability to mod the rate that these appear
· Fixed issues with the faction graphs where a dead faction was still receiving income

Battle Map
· As with the campaign map there have been numerous little fixes. A few highlights are:
· Improvements to the battle AI
· Pre-battle speeches for the Roman factions now include sections on previous meetings with that faction

Multiplayer
· This will enable users to play Multiplayer against other players who have upgraded their version of Rome with a Barbarian Invasion Install.