Q: Does this fix cause crashes? A: No. The only risk is that the Ottomans will not get free "emergency" armies during a siege. This makes them slightly easier to conquer, but far more responsive.
Q: I play on Steam. Will this break multiplayer? A: DarthMod multiplayer is rare. If you play a head-to-head campaign, both players must have the exact same script file. If you delete the Ottoman script and they don't, you will desync.
Q: What about the Polish or Russian turn lag? A: The Ottoman issue is unique because of the sheer number of emergent regions and the strait crossing at Istanbul. If Russia lags, reduce unit size to "Large" instead of "Ultra." For the Ottomans, only the script deletion works. empire total war darthmod ottoman turn lag fix top
Before we fix it, you must understand the enemy. In vanilla Empire, the Ottomans have a few regions and roughly 8-10 starting armies. DarthMod changes this.
DarthMod introduces a script called "Emergent Factions" and drastically increases unit variety. However, the core issue lies in the campaign AI decision loop. The Ottoman Empire, in DarthMod, holds a massive amount of territory (Hungary, Balkans, Anatolia, Middle East, Crimea). Q: Does this fix cause crashes
Here is the technical breakdown:
In short: DarthMod gives the Ottoman AI too many toys, and the 2009 game engine chokes. In short: DarthMod gives the Ottoman AI too
Vanilla Empire had Ottoman lag, but DarthMod makes it worse for two good reasons:
The engine (from 2009) simply chokes on the data.
