Well, just finished the Roman campaign as Caesar Augustus. No problems with the new patch so far. Fame 108535 Legate (74) First Legion (26) Second Legion (25) Third Legion (23) Fourth Legion (22) Fifth Legion (24) Sixth Legion (23) Seventh Legion (22) Eighth Legion (21) Ninth Legion (14) Tenth Legio...

Hi, Magobarca, We should proably move this off tech support at this point, but one last reply. My rationale for sticking to legionary units was telling myself that in effect, the "48 man" units represented cohorts and that I wanted enough to build one real legion, then start adding auxilia...

Hi, Magobarca. You should try my army in the Grannicus scenario, I had a few seconds to spare without the patch: Legate (Level 54) + 8 Legions (Levels 18-20), all with substantial armor, weapon and standard upgrades. A tough lot. I actually dumped my inherited army after the first scenario, and boug...

Pip,

Here are my system specs per your request:

Alienware Custom PC
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.0 GHz
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Running the boxed retail version of the game, unpatched as noted before.

By the way, I did NOT reinstall the patch - I am playing on the original version. I may install the patch and see if I can continue - after I save the games. I'm a couple of battles beyond Vercellae now. It is odd that we both hit a wall at that battle with the patched version. I wonder if there is ...

Thanks. Uninstalling and reinstalling did the trick.

I have had no trouble with the game, but recently downloaded the patch. I made it through several more battles, but I now have hit a wall. I have won the battle of Vercellae, but every time I hit the campaign button to move forward, it crashes to the desktop. I have replayed to this same point from...