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post Jul 6 2009, 01:14 PM, updated 17y ago

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Anno 1404, also known as Dawn of Discovery inside North America, is a real-time strategy and city-building game. It was developed by Related Designs and is published by Ubisoft. Anno 1404 is the sequel to Anno 1701 and is the latest installment in the Anno series.

As with other Anno games, the player starts as leader of an unarmed country which must colonize and expand in the game world. While the player expands their in-game territory, other computer controlled rivals are also expanding and strengthening their countries. As the player progresses through the game, they have access to lodge activities and troops which allow them to invade and ultimately to defeat other players. Anno 1404 features an updated interface, bigger islands and worlds to explore, a sandbox mode, and other features new to the Anno series.

http://anno.uk.ubi.com




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Also the demo:
http://www.bigdownload.com/games/dawn-of-d...discovery-demo/
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post Jul 6 2009, 03:35 PM

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I loved this game but it has not release in msia yet.
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post Jul 6 2009, 03:36 PM

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Yar, that's a good serie of game.

I played the very first one that came (Anno 1606 or something) a long time ago and it was pretty good.
I also played the previous one (1704) but I found it bland since it has no campain (sandbox usually amuse me the first 1-2 times then its stale)

I considered buying that one but I am kinda full on new games at the moment, might wait for it to go budget or some steam special offer.
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post Jul 7 2009, 06:40 PM

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pentium 4 and gpu 256mb can play this game or not?
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post Jul 7 2009, 10:52 PM

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is it like Simcity?
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post Jul 7 2009, 11:27 PM

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Kind of, but not as complex.
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post Jul 9 2009, 10:13 PM

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Anno 1404 has this crashing problem, unfortunately on both original/non-ori copy. From a quick google and based on small sample, it's nvidia's problem :-(
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post Jul 10 2009, 09:48 PM

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Simply looking at the settlements makes you happy...
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post Jul 10 2009, 10:35 PM

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QUOTE(LEVIATHAN @ Jul 9 2009, 10:13 PM)
Anno 1404 has this crashing problem, unfortunately on both original/non-ori copy. From a quick google and based on small sample, it's nvidia's problem :-(
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yeah, and graphic taking much resource... compare to AOE3 (which i think the visual feel quite similar), AOE a lot more lighter and smoother than this. but i still like the gameplay... nod.gif

btw, how to make ropes... haiz, it said it will available once have much citizen, but how to know eh? hmm.gif
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post Jul 10 2009, 10:54 PM

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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Jul 10 2009, 10:35 PM)
yeah, and graphic taking much resource... compare to AOE3 (which i think the visual feel quite similar), AOE a lot more lighter and smoother than this. but i still like the gameplay... nod.gif

btw, how to make ropes... haiz, it said it will available once have much citizen, but how to know eh? hmm.gif
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Ropeyard needs 240 citizens. Click on the population tab to know how many citizens you got.

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post Jul 11 2009, 12:41 AM

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Ropes require Hemp (the same one that lets you produce clothing)

IIRC the Ropeyard is a Citizen-level building. The amount of Citizens you need to unlock it is shown when you mouseover on the greyed out building icon

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post Jul 11 2009, 12:57 AM

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QUOTE(phoenixxx @ Jul 11 2009, 12:41 AM)
Ropes require Hemp (the same one that lets you produce clothing)

IIRC the Ropeyard is a Citizen-level building. The amount of Citizens you need to unlock it is shown when you mouseover on the greyed out building icon
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hemp checked. but ropeyard required about 200++ citizen! shocking.gif

so my main problem now is, how to upgrade those peasants to citizen? seems all my peasants houses need are 'very well satisfied'; 100%... hmm.gif

somebody, please grant me ur salvation... icon_question.gif

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post Jul 11 2009, 01:46 AM

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Oh, easy.

One thing you must know is not all your peasants will rank up to citizens... the game strives to be realistic, so you don't end up with a gleaming city only consisting of noblemen.

Therefore, you must create even more peasant houses... a percentage of it will stay as peasants even with all needs fulfilled, but the rest will rank up towards citizens.

Same process applies from citizens --> patricians --> noblemen

And also for nomads --> envoys

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post Jul 11 2009, 02:41 AM

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QUOTE(phoenixxx @ Jul 11 2009, 01:46 AM)
Oh, easy.

One thing you must know is not all your peasants will rank up to citizens... the game strives to be realistic, so you don't end up with a gleaming city only consisting of noblemen.

Therefore, you must create even more peasant houses... a percentage of it will stay as peasants even with all needs fulfilled, but the rest will rank up towards citizens.

Same process applies from citizens --> patricians --> noblemen

And also for nomads --> envoys

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haha thx! ya2, i know bout all the rank up thingy, but hours had past and only 2 citizen house! how in the hell i wanna those peasants move on to be live a better life! i was like wtf and wanna give up, so i just start messing around with the peasants cribs. then was i realized my mistake.... flex.gif

i was being msian a cruel gov! tongue.gif i raised their taxes until the 'calm' sector. bcos i was blinded by the gold keep decreasing. heck, i did that for the sake of the upkeep. doh.gif

when decrease to 'euphoria', the gold seems increasing faster and 1 by1 citizen appear! rclxms.gif

btw, i still hope there will be a patch to fix the major fps dropping. especially when ur town gets bigger.... sad.gif

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Oh... that! I forgot to tell you also, anything below dark green and they won't rank up. When you want to rank up, set back the taxes, other times, SUCK THEIR MONEH >:-)

But I guess you already know now tongue.gif

Game is super smooth for me, even with fully inhabited island. Check my sig for specs. Everything on max, 1680x1050.

One thing, beware of this game.. it's evil tongue.gif Everytime I start the game, my sleep schedule all GG. Today I played until 9:30am, since last afternoon. That's almost 15-18 hours! Only stopped for dinner (skipped lunch) >< Super addictive man!

Grats btw smile.gif


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QUOTE(phoenixxx @ Jul 11 2009, 02:53 AM)
Oh... that! I forgot to tell you also, anything below dark green and they won't rank up. When you want to rank up, set back the taxes, other times, SUCK THEIR MONEH >:-)

But I guess you already know now tongue.gif

Game is super smooth for me, even with fully inhabited island. Check my sig for specs. Everything on max, 1680x1050.

One thing, beware of this game.. it's evil tongue.gif Everytime I start the game, my sleep schedule all GG. Today I played until 9:30am, since last afternoon. That's almost 15-18 hours! Only stopped for dinner (skipped lunch) >< Super addictive man!

Grats btw smile.gif
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yup, addictive! plus i never played anno b4, so new experience=pure fun laugh.gif

super smooth? u lucky green owner. nod.gif but i still think this game suck way to much resource, compare to other visually beauty games! sad.gif
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Feel like the settlers series, but not exactly the same. Nice game btw. Im also new to this anno game.
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QUOTE(Savor_Savvy @ Jul 11 2009, 05:04 PM)
Feel like the settlers series, but not exactly the same. Nice game btw. Im also new to this anno game.
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I saw the logo BlueBytes on one of the trailers.

If I remember well BlueBytes is the ones that created the Settles Series... so yar, good guess tongue.gif

The mechanisms are pretty similar anyway, especially when it comes to the production chains
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post Jul 13 2009, 03:14 PM

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I think they purposely employed the help of the creators of Settlers in this game, to animate those inhabitants and other stuff properly biggrin.gif
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hey phoenixxx, what chapters are u in now? i got stuck in chapter 5. where u have to build at least 2 small warship to defend Ibn al Hakim from Marie d'Artois. the problem is i already built it, but Marie doesn't come attacking. I'm sure i already placed the ships at the right harbour (as if i start retreating my ships, Ibn al Hakim will start whining saying please don't)...

quite few people also having this problem as i search other communities forums... sad.gif

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LOL! I haven't even started campaign mode tongue.gif still playing maps in custom mode tongue.gif
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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Jul 13 2009, 06:50 PM)
hey phoenixxx, what chapters are u in now? i got stuck in chapter 5. where u have to build at least 2 small warship to defend Ibn al Hakim from Marie d'Artois. the problem is i already built it, but Marie doesn't come attacking. I'm sure i already placed the ships at the right harbour (as if i start retreating my ships, Ibn al Hakim will start whining saying please don't)...

quite few people also having this problem as i search other communities forums... sad.gif
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wafak? really? damn i've just quit the game after completing chapter 4.
don't tell me that all the classes that i've *accidentally* skipped are for nothing?
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This the first time I played this game after reading a number of reviews/videos here and Gamespot.

I find it interesting, and the graphic is very nice too look at, and the angle is just nice for top view game.

It feels like a bit mixture of Sid Meier's Pirate + Stronghold/Stronghold Crusader.

Naval battle it's a bit shallow as there's no option how many cannons you can get and why type of ammo to do what.

The part where you can have "unlimited" resource to mine or cultivate, ala Stronghold. Then you could actually see them go to farm/buidling to take and unload it.

I've played up to level 3 of the campaign, now play the freeform game.
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post Jul 19 2009, 05:11 PM

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i was playing campaign and i have no idea how come my money keep decreasing. ha ha ha

from what way will the system earn money?

i only know how to create materials, what about money?
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post Jul 19 2009, 05:14 PM

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Is this game quite similar to Sim City?
Looking for a Sim City replacement. or is there any suggestions other than Anno 1404?
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QUOTE(lazo @ Jul 19 2009, 05:11 PM)
i was playing campaign and i have no idea how come my money keep decreasing. ha ha ha

from what way will the system earn money?

i only know how to create materials, what about money?
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You got your money by tax from the citizens of your city. More people in your city=more tax income.
You must fulfill their needs and make them happy in order to maintain the positive cash flow.
Also remember that each ship, farm,church,factory and etc will cost money to operate. nod.gif
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QUOTE(Forgotten06 @ Jul 19 2009, 05:14 PM)
Is this game quite similar to Sim City?
Looking for a Sim City replacement. or is there any suggestions other than Anno 1404?
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it's not exactly replacement of SimCity, but some of the in-game mechanics do resembles SimCity.

- road to connect houses. upgrade to stone type for faster movement
- houses upgrade by itself, depends on food or facilities available. citizen move from peasant => citizen => nobleman
- money earn thru tax or trade(like u produce stone, got excess, so sell it) with other continent thru shipping.


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QUOTE(lazo @ Jul 19 2009, 05:11 PM)
i was playing campaign and i have no idea how come my money keep decreasing. ha ha ha

from what way will the system earn money?

i only know how to create materials, what about money?
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more houses, resident. or you sell your materials.

there's no need to create so much if your ppl don't consume it much, else it will make the store and production house full.

one tip is, if the material consumption doesn't decline, no use opening another farm or mine.

however I don't know if we can increase the tax rate for the ppl. hehe.

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^ yea im still searching if there is a possibility for increasing the tax rate but i think there is none

this game sure take a whole lot of my time.
i dislike the girl character(wtfishername) always like to go to war/crusade.

i usually produce large quantities of high price goods such as carpets and books to make an income. it's a lot easier to build a fleet to counter that biatch if got money.
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QUOTE(Charkoteow @ Jul 20 2009, 03:40 PM)
^ yea im still searching if there is a possibility for increasing the tax rate but i think there is none
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Click a house for one population class (peasant, citizen, noble etc.), you can move the sliders right or left.

Dark Green: people will pay the less taxes but will move inside the house to fill it it and upgrade their buildings to the next class if allowed to
Light Green: pay a bit more taxe, will fill the house in, won't upgrade houses to next level
Orange: more tax, won't move in, won't move out, won't upgrade house
Red: more tax, will with time move out of the house and/or rebel.

Taxes is actually the purpose to having population in the first place smile.gif

Basically put it in Light Green to make sure the houses get filled up, once they are filled up and you do not want to upgrade to next houses (or can't) then put it in Orange, more money, no drawbacks
Once you want to upgrade your houses, put it back to Dark Green.

You can specify this for each population class
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QUOTE(Charkoteow @ Jul 20 2009, 03:40 PM)
^ yea im still searching if there is a possibility for increasing the tax rate but i think there is none

this game sure take a whole lot of my time.
i dislike the girl character(wtfishername) always like to go to war/crusade.

i usually produce large quantities of high price goods such as carpets and books to make an income. it's a lot easier to build a fleet to counter that biatch if got money.
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i believe it's Marie d'Artois and yes, she's one goddamn b*tch. always hated her during the campaign. wanna-be-tough poser chick... shakehead.gif

and for newbies, remember DARK GREEN SECTOR=PEOPLE ADVANCE. other than that, they will stuck for hours. don't make same mistake that i did... laugh.gif

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i hope there will be an expansion. not enough Anno for me! i wanna more campaigns!! sad.gif
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Hi,
may i know what is the spec requirement for this game? thk very much.
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QUOTE(Gormaz @ Jul 20 2009, 03:47 PM)
Click a house for one population class (peasant, citizen, noble etc.), you can move the sliders right or left.

Dark Green: people will pay the less taxes but will move inside the house to fill it it and upgrade their buildings to the next class if allowed to
Light Green: pay a bit more taxe, will fill the house in, won't upgrade houses to next level
Orange: more tax, won't move in, won't move out, won't upgrade house
Red: more tax, will with time move out of the house and/or rebel.

Taxes is actually the purpose to having population in the first place  smile.gif

Basically put it in Light Green to make sure the houses get filled up, once they are filled up and you do not want to upgrade to next houses (or can't) then put it in Orange, more money, no drawbacks
Once you want to upgrade your houses, put it back to Dark Green.

You can specify this for each population class
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haha.thx for the info. I thought that was the mood meter.
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QUOTE(toothgnasher @ Jul 21 2009, 10:30 AM)
haha.thx for the info. I thought that was the mood meter.
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Well, both systems are kinda put together, Dark Green = happy = more taxes for you tongue.gif
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Hi,
may i know what is the spec requirement for this game? thk very much.
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Pentium 4 3GHz, 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9 compatible graphics card (Shader Model 2.0) and 128MB of memory, 6GB hard disk space
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QUOTE(everest @ Jul 22 2009, 01:59 PM)
Pentium 4 3GHz, 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9 compatible graphics card (Shader Model 2.0) and 128MB of memory, 6GB hard disk space
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i got all that, plus a better 2GB ram and a 256 mb graphic cards and the game is still laggy played on the most minimum setting.
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I want this game so badly.

May I know u guys buy this game ori or download the pasar malam version?

If ori, how much and where to buy?
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ori is rm159
my friend say its laggy using 1.66mhz duocore2 processor.
Not sure true or not.
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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Jul 24 2009, 12:25 AM)
currently on hold.... tongue.gif

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nice. is this campaign or freeform?
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QUOTE(Gormaz @ Jul 20 2009, 03:47 PM)
Click a house for one population class (peasant, citizen, noble etc.), you can move the sliders right or left.

Dark Green: people will pay the less taxes but will move inside the house to fill it it and upgrade their buildings to the next class if allowed to
Light Green: pay a bit more taxe, will fill the house in, won't upgrade houses to next level
Orange: more tax, won't move in, won't move out, won't upgrade house
Red: more tax, will with time move out of the house and/or rebel.

Taxes is actually the purpose to having population in the first place  smile.gif

Basically put it in Light Green to make sure the houses get filled up, once they are filled up and you do not want to upgrade to next houses (or can't) then put it in Orange, more money, no drawbacks
Once you want to upgrade your houses, put it back to Dark Green.

You can specify this for each population class
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thx man...
i never thought those meters meant anything except moods lol
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QUOTE(Charkoteow @ Jul 24 2009, 03:26 PM)
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thx man...
i never thought those meters meant anything except moods lol
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No problem, been same system for the last few Anno so it was easy to pickup smile.gif
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Any chances that I can run this on a laptop? I don't mind setting everything to low / extremely low or even turning the extra graphic stuff off, I just want to play the game only.

Bout my laptop specs, 2GB RAM, Vista, average graphic card, and I can only run L4D on Low/Medium settings.
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QUOTE(toothgnasher @ Jul 24 2009, 01:55 PM)
nice. is this campaign or freeform?
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it's scenario. Diplomat... biggrin.gif

finally the grand opening.... laugh.gif

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QUOTE(ik3da @ Jul 24 2009, 04:54 PM)
Any chances that I can run this on a laptop? I don't mind setting everything to low / extremely low or even turning the extra graphic stuff off, I just want to play the game only.

Bout my laptop specs, 2GB RAM, Vista, average graphic card, and I can only run L4D on Low/Medium settings.
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I'm running on laptop too Duocore2 1.66Mhz 2GB ram, 256 Ati on medium settings. smile.gif
I'm sure yours can too
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crap. Stuck at campaign #5. I've got the key from the SE island(with the desert storm) but not the strongbox.

I read that the strongbox is on the SW island, where Guy Forcas and his men are. But everytime I click on the shipwreck and the boxes on the island, nothing happen.

Anyone had the same problem?
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i think you have to destroy guy forcas's fleet first
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QUOTE(toothgnasher @ Jul 25 2009, 12:04 PM)
crap. Stuck at campaign #5. I've got the key from the SE island(with the desert storm) but not the strongbox.

I read that the strongbox is on the SW island, where Guy Forcas and his men are. But everytime I click on the shipwreck and the boxes on the island, nothing happen.

Anyone had the same problem?
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tell u what, anno campaign sometimes a bit buggy, look at previous page. i've had a problem with task b4 that, (where u have to defend Ibn Al Hakim from da slut marie.) be advised that u saved after every task completed.

and yeah, i think u should destroy Guy Forcas's fleet first. usually what i did to prevent the buggy is, complete the quest based on the order. which means don't skip any. if they ask u to destroy forcas 1st, do that b4 doing next task... nod.gif

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This game seriously graphic hunger...

HD4890 ran at MAX settings 1920x1080 8xAA 8xAF .... FPS only 40-50+ .... [on building area]... when set none AA and 4xAF.... it stables at 60FPS..... which is good as V-sync is at 60FPS only ...

And it heats up my graphic like mad... the activity always shows 99%!!!!! ... even prototype at maximum settings at 1920x1080 reso also wont go up to 99% active.. most also 70+%...



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QUOTE(Charkoteow @ Jul 25 2009, 12:19 PM)
i think you have to destroy guy forcas's fleet first
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Engage war with him?


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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Jul 25 2009, 12:28 PM)
tell u what, anno campaign sometimes a bit buggy, look at previous page. i've had a problem with task b4 that, (where u have to defend Ibn Al Hakim from da slut marie.) be advised that u saved after every task completed.

and yeah, i think u should destroy Guy Forcas's fleet first. usually what i did to prevent the buggy is, complete the quest based on the order. which means don't skip any. if they ask u to destroy forcas 1st, do that b4 doing next task... nod.gif
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that one i can do. I engage war with marie to let the ship come. anyway, i'll try to engage war with forcas if it's the way to do so. thanks.


Added on July 25, 2009, 3:09 pm
QUOTE(holypredator @ Jul 25 2009, 01:10 PM)
This game seriously graphic hunger...

HD4890 ran at MAX settings 1920x1080 8xAA 8xAF .... FPS only 40-50+ .... [on building area]... when set none AA and 4xAF.... it stables at 60FPS..... which is good as V-sync is at 60FPS only ...

And it heats up my graphic like mad... the activity always shows 99%!!!!! ... even prototype at maximum settings at 1920x1080 reso also wont go up to 99% active.. most also 70+%...
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i use Geforce 8800GT, all on max. smooth. biggrin.gif

mebe it's the proc. i'm on quad.

been playing it for 3 hrs. biggrin.gif the game even reminded me it's time for coffee. laugh.gif

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QUOTE(toothgnasher @ Jul 25 2009, 03:07 PM)
Engage war with him?


Added on July 25, 2009, 3:08 pm

that one i can do. I engage war with marie to let the ship come. anyway, i'll try to engage war with forcas if it's the way to do so. thanks.


Added on July 25, 2009, 3:09 pm

i use Geforce 8800GT, all on max. smooth. biggrin.gif

mebe it's the proc. i'm on quad.

been playing it for 3 hrs. biggrin.gif the game even reminded me it's time for coffee.  laugh.gif
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zzzz... u run all max?? with 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso???? 8800GT??? OMG!!!


mine max at 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso also smooth[FPS 40-50]... but my card seems to run too hot and loud when i set it at that settings...


Btw... im using PhenomIIx4 955 Black edition ... similar to Quad Core Q9550...
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QUOTE(holypredator @ Jul 25 2009, 06:28 PM)
zzzz... u run all max?? with 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso???? 8800GT??? OMG!!!
mine max at 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso also smooth[FPS 40-50]... but my card seems to run too hot and loud when i set it at that settings...
Btw... im using PhenomIIx4 955 Black edition ... similar to Quad Core Q9550...
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At that resolution I believe that setting 8x AA wont give you any graphical improvement (getting rid of jaggies), if you insist, try it on 4xAA / 2xAA (I recommend this) for better performance.

I will have this game by tomorrow I will let you know how it run on my computer (also using HD 4890).
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QUOTE(holypredator @ Jul 25 2009, 03:58 PM)
zzzz... u run all max?? with 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso???? 8800GT??? OMG!!!
mine max at 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso also smooth[FPS 40-50]... but my card seems to run too hot and loud when i set it at that settings...
Btw... im using PhenomIIx4 955 Black edition ... similar to Quad Core Q9550...
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280x1024 reso. that's the max my monitor can do. I believe yours is widescreen
i'm using Quad6600, DDR3 3GB (4GB physical), 8800GT
graphic setting
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ingame screenshot
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by the way, the lag is continuous or certain time? For me, during naval battle, it will lag for a while, and as if it "load" the hourglass will appear for 4 to 8 secs before it resume the battle. it will only happen when you jump in to the scene of battle. Meaning you see on your minimap, you saw a battle, u click to that and the main window showed the battle.

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QUOTE(holypredator @ Jul 25 2009, 06:28 PM)
zzzz... u run all max?? with 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso???? 8800GT??? OMG!!!
mine max at 8xAA 8xAF and 1920x1080 reso also smooth[FPS 40-50]... but my card seems to run too hot and loud when i set it at that settings...
Btw... im using PhenomIIx4 955 Black edition ... similar to Quad Core Q9550...
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Just did a quick test run with the game with Q6600 @ 3.24 GHz, HD 4890 @ 940/1135, 4GB DDR2 1066 TEAM-XtremeDark (5-5-5-12) at 1680 x 1050 resolution, 4x AA, 8x AF with all other settings set to max yields me 60fps most of the time (due to Vsync). The only thing it drops (slightly) is when it loads some of the textures while scrolling through the map but thats pretty fast (usually less than 1 secs) so that doesnt really bother me.

Another thing I would like to add is the GPU activity is always at 99.97% usage during game time and core temperature is at 75 celcius full load. Reference fan speed is around 1.7k - 1.8k RPM.

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this blardy game is cursed
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below are my current setting....

user posted image

and screenshot (already 3 hours)...

[img=http://img223.imagevenue.com/loc584/th_88849_anno_1404_screen_shot_1_122_584lo.jpg]

[img=http://img120.imagevenue.com/loc734/th_88850_ano_1404_screenshot2_122_734lo.jpg]

however my resolution set to 1027x768@75Hz .... 17" lcd aje la.. x besar pong...

GPU activity???... giving me temp max to 62C.... but my proc temp reach 60C... sweat.gif


Added on July 26, 2009, 1:31 pm
QUOTE(toothgnasher @ Jul 26 2009, 09:54 AM)

by the way, the lag is continuous or certain time? For me, during naval battle, it will lag for a while, and as if it "load" the hourglass will appear for 4 to 8 secs before it resume the battle. it will only happen when you jump in to the scene of battle. Meaning you see on your minimap, you saw a battle, u click to that and the main window showed the battle.
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urs case same with me... only happen during battle....

oh yeah .. some request quite hard to fullfill like seaching someone especially assasin...
small city i think its not hard but for big one... sakit mata oooo.....
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QUOTE(bobohead1988 @ Jul 26 2009, 11:14 AM)
this blardy game is cursed
Played at midnight
And just realised its 9 in the morning yesterday
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now.. thats RTS... tongue.gif

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QUOTE(SuperNova @ Jul 26 2009, 11:09 AM)
Just did a quick test run with the game with Q6600 @ 3.24 GHz, HD 4890 @ 940/1135, 4GB DDR2 1066 TEAM-XtremeDark (5-5-5-12) at 1680 x 1050 resolution, 4x AA, 8x AF with all other settings set to max yields me 60fps most of the time (due to Vsync). The only thing it drops (slightly) is when it loads some of the textures while scrolling through the map but thats pretty fast (usually less than 1 secs) so that doesnt really bother me.

Another thing I would like to add is the GPU activity is always at 99.97% usage during game time and core temperature is at 75 celcius full load. Reference fan speed is around 1.7k - 1.8k RPM.
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ZZZ.. why u test FPS when u on Vsync LOLZ.....


BTW... i also felt that 60FPS is more than enough for any game... cause monitor refresh rate only 60hz.... and whenever it goes abv 60... the screen feels like kena cut off.... so sucks...

u overdrive your HD4890 lolz..... for some reason ... my graphic runs too hot... sometimes will reach 80c.... scare it EXPLODE!!! thats why i dint overdrive the card.... i wonder what max temperature i can go lolz...


oh yea... currently im playing the game with 0xAA 4xAF A.K.A default "Very High" settings at 1920x1080..... it stables at 60FPS... but i on Vsync also incase it goes up...
my graphic makes less noise with this setting... and runs cooler icon_rolleyes.gif ... i dont know why but 8xAA and 8xAF doesnt seem to have any diff ... i set it and look at 1 screen LONG LONG time.. and i still dont see any diff..

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QUOTE(holypredator @ Jul 27 2009, 12:49 PM)
ZZZ.. why u test FPS when u on Vsync LOLZ.....
For me, it doesnt make any difference if I turn off Vsync as my eyes cant see the difference anything higher than 40 FPS I believe. Also, I dont like my games to have all the screen tearing while I am scrolling around lol. Another reason is because I am not trying to see what's my max FPS, just trying to see if i can play it smoothly. If you like, I can do it for you.

As for the temp, i have seen ppl running 4890 at 100 celcius and its still ok lol but I dont recommend doing that in order to preserve the card's lifetime.

Ther reason reason why you wont see any difference in AA is because your running it at high resolution. You can find some articles on this on the web. That's why I ask you to tune down the AA at the first place because practically you wont be able to see any difference. You can see the difference if you tune up AF though, if your eyes are sharp enough tongue.gif
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Hey ppl
How do u guys play the chapter 6?
the one u need to defend a country. lucius, came to attack me, i'm out of money etc. i cant build anything..

I wanted to build tower but it says the place belongs to other player..
Help pls..
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damn bored yesterday so i play this game at 10pm.. time passed so fast and didnt realize its 7am now.. my god


Added on July 30, 2009, 7:15 amthe game graphic req not that high compare to crysis lol.. i set max settings with 8xaa @ FullHD reso smooth..

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this game is interesting ...
but when you play this gamee
u won't realise time passing so fast
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of course they're....
its RTS genre... always time consuming...... n fun...
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QUOTE(Andrewhajime @ Jul 30 2009, 08:06 AM)
this game is interesting ...
but when you play this gamee
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agreed.. just woke up 2 hours ago lol now just finish lunch and going to play again now haha. poisoned few of my housemates lol
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can it played with my spec smoothly?!

-amd athlon x2 5000+
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QUOTE(vailance @ Jul 30 2009, 03:26 PM)
agreed.. just woke up 2 hours ago lol now just finish lunch and going to play again now haha. poisoned few of my housemates lol
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man ....
envy you guys having college life

i only able to play at night or weekends
and is limited time

i played till chapter 3 only , slow progress ~
the trading concept look good ,
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QUOTE(Andrewhajime @ Jul 30 2009, 04:32 PM)
man ....
envy you guys having college life

i only able to play at night or weekends
and is limited time

i played till chapter 3 only , slow progress ~
the trading concept look good ,
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lol i can't even play on weekends eventhough having the so called "college life"
but im on holiday now flex.gif flex.gif flex.gif
let's f*** that white biatchhH!!
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QUOTE(Charkoteow @ Jul 30 2009, 04:37 PM)
lol i can't even play on weekends eventhough having the so called "college life"
but im on holiday now  flex.gif  flex.gif  flex.gif
let's f*** that white biatchhH!!
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college life can ~
time is always there, just see how you manage it ~

by the way , is kinda hard to find all the hidden quest
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QUOTE(utopian86 @ Jul 29 2009, 04:52 PM)
Hey ppl
How do u guys play the chapter 6?
the one u need to defend a country. lucius, came to attack me, i'm out of money etc. i cant build anything..

I wanted to build tower but it says the place belongs to other player..
Help pls..
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In that mission sooner or later you will lose the island to Lucius. If I remember correctly, after you had save the people on other island, please kept your ship safe from Lucius ship. don't bother to fight with his ship. In the early time of the mission:
1. try to build tower on the south of the island. Send the army camp to the south too. After Lucius army arrive, he will conquer small part of the south. Just kept defending until all your tower and army camp is destroyed. ( Yes you cannot win after him)
2. before the attack started, build the fish den and make sure you have the enough resources to build new warehouse at the north of the island.
3. After a while Lucius will start to conquer the island from the south. Just make sure the city is fully fortified with wall and tower. Your structures like fish den, warehouses and other farms at the south will be destroyed and that annoying lady will ask you to send a letter for help to the orient advisor.
After that the advisor will send a ship to pick up you from the island and that the end for that mission.


I cannot remember the details. It is been a while since I finish that mission.
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Just installed this game yesterday. I don't like Caesar but I love Zeus/Emperor. And I'm glad this game is not as complicated as Caesar but yet as fun as Zeus/Emperor!

I'm using 8600GTS and can only run medium settings... Tried high settings and the visuals are really impressive (shaders/reflection on water) but too slow to play. sad.gif

Just started Chapter 3 (or is it Chapter 4 can't remember lol) and seems to be having problem trying to get income. Built too many buildings at start I think and too little houses. Trying to expand to another island using orient buildings but zzz they want to eat dates instead of fishes.

And yea like someone mentioned earlier... How do you discover the secret quests? I waited for some time to see if any quest will turn up before completing my primary one... Yet none turn up and when I finish the chapter I still see I missed some quests. The only chapter which I 'fully' completed is chapter 1. laugh.gif

Oh, and a technical question. When I save a game, then load it after, I notice my minimap will be covered by the fog of war again. The game itself is fine, but the minimap will be covered. Can't even see my own island in the minimap. Anyone face this issue also?
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Tips on how to earn extra income
Campaign :
Produce extra goods when you reach higher tier
Example
You we're selling mass produce linen when you advanced and able to produce leather jacket mass production it and sell it to make more income

Also don't sell it directly to the npc harbour...each time you sell reduces 1/5 of the price. Instead sell it on your harbour and let them come to you

If possible get to envoy products. Coffee sells good and perfume is insane
Senario :
Same as above and if you have honour to spare upgrade your npc's trade fleet

Each level adds more ships for them to come more often and more budget for their expenses

Also about selling stuffs in your harbour
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Passive selling screen:

When you click crate+coin icon, you will see something like the thing here on the right. You click "+" sign to pick a good to be passively bought (almost never worth it). You click "-" sign to pick a good for sales (up to 8 goods when you upgrade your Warehouse to last level).
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After you click the "-" you will be asked to pick particular good and later a slider will show up allowing you to set how many of each good you want to keep in your Warehouse. On the image I set amount to 20 which means my Warehouse will only sell goods if there are more than 20 and sell only those who are surplus.

In short if I have 34 Rope and have 20 set to be kept, my Warehouse will sell only extra 14 of it. It's very handy to prevent NPC ships from emptying your stockpiles of food and building materials. The number in red under goods picture shows how many of goods are to be sold, for example for Tools here I have surplus of 90 to be traded.


The pile of gold icon above the slider once clicked opens another slider that allows you to manipulate selling (or buying) price of that particular good. Average prices are find very well balanced so I usually don't temper with them. You may want to consider setting prices of goods you really have tons of (Wood, Stone?) to lower values so NPC buy more of them and increase prices of goods you don't have many of to get better bargain on them.

The top of the screen here shows last deals, it's worth checking out time to time to see what sells best and what doesn't sell at all. Should give hint how to set prices.

This way you can control how much to sell and at the same time keep your economy flowing and not dying
http://anno1404guide.wikia.com/wiki/Trade_/_Trading

Oh it has good layout plans to show too

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guys... how to pass lvl 2??? he ask me to produce shirt for them.. i dunno how to build the building that can produce shirt.. please help
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QUOTE(pelvin @ Jul 31 2009, 02:09 PM)
guys... how to pass lvl 2??? he ask me to produce shirt for them.. i dunno how to build the building that can produce shirt.. please help
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You have to get your town to have citizens first, which will then grant you the ability to build Weaver's Hut. For your Weaver's Hut to produce Linen, you will need to have hemp, which can be obtained from building hemp farms.
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Do dee do

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Oh hey whats this

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MOTHER FU-

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QUOTE(SuperNova @ Jul 31 2009, 05:45 PM)
You have to get your town to have citizens first, which will then grant you the ability to build Weaver's Hut. For your Weaver's Hut to produce Linen, you will need to have hemp, which can be obtained from building hemp farms.
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ok... how do it get them to become citizen!!!?? i dun its so hard this game!! i build till i have 1k+ population but 0 citizen..
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QUOTE(pelvin @ Jul 31 2009, 08:41 PM)
ok... how do it get them to become citizen!!!?? i dun its so hard this game!! i build till i have 1k+ population but 0 citizen..
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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Jul 11 2009, 02:41 AM)

i was being msian a cruel gov! tongue.gif  i raised their taxes until the 'calm' sector. bcos i was blinded by the gold keep decreasing. heck, i did that for the sake of the upkeep.  doh.gif

when decrease to 'euphoria', the gold seems increasing faster and 1 by1 citizen appear! rclxms.gif

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QUOTE(pelvin @ Jul 31 2009, 08:41 PM)
ok... how do it get them to become citizen!!!?? i dun its so hard this game!! i build till i have 1k+ population but 0 citizen..
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-Click on a house, check if all their needs is in green.

- If not, make it becomes (ie if they want clothes or cider, build appropriate buildings to produce it etc.)

- Once all green, pull back taxes (the slider with dark green, green, orange, red colour when clicking on one house) to the dark green.

- Make sure you have some building materials (Tools and wood for Citizen if I remember well) in your warehouse.

- Enjoy smile.gif

Just be careful because if you have lots of houses it can suck up your tools/wood like crazy, pull taxes back up to stop the evolution.
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QUOTE(Gormaz @ Jul 31 2009, 08:49 PM)
-Click on a house, check if all their needs is in green.

- If not, make it becomes (ie if they want clothes or cider, build appropriate buildings to produce it etc.)

- Once all green, pull back taxes (the slider with dark green, green, orange, red colour when clicking on one house) to the dark green.

- Make sure you have some building materials (Tools and wood for Citizen if I remember well) in your warehouse.

- Enjoy  smile.gif

Just be careful because if you have lots of houses it can suck up your tools/wood like crazy, pull taxes back up to stop the evolution.
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OMG!!! TQ VERY MUCH BRO!! How come they never say anything abt this tips in the game... now my whole island is populated with houses... have to demolish.. hahaha
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QUOTE(pelvin @ Jul 31 2009, 11:16 PM)
OMG!!! TQ VERY MUCH BRO!! How come they never say anything abt this tips in the game... now my whole island is populated with houses... have to demolish.. hahaha
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No worries, Anno stuff have not changed for a few games so it's same as the previous ones I played wink.gif
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ok, i pass that lvl.
How do i save that lord from the assasin tower?
i put my ppl there then stuck
dunno what to do


Added on August 2, 2009, 12:50 amwho know how to dig the hole?


Added on August 2, 2009, 12:52 amok, got it.
it was digging but cant see the movement.

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how do u guys solve Chapter 8, i either running negative income and couldn't keep up the demand for the goods my population need, sometimes even riot come out. i try to plant the bread on other island but running negative income. build more homes , not enough foods and etc.
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QUOTE(vailance @ Jul 30 2009, 07:11 AM)
damn bored yesterday so i play this game at 10pm.. time passed so fast and didnt realize its 7am now.. my god
The game tells u when you play 2hours what tongue.gif

I've been addicted to my continuous game, been sleeping at 2am last few nights, zombie @ work today haha. So far got about 4k total people, almost 1k nobles and 1k envoys! Just built my first large warship too, but I feel it's kind of pointless cos the two medium AIs I have in my game are damn far behind ...

... anyway of the quests ... the "find 3 assassins in your town" one is stupid ... after 5 minutes of zoomed-in searching my town I only found one and gave up ...
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http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090805...an-b3c65ae.html

Funny, it seems that the only 'tavern' that civilize humanity are being banned.

Not sure about this new Anno (haven't plan to get yet tongue.gif ) but those who play Anno previously should know that tavern - chapel are the only thing that make citizen to advance.

LOL.

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QUOTE(temptation1314 @ Aug 6 2009, 07:28 AM)
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090805...an-b3c65ae.html

Funny, it seems that the only 'tavern' that civilize humanity are being banned.

Not sure about this new Anno (haven't plan to get yet tongue.gif ) but those who play Anno previously should know that tavern - chapel are the only thing that make citizen to advance.

LOL.
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now what are u trying to do? mixing games with politics ? kopitiamers.... yawn.gif

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A booze a day keeps the angry mobs away
Seriously

The only thing that you can crash while drunk driving back in that day is what? Horse carriage? Even then the horse better be dumb to crash into a wall

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QUOTE(badaboom666 @ Aug 6 2009, 11:14 AM)
now what are u trying to do? mixing games with politics ? kopitiamers.... yawn.gif
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Get your facts right before accussing.

I am no kopitiamers.. doh.gif

Why so serious? doh.gif Can't even take a little joke?
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Was struggling whether to buy original or XXX b4 this but after reading through the highly positive review here I finally bought ori at RM155 (tough decision...). First comment, damn this is one expensive game, considering the box only come with a lousy manual... can't they afford a better one?! I seriously think Ubinsoft need to come out with a revised manual for newbie like us! If not it will be really dissapointing for ppl like us spending big bucks supporting original. Anyway, haven't really start playing the game yet so really hope I won't regret in any way.
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u'll not regret it...

im also new for this game (normally play starcraft alike game)...
playing this game make me thinking a lot (restart a lot too... biggrin.gif )
but when u achieve such a number of population... the feeling .... rclxm9.gif

hhhhehhe rclxms.gif
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QUOTE(ssiapf @ Aug 5 2009, 12:21 AM)
how do u guys solve Chapter 8, i either running negative income and couldn't keep up the demand for the goods my population need, sometimes even riot come out. i try to plant the bread on other island but running negative income. build more homes , not enough foods and etc.
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I followed a walkthru and played easy mode. Basically at start just stop my patrician's consumption of bread and beer. Then raise all taxes to yellow level. Next demolish all unused buildings. Since bread and beer are turned off, yep, I demolished all my bread and beer production buildings.

Make sure cathedral construction is halted until you complete those 2 quests that gives you the oriental worker and that thing from Marie that reduces your cathedral maintenance costs. After each phase of cathedral construction it will be halted automatically and a new form of oriental worker will be available. Make sure you obtain this new oriental worker first before resuming the cathedral construction.

When your economy gets stable, build more fishing huts/cider/hemp/spice farms etc then build more houses. Slide taxes back to green for people to move in. You'll go back to negative income at first, but once more people move in and houses get upgraded you'll be back to positive income in not time! When your population is maxed and no houses can advance anymore, slide taxes back to yellow.

At second phase of the cathedral construction you will need 20 bread for a quest. So it is imperative you turn off the consumption of bread at the beginning and don't sell them.

So yea I fail to complete that 200 noblemen optional quest since I have no source of bread and beer but this strategy will finish the main quest. biggrin.gif

@rhliau
You can try the Collector's Edition http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anno-1404-Collecto...D/dp/B002DWAZQ2 but I haven't seen any locally. But boy oh boy those extras are sure yummy.
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QUOTE(lung @ Aug 11 2009, 09:56 AM)
@rhliau
You can try the Collector's Edition http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anno-1404-Collecto...D/dp/B002DWAZQ2 but I haven't seen any locally. But boy oh boy those extras are sure yummy.
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I asked TSB and they say the distributor here doesn't bring in the CE. sad.gif

Anyone in the UK can help instead? tongue.gif
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hello people

sorry to disturbed u all...i got problem with anno 1404

i just install the game, but when i want to play, it wont work..it just appear for second and nothing happen...

what wrong ya?

my pc was
-amd athlonx2 5000+
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-gtx260 g.c

...why it cannot play..waaa..nak nangis
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Download the latest driver for your graphics card from nvidia website.
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Guys i need a bit of advice. I'm playing The Elector under the Scenario and i'm not sure how i can build the nomad buildings. I dont knw how to get prestige from that grand vizier to gain access to those buildings.

Any pointers? Need those spices really bad haha.
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go to Lord Richard, buy the appreciation scroll and carry it to Vizier to get prestige.
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QUOTE(Andiboi @ Aug 14 2009, 03:22 AM)
go to Lord Richard, buy the appreciation scroll and carry it to Vizier to get prestige.
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Thanks! Finally can proceed to getting my nobles.
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QUOTE(aizverus @ Aug 11 2009, 08:19 PM)
hello people

sorry to disturbed u all...i got problem with anno 1404

i just install the game, but when i want to play, it wont work..it just appear for second and nothing happen...

what wrong ya?

my pc was
-amd athlonx2 5000+
-2 gb ram
-80gb hard disk
-gtx260 g.c

...why it cannot play..waaa..nak nangis
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original copy???? biggrin.gif
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Just a heads up, the new ATI Catalyst 9.8 broke this game. Ground textures are just plain black.

So stick to the previous drivers.
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have you notice once you upgrade your houses to noble title, they pay less taxes, bloody noble and somemore they have a lot of need, mostly i upgrade 1 of them and hold right in the market, mean they cannot upgrade. So most are Patrician status.


I played 5 hours + straight and the game told me "YOU REALLY NEED A BREAK!"


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QUOTE(d3x @ Aug 16 2009, 10:33 PM)
Just a heads up, the new ATI Catalyst 9.8 broke this game. Ground textures are just plain black.

So stick to the previous drivers.
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there's a fix for it, force disable dx10 mode on some configuration files.
good for those who which to use 9.8 and play anno biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(Kyl3 @ Aug 16 2009, 10:55 PM)
there's a fix for it, force disable dx10 mode on some configuration files.
good for those who which to use 9.8 and play anno biggrin.gif
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You could've put the instructions here. doh.gif

Anyway, here are the instructions. Take note this disables DX10, so if you're used to shiny & pretty gfx (like me), tough luck. vmad.gif

1. Open c:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Ubisoft\Anno1404\Config\Engine.ini
2. Change "<DirectXVersion>0</DirectXVersion>" to "<DirectXVersion>9</DirectXVersion>" (without the quotes)

Make sure to make a backup of Engine.ini first just in case.
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Ok... this is important guys!!

Is it true this game comes with DRM with limited installation?

I must admit now that this game is addictive but if what I stated above is true, tat's a HUGE BLOW. I'll regret buying original...
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QUOTE(rhliau @ Aug 17 2009, 11:34 AM)
Ok... this is important guys!!

Is it true this game comes with DRM with limited installation?

I must admit now that this game is addictive but if what I stated above is true, tat's a HUGE BLOW. I'll regret buying original...
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Yeap. 3 total, last I checked. Similar to EA's Securom (Spore, ME, etc).

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/...75/m/2601015867
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QUOTE(d3x @ Aug 17 2009, 11:37 AM)
Yeap. 3 total, last I checked. Similar to EA's Securom (Spore, ME, etc).

http://forums-de.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/...75/m/2601015867
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Haih... troublesome. Then I need to keep an eye to make sure I won't overlimit. Guess if we need to reactivate it we'll hv to email Ubisoft huh... shakehead.gif

Btw, can some sifu guide me on the proper building of production plant like Hemp and Cider? I realized some ppl can actually place the 4 hemp farm is a very structure manner but I thought we don't have control on the location... right? What I mean is usually after building the hemp I'll just click the "water" symbol and automatically it will place the 4 hemp farm based on the space available. Plz help!

Finally, I must say this is a great game which I can easily spend my entire day on it! Hopefully more ppl will give it a try. icon_rolleyes.gif
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QUOTE(rhliau @ Aug 17 2009, 02:16 PM)
Haih... troublesome. Then I need to keep an eye to make sure I won't overlimit. Guess if we need to reactivate it we'll hv to email Ubisoft huh...  shakehead.gif

Btw, can some sifu guide me on the proper building of production plant like Hemp and Cider? I realized some ppl can actually place the 4 hemp farm is a very structure manner but I thought we don't have control on the location... right? What I mean is usually after building the hemp I'll just click the "water" symbol and automatically it will place the 4 hemp farm based on the space available. Plz help!

Finally, I must say this is a great game which I can easily spend my entire day on it! Hopefully more ppl will give it a try.  icon_rolleyes.gif
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can put the farm manually. Theres a small fence icon on the top right when u select the harm plantation. Try it out. Peace icon_rolleyes.gif

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Helo all sifu, can some1 teach me how to demolish additional ships? I am trying to change all my small trading ships with the large one. Plz help. Thx!
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Click on ship and press the Delete key.
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Hi,
I'm planning to grab this. My machine use C2D 8400, GPU 250GTS 1g & 4gb 667 memory...It's enough to run tis anno?
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Shouldn't be a problem for your machine to run, mine runs smoothly on 1920 reso
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Shouldn't be a problem for your machine to run, mine runs smoothly on 1920 reso
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TQ...i hav order it already from TSB rclxms.gif .
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uh guys, im ran out of "tools". how do i produce it?
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QUOTE(yuka @ Aug 26 2009, 09:44 PM)
uh guys, im ran out of "tools". how do i produce it?
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Buy from npc that sells it
Usually they do
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he dont sell anymore, chapter 3.. says he cant make a deal anymore, crusader preparation or something.

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QUOTE(yuka @ Aug 26 2009, 10:39 PM)
he dont sell anymore, chapter 3.. says he cant make a deal anymore, crusader preparation or something.
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Make Steel from iron mine + iron melter + charcoal maker

Build Toolmaker workshop.

(I can't remember the exact names of the workshops but it;s something like that).
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how am i supposed to build toolmaker workshop as i only have 1 tool left sad.gif


Added on August 26, 2009, 10:53 pmoh just noticed that Brother Hilarious is selling tools.. thanks guys tongue.gif

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guys need help..how to finish the chapter 7..? geee abit blur² rclxub.gif
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U can check from this site bro.

http://anno1404guide.wikia.com/wiki/Anno_1404_Guide_Wiki
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here is another site
step by step guide

http://www.roadwolf.ca/blog/?p=176

anyone tried the scenario mode ?
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Today I just installed this game in my laptop.

now playing at 1920x1200 reso, 80% high settings, and the game runs smoothly.
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last chapter a bit complicated...cannot tahan find the spies..haihhh..
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use the x and y to change the angle. u can spot it easily
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QUOTE(mdzaboy @ Sep 12 2009, 10:15 PM)
last chapter a bit complicated...cannot tahan find the spies..haihhh..
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that's y it have an achievement for even just zoom in for couples of minutes... laugh.gif
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Hi anyone knows where I can get this game? I couldn't buy from Steam...
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QUOTE(Thefiftytwo @ Mar 1 2012, 04:00 PM)
Hi anyone knows where I can get this game? I couldn't buy from Steam...
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can get from gg http://www.gamersgate.com/

i got mine from there.. best is wait for summer sales and buy it at a super good price with venice expansion smile.gif
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