Retinues: Clarification Please

[rmp090946]

New to CKII, purchased yesterday; but, cannot seem to determine (although having searched "retinues" on forums) the "minimum" requirements are for this tab to allow me to acquire "Retinue" troops. I've tried many starts of various countries, leaders, etc. and cannot find a scenario in which this "Retinues" becomes "live" to purchase troops. For example, William the Conqueror, year 1067;active army levies = 2,132; cash = 1,018; formula under "Retinues" shows: Cap usage =0; Cap = 2262; Manpower = 22391; Recruitment tech = 1.01; Recruitment % from tech 10.104%; 0/2262. At this point in the game, all of the icons for the various troops to purchase under the "Retinues" tab are unavailable (black).

I have LOR installed and it has the icon showing "Game is running LOR DLC". I've installed Patch V1.07b; and, my CheckSum upon loading the game (at main menu = "XCSD". However, if I exit from the game being played to the main menu again, the CheckSum = "WCSD". I don't know if the change in CheckSum ID is normal or not. I did post this issue in Tech Forum but, haven't had a reply yet.

However, I can't seem to confirm whether or not the game has a certain "MINIMUM" set of requirements to achieve before this "Retinues" tab allows recruitment. Do the game stats (I provided in the 1st paragraph) indicate that I've not yet achieved the minimum requirements? Or, can you refer me to a forum post that provides this information?

I hate to continue playing the scenario I've started if, in fact, this "Retinues" tab blackout is a software install glitch.

Note: I've already followed the forum's suggestion twice of doing a "clean" install without a change in the game's current status as described. Everything else in the game (as far as I can tell) is available and active.

Any suggestion or input would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Hootieleece]

If you tab over to retinues in military screen.(on the left)You should have about 5 types of retinue units available.(on the right ofthe retinues tab)The cap of 2200 is enough to recruit atleast 1 unit.

The WCSD checksum upon returning to main/load screen is normal after resigning/quitting a game.

If you can't recruit a retinue unit(It will start with 1 soldier and continue to reinforce until 500 men)I would consider this a glitch/bug and hope that someone with more Tech support skills helps.

 

[rmp090946]

How stupid of me! All this time, I've been thinking the tabs on the right were referencing the non-retinue troops. I just clicked on an available selection and the troops began to be created.

Your simple description for me to LOOK TO THE RIGHT cleared up my confusion.

Thanks so much!

Bob