CAESAR III ► Mission 8 Mediolanum with Forced Walkers & Free Augustus Mods - The Punic Wars!

A new Caesar III city-building playthrough for the new decade! Using the free Augustus modded version with road blocks, monuments, and UI improvements, we also have the unique challenge this time to use the forced walker technique on every map to create new and interesting cities in this game through the campaign. Let's play! Want to buy Caesar 3 (or other games) AND support this channel? Use this GOG referral link! af.gog.com/game/caesar_3?as=1...
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[@GamerZakh]

The military mission that was the gate for most of us back in the day. Getting past this is always an achievement and this time we do things a little differently. Want to buy Caesar 3 (or other games) AND support this channel? Use this GOG referral link! af.gog.com/game/caesar_3?as=1715648857

[@Clee-os6pv]

Hey dude! Been to long how you been. Did you get the chance to play AOE 3 DE. Because? I just bought the game today and bought the new DLC. The United States is now a new Civilization to play now in AOE 3 DE.

[@BIGJATPSU]

Hassan Chop! No, Hassan RUN! 🤣🤣

[@meilinchan7314]

FUN FAKT: If you could complete this map without resorting to debt, you've proven yourself to be an abler administrator than Gaius Julius Caesar - who historically embarked on his rise to power first as governor at Mediolanum. Then again, not all leaders can be managers and vice versa. Ironically, it was all the debts that Caesar accumulated that launched him on his quest to pacify Gaul, then become dictator of Rome.

[@bwalker77]

I don’t know how much they paid that actor just to say “P’ah!” but they got their money’s worth.

[@amayaismizi]

It was this mission that Cesar sent his army to destroy me... most of my troops were helping his other city so I was like “I guess this is it... I go save his city so he can destroy mine” then while he’s ransacking my city, his other city is saved and his army withdrew! It was pretty epic! I love watching this game! Unfortunately I can never catch a stream so I’m happy all your play throughs end up on KZbin. Thank you! I am forever grateful!

[@henzproductionh6343]

Ngl the forced walker series is probably my favourite caesar 3 playthrough that zakh has done

[@IutubUserneim]

I just realized when you click on markets and on warehouses, the voices are in Italian! They say "Prego signori, prego!" that means "Please gentlemen, please [come in]" While in warehouse they seem to say "Prego venite venite", that's "Please come in, come in" Love your contents!

[@itaysror6591]

55:00 "Mars is exalted, give me a blessing then..." *Caesar*: BHA...

[@cytomegalovirusxTT94]

2:10:02 Ah yes, the famed Carthaginian anthem. Truly magnificent.

[@davidandrade5572]

I like your content so much that I recently got the game from gog. This game is great, so is your content.

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you! That's kind of you to say.

[@SkuriLP]

I love the forced walker series!

[@manumaster1990]

Same!

[@DagothThorus]

"We need a lot of people. Which is a lot of people" ~Zakh, 2021 Whoa, almost 2.5hr of Caesar?

[@pepearagoneses6908]

"Plazas are for plebs".

[@philiplarin7611]

12:50 "Enough people, which is a lot of people"

[@lasershark1842]

Can't get enough of GamerZakh playing C3, especially with Augustus now.

[@TSpoon823]

One of the most iconic levels in the whole game! I was excited to see the forced walkers on Mediolanum. Great video as always.

[@CaptainBlackSea]

this game was my first game that i bought in 98. That was special for me and i watch first time Caesar 3 video on KZbin. You are king.

[@CaptainBlackSea]

and i remember you would send soldiers using map where you want. I do not know :D you can try it

[@patrickgono6043]

@2:10:00 Imagine being a lowly Roman soldier stationed in Mediolanum, what 2000 years later would be known as the city of Milan. It's the year 549 Ab urbe condita, or 204 BC. Talk in the legion is that an invasion is coming. There are rumors of the enemy bringing magnificent beasts of war, walking on four legs the size of pillars. But by the gods, that can't be true! You finish training at the Fort and are sent just outside the borders of the city. And then you hear the dreaded: dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO AAAAAAAAHHHH dooDOO doDOO dooDOOO dooDOO dooDOO dooDOO AAAH dooDOO dooDOO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

[@themetalhippieplays7993]

Damn, you playing this game never gets boring 💪🏽🤟🏽

[@GileadMaerlyn]

56:40 I think they have to unload their merchandise first to make room for what they buy.

[@GileadMaerlyn]

Mediolanum! My favourite mission

[@couchpotatoe91]

It was also my favorite back as a kid And that even though it took me an eternity (like, months irl) to finish it. Only Carthage comes close to this, fighting the Punics is just so fun and scary! :D

[@RodolfoDM]

great vid i really enjoy this caesar series 56:32 makes all the sence, imagine you are in a caravan full of goods you need to unload/sell them first in order to get the new goods.

[@pdp101ski]

Pro Tip, when you have 100 farms and 1 empty granary, build more granaries to increase production. Having only one creates a bad supply/demand problem and the farms won't produce as much. For that kind of centralized food production (in the north), 6 granaries with the closest one to the market set to get. Massive difference

[@jessiehuynh7495]

Very interesting

[@qashqai124]

As you enter Mediolanum as a trader, there is an outcrop of rock. It extends quite a ways North. Most of your attacks come from this direction. Every invasion enters from just North of the outcrop, on the Northwest side or on the Northeast side. You can assemble choke points at the North end of this outcrop and over on the Northeast side. I like to create a road starting a bit South of the outcrop. I place a Gate House and run the road around the outcrop. Placing a double wall on the outside of this road, I put as many towers as will fit. Then I run another double layer of wall outside of the towers. When the Barracks has placed Batista on top of these towers, it's a formidable defense. You must have a road connection to the Barracks for them to create towers. The Eastern choke point is just made the same with more walls filling in gaps. I had 3 elephant break the two layers of wall and destroy a tower to enter the court yard. They then received bolts from the balistae on the other side of the court yard. I had a legion of javelineers waiting for them if they broke out.

[@Geobacter]

Thank you very much for introducing me to the Augustus mod. I always loved Pharaoh and the lack of road blocks in Caesar III was driving me crazy - leading to me never getting far in the campaign. Now I can finally change that.^^

[@mauer1]

well you can basically use gatehouses instead of roadblocks. its 2x2 but still a solid solution.

[@Ails1234]

Lugdunum hype!

[@mikoajorzechowski6469]

Hello Mr. GamerZakh. I would only like to say, that Im casual user of youtube gameplays video, but I really enjoy your product, attitude and your person as it is. Keep on going, youtubers like you are very welcome, even for a „stranger”. Best!

[@MaliGirlRox]

Absolutely loving this series! Really liking how the forced walker works. Would love to see a campaign play through of roller coaster tycoon 2 as I love the micromanagement :)

[@MaegnasMw]

Re-watching these, because why not, they're fun, and it hit me! You CAN have 4x4s in this map, Venus Grand Temple supplies wine that COUNTS as an extra type (if you produce wine, you don't here but can import!) so, there you go!!

[@MaegnasMw]

Venus blessing does not "wear out", it is a one-off! It lowers the age of your population over 25 by three years so your workforce is increased. With the passing of time, your people re-age, so to speak, and they retire, again! If another blessing is received, the cycle repeats. It is not like Neptune who blesses you for 12 months or Ceres who blesses the next crop, it has effects for up to 3 years! Probably the most useful blessing, especially on maps with large pop targets.

[@Nickelodeon81]

I'm loving these Augustus videos.

[@emilnilsson7991]

I love the music in this game. It was great 1998 and is great in 2021.

[@Laternater]

Is a GamerZakh video part of a balanced breakfast? I think so.

[@Raig228]

I would definitely buy the ceramic plaza coaster merch!

[@michaelodonz3520]

Another nice video ^^ IMO, Mediolanum is the most fun city in this game. The most intense war, and the prosperity not too hard for beginner XD

[@LindaMissad]

Yikes, this city looks difficult! Thanks for the great playthrough!

[@Revenger_OMF]

the force walkers system are so organic, love it

[@nukman09]

55:05 this timestamp will forever be Head canon Zakh: Mars is Exalted! Gimme, gimme a blessing then.. Caesar: Pha!!

[@Gr33nCl0n]

Great videos, love the force walkers playthrough. Just gotta recommend building Venus grand temple, it produces wine, which would count towards second type of wine :)

[@GamerZakh]

Oh I didn't know Venus did that, thanks!

[@JudgeAnnibal]

My nickname is Annibal due to a certain Carthaginian general (altough with the latinized spelling without the H) and i live in Milan, that was Mediolanum in Roman times. Ergo, my favourite mission, sad I missed it on stream :( But now i get to enjoy 2.5 hours of C3!

[@SamuraiTacos1]

that intro epic roman voice acting

[@egebayram9322]

Much wider but at the same time much more economically centralized cities with this new mod, really interesting!

[@mauer1]

with the loop its more of a timing problem than a lenght problem. If you time the forced market ladies to go around exactly when the other one is on the other side of the lake, it should be possible with 2 market ladies, at least if they are able to get food really fast. with that I mean, you could probably make the markets one tile closer to the grenary.

[@mauer1]

actually i think it could get 2 closer, with the top right corner right next to the blocking

[@mauer1]

@Dyanosis well it is still the main problem. not the actual number on markets or lenght of the loop. and you most likely have to do it just once, because the loop ladies are always running around.

[@ktownmoe]

21:07 - When you get pocket money as a kid for the first time. Great city, it will be interesting to see how far the forced walker technique can go and how much of 'redundant' services a longer loop will have. One thing I found is, that at really large scales, even the timing aka the gaps inbetween walkers can be important for stability. In Pharaoh even more. Love the new series :)

[@pepearagoneses6908]

I'd never seen Caesar throw a power-pah and be all "F this cup!"

[@SamuraiTacos1]

when caesar gets pissed off at you the voice acting is epic lol bahhhhhhhhh

[@FatLittleButterfly]

You could try combining the loops by having it side by side, kinda like butterfly wings. 2 loops but one of the road shared, then add inner loop within the big loop

[@stevencass8849]

This is a two year old video, but I just want to say that this mission was always where my career for Caesar stopped. Watching this, I’m ready to give another try for Rome!

[@GamerZakh]

Good luck! This is a tough one yeah. Generally people get stuck here or on Lugdunum. It's because these maps are an unstated test to see if you really understand how the game works along with it's weird (and sometimes illogical) mechanics. Earlier maps (and even many later ones) give a lot of room for inefficiencies.

[@Apophis324]

Ah wow, you've already changed your intro after someone pointing it out last time. Pretty swell. We are all everyone~! ^^

[@tristambre632]

The colors of your new tshirt suits you well :)

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! People kept saying I looked best in dark blues.

[@theraginggamer095]

Even though Mediolanum will be fun to watch, I can't wait to see what the famous (or possibly infamous) Lugdunum will look like, just one more misson.

[@leroyliston7773]

Now I see the power of the forced walkers!

[@Rak0705]

1:50:19 the higher the tax are make people with low level housing accumulate crimes, the lower the level of housing are accumulate crime faster, especially tents house

[@milannikolic8731]

I cant wait for this to be remastered! They are doing the Pharaoh, they have to do them all! :D

[@hulahula6182]

This mod is way better than any remaster

[@Retruyomyl5]

such a hard crush on this game

[@ashtonrooks7899]

Yes!

[@MephistoFibs]

After this you should really expand this series with a few custom maps from caesar 3 heaven 😊

[@MartinIrma]

Good to know that you can have more than 6 legions with Augustus. Nevertheless I sufficed with only 6 and I won before the enemy arrived in his greatest expansion.

[@SamuraiTacos1]

very interesting challenge

[@Nikarus2370]

Y this game gotta come up in my feed and hit me in the nostalgia? I ain't got that CD no more

[@ackeebogi7119]

No way you didnt have the neptune blessing before? I didnt know about some blessings but knew about the curses always :) Here are the blessings a. Ceres: Production on all Fruit, Olive, Vegetable, and Wheat Farms is instantly set to 100%. One-time event. b. Mars: A Spirit of War guards your city, doing some damage to an invading army the next time your city is attacked. Effective until the next time your city is attacked. c. Mercury: One of your granaries is filled with 600 each of Fruit, Meat, Vegetables, and Wheat. One-time event. d. Neptune: All export prices are doubled. Effective until the following January. e. Venus: Population mood increases. One-time event.

I almost screamed that you have not used the triumphant arch right in front of the great temple in a perfect 3x3 empty space and used an oracle instead :D :D :D You got the arch at 1:45:01 and built the oracle 1 minute later. Oh well, maybe next playthrough :D

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

Could it be possible to do part of the forced walkers lane only 1 tile wide for engineers, prefecture, doctors, barbers, ... and then widen to 2 tiles wide for bath, temple, market, forum... ?

[@jayeshmenon]

GamerZakh this mission was easy to me but lugdugnum was very very tufffffff it was impossible

[@RazCroz22]

A wise man once said: Never trust a man placing snake shaped roads instead of straight ones without blinking an eye.

[@jordancaleb5790]

Oh man those military sounds and controls need to be overhauled! Have you thought about trying a Total War game? A Ceasar 3 like game with total war controls and warefare would be cool, maybe even stronghold like fortification building. The ultimate game!

[@user-oz2me8kt4i]

nice!

[@vulkandrache1928]

Wasnt there a mechanic that makes grain farms produce half on northern maps? Or rather they produce double on warm ones. That would explain why you thought the farms had problems initialy.

[@fajarn7052]

Ah, the first map that I truly neglect Neptune. I always ignore neptune until I have steady marble and then spam oracles.

[@gamervkexpo8163]

you know in Augustus Mod you can plant trees and use them as forests for timberyard anywhere you want.

[@poizedone3775]

I am struggling to get the HD graphics! I downloaded the Augustus version

[@0lympy]

Cool, at least caesar3, thanks! Waiting for both caesar and world genius walkthrough.

[@NeuroMasterX]

For me it not working the "Global Warker" thing, and I don't know why. I tryed to look in Options from game but don't find like a drop down button. Any suggestions how to "enable" it?

[@GamerZakh]

There are multiple pages in the options menu, global workers is a page or two in.

[@leroyliston7773]

The supply post sucks up all the food. I shut them off when they have a year supply to let the granaries fill up.

[@MaegnasMw]

I don't know if you know DDRJake (or at least if you know of him) but he has some very funny voiceovers for his military - his legionnaries speak RUSSIAN!! "A PROVOST!" "U-RAAAH" (pronounced 'ooraaaa', the 'oo' as in "poor") Very funny to listen to, check out one of his videos for custom maps and you will hear it!

[@h3egypt]

The hardest map in c3 damn you hannibal

[@leroyliston7773]

This a tough map to make enough money. The Building levies cost a fortune to fund. All those temples and oracles suck down the cash.

[@eddies4312]

Hi Zakh, I'm sorry for my horrible English. How have you managed to give industrial buildings access to employees without having houses nearby?

[@GamerZakh]

Hey your English is great! That employee option is a new option in the modded version of the game called Augustus. I have a guide on how to get that if you need help but you can find it on GitHub, it's an open source project so it's always being updated.

[@omegapsi847]

56:28 If they have limited carrying capacity, they have to get rid of their own stuff first and then buy your stuff

[@ShMokou]

Can you train solder on wolfs?

[@polkanietzsche5016]

How do you build oracles without Architects Guild and Work Camp?

[@GamerZakh]

This was before the culture update and the implementation of mini monuments.

[@polkanietzsche5016]

@@GamerZakh I see, thanks!

[@nunoconceicao2877]

Great video! Do you think you could share your hotkeys for Augustus somewhere? I for the life of me can't decide on an efficient key set!

[@GamerZakh]

Oh yeah it's kind of tricky. What I've set up now is: WASD - Camera movement ZXC - Overlays: Water, Fire, Damage RTYFGH - Common buildings and stuff R - Road T - founTain Y - roadblock F - Firehouse G - enGineer's post H - clear land As much as possible I tried to relate a letter to the thing so it was easier to associate but having them all close together was important.

[@nunoconceicao2877]

@@GamerZakh That should work great. I'll give it a spin!

[@nunoconceicao2877]

By the way I feel that on maps where you need exports badly, the Mercury Grand Temple helps a lot. With merchants carrying more stuff and moving faster you can actually at least approach the maximum export on any products, which is where I seem to falter in making money, later on. That and the Pantheon, to help reduce levies which are EXPENSIVE AS HELL!

[@hanzswan6498]

Zakh if you ever get the chance you should check out Age of Empires Online again as the new civilization The Romans has released!

[@bobgrimes8618]

Why don't you utilize all types of farms, ie, vegetables, vines, olives, pigs and the wheat?

[@lostvayne3977]

2:01:00 wisdom

[@leroyliston7773]

build walls at the top off the valleys to keep the wolves out.

[@leroyliston7773]

Add towers to shoot wolves and elephants BTW, the woves spawn unless you turn that off

[@leroyliston7773]

A wall with towers makes a great trap.

[@liormazza1985]

How do you rebind the keys in this version?

[@GamerZakh]

In the options menu there's a page to rebind keys.

[@newygreek]

More legions and more enemies. Make the battles bigger and maybe add more troops types. I.E Roman Archers not just javenliers.

[@Maratusvolans]

I cant play this mission or Carthago on Augustus because the game crashes as soon as i kill an elephant. Can't figure out why.

[@GamerZakh]

That sounds like there's a missing graphic file of the elephant's death animation. When C3 tries to load an image that isn't there it crashes.

[@Maratusvolans]

@@GamerZakh I checked the original Caesar 3 and when I kill an elephant there the graphic glitches out for a few seconds with green lines going across the screen, but no crash. Thanks for the answer! I think I can fix it now :)

[@Tiger1AuasfE]

Where can i get the forced walkers from any link?

[@GamerZakh]

Forced walkers work in the base game. It works in Pharaoh too, a weird quirk of the original code.

[@leroyliston7773]

Traders have a set capacity. They have to unload to buy.

[@naaahevers2093]

Amazing! Where can i buy this CeasarIII with all the New features?

[@GamerZakh]

You just need to have Caesar III installed then the Augustus modded version is free. Link in the description.

[@naaahevers2093]

Thank you! Im so exided i willen try this yeaaa

[@ShMokou]

Lions have full stop because you can't have more forts.

[@mohammedelwan4940]

They need to fix traders to be able to buy multiple items with same quantity 8

[@thatmuslimguy6495]

What is best way to support you? Donate patreon? Subscribe twitch? Buy a game through referal link?

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you for wanting to support! The most direct way is Patreon, that's the cleanest for money from you to me, but the best way is whatever is most comfortable and best for you. Using any of the ways is a huge help.

[@AURON2401]

Elephant: I Have the High Ground, Romans! Romans: You underestimate my power!

[@lostvayne3977]

2:03:05 doom

[@tedph1849]

Why you never put some prefecture?

[@GamerZakh]

On northern maps with the dark green grass there is no risk of fire, so you don't need them.

[@tedph1849]

@@GamerZakh then dont be to hard to your self

[@tedph1849]

Why you never put sponsers at your video @GamerZakh?

[@GamerZakh]

Most sponsors aren't really a good fit for me or this channel. I get a lot of offers for mobile games but this channel doesn't cover mobile games much. I've had offers for game stores but I don't use those stores so I don't know if they're legit. I don't want to advertise things that I don't have any interest in myself.

[@tedph1849]

@@GamerZakh Haha...Yeah your right,btw your never active on your tiktok

[@GamerZakh]

@@tedph1849 Yeah I'm struggling to keep up on all the platforms. I had to choose a few to focus on.

[@tedph1849]

@@GamerZakh Then dont be to hard to yourself

[@ShMokou]

No senate in cities :C

[@mohammedelwan4940]

Do wheat grow slow her

[@Rak0705]

@Dyanosis isnt the central province is where wheat grow faster? i think the northern province all farm grow at same rates

[@swedichboy1000]

Will you return to the Settlers 2 someday?

[@kabiebebe2332]

Zahk is a Seirra boy

[@upcoming]

Why aren't you doing any festivals?

[@GamerZakh]

I don't like relying on blessings and besides that there's no reason to throw them.

[@GamerZakh]

@Dyanosis Usually when I say things like that about Mars blessings it's just because once in a while I actually try to get a blessing and then get reminded how hard it is to actually trigger it. Main thing to note here, my army didn't even come close to being defeated at any point and I know how to defeat the largest invasion without an army at all, so I really don't need the blessing and am not relying on it. You're right that the Mars blessing is insignificant and I know that. It's just I don't manage to explain everything I'm thinking in detail when live and doing a bunch of other things in my head.

[@upcoming]

@@GamerZakhthe citizens get to have a party, the god gets happy, and i think it's neat :( i don't care about the blessings tbh

[@tedph1849]

Dont be to hard to yourself -Some unknown Filipino guy I think Probably?

[@drmontorsi7498]

24:25