hi there
im playing settlers 3 single im on the 2 or 3 level the problem is getting soilders iv got free settlers ,barracks ,and loads of swords bows spears the problem is the settlers are not taking the weapons to the barracks but they do carry to storage
thanks for any advice

I recently started re-playing this game, so maybe I can help.

It must be one of two things:
1. Your Barracks is set to "OFF". In the upper left corner of the Barracks display box (right click on building to see this box) is a button that will either show a gear wheel for "ON" or a hand for "OFF". Click the button to toggle.

OR

2. If building is "ON", it may be set to Manual instead of Automatic recruiting. The button in the bottom (or maybe top)/centre (can't remember what its symbol is ... a sword, I think) will open the recruiting screen in the same box. At the bottom will be written either Automatic or Manual. The word itself is a button to toggle between the two states.

The manual setting allows you to recruit the different soldier types selectively, which is very useful early in the game while you're still waiting for all of your manna upgrades. As soon as the swordsmen upgrade, you can order just swordsmen to be created while waiting for the archers to upgrade next. Another useful bit of info on this screen is the total number of free settlers available for recruitment.

Hope this helps, regards,
John S,
Ottawa, Canada

yes i have done all that but there is loads of settlers around about 200 doing nothing but where it says free settlers for recruitment its says zero

Hmmm. then the only other thing I can think of is maybe you don't have enough residences and your settlers are "on strike", or "kickers" as I call them because they just stand there kicking at the ground.

Did you demolish any residences to make room for other buildings?

If it's not that, it *might* be one of those strange bugs that I've heard others talking about, like: Iron Smelters produce fish, and Foresters trees don't grow to full size. Those are supposed to be part of the built-in protection against unauthorized copies.

Sorry, that's all I can think of.

yes i did demolish the buildings i will try again thanks alot for ur help

I have the same problem, have enough houses and stuff like that, everything works perfectly. Everything, except for two things:

- The carriers won't pick up the weapons, even when I put the weapons at the top of the "transport list".

- I won't get any manna

This happened at the roman mission 4 for me (the one with the map being wrong at the start)

Maybe it's because of the version of the game (1.20)

I also can't update the game because he misses some file for it...

Hope someone can help us!

If you have weapons in storage try blowing the storage areas up,this usually kick starts the settlers into picking them up again

Well, I don't have then in storage. Even tried to build the baracks and weaponsmith somewhere else.

Meh, I'm clueless. Maybe it's because it's the re-release (Ubisoft classics) Never had it with my Gold version, but lost the cd of it

Your problem could be the fact you havent updated your game,I have used the re release and had no problems with it.

You say you have a file missing,Im guessing its the DLL 32,if thats the case if you send me a pm with your email address,I will mail that missing file to you.