BKB Super Mod

[Duke John]

BKB, I saw through your files that you send me, I couldn't see something wrong at first glance. I don't have that much time left to look at it closely so I am sorry to say that I can't be of any help.

I hope that you succeed in making the new map run.

Good luck,
Duke John

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Thanks DJ. I did eventually fix it - inexplicably it was a problem with Finland which was soon fixed.

BKB Questionnaire - I think Tosa's still ill and Barocca is working on it. I'll post as soon as I know anything. Apparently you can download all 29 files in the Org's Uploads section and put them together with WinZip before extracting but I would only recommened this IF you know what you're doing - it has the potential to mess up.

[BKB-Questionairre]

I'll wait http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[DeadRunner]

still waiting for the map
question the file for dll of superhighbkb have the eraly ??

[King Azzole]

I hope SNA MAN is still around... Those damn african javelinmen still dont appear dead. :(

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I hope so too. I corrected the late knight in high problem and it has effected the dead page cords accordingly. Sna man you are a great help but if your busy i can understand mate http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Good news lads....Tosa's back and if it were not for an error on my behalf the map would've been uploaded today. However, if all goes well, and Tosa gets my PM ASAP, the mod should be up within the next day. Look out for it, and as usual post all feedback here. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Ellesthyan]

Yay http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif

[anvil]

Yay #2 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif

anvil

[BKB-Questionairre]

Yay ^3

(eh that sounded dumb)

random emoticon: http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-toff.gif

[Broken Silence]

I don't know if this has been said before (I've rapidly checked the post, so I might have past it) but I have a technical problem with the campaign/glorious achievements. I've just started a game with the Teutonic Knights and I clicked on the glorious achievements icon to check out the goals. But then, the game crashed http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-anxious.gif
This goes only with the new factions as i've seen it, even when I was playing the HRE and I went to check the glorious achievements icon again to see all the factions' objectives (is it because there wasn't any objectives put in place for each new faction, perchance...?).

Anyway, I've played the germans up to 1120 for the moment, and I had a LOT of good time (even if I have some pesky Bohemian and French gang-banging me right now... It spices up things a bit :) )

Great mod Can't wait to play with the version with the new provinces http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Ellesthyan]

Well Broken Silence, its a bit of common knowledge I suppose. As the GAs are hard coded they can't be edited, so any faction that wasn't in the original campaign wont have GAs and the game will crash whenever you try to show the GA window. However, you can play the GA mode, as long as you don't press the wrong button. (the older factions work as normally, but you can't see the progress of the new factions) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

EDIT: meh, it didn't really make sense. It should make some now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif

[Nomad]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ May 24 2004,23:28)]Good news lads....Tosa's back and if it were not for an error on my behalf the map would've been uploaded today. However, if all goes well, and Tosa gets my PM ASAP, the mod should be up within the next day. Look out for it, and as usual post all feedback here. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Kewl.
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[Ostrogski]

if you want Super_early_unit11 to open in gnomeEditor, give me your email@. send this.



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[DeadRunner]

Weeee TOSA is back http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

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New BKB Map is going to be upload soon .I am total http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif.

[Nomad]

Hmmmm, Alls quiet on the download front.
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[Duke Dick]

well, looks like BKB's map isnt up yet http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif
i'll contact tosa to see whats going on. BKB is having problems with his computer http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif , having to have it reinstalled and what not, so he wont be on for a bit. Should be back by Friday at the latest.

[Duke Dick]

The map is finall available for download http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.3ddownloads.com/strategy-gaming/totalwar/MTW/Stats/bkb07.zip

It was put up a few minutes ago, and the news should appear in a few minutes for all to see. BKB will be on later to assist any problems that may arise.

Have fun http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

[BKB-Questionairre]

I hereby declare a BONANZA http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-toff.gif

[King Azzole]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif yay http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[Duke Dick]

From the mouth of BKB:

This mod will require all three of the super high downloads to work.

If you are new to the Super Mod scene, you now do not need to download the super early mod.

This will fix all pre-battle shield problems.

The old provinces may seem slightly bigger/smaller, but this is down to the fact that the map editing is very difficult, and i could not remember the original sizes.

Apologies in advance, but I will not be on till tomorrow(due to more problems arising with computer...damn viruses)

Finally, this is available, can't wait to play it.

[BKB-Questionairre]

Well I just spent an hour following the instructions to the letter installing it and now my game just crashes when I start a new campaign. I followed the instructions perfectly, although they were a little confusing at times. Is it possible to make an easier method of installation....like a self extractor or .exe installer?

I'm really sad right now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

[Steppe Merc]

I'll wait till it's on the org... can't abide those 3d downloaders.

[BKB-Questionairre]

The org uses 3D downloads to host its files, so no matter what file you're downloading, if you're getting it from the org you have to do it through 3d downloads. So don't wait.


Well my entire game is now totally messed up after installing the map patch. I had to uninstall the game and now my CD refuses to reinstall it. How annoying. I suppose I'll have to go without the mod for a while since i have no clean directories to copy.

[King Azzole]

Holy crap... Im not gonna even attempt to install it until these issues are solved...

[DeadRunner]

can someone of the admin put in the other dl pag ??

[Duke Dick]

i'll tell BKB your problems, and he should be on tonight, so he can tell you what to do then.

[Ellesthyan]

So, I tried installing it. It all went well until I tried to actually play it. The minimap did not show up; not at the faction nor at the era choices. However, the campmap DID show by the other eras, although a little messed up (as the location of provinces is changed).
No problem yet, though, I can choose the super early/super high campaign and choose my faction. However, at the loading of the campmap screen I had a CTD.

I assume that something is missing that gives the eras their own specific map. I think that because apparently the old thingies do work for the normal eras. Weird is that it all worked perfectly before installing the expansion.

Second, Im quite confused by all those supermod maps. Why not just do it the regular way? It seems like it has seriously messed some stuff up and why change when it worked ok before? Besides that, it makes the installation unreasonably difficult and confusing. A normal copy to the regular folders should suffice, as it has done before.

I hope BKB will be back soon. I tried to rectify stuff but I couldn't find what exactly was missing. Even stranger is that there is something missing that was around in previous mods.

the emoticons describe the order of my emotions last hour...

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[Nomad]

Don't feel quite so bothered that I can't download the flippin thing, now I've read the last few posts. 56k modems and 3d downloads Hmmm, time for broadband. This was 5th time I've got above 7megs and then the link just vanished. This time I got 20 megs before AbbracadAbbra http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif
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[SpetzNatz]

Hi BKB.
I've just downloaded new map. Not bad, but I think, that Moravia (if is present) is placed in bad position, also Silesia Covers big pat of Saxony. I'll try to change Lukupmaps and you some scratches (it would be too big to send you whole files), may I as why did you included MapTex files? They don't seem to be changed and increase final size rapidly. Whose txt files do I have to alter? Startpos? If you want, you can send me some flags to make some gamends for upcoming SuperLate.

[Duke Dick]

sorry people, i dont think bkb will be on tonight, i'm gonna give him a phone call now to tell him the problems and feedback, and i'll get back to you in a minute. i suspect that the problems may be down to a misunderstanding in the installation guide, but as i said i will answer this in a minute.

Duke Dick

[Duke Dick]

ok, just got off the phone, and it looks likely thatEllesthyan problems may have arisen due to an error in the installation of the mod, as spetznatz seems to have gotten it to work properly.

spetzNatz, the maptex files have been included because the map has been altered, so the maptex has been changed as well, so that the new provinces can be accomodated.

SpestzNatz, in my opinion, you are being a bit harsh on bkb by complaining about the provinces and there locations. map editing is a very hard and arduous task, and the effort that bkb put in to doing this map is hard to believe. unlike many other mods, BKB is basically a one man show(others like yourself do offer a helping hand every now and then), and at present is at university studying and preparing for exams, so errors may occur, but imo you do not have to be pedantic and nit-pick little things like this. BKB used proper resources for his locations and examined many before putting them in.

Duke Dick.

[Steppe Merc]

Still a waiting for it to be on this site. I have given up on 3d downloads. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif

[BKB-Questionairre]

Steppe Merc - the org uses 3d downloads to host ALL of its files, so even if you download it from the Org's link you're still getting it from 3d downloads. So it doesn't make sense to wait.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Well, I'm back....

Not sure about the problems you guys. I realise the installation process is tough but it's the only way I could keep the mod size down - otherwise it would've been about 80MB. Spetz have you got it working? If so, I presume you guys should look back over the installation process.

Once again, I reiterate this - using the LMM, considering it was my first time, is DAMN tough - if I made some mistakes redrawing provinces then I'm sorry but you'll have to live with it. Please bear in mind that it is easy to criticise and not so difficult to do

BKB http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Ellesthyan]

Ok, I'll do that... Too late for it now though. Anyone has an idea what might have gone wrong?

BKB: Your mod rocks, and adding new provinces is badass. Kudos for your hard work

[anvil]

Hopefully this will be uploaded to another site not connected with 3d downloads,, with my 56k connect i am lucky to get anything from them... especially of size,, twice,, half way,, poof gone grrrr

anvil

[BKB-Questionairre]

Getting frustrated now.....I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game 5 times now since it never seems to work. At first the game crashed when I even clicked on Super High on the start new campaign screen. Now I can select a faction but when I do and the game starts loading, I get a message saying 'error loading offscreen'. I have no idea what I am doing wrong, I keep following the instructions to the letter.

I would propose a second download be made avaliable in which all the comlicated files are already allocated into the correct folders, so computer-idiot people like me can get it to work. I am really anxious to get this patch working, been waiting for it for more than 2 weeks now.

[Heimdall]

Hey, everyone

I think I may have figured out the problem. The install instructions say:

'Textures' folder

Copy the 'SuperMod' folder into your 'Textures' folder

While fiddling around after my first CTD, I figured out that the above should really say:

'Textures' folder

Copy the 'SuperMod' folder into your 'Textures/campmap' folder

Once I made that little move, everything worked just fine. I followed the rest of the instructions just as they're written.

In spite of that one minor glitch http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif , let's all give BKB a hearty HURRAH for vastly enhancing an already great mod.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to start my Latin States campaign and slap some Bulgars and Byzantines around.

Cheers for BKB

[BKB-Questionairre]

Heimdall, I love you, in a thankful sort of way, now it works perfectly. Time to go play SuperHigh until my eyes fall out

[Broken Silence]

I'm experiencing a different problem...

After installing everything, I've put my CD into my drive and instead of loading the menu screen, a message pop up on my desktop saying :

Column_unit_region_advantage
Unknown region label used to indicate unit advantage: column 13, row 161
ID_THESSALY

I've recheck the instructions and tried to sort it out, but... well... Since I suck bad time when it come into computer programming and all, I couldn't manage on my own http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif
So, uh... what do you say, folks? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

BTW, I have to thank and congratulate BKB for his dedication in this project http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif Maybe I don't know much into programming, but I know that only a few can put up such effort into a free-time project.
Cheers cheers, BKB http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[Ellesthyan]

Thank you, Heimdall That's probably the fault I was struggling with.

[Nomad]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Three days later and 20 odd download attempts (twice clocking up 35mb's) and its finally arrived in my computers lap. Used DAP (A download manager) and even then I had to archive it with winrar. Never had a problem b4 with 3ddownloads so think there might be an internal server error. But 4 now, I can finaly enjoy.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif BKB.

[Slythis]

ok, I'm new to supermod and noted that in order to get the mod working properly you have to download all three files, problem is the link to the third file doesn't work. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Try this there no waiting time and it has both super early and high. You can get the other downloads on the first page of the thread


http://www.mizus.com/Files/k0rgs8gVt/Mstats.shtml


Welcome to the Org by the way mate http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[uksiu]

I'm trying to install campaign with a new map. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif
I must be a moron, but installation is too complicated for me. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-clown.gif

Which files should I mix with brand new folders with new map: all 4 files (at the beginning of this thread)? Or only BKBSuperHighBeta.zip? What does it mean previous release? - theese 4 files from the beginning?
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Another pain: Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Buildings' folder into the 'SuperMod/Buildings' one

But I don't see any Buildings in my folders from BKBSuperHifhBeta.zip... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

Is it possible to put somewhere a complete zip file with the freshest files? I know, it could be about 80 MB, but this mod rocks and I want to look at new elements and fight for new provinces...

[Ellesthyan]

Booyah It works A big THANK YOU goes to Heimdall http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_bow.gif

BKB: It's awesome. I've played the English (and the Venetians a little) sofar. Gascony is cool as it saved my ass from the Navarrese http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif more provinces does improve the gameplay.
However, I also must say that (although I can understand) especially the position of some provinces is a little odd. Hungary/Transylvania I can overlook but the Greek provinces are clumsy. A better looking division would've been like this: You know how Greece looks in our time, right? Well, take the northern part until Thessaly and call that Macedonia or Thessaly. Capital Thessaloniki. Southern part is proper Greece, as it is atm. Epirus _SHOULD_ not have a part of the east coast It should combine south Epirus (check the atlas) with Albania. Capital Durazzo/Durachium.
The rest is ok with me. Some provinces could use some smoother borders but as you had to redo the whole map I can understand.

If you ever feel the urge to have a go at the map again, please consider my input But even without, I'm loving it. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

EDIT: English is a weird language.

[Steppe Merc]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/handball.gif Waiting for it to come up on t his page still.

[Slythis]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ May 28 2004,14:20)]Welcome to the Org by the way mate http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
Thanks, It REALLY looks great... but my problem is that this link: http://www.mizus.com/Files....ons.zip doesn't work. Do I no longer need that file?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Uk, all the files are needed apart from the super early download.

Ellesythan, i have a bit of a confession to make. The map was just started off as a laugh but materialised into something. Is it really worth redoing and releasing it with another 50mb? Is it really worth it? If you knew the project i'm working on at the moment, you'd rather me work on that. Its looking really good even if i do say so myself

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

That link seems to work, i'm not sure what to do to rectify it but i'll look into it.

[BKB-Questionairre]

Hmmm I've just found a nice little bug.

The link between the Black sea and the rest of the mediterranean is broken. Ships that are created in the Black Sea are trapped there, and ships that are made elsewhere cannot cross the Hellespont into the Black Sea. If I remember correctly this is fairly easily fixed in the startpos files, but I myself forget how to do it.

[Slythis]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ May 28 2004,16:56)]That link seems to work, i'm not sure what to do to rectify it but i'll look into it.
Whenever I click on it takes me to the Clan Mizu home page rather than opening up a download.

[DeadRunner]

i have a map error S.O.S ppl how can i fix these.
Th game dont get the new map , more correctly none map

[Slythis]

ok with the exception of a few portrait and shield errors everything is running GREAT, both Super Early and Super High.

Deadrunner: you have to move the folder /textures/Supermod into /Textures/campmap

[tombom]

The last link on the first page doesn't work for me. It just tells me its linked to www.mizus.com/F...ons.zip or whatever. But apart from that its brilliant

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'll release a small patch tonight to correct that marmara/black sea bug, sorry about that. Any other probs do tell me a quickly as possible.

[DeadRunner]

well the map is fix but now i have another one ,the units aren,t loaded

[tombom]

Ok, I finally discovered the right link in an entrance Hall thread, but I have another question. Has anybody done the proper deadpage for this mod, or whatever makes dead bodies appear? I'm sure I saw it somewhere in this thread, but I can't remeber where.

[King Azzole]

Yeah its like on page 27 or something like that. BKB should put a link to the right page on page1 in the DL section, or just include the damn deadpage in his package :P

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The deadpage has been effected due to the high royal knight problem being fixed. I'll try to send Sna man an email to see if he can sought it for me.

[anvil]

Is the new map avalable at mizus.com? If so would you please be so kind as to give a direct link,, i have searched and cannot find it their and am having no luck getting it thru here.. thanks

anvil

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Araid not, its at 3d downloads http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-furious3.gif I hate that site http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[DeadRunner]

BkB now i have another prob several uints dont appear like norman knights and others (neither in costum battles9 is this something that i missed m8 ???

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Do not appear full stop or is it just the picture on the campaign map?

[DeadRunner]

picture im campa map

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

sounds like you left out the review panels pics out mate. Suggest you look back because i think you made a mistake somewhere

[DeadRunner]

still loking m8
so far so bad

[Nomad]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Just wondering if there's a patch for the Blacksea problem yet.
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[Slythis]

BKB are you SURE that the 3rd file is needed? becuase (as stated earlier) aside from a few portraits and the black sea bug, EVERYTHING is working fine.

oh I found another Bug, the port in Tripoli acesses the Egyptian sea but is shown facing the sea north of that (can't remember the name)

[Steppe Merc]

Hmm. Dowloaded it, followed directions, but said it found an unknown faction, latins, in buildprod.

[Warlokk]

Hi BKB and all... been playing the mod for a while, love it Got the new version working fine too, so far no issues but I haven't been in all the territories yet because of the following issue...

Does anyone else think the English campaign in either Early or High is impossible? I've tried it like 5 times now, 3 High and 2 Early, and I'm in a hopeless situation by the 10th turn. It seems like they need more ships, or ports, or something, to get a starting infrastructure going so they're not broke in 5 years with crap armies and no navy. The last one I tried (Early), I focused on getting my income going first, and building some ships, but as a result I didn't have enough troops to fight off the French and Navaresse when they decided to attack as soon as my first ship hit the water, which the French promptly sunk.

In the previous version I noticed they usually got wiped out before too long too... when I was playing on the other side of the map (Venetians). Seems a country like England should at least be able to survive consistently... :)

Anyway just my early thoughts so far... I'll keep trying

Thanks

[Ellesthyan]

Yes and no, Warlokk. Playing the English was relatively easy for me (easier than the Genovans), but the AI doesn't survive long. They can handle the French, and even the 2 of their isle enemies together, but as usually the third isle faction and the Aragonese/Navarrese invade a little later it's end game soon for the English.

My Genovans had it difficult. There are not enough ports around to get a reliable trade income fast; only way to survive is to get rid of the starting units and hope no one attacks for half a century... I was lucky and I've made it through; Its 1150 and I've captured the Venetian and Croatian factions. The Egyptians dominate the south, while the Polish are about to take over Russia after defeating the last cumans and Hungarians. France is mighty; It has almost the whole British isles and Scandinavia, besides France itself. The Sicilians have taken advantage of the many provinces in Greece; in a bloody war with the Byzantines they have gotten Morea, Epirus, Crete and Rhodos firm in their hands.

The new provinces and factions together make it a wonderful mod. A little unbalanced, but nothing too bad. Great work, BKB http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Thanks boys, sorry about the lack of updates but i've been busy all weekend. Revision, Hellenic mod, etc http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[DeadRunner]

weeeeeeeee
i fix it =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif

[BKB-Questionairre]

My eyes no longer function

[DeadRunner]

that is bad m8 put glasses =P

[SpetzNatz]

Hi BKB.
I have something to say about new map. I'll send you my ideas tomorrow. I think, that you should keep original shapes of provinces (as you said, it's difficult to change them) and add new ones. I've altered shapes of provinces Lesser Armenia and neighbours and Jerusalem, Tripoli (and surrounding provinces) because I've missed it in original map, and also Bohemia and Moravia, because it was more correct than in your map. Why didn't you asked me? I would advise you, because it looks odd in your map. Could you tell me which files to alter and how to make new provinces? I've changed lukupmaps, but what else? I can change maps, while you can take care about something else. BTW could you make free space in your mailbox to be able to receive 1,5 MB files?

[Nomad]

Quote[/b] (Nomad @ May 30 2004,10:33)]http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Just wondering if there's a patch for the Blacksea problem yet.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
I guess not then

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Sorry lads it'll be released later - has anyone noticed any other small flaws that can be amended before I release it? I've been sidetracked by work on my new mod. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[SpetzNatz]

Just read my note BKB. Could you make more free space in your mailbox? BTW, are Kataphraktoi already fixed?

[Nomad]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Hi BKB,
I'm not nagging but how late is later (i.e the patch release) There only seem to be the afore mentioned prob's, which I'd try to fix but maps are virgin territory to me
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[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Sorry for the delay guys. You'll find it here:

http://www.totalwar.org/Downloa....xed.zip (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Mtw_Uploads/MTWupload/BKBUpdate_BlackSeaBugFixed.zip)

[Nomad]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Cheers Dude,
Your a star.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[Steppe Merc]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif Still can't get it to work. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif Does anyone know why it would say unkown faction: FN_LATIN in the build prod? I re did it twice, still no change. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shogunshame.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The Startpos must go in Campmap/Startpos - just checking as it seems like a problem to do with that.

[Nomad]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Loving the new map,
It was worth waiting for. Been doing some tinkering, managed to introduced some of Dj's new units for superhigh (in high and late and extended late to 1500). Overwrote the original bifs and LBMs in all the files, the custom files replace.i.e Chainhlm, etc.
As long as you ignore the original early,high,late and restrict the factions using the new bif's to original factions it works fine. Makes Hundred year war battles kewl. Been resisting the temptaion to have some anachronistic elephants. Maybe a Mongol, Hind influenced army could get away with it.
However in effect overwriting the files makes Supermod an overwrite but once you've finished superlate You may aswell make it an overwrite. Going to add some faction colours to the ChivMAA, FeudMAA's etc shields give them a bit of individuality (eventually). But now back to beta testing. Once again many thanks for all your hard work. It has kept my interest in this game alive. And congrats on the new job.
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[DeadRunner]

next stop late released

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I still don't know how you did it Nomad - if I can I'm going to try and do the same for Super Late. However my attentions have recently been devoted to the new mod - at the moment I'm working on a brand new map which I think you'll all like. Lets just say that you might want to keep resisting the tempation Nomad - the Elephants will get their time soon enough. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[DeadRunner]

elephants ,mongols,crusaders ,ppl i think that bkb wants to kill us with to much candy´s http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif

[uksiu]

Quote[/b] ]the moment I'm working on a brand new map which I think you'll all like

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif
wow tell us something about it

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

It's kind of top secret at the minute. If you look at certain hints I've dropped on this page you might get some idea. Stay tuned - in a couple of weeks I'll reveal all. However, you won't be playing it for a couple of months or so. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif

[Duke John]

Quote[/b] ]However, you won't be playing it for a couple of months or so.
Aye, such is the way of the true Modder; never finished and always seeking new challenges. It's been a loooong time since I have played my last campaign. Hopefully I will get to play the Two Crowns campaign... oops stealing attention from your mod
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shogunshame.gif

Cheers, Duke John

p.s. I know what BKB's new project is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-tongue2.gif

[Steppe Merc]

Now I can get it to open, but no map apears in the era select, and I get a CTD when I click on it. I know I messed up the map installation, but where? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

No matter how many PM's you get, under pain of death DJ don't tell em what it is

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Could be this:

You know the SuperMod folder in the Textures/Campmap folder in the download? Make sure that the folder is placed in YOUR corresponding Textures/Campmap folder. That ought to do it

[Steppe Merc]

Aha I just put it in my textures YAY And it works http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

[Duke Dick]

ha ha ppl, when you see what BKB is working on, i assure you, everything you have seen from bkb before will look insignificant. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

btw bkb, did they come??? pm me l8r.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Quote[/b] ]Aha I just put it in my textures YAY And it works

Great Hope you enjoy it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif

[DeadRunner]

deadrunner will use the jedi mind tricks to take out the bkb secrets from duke john

I beat that will be many new units http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif

[Nomad]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 07 2004,21:18)]It's kind of top secret at the minute. If you look at certain hints I've dropped on this page you might get some idea.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Hmmm,
I'm guessing its Medieval era (could be wrong, its just a hunch). Elephants, seems to be the clue, and a new map is needed. So it could be something like a Medieval far or middle eastern campaign. But maybe thats just what I'm wishing for (anything involving the Hynd would be toptastic).
I couldn't resist adding the Elephant's, BKB. Can't really justify there presence, but they just look so dam funky. Think I'm going to make a Hind and Mughal army anyway. If only for custom battles.
As far as adding the new animation bif's by overwrite, I assume its how the Hellenistic boy's crammed so many new animations into their mod. You also have to overwrite weapons and shield files (in the textures files) where appropriate. I think the HTW guy's got round the faction shield problem thing buy renaming factions, in the changes file. So in effect they didn't add any new factions (just a guess).
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[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Did you overwrite a mount to get the Elephants in Nomad or did you overwrite an old facshield folder?

And you're getting warmer by the way. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

You guys have your wish. Check out the 'Eastern Promise' thread in the Engineers Guild. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Nomad]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 09 2004,11:55)]Did you overwrite a mount to get the Elephants in Nomad or did you overwrite an old facshield folder?

And you're getting warmer by the way. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif Hi BKB, I Overwrote,
PlateCav, to put the Eli's in, so yes an old fac shield folder. Wouldn't recommend overwriting any of the mounts as there all needed. Ok of to check out the Eastern Promise thread.
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[The Blind King of Bohemia]

It's not that I wanted to, I just hoped I wouldn't have to. Good news then. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Nomad]

Oh yes,
Very good news. By that I'm also refering to your mod proposal I've just been reading. Sound like there'll be room for a few more animations now.
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[Steppe Merc]

Grr. I need to reinstall BKB, I messed everything up. Where can I dowload everything I need, with the least amount of dowlaods to work the new one?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Try the first page of the thread mate http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Steppe Merc]

Thanks. Haven't checked their in a long time http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-oops.gif

[Slythis]

*Trying to guess BKB's Secret* A Global Map Perhaps? Or maybe one that covers Europe, Africa and Asia?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Check the eastern promise thread geez and all will be revealed http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shogunshame.gif

[Slythis]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif sorry, I must've missed that post...

[DeadRunner]

will the super late will be released before oyr after the new mod Bkb ??

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

before, long before http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Steppe Merc]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif I had to reinstall BKB, but when I try and fight a battle, I get : Hard Sprites Failed to load, unkown error (0) (0000000000). WTF?

[Speedfreak]

Hello BKB

I'm just a newbie here, and I Having a hard time running your mod. I have a few questions for you. First, is it possible to install the superhigh mod and choose the super early campaign, i've tried it playing the norse, the came crashed saying: Textures/campmap/prebatshield/shl24.bif. I would like to know what is going wrong.

Speedfreak

[DeadRunner]

welcome to the guild speedfreak

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Speedfreak, see the first page of this thread. Then download my new map and get the pre battle shields from there http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Speedfreak]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

Hello BKB, thanx for the help, everything is fine now but I've tried to install your new map and it failed, when I get to the choose campaign screen, no map appears. I've copied the supermod in the textures folder into the texture folder of the game, it doesn't seem to work. What can I do.

Speedfreak

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Hi speedfreak, i promise i'll get back to you, just i'm a little tired at the moment but i'll sort it out for yeh tomorrow mate http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Warlokk]

Speedfreak--

Move the Supermod folder into the Campmap folder inside Textures, that should fix it. Minor error in the instructions... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

Enjoy

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Thank you Warlokk http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Speedfreak]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

Thanx a lot guys, everything is fine now, by the way BKB, this is a great mod, i'm just having a blast playing the Cumans.

Cheers to BKB

Speedfreak

[SpetzNatz]

Hi BKB, may I use some files from your mod for my own? I'm going to add Bohemian faction to MedMod.

[King Azzole]

ok Question? How do I get a cool little custom avatar like some of you guys?

[SpetzNatz]

[QUOTE=Quote (King Azzole @ June 16 2004,11:46)]ok Question? How do I get a cool little custom avatar like some of you guys?

[zippy]

Sorry for asking you this but I'm new to this board and I would like to install your mod. I visited the first page of this thread but it's all pretty confusing. I downloaded all the files from those links and unzipped all of them's contents in a folder. I overwrote older files with new ones and moved the final result to my MTW folder. When I try to play Super High or Super Early the game CTD. What am I doing wrong ?
Maybe you've posted the answer to my question somewhere in this thread but it's not easy to search for that in a 35 page thread. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Right zip, did you:

Download high(you don't need early)
Download the map
and install the two patches?

Thats all that needs to be done. Remember about the faction shields though as put down on page one of the thread.

Welcome to the Org by the way http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[zippy]

As I've told you, I downloaded EVERYTHING.
I guess I've installed to much. This means I have to uninstall MTW-VI and reinstall and then reinstall your mod. Uffff......

[zippy]

Well, I've done all the reinstalling and unzipped only what you said, but now when the game loads to about 20% I get an error like that sounds like this: error loading offscreen and then it CTD.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The geezer you've made a mistake down the line http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif If you wait to mid july i am hopefully releasing the whole thing in one HUGE install(auto probably)


By the way, I'm working on two new maps for super early and late. In Early, Savoy, Samogitia, Morea, and Moravia have been removed. Now in place are Iceland, Paphlagonia, Seville and York. Nicaea has been given to the Turks. The Epirus problem is fixed with it being rightly situated (to a certain degree). Its all but done and should be released next week. Your super high will still work fine with the other map http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

With an auto install hopefully If all goes well the big release in about a months time will feature it toohttp://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

Oh and because each period uses a new campmap it means the prebattleshields can now be correct

[zippy]

Thank God you are releasing an autoinstall because I usually do a bad job installing zipped mods. If it's just one archive it's ok but when there are more .... it's a nightmare. Ok, I guess I'll have to wait till mid Jully. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ceasaryes.gif

[Borathor]

As it is written, it really get complicated. I have the same problem when the map doesn't appear.

5. Copy the 'SuperMod' folder in 'Pieces' into your 'Pieces' folder. Here it gets complicated:
• Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Agents' folder into the 'Supermod/Agents' one
• Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Buildings' folder into the 'SuperMod/Buildings' one
• Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Ships' folder into the 'SuperMod/Ships' one
• Copy all the contents of the new BKB 'Units' folder into the 'SuperMod/Units' one

6. Copy the 'SuperMod' folder in 'Portraits' into your 'Portraits' folder. Once again, it gets complicated:
• Copy your previous BKB 'Catholic' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Orthodox folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Muslim' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Pagan' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Vikings' folder into it


Should I copy all the files in the folders to the ones in Supermod, or just the ones which I got when I downloaded the mod?

7. Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Shields' folder (including 'Colours') into the 'Shields' folder supplied. Then, copy all the contents of the new 'Shields' folder into your 'Shields' folder.

This one I quite don't understand, I cant copy the new shield folder into the shield folder as they have the same name.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Quote[/b] ]6. Copy the 'SuperMod' folder in 'Portraits' into your 'Portraits' folder. Once again, it gets complicated:
• Copy your previous BKB 'Catholic' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Orthodox folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Muslim' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Pagan' folder into it
• Copy your previous BKB 'Vikings' folder into it


Should I copy all the files in the folders to the ones in Supermod, or just the ones which I got when I downloaded the mod?


Another way, possibly easier:

1. Ensure that you have downloaded all three Super High downloads and have installed them, and that the game works correctly. Basically your BKB game pre-map.

2. Make a new folder called SuperMod in your Portraits folder.

3. Copy the following Portrait folders into that one:

Catholic
Orthodox
Muslim
Pagan
Vikings

4. That should do it



Quote[/b] ]7. Copy all the contents of your previous BKB 'Shields' folder (including 'Colours') into the 'Shields' folder supplied. Then, copy all the contents of the new 'Shields' folder into your 'Shields' folder.

This one I quite don't understand, I cant copy the new shield folder into the shield folder as they have the same name.


This is easy. Just copy the contents of my shield folder (including colours) into yours Now why did I write it like that?? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif

Finally, there is one more error. The 'SuperMod' folder in 'Textures' should go into your 'Textures/Campmap' folder.

Hope you get it to work now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

[Borathor]

Arrah It was that last error that made it all not work.
This new map is incredible, almost even better than the presents you get at Christmas

Cheere O mate

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Good man Glad to see its working http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[dire wolf]

Quote[/b] ]By the way, I'm working on two new maps for super early and late

that above means you're doing a total of THREE maps for your mod?? I'm afraid i'm going to ask you to stop this, since you are leaving other modders in shame, i mean, come on http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

its really amazing that you did it on your own, and its even more increidble that you manage to keep up the grades at university, mine are dropping at an alarming rate with this great mod...

say, bkb, where did you find info on kings and heroes of diverse factions? i was trying to help wesw with the long awaited v4 of his Medmod, in this case with the sebian faction. i looked in every library/bookstore in my city and i couldn't find a book that was of any use... and on the net i only found a list of kings and some incomplete descriptions of their years in power, not good enough to make a somewhat historically accurate description of the character (command, v&v, etc)... if you could provide some assistance, i would really apreciate it.

congrats again, mate

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

My grades are not great mate but at least i can drop the politic's part which i am really happy about.


Try getting you hands on a book by osprey publishing called Hungary and the fall of Eastern Europe. That has good info on Serbia

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I haven't added hardly any heros but i will which will be easy for wales, scotland , and countries in Western Europe but for the cumans and croatians that could prove difficult http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif

[dimitrios the samian]

Quote[/b] (zippy @ June 19 2004,17:27)]Thank God you are releasing an autoinstall because I usually do a bad job installing zipped mods. If it's just one archive it's ok but when there are more .... it's a nightmare. Ok, I guess I'll have to wait till mid Jully. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ceasaryes.gif
I to wait patiently and silently for your super Mod , BKB .
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[The Blind King of Bohemia]

If all goes well, Super Late should see Morea, Apulia and Pereyaslavl removed to be replaced by the Balearic Islands, Carinthia and Ruthenia. I'm also tinkering with the idea of removing Bosnia from High in order to add Tana in South Khazar, which could greatly assist the Georgians. What do you guys think? So each era will have at least one exclusive province:

Early

Iceland
York
Seville
Paphlagonia

High

Morea
Tana (Unsure)

Late

Balearic Islands
Carinthia
Ruthenia

Along with exclusive factions and units for each era, each period will now provide totally different gameplay options.

[soibean]

hey everyone Ive been trying to get new mods for awhile yet and still not getting how to find/download/install them

this mod looks and sounds AWESOME by all accounts so when he does finish his full version with auto install and all the other goodies I'll be sure to check it out, as long as its easy to do that is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif

[SpetzNatz]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 19 2004,15:41)]With an auto install hopefully If all goes well the big release in about a months time will feature it toohttp://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif
May I suggest NSIS? It's cool.

link for packer
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis20.exe?download

link for editor
http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPatch/install/nisedit/cnisedit20b5.exe

May I ask if limit of 256 provinces is reached, that you started to remove previous provinces?

Btw, thanx for help in MedMod forum.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The only game province I plan to remove is Pereyaslavl in Late. Unfortunately 8 new provinces is the limit, 107 in total, plus 36 seas. I only have 14 seas in the Eastern Promise mod and I hoped to add a further 11 provinces because of it but I hear it's not possible. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif

For this reason I've had to cut a few out, but its not the end of the world.

Oh and Spetz, any chance of some more Game Endings for the July release? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[SpetzNatz]

Sorry, I was pretty busy (who said that studying at the university isn't time consumer). Could you send me some flags of new factions (I have latest 0.7 version, so, if none faction is added, I'll try to take care of the rest, but I think, that I wont be able to catch this term, but I'll try). Could you tell me which factions not to do because they will be removed (like Bretons)? Please, try to send me those flags ASAP, for now, I'm on-line but, tomorrow, I won't. Bye.

I've read in campmap, that limit number of provinces is 256.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'll try but I think there's a good few in Early and High that you have yet to do that maybe you could be getting on with. No early or high factions will change for the final release, and you have my word on that.

The Early map is practically done so I'll begin work on the revised high map today. Now I've gotta do the prebattleshields and all So much to do, so little time http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

Must get Sna Man to do the deadpage coords as well before all is said and done. If worst comes to worst I'll do it myself (I've got a good idea how) but it'll be a an extra burden to put up with http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

No matter, I like a challenge. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[SpetzNatz]

Did you get my mail with changed campmap? Shall be Moravia there (I think that Bohemians need it, one starting province and surrounded by enemies make them to be in very hard position).

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Is this in early? Trust me spetz, the bohemians don't need it. They attack the HRE immediately. If anything moravia was hindering them in early.

High is also being changed, moravia and epirus being fixed with bosnia being removed and tana being added to help Georgia out.

[SpetzNatz]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 21 2004,07:10)]Is this in early? Trust me spetz, the bohemians don't need it. They attack the HRE immediately. If anything moravia was hindering them in early.

High is also being changed, moravia and epirus being fixed with bosnia being removed and tana being added to help Georgia out.
It was reaction on your new map in 0.7. Moravia in correct shape, 3 Greek provinces, Asia Minor and Near East (Tripoli, Palestine...), according maps found on i-net.

BRW, I've found nice webpage about bohemian kings. I plan to se it in my addon, but to send to you, too.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I have basically fixed everything, apart from the middle east which i have to be honest i can't be bothered with The maps are nearly done and i think everone will like them, i am really proud of iceland for some reason as well as the balearic islands in late as i want the aragonese to piss off the italian states in naval ambition like real life at the time.

[fear509]

hi first post here, any way your mod looks great but I cant install it for some reason~:(. I downloaded it from the files section and zipped it into my medieval total war folder and when I start the game up it’s just the normal medieval total war. Could you please direct me to an explanation for a guide on how to install it properly?

[Steppe Merc]

BKB in late, will the poor English finally have an easier time? Playing in as English, high, normal, I have been excomumicated for over 15 years, am in 10,000+ debt, and am barely haning on. Very fun, but I'd be more fun if I could train some troops, and have some money to play with. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Don't worry mate, its all in hand http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[fear509]

Quote[/b] (fear509 @ June 21 2004,14:57)]hi first post here, any way your mod looks great but I cant install it for some reason~:(. I downloaded it from the files section and zipped it into my medieval total war folder and when I start the game up it’s just the normal medieval total war. Could you please direct me to an explanation for a guide on how to install it properly?
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-help.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Try to look at the readme's for instructions, failing that you wait about two weeks an updated early and high with the new maps with an auto install which will make things much easier.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Picture of the new map



early:







http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm6.jpg



http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm1.jpg


http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm2.jpg


http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm4.jpg


http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm5.jpg


http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/bkbm3.jpg

[BKB-Questionairre]

Very, VERY nice. Is just love Iceland. Very nice strategic location, as the Norse are well placed for a two front invasion of England.

Seville will definately be useful. I can't even play any of the faction that start on the Iberian Peninsula, there are 7 factions sitting right on the peninsula it's its a free for all death match for control, and it's just insane. I really hope Seville adds some balance to the Iberian front.

[BKB-Questionairre]

Sorry to doublepost but I have no idea how to edit on these forums...I don't see an edit button anywhere.

I wanted to add that I hope the 9-star Valencian king is changed in the next version. It's completely unfair that they start off with a 9 star general, as the Aragonese are in just as bad of a starting position (if not worse) and only get a 5 star king. In every campaign I play, the Aragonese are killed off 5 turns in and the Valencians always move on to take over all of Spain. I just hope it's changed so it's possible to play as the Aragonese.

[fear509]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 21 2004,17:26)]Try to look at the readme's for instructions, failing that you wait about two weeks an updated early and high with the new maps with an auto install which will make things much easier.
Thanks I guess ill wait for the auto install and just a quick question if you don’t mind how many factions is their going to be total and what are they. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I don't see aragon being wiped out in my games. It is el cid remember, and i have rarely, if ever seened him fight aragon. Try the new map because seville diverts some aggresion away and the almoravids really fight back now.

[DeadRunner]

Bkb can you divided Portugal ???

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Portugal will not be split sorry about that. I thought that certain areas needed more attention

[Ellesthyan]

Looks good BKB :)

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

For the faction list, go to page 1 of the thread http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Steppe Merc]

Sweet http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif So this is just for Early.... Guess I'll have to try England again in Early. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif
I'll never be able to figure out wich to play: this when it's released, or the new HTW when it come out. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/barrel.gif

[DeadRunner]

will you remove some early units,in high era with the new map patch Bkb??

when this new map will be released ???

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif is waiting http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'm adding the finishing touches to High at the mo. The early map is done. Late map should be done soon, but that won't be out for a while. Look for an auto-install release next week with the new early and high maps - should be a big download mind. That ought to keep you going till the Late release. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Inuyasha12]

Will you be able to auto install over a previous version, say bkbsuperhigh_beta?

[Earl of Sandwich]

with York a seperate province in Early, what's the capital of Northumbria?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Carlise castle, it which is probably accurate. I'll double check though

[deadlock]

hello all, this my 1st post

ok I've just read all 37 pages of this thread trying to get a picture on exactly what I have to download to get this thing going, and well frankly i'm http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif

can someone hold my hand http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
I know about looking on the first page but it's not too clear
I've got a ~40mb file called bkb07.zip, now is this any use to me?
if it is then exactly which other files do I need?
oh and where are they?
this page for example http://www.mizus.com/Files/k0rgs8gVt/Mstats.shtml
has one bkb file on, do I need that?

hope someone's patient enough to help stupid here

ta

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Welcome to the org mate. Right that super high download on the link you gave YOU DO DID http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif (this high comes with super early)

Also these lovely links are patches to the mod


http://www.mizus.com/Files/k0rgs8gVt/MTW/Stats/BKBSuperHighBETA061.zip


http://www.mizus.com/Files....ons.zip



These links are to the new map and a patch to correct a bug respectively:


http://www.3ddownloads.com/strateg....b07.zip


http://www.totalwar.org/Downloa....xed.zip



NOTE: You will need this map for the prebattleshields. You'll only need to put them in though, nothing else. Oh and furthermore they are not correct - its just to get the game working properly.

[deadlock]

right gotcha

am downloading bkbsuperhibeta.zip as I type

looks like I've got the new map already


I take it that there are instructions in the bkbsuperhibeta zip, so hopefully with them and your advice from a couple of pages back I'll be ok http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif yay

is the new map the one with iceland on?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

No mate that is coming in a couple a weeks http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[deadlock]

cool http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

can't wait to start trading in fish and hot water http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif

[Inuyasha12]

Great map How many new provinces does it have?

Won't it be a little too overwhelming to conquer all of them, even though it was back then.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

In Early you have 9 new ones. Greece is removed and added are:

Iceland
York
Gascony
Seville
Paphlagonia
Thessaly
Epirus
Bosnia
Apulia

In High, Greece has been removed and added are:

Moravia
Savoy
Gascony
Tana
Morea
Thessaly
Epirus
Samogitia
Apulia

In Late, Greece and Pereyaslavl have been removed and added are:

Moravia
Savoy
Gascony
Ruthenia
Carinthia
Thessaly
Epirus
Bosnia
Balearics
Samogitia

Expect pics of late map soon http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Like now. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

The Balearic Islands. A nice interesting province that could increase Aragon or the Italian States' naval might.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/BKBLate1.jpg

Carinthia - cuts off Eastern Europe from Venice. A good buffer.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/BKBLate2.jpg

This is how I have removed Pereyaslavl and reworked it into the other provinces.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/BKBLate4.jpg

And here is Ruthenia. With Moravia, Poland is now reduced considerably. Plus there is plenty of room for expansion in Eastern Europe.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/BKBLate3.jpg

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Inuyasha12]

That's great to hear BKB
Awsome map http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[Hetman]

Great work BKB http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Szun]

Hello all

I might be new to the org but i played Stw/Mtw for some years now... but that only as a sidenote.

I ran into some trouble with BKB_07
It took me aprox 8 hours to get all files and install them 1 by 1 ..early.0.5 0.6 high etc.
I managed to get it working just fine until 07.

The Game itself runs, the map works, only when a battle should be fought i get the message:

Unable to load Mons Texture pack

I used search function and found a Mons.bif file in Pacs folder, I double checked with the other instaltion I got of MTW/VI and its just the same. So I cant really make out what the problem is atm.

Any help would be very welcome

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'm not sure to be honest. Perhaps someone whose had the problem can help Szun out? Maybe you should wait for the auto-install release early next week, which will bring you up to date with everything before Super Late is released.

[Szun]

ok early next week ,that i can live with :D

I just played a bit, I can do anything normal just not load battlefields to fight on (wich is why we play right?)
The AI still amazes me how stupid it is...no sense of selfpreservation at all. Of course i played GER_HRE and got swarmed from all sides..as usual.

Is there a way to mod the AI or is it hardcoded?

[DeadRunner]

Nice map Bkb
when this patch will be released and will have some surprises ??

[Steppe Merc]

Yeah, and mabye we can have some... elaphants? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/idea.gif
Or I guess I can just transfer them over from HTW, but...

[Earl of Sandwich]

Quote[/b] ]ran into some trouble with BKB_07
It took me aprox 8 hours to get all files and install them 1 by 1 ..early.0.5 0.6 high etc.
I managed to get it working just fine until 07.

I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is. There's an error in the instructions. It says to put the Super Mod folder in Textures into the corresponding folder in the MTW folder. Well, actually, you have to put that folder into textures/campmap. Of course, now, you need to go right back to the old drawing board, I'm afraid. But I hope that solves your problem.

[Inuyasha12]

Whats going to happen to the thread once you finish the mod BKB?

Will it be locked? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I hope not I'm sure they'll be more problems to solve and updates might not be out of the question http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Speiz_Bankurt]

Hi there.
I just discovered this mod and I can't wait to try it. I'm sure this has been explained somewhere in this thread, but I don't have time to read all 38 pages of it.
Do I need to download all the medmod files from the downloads page, starting with the beta versions or just the last one(s)? Could someone please tell me which files I need to install

[Speiz_Bankurt]

I mean super mod not medmod...

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

This is BKB super mod thread mate. Med mod is a different mod. If you mean mine, check page one for details http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

But an auto install release is coming next week

[Speiz_Bankurt]

Sorry, I was just looking at all the mods (had about 5 windows open) and got confused but I meant your mod, not medmod, hehe...
Anyway, is it worth it to wait for this new auto install file, or just go ahead with things now?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'd wait for the auto-install, as it is fully updated with the new early and high maps, including the High one which you can see a couple of pics of below. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/HighBKB2.jpg

Tana, north of Georgia. A better chance of surviving the Mongol onslaught? If you can raise some good armies before they come then yes

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/story/HighBKB1.jpg

The redone Greece.

On another note, Wallachia now correctly borders Hungary on all three maps.

[Speiz_Bankurt]

When exactly is it going to be out?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Monday or Tuesday all being well. It's done, just one or two touches to be made.

[Speiz_Bankurt]

Sounds good, I think I'll wait. I'd probably screw things up anyway.

[Inuyasha12]

BKB
Monday or tuesday, great can't wait
then its easter promise all the way http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Speiz_Bankurt
How will you screw things up if its self install?
All you gotta do is double click http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Lets hope so http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[uksiu]

BKB - nice maps
Good idea, esp. Ruthenia, Tana, Balearic Islands, Kraina and Epirus could change the situation and refresh the game.

Quote[/b] ]I'd wait for the auto-install, as it is fully updated with the new early and high maps, including the High one which you can see a couple of pics of below.Do you plan to crate a complete auto-install version with all files needed to play? For me it's a good news http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif
I have problems with the last version http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-clown.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Super late will follow in july, so just early and high there id thats alright boys http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Yes an auto install is coming mate.

[Inuyasha12]

Well i'll only need one for late, cause i did the others all by myself. Ahh im so proud http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

[Speiz_Bankurt]

I meant I'd screw things up if I would install it now as it is, that is why I said I'll wait for the auto install. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

I am interested in Hungary and the region around it so I can't wait to see all the additions of new factions like Cumans and the like.

Also, I'm just wondering, with the Ottoman expansion, is Hungary going to have a main role or are most of the changes in the Balkans only?

[DeadRunner]

monday is coming ,hm map day
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Despot of the English]

Hi everyone http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif . First post here.
One thing which has caught my eye is the Ottoman Expansion campaign. Can someone tell me more about it? I've had a look at the Blind King's website and it looks outstanding http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif .

[Steppe Merc]

The Ottoman Expansion I belive is put on hold until Late is done, and also his Eastern Promise.

[Despot of the English]

Can't wait http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif . What's Edward's Bane?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Thats was a small mod that had England, scotland, denmark, wales, the o'neils of ulster and the earls of desmond. A good laugh but probably won't be released http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Szun]

Quote[/b] (Earl of Sandwich @ June 24 2004,20:06)]
Quote[/b] ]ran into some trouble with BKB_07
It took me aprox 8 hours to get all files and install them 1 by 1 ..early.0.5 0.6 high etc.
I managed to get it working just fine until 07.

I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is. There's an error in the instructions. It says to put the Super Mod folder in Textures into the corresponding folder in the MTW folder. Well, actually, you have to put that folder into textures/campmap. Of course, now, you need to go right back to the old drawing board, I'm afraid. But I hope that solves your problem.
I check that...
I thought i fixed it after rading the forum but i double check.
Atm i play 06 on a 3rd install and England is such a looser in every game...just as HRE when i play something else.
HRE was down to 1 province in under 20 years on expert :P
(Super High)

[Szun]

Quote[/b] (Szun @ June 26 2004,16:47)]
Quote[/b] (Earl of Sandwich @ June 24 2004,20:06)]
Quote[/b] ]ran into some trouble with BKB_07
It took me aprox 8 hours to get all files and install them 1 by 1 ..early.0.5 0.6 high etc.
I managed to get it working just fine until 07.

I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is. There's an error in the instructions. It says to put the Super Mod folder in Textures into the corresponding folder in the MTW folder. Well, actually, you have to put that folder into textures/campmap. Of course, now, you need to go right back to the old drawing board, I'm afraid. But I hope that solves your problem.
I check that...
I thought i fixed it after rading the forum but i double check.
Atm i play 06 on a 3rd install and England is such a looser in every game...just as HRE when i play something else.
HRE was down to 1 province in under 20 years on expert :P
(Super High)
had it in texture/campmaps allready, deleted the ones in textures didnt do much either still get error (0)(000000)
Could not load Mons Texture pack
........................................................

Q. to BKB
Will be the minors problem with Glory goals CTDs be fixed with autoinstall? e.g. if i play Teutonic Order and want to check glory goals I drop out to desktop 100% of the time.

Or is there a fix i missed somewhere?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The glory goals will not be in this release but it will be with the suoer late release in july http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

HRE and England will be strenghted greatly for this release. I'm sick to death of england becoming france and wales little bitch http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Earl of Sandwich]

Quote[/b] ]Hi everyone . First post here.
One thing which has caught my eye is the Ottoman Expansion campaign. Can someone tell me more about it? I've had a look at the Blind King's website and it looks outstanding .
Oh really? You visited the site? I wonder when. It doesn't work anymore.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

http://lukeandkyle_medieval.tripod.com/

Try that it seems to work for me http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Earl of Sandwich]

Well, my friend. That doesn't work for ME. When I take the link, it alternates back and forth between the BKB site and sidebar.tripod.com/blahblahblah

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Ah well if you've got the mod its nothing you ain't seen before. All pics will go in this thread in future.

[Inuyasha12]

Hey BKB just checking up on your progress on the supermod.

Nextinstall date?
And will you upload it to Mizus as well, it seems to be the only download wich works for me.

[MiniKiller]

On your site it only has access to download early-beta.

have any finished mods been released? also this needs a fresh install right?

thanks.

[Zanderpants]

Earl of Sandwich:
I got the same thing when I used my Yahoo browser. Try using internet explorer, it works for me on that.

[Despot of the English]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 26 2004,23:39)]Ah well if you've got the mod its nothing you ain't seen before. All pics will go in this thread in future.

Hi Blind King,
Your work is incredible. May all the treasures of Constantinople go to you http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-toff.gif.
Now I have a few questions http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif .

Will we be seeing any of the Byzantine Epirus or Morea factions? Maybe even a Trebizond one?

What are your thoughts of any other Turk factions? Because at the time of the First Crusade the Danishmandids occupied most of eastern Asia Minor while the Saljuqs of Rum had the west (probably Anatolia and Nicaea by using the MTW map.) The Turks seemed to always have problems with the eastern regions of Asia Minor and maybe throwing in another Turk faction could make things interesting?

Will El Cid still be a 9-star general? I think this is too much. I'd favour something like 5-star and a virtue of Expert Attacker. Something like he is in the original game I guess.

That's it for now http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif .

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Epirus and morea and trebizond will be in eastern promise but not in this mod. That area os congested enough me thinks.
I will reduce el cid if people want it.

The danishmends will make eastern promise but alas lack of room makes them not appear in this mod.

Minikiller wait till tuesday, super early and high finished versions(nearly 99 percent full version, probably a small patch might follow it incase i forget something) and the two maps will be released with a auto install.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I just want to say to people don't expect anything new bar the maps apart from a few gameplay tweaks. Units are tight at the minute - I'm vastly running out of BIF room space. I wanted to make Icelandic Infantry but there really is no room for another shield in any of the foot soldiers folders. Expect many new cavalry units in Late, although you can look forward to the likes of English and French Foot Knights and Orebite Spearmen.

[Steppe Merc]

Can't wait. I have no problems with El Cid being a Nine star, it makes sense to me. Makes more sense than the rest of the really high start kings of the rest of the small factions.

[MiniKiller]

Quote[/b] (The Blind King of Bohemia @ June 27 2004,07:02)]Minikiller wait till tuesday, super early and high finished versions(nearly 99 percent full version, probably a small patch might follow it incase i forget something) and the two maps will be released with a auto install.

Can't wait. I have no problems with El Cid being a Nine star, it makes sense to me. Makes more sense than the rest of the really high start kings of the rest of the small factions.
Thank you, I guess I'll wait lol I'll just go back to my small little MTW no mod version http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif heh thanks for the quick reply

Ya I agree, with smaller factions there must have been a very good leader in charge for them to even breath semi clean air. 9 is fine with me, will help them stay around longer.

[ParthianWarrior]

When is Super Late going to be released?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Mid july hopefully geezer http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[MiniKiller]

Is it tuesday yet? Damnit lol I want more factions, more territory, more units and more mayhem ahhhh lol ok BKB thats sweet that it will have an auto install but do I need a fresh install of MTW or will it be like an add-on. thank ya m8 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/medievalcheers.gif

[Despot of the English]

Will this mod use the homelands rule like in the Medmod? That is factions can only train troops that share their ethnicity.

[Al Khalifah]

Hi everyone, I know this is my first post but rest assured I have been reading this forum regularly for about a year now. I've never posted before because I've never really had anything worth saying that hasn't been said before but if one thing was going to make me post it had to be this mod... its great, the way all the small factions stop any of the big factions just strolling over the map like I found the Almohads used to in early.

Enough gratitude, the one thing I think will help the next mod and solve one major issue is the use of York as a further province in Britain. I mod the game quite a lot - always use your mod as the canvas (forgive me I know not what I do) - and I also added York(shire) as a province in Britain. It makes a huge difference. England can more than cope now they have one extra province that's not on any frontiers. I noticed a bigger difference in their fortunes than I found when I simply just removed the Welsh. Top move BKB Yorkshire folk to the rescue.

I also agree with the splitting of Greece, again this made a big difference... I took out Serbia, enlarged Croatia, put in Epirius, Macedon and Achaea with plenty of trade goods. Greece became a 3 way warzone between the Croatias, Sicilians and Byzantines.

Can't wait for the new patch to see what you've done with the new units. I'm no good at the units and buildings side of things see (and not much history beyond English and French)... don't worry I never distribute my mods beyond me (no plagerism here).

Anywho... thanks for keeping this game alive for me

[Steppe Merc]

Despot this doesn't use the homelands rule, thankfully. Quite anoying, that was.

[Despot of the English]

I agree that there are cases where the homelands rule doesn't make a lot of sense. A good example of this is the fact that a Catholic power is unable to train feudal men-at-arms Europe-wide; and the English can't even train swordsmen at all

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Al Khalifah, thanks for the kinds words dude it means alot http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-blush.gif

I had a game with england today this is how it went. War with france. Peace after pope threatens me. Navarre invade gascony. Take it back off them. The french hit back by taking anjou. I have a civil war. Welsh hit mercia. I hit back and take wales kill off the welsh. The irish hit northumbria and york. I fight and take back the provinces, kill the irish king. They are extinct. The scots invade wales and mercia as i do this and the danes invade york as i burn scotland.

Things are tough but i plan to change it(hopefully http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif )

[ah_dut]

Quote[/b] (Al Khalifah @ June 27 2004,23:25)]Hi everyone, I know this is my first post but rest assured I have been reading this forum regularly for about a year now. I've never posted before because I've never really had anything worth saying that hasn't been said before but if one thing was going to make me post it had to be this mod... its great, the way all the small factions stop any of the big factions just strolling over the map like I found the Almohads used to in early.

Enough gratitude, the one thing I think will help the next mod and solve one major issue is the use of York as a further province in Britain. I mod the game quite a lot - always use your mod as the canvas (forgive me I know not what I do) - and I also added York(shire) as a province in Britain. It makes a huge difference. England can more than cope now they have one extra province that's not on any frontiers. I noticed a bigger difference in their fortunes than I found when I simply just removed the Welsh. Top move BKB Yorkshire folk to the rescue.

I also agree with the splitting of Greece, again this made a big difference... I took out Serbia, enlarged Croatia, put in Epirius, Macedon and Achaea with plenty of trade goods. Greece became a 3 way warzone between the Croatias, Sicilians and Byzantines.

Can't wait for the new patch to see what you've done with the new units. I'm no good at the units and buildings side of things see (and not much history beyond English and French)... don't worry I never distribute my mods beyond me (no plagerism here).

Anywho... thanks for keeping this game alive for me
welcome to the org Al Khalifah http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

There is one new thing I'm doing for this new release: new titles. A Royal Court now gives England and HRE new titles (they need them), Ports give the Italian States Master Merchants and a Military Academy gives the Turks the Bey of the Janissaries. I may implement more where I see fit. I felt this was a nice idea to help troubled factions and also make others more unique.

[Al Khalifah]

Sounds tough BKB, but then again the English were (are) tough...
And I was just thinking to myself wouldn't it be good to split Scotland / Ireland (Highlands, Edinburgh, Munster, Ulster)..... on second thoughts maybe not, don't give them anymore chances.
What setting are the Navarese on for AI? They seem to just love picking a fight with the biggest opponents they can find (especially England) but I suppose Navare is hardly an empire.
Last exam tomorrow, end of college could coincide very nicely with the new mod release. Schools out and I think I'll be invading France http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Navarre are on catholic defensive but it doesn't stop them from waging war on aragon and england. But i plan to strengthed gascony so they will hopefully regret the invasion.

I would love to split up other countries but the province room is a real bugger. Hopefully these new ones such as seville will add extra spice to the iberia area and Pathalogonia(sp) will have byzantium, turks and armenia fighting over it

[MiniKiller]

might have missed my last question bkb that or i missed ur answer, or u didnt answer cause it was a dumb question lol http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif



BKB thats sweet that it will have an auto install but do I need a fresh install of MTW or will it be like an add-on. thank ya m8
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[DeadRunner]

tomorrow is the sweet day http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-juggle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Minikiller it would be safer to have fresh install me thinks

[DeadRunner]

the teutonic knight will be in the mod Master BkB??

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

What the faction or the units? Yes, the Teutonic Knights will be in High with their plethora of unique units.

[DeadRunner]

ok m8

[ParthianWarrior]

Is it possible to Mod the Golden Horde into the High Period as a Plyable Faction?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Yes it's quite simple. Go into Campmap, then Startpos and open the Super High file. Then set the Golden Horde to Major and remove the // before the line. Then give them a starting province and set their Khan in it and you should be laughing. I would have done it but for two reasons:

a) It's not historically accurate
b) They lose their impotus. When they invade they sweep across Eastern Europe. When you stick them in a starting province, they appear to be quite stagnant.

Rest assured though, they will be playable in Super Late

[ParthianWarrior]

Yes, I know it's Historically Inaccurate but I've been wanting to try the Korean Units..

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Then go for it mate, that remark wasn't really due to historical accuracy but more about gameplay, which you will hopefully see with this release on tuesday http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Despot of the English]

Blind King, are the maps as shown on the Maps and Factions part of your website the ones which will feature in your mod? Or will they be slightly different?

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

In early it is, High is kind of the same. Try the previous couple of pages there is info that will sort you out http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Despot of the English]

Cheers, thanks Nice to see Trebizond cut in two.

Until tomorrow I suppose I'll have to do a bit of http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/handball.gif while I'm waiting.

[Despot of the English]

Sorry to double post (I would edit if I could) but with the Turks losing Armenia to the new Armenian faction perhaps they should gain Anatolia from the Byzantines? As I think the Byzantines lost that territory to the Turks, along with quite a lot of Asia Minor, in the latter half of the 11th century.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Nicaea and anatolia belong to the turks in the mod http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif