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Little misunderstanding LoS, I had been following this thread off an on waiting for the mod to come out. When I saw the _news_ post on the front page of the org I thought it was up for download. Didn't realize it wasn't except by request till I came and read up here in the thread. Didn't mean to be rude or anything. Anyway, just finished downloading the mod and gonna try it, looks good.
No worries CL, People should know the "news on the front page" was an article done by Mithandir as just that a news piece by an Org member/Moderator/Volunteer and was not meant as a release announcement, that was obviuos by its content, my post regarding the pre -release was clear and concise most people understand you must read the threads thorughly before saying something that might offend someoneQuote:
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or be misunderstood. Lets move on and I hope you enjoy the mod http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif LOS
Lords and all,
I would like to thanks all the persons who worked on this mod:
. My fellow lords who spend a lot of their time helping each other in a great atmosphere.
. The beta testers who gave feedbacks and helped us to solve the problems
. The huge amount of info posted on this forum from many people concerning historical background, ideas, linked and other
. All the persons who will download the mod and give it a try
. CA for their support and good work on this great game
So to all of them, THANKS and keep the good work. It would have been great to celebrate the first release around a pint of Guiness but it is not easy to reunite people from Australia, England, Germany, and the USA.
Cheers and let's open the champagne
glouu glouuu glouuu
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This goes to anyone with a fast internet connection:
I have been talking to LK about offering the lordz a mirror for the mod.
I made a subdomain for the purpose, but he is (for some strange reson not obvious to either of us) not able to connect to the site.
Seeing as the mirror is neede badly now, if anyone has the mod, and a fast connection, could you contact me, so that you can upload it?
I know that Lord Krazy would apprectiate it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif
WOW great mod guys . you sure have some skill . thanks for allowing us muppets who have trouble even loading anything to use it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif
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God, guys this mod sucks....only joking http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/joker.gif
What can i say, its pretty damn sweet How the hell did you do that thing with the cannon moving? Pure class http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...icons/wave.gif
Cheers. Oh well, I shall have to wait until I have VI. Even so, it still looks awesome, excellent work, thanks
for those who have the pre release version 1.00 and are concerned if the latest release 1.01 has many more diffrences,and should they upgrade?, is 1.01 an add-on? No 1.01 has a few more elements than the prior release but is not an add on.We are working on an add on with the added elements of version 1.01 for those who received the pre release version of the mod, so they will not need to download again to have the most recent version.So keep on playing and we will get that out soon thanks LOSQuote:
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Junior Patron Emperor posted the following feedback in the Entrance Hall:
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First, I love it. This is what I was hoping for, and here's to hoping somewhere down the road CA gets behind a full blow Napoleon game. I like the Virtues/Vice deal, but my question is are these random? Having Napoleon be a drunkert is inaccurate, so I am to assume it random...
The game play however is where I want to focus on.
Battles:
1. Not sure if this is possible, but Infantry should have a Square formation for repelling cavalry. Otherwise, it seems to me anytime enemy cavalry, or mine, attack, its a guaranteed rout.
2. Artillery should be somewhat more accurate then they are depicted in this version.
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1. Guard units. Ive mainly played as France, and one thing I noticed is, I shouldn't be able to get Guard Infantry and Cavalry in 1753. This makes the game very very easy. There should be a much more involved, or lengthy tech tree.
2. Napoleon. Napoleon shouldn't be made available as early as he is, I got him in 1756. Considering he's not even BORN at that time.... hehe.
3. French should be limited to militia, or very shoddy infantry. At this time, the Revolution pumps out ALOT of men, but they are of crummy quality. Having Line Infantry available, and some Light is fine, but see above regarding high quality troops.
4. Change the cost of the units 30 turns into the game my military was at least twice the size as anyone elses, and it was all Guard. The elite should cost like elite 150 for Grenadiers when France is pulling in 3500+ a turn is a drop in the bucket. France was definetly a large economy, but at this time most of France is poor because of the lack of the current monarchy to build a national infrastructre. Cut down on what they can generate, and boost the cost of their units.
5. Make the enemy more agressive I played at expert lvl, and had 3/4 of Europe conquered within the first 150 turns. I only engaged 1 enemy army in that entire time. 1. Perhaps a trigger in the game that gives the computer a boost in money and manpower if the Human player chooses France? I understand France is a monster, but its not a REAL monster until it becomes Imperial France. The Revolution inflates their armies in patriotic fervor, but those armies suck.
6. Piedmont and Savoy are "ok" factions. But why not the Ottomon Empire and Sweden? Otto was the "Sick Man of Europe" at this point, but they were still a presence and fought many battles vs the Russians. Sweden will rear its head from time to time, and giving it control over the Scandanavian countries would be interesting.
7. WAR Revolutionary France is at war with damn near everyone at this time. Austria, England, Spain, Prussia, all of them should be already in a pre-existing war at the start of the game.
As I said, this is a Beta, and I'm not sure how much of this is possible, but so far I'm impressed at the amount you guys at the Lordz have done. Let me know if I posted this in the wrong place or if I'm a blithering idiot :o
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You can find his post here.
The Mod is great and im having a great time developing new tactics to defeat the enemy (so far grabing the high ground with my Green Coats is the best)
One problem i have noted is the AI's horrible over use of Cavalry - its often is see entire armies made up of the horse back units and this often recreates the charge of the light brigade over and over again
Hey I've got a question, which calvary types can fire?
All good points guys, and yes like you stated Emperor this is a beta and theres many changes to come, thats why feedback like this is invaluable thanks, and The Ottoman and the Swedes are being developed for eventual addition to the campaign, Napoleon being available as he is was a test to be sure this functioned correctly, the date is easily changed via the heroes file, as to the vices they are for the most part random with the exception of the 1 given virtue via the heroes file again. The Square is being developed further also, have you tried a custom battle yet?
Thanks for the feedback. LOS
While still on the point of the Over Cavalry Armies The Prussians Are next to perfect building one or 2 Cav to a whole lot of infantry - makes crushing them far harder
As for y they do this i have no idea as they are Catholic Expansionists just like the French and danish who dont seem to build anything but cav (except when the cav production buildings arnt built yet)
There is now an 'Official Forum' for NTW, I made some modification's to it as it was once a clan forum dedicated to NTW. You can find it Here Please give me some feedback about it. This forum will hopefully make playing the game with each other alot easier. Also I hope that this will give NTW a more official look rather than something attached to an alien forum.
TP
Well firstly i must say great mod..i have really enjoyed the battles, however i cant seem to get a campaign going, as it appears that a campaign is supported. I have all the usual options for VI including the campaigns for VI and play custom battles using the mod which gives me the NTW troops to play with, i may be overlooking something and be a bit brain dead but i would like a helpful hand in regrads to this. So how do you get a campaign going. Treat me like a moron i dont mind.
Hey dlundie.
First, do you have the NTW campaign beta or 1.81(custom battles only).
If you have NTW beta,click down on the campaign selection.
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Hi All,
Congratulations to the Lords on the official release of the Napoleon mod. I have the pre-release version 1.8, and enjoy it immensly.
Unfortunatley, I have only limited funds, and considering that I am planning to purchase Rome: Total War at the end of the year, I cannot afford the expense of purchasing the Viking expansion for Medieval just so I can play the full Napoleon mod (even though I would really love to).
A short time ago I believe it was mentioned that there would be two releases of the Napoleon mod. One for the Viking expansion, and one for the original game. Obviously, my question is, will there still be a version release for people who only have the standard game?
Keep up the good work, you have done exceptionally well
regards
sunray
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of the VI expantion and go to the pub . http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...s/rolleyes.gif
Not that I condone drinking before operating a pc . http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif
Like you say it's a mod and I can't really sayQuote:
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it's worth it, as that is more of a personal thing .
So if you do spend the money just to play the mod
and you don't like , well you could sell it to
TenkiPanda
Update Announcement There is an update for NTW available at the Lords Mirror 1 site this will update you to version 1.03 and can be added to any of the previous versions 1.01 and up to bring you up to date , this add-on will address a few reported bugs etc.
1.03 add-on link for NTW Thats all for now as I am fighting a nasty stomach virus thanks. LOS
Get well soon LOS http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...icons/wave.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gifQuote:
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LK,
Thanks for your forthright response. I appreciate it. I certainly in no way want to give the impression that one could ever put a price on the Napoleon mod. It would be a disgrace to even suggest such a thing. The many thousands of hours (and stress) that was put into the making of this mod make it priceless.
My problem is that when you have a family, a house mortgage,and a handful of loans to support, your money only goes so far. You have to start weighing up what is more important to spend your limited amount of money on.
Now that I know that there will definitely not be a Napoleon mod for the original game, I will dig as deep as I can to find the funds for purchasing the Viking expansion.The Napoleon mod is really worth it 100 times over.
Then, some time down the track, we hope there will be the Napoleon mod, the American Civil War mod, the American War of Independence mod, and the Franco-Prussian War mod for Rome: Total War.
All this in full 3D. What a dream
Sometimes dreams become reality.
sunray
I've been trolling this thread for some time and am really impressed with the work that has gone into this mod. Congratulations to the mod crew for a job well done.
However before I set aside the 1-2gigs for another install of MTV:VI 2.0 so I can install this mod I need to know if and how the modmakers managed to prevent their musket wielding troopers from doing what ALL missile firing infantry and cavalry does in MTW; namely running from an advancing enemy. For the human player this isn't an issue as we can simply tell our missile troops to 'Hold' instead of 'Skirmish' but I have yet to see the AI tell its missile troops to Hold onto anything Did you guys find a way to get around this? If so then please share it with the rest of the mod community
What an amazing amount of work and detail.
Loved the mooveable artillery. Await with anticipation for the finished product.
OK, I couldn't resist so I made a new MTW install to try the mod out. Fantastic It's really got the feel of the period. I love all the new graphics; the bitmap soldiers, cavalry and artillery graphics taken from Breakaway's Waterloo and Austerlitz games, the new leader portraits, the new event graphics and even the new buildings on the campaign map.
Unfortunately musket & rifle armed units still skirmish about like there's no tomorrow making the tactical battles a bit 'wonky'. I guess if you want to get the most out of the Napoleonic experience in the tactical battles you need to play against another human being using 'house rules' or something like that. I can see 4v4 online battles with this mod and house rules in effect making for one hell of an experience.
Cheers and congratulations to the Lords mod team for a job well done
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Hi Spino,
I've offen been at the hard end of a bayonet charge, i'm sure you was just unlucky, keep playing and enjoy.
Regards,
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Ahhhh bayonet charges.... You never seem tired of them when your chargeing. Yes thats the problem with the AI, but I always put hold on my men. Did you know that when you fire a musket volley into some calvary, they drop like flies. Did it once against Russian and it was kick ass fun. ALso to LK and LOS when are you going to let out the new mod.
Greetings Spino Thanks for the kind words, rest assured the problem of infantry not holding the line is my pet peeve and one I will find a solution for, I was able to adapt a rudimentary square from the historical formations to the AI's special formation (this would be more evident in a custom battle) and by my own experiments I had the infantry at one point leaving the line to Charge the incoming Cav units . So with further experimenting I am confident we can improve this issue somewhat in the versions to come. LOSQuote:
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I have a question:
Is it possible to change the arrowfire at the castles or forts into gunfire?
Its a bit odd to see my 18. century soldiers dieing because of medieval weapons http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...icons/wink.gif .
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UPDATEIt seems theres a number of reports of installer errors with the 1.03 update, I have just checked into this myself and it seems as though it does not install the file folders correctly, This will be taken care of as soon as possible so for now stick with your current version , We apologize for the oversight. Thanks LOS