BKB Super Mod

Hi love your idea and your mod is ok... but sadly it would much better if you had spendt some more time on unit images and not to mention the graphics layout plus made it a little more safe.. I tried it once and it totally ****** up my computer i kept getting error messages like sicilian norman knights doesn't appear on the dead page an so on... plus I had to formate my whole hardisc just to get ridt of it of the game files.... but a part from that it's a great mod any chance their mite come a 3.0?

Mmm sadly your post would have made much more sense if you'd learn to spell properly. :wink:

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Originally Posted by tutankamon

Hi love your idea and your mod is ok... but sadly it would much better if you had spendt some more time on unit images and not to mention the graphics layout plus made it a little more safe.. I tried it once and it totally ****** up my computer i kept getting error messages like sicilian norman knights doesn't appear on the dead page an so on... plus I had to formate my whole harddisc just to get ridt of it.... but a part from that it's a great mod any chance their mite come a 3.0?

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No idea why you had to format your hard drive, as the installation file also comes with an uninstall, so that should be your port of call next time.

Also, the Sicilian Knights problem sounds like it has something to do with the dead page co-ords. You are supposed to change the co-rds around when going to play a new era, mainly due to the era specific units BKB placed into the mod.

Finally, can you explain what you mean by 'Graphics Layout'? all mods have the same basic look and feel about them, and all the new graphics BKB made, IMO, are extremely good. 3 Maps, countless units, shields and such make for a very good looking mod.

I'm very interested in taking you up on your proposal. I'm thinking of some battles at the moment. Can you use different Crusader Unit Prod files to enable the new units to be utilized?[/QUOTE]


As far as I tried ( I had to hurry so I didn't do it completely, so I am not sure yet) - I could only use units from modyfied early period or high or late, but not from more than one. The effect - if I tried - was that some battles were OK, but some appeared with a random mixture of units.

I am waiting for your proposals. Remember battle conditions can be really complicated, I discovered more than one additional condition, I might add modestly ~;) , but I would like to prepare the battles where:

1. The battlemap isn't very complicated - it took 12 hours to prepare Moscow for PMTW1 !

2. Someone is willing to make it leaving me only with the 'easiest work'. ~D

3. There is a notable superiority of AI controlled forces ( numbers or quality) otherwise the effect isn't really worth the effort - if you tried Obertyn 1531 in my mod ( I've made this part alone) you will learn that it can be a real challenge to win !

4. The information is really detailed - Osprey Campaign level data or possibly better - it could be worse, but the battle must be worth making in some way.


Besides you can't expect effects too soon, I am working in at least 3 modding teams ( PMTW1 - next edition, PMTW2 for Rome and OiM TW) and I am going to add several additional historical battles for the next release of PMTW1 e.g Marston Moor 1644. ~:) :balloon2:

Regards Cegorach :book:

I reversed the Papal colors, made them more metallic (darker) and gave them to the Crusaders. Looks great, IMHO. Interested?

Also, I'm revising certain titles. Did the Crusaders have a Champion of the Joust? I gave them the Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch instead. It's made for an interesting experience, as there are less command stars to go around.

Cegorach that's ok its gonna take me a while to think up some stuff anyway. ~:)

Metatron you got any pics of these new colours?

Here you go. Colors are "238 233 233 then 242 224 103". I have a lighter set, but the difference really is minimal.

Since the coat of arms was that of Jerusalem, I figured why not just center the titles around it too...

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AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER royal_palace "Lord Chamberlain" +2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER constables_palace "Constable of Jerusalem" +2 0 3 3 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER marshals_palace "Marshal of Jerusalem" +2 0 0 1 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER chancellery "Chancellor" +1 1 0 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER cathedral "Patriarch of Jerusalem" 1 2 0 0 4 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER chapter_house "Grand Master of the Knights of the Temple of Solomon" 0 1 1 3 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER law_courts3 "Viscount" 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER college_of_surgeons "Master Physician of the Haute Cour" 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER royal_palace "Butler" +1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER royal_palace "Bailiff" +3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER cathedral "Patriarch of Antioch" 1 2 0 0 3 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER chapter_house "Grand Master of the Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem" 0 1 1 2 2 0 0
AddOffice:: FN_CRUSADER royal_court "Seneschal of the Kingdom of Jerusalem" +2 +3 0 0 0 0 0

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No loyalty for the orders, as their loyalty to the King is tenuous at best, and loyalty for the Patriarchs, because obviously their office (and lives!) depend on Catholic control of Outremer. My research indicated that the position of Marshall was fairly unimportant, in direct contrast to the Constable...

:X

PS: I plan on doing this to all the factions, not just the Crusaders. Just wondering if you're interested.

I've been playing this mod every day for the past 3 weeks, ever since I got it, and am having trouble balancing it with other things I have to do in life, like friends, work, oh man. Most addictive game ever, and definately the best RTS mod I've ever played.

I've only played in Super Early, but I've done so extensively and have a bunch of things to point out.

- The Almoravids are terrible. They always get schooled and eliminated within 5 or 6 turns after the game starts. The Spanish, Valencians, and Almohads are just too numerous and powerful for a computer player to handle.

- The Valencians are still way too powerful at the start. Their king starts out with 8 or 9 command stars! I know he's El Cid, slayer of Yusuf and the Berbers, but come on, that completely unbalances everything. I had to go into startpos and make the Valencians dead poor and bankrupt them at the start to balance things out.

- The Khazar Kaganate is also too weak. The Cumans use the same units and have much better units of their own, like they far-too-good royal cavalry, and then the combination of the Kievans and Novgorod on their doorstep gets Khazar killed in about 10 turns usually. I went in and changed their starting units, gave them some more Steppe Heavy Cavalry, and now they do pretty well on their own.

- Lots of provinces have problems with where ships appear when they are built. The best example I can remember off the top of my head is York (I think it's York, could be Northumbria), where the port is pointed into the North Sea that's east of the British Isles but ships appear in the Irish Sea instead.

- Something needs to be done to hold back Novgorod. Every game I've played they conquer all of the steppe provinces and most of the northern coast of western Europe in 20 years. Probably has something to do with those Voi, they are damn good for an average runofthemill peasant unit.

- Ottoman Sipahi. What the crap!? This thing went from the dinky, completely unarmored, weak little light pursuit cavalry to super DESTROY EVERYTHING HEAVY cavalry! These guys are beating my Chivalric Knights in head on charges. The Sipahi's are totally unarmored, just look at the horse, yet for some reason they have a high armor level, an unheard of charge, and a huge melee attack, and lots of morale. These guys need to be massively toned down. They are light pursuit cavalry, not heavy cavalry. Just look at their little portrait in the unit description, it's a hobo in a turban on a pony with a scimitar! Not a knight on a cataphract horse with a claymore!

- I can't say that I'm a fan of making so many archer units Long Ranged. Yeah, I know how the eastern people made better bows, sturdier and better ranged, but it really makes Longbowmen and Arbalesters not so special anymore.

- The Turks always overrun all factions in the area very quickly. The Byzantine starting units are absolutely atrocious now, as if taking away half their provinces wasn't enough! They no longer have sufficient starting units to hold back the hordes of Turkish horse archers. The Egyptians have all peasant armies, and they can't fight the Turks either. In short, the Turks are incredible, probably too incredible for their own good.

Anyway. that's all I can think of off the top of me head. In short, this is an amazing mod, and totally farts on RTW. Thanks for making an incredible mod.

Sorry for the bad spelling... I was in a hurry :duel:

I wondered too... the uninstaller it said it deleted all the files... but when i tried to instal MTW again it gave me the same error messages ( I haven't done that before i installed the BKB mod ~;) ) so I don't know what's wrong.. ~:confused:

Hey all, I don't know if anyone already asked this but, does this mod includes the Portuguese??


Cheers...

Yeah it does, but only in High and Late as is historically accurate. ~:)

OK... But, if we start playing in the early campaign and then move on to the high ages, does Portugal appear?? Or we just continue without it??


Cheers...

If you start an early campaign, then portugal will not appear, even when you transgress to the high period or late.

Is there a way to script that?? Cause I like to play loooooooooooong games :) :duel:

Just been reading the early pages, is this mod Final already??
Plus you should make Portugal able to train Templar and Hospitaliers as well as Knigts of Avis (all this orders had lands in Portugal)...

Cheers...

This orders had land almost everywhere in Europe...

Portugal get the Knights Templar, Knights of Aviz (foot also) and Knights of Christ in varying periods.

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Is there a way to script that?? Cause I like to play loooooooooooong games :) :duel:

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Unfortunately, no. CA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that editing events should be off-limits to we peons.

:/

Hey bkb, a little while back i was snjorri bevlarson, or maybe it was Sven Der Viking? Anyways i forgot who i was since it's been a long time since i visited this thread. So needless to say i made a new profile.


Last time we talked i think was around christmas or something, so anyways are you coming along with a patch for BKB supermod 2.0? I've noticed certain units are missing their weapons and shields. Unless you want your man at arms beating people to death with their fists, i don't know. Or does this somehow tie in with the deadpage coordinates?

I did actually fix that weapon thing but never got round to releasing it. I've got exams and essays at the minute so a patch is the last of my worries for the next couple of weeks I'm afraid.

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I did actually fix that weapon thing but never got round to releasing it. I've got exams and essays at the minute so a patch is the last of my worries for the next couple of weeks I'm afraid.

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Hey no problem take your time. But you will release it eventually right?

Yeah of course. ~:)

[QUOTE=The Blind King of Bohemia]Cegorach that's ok its gonna take me a while to think up some stuff anyway. ~:)

No problem, BTW have you got any info about army of Montenegro from XVIIth century ?

Regards Cegorach :bow:

What are Deadpage Coords how do I change them and do I have to changed to play custom battles in different eras aswell.

Also any Install guide of what to do when the files are placed in a new medieval total war Folder created in your medieval total war folder

Spartacus copy that new Medieval folder INTO your Total War folder and it should work.

Ok I'll try that but the deadpage coords still confuse me?

Just installing it into C/Progam files/total war/medieval total war dosen't work. should I just put the BKB files in the MTW Original folders. eg: all super early,high and late flags into battle/flags

BKB i have to thank you for your mod it has made my mtw experience last longer than i ever thought it would. My favorite faction has to be the serbians in late well anyway good job

Could someone help please I've also found out this forum this so quiet :help:

AG thanks for the praise always nice to hear that people are enjoying the mod.

Spartacus I really can't explain the Deadpage Coords things more than I already have. I know its fiddly but at the end of the day it is only optional. My instructions are quite precise and if you follow them carefully I'm sure you will be okay.