Questions

[caravel]

I've finally given this mod a real go for the last few days and haven't regretted it. Absolutely superb work of the highest standard, the new unit/castle icons, portraits and all of the new factions really bring this to life, balance seems spot on (I was just severely beaten in a bridge battle).

I have a few largely superficial questions, one of which I now don't have to ask as it related to the music and sound effects from STW and I've just seen that sticky thread relating to that, so that leaves:

1) You've probably read all of this nonsense before, apologies if so, but what is the limitation on religions? I notice that all clans are Orthodox Christian apart from one clan that is Pagan? Can this not be modded in any way, with religions simply renamed accordingly (I'm assuming it can't which is a shame)?

2) I noticed an error in the infamous ninja house description showing what can be trained there relating to a geisha, a bit of missing text in one of the language files perhaps.

3) The ports are called "shogun ports" why is this?

4) Please don't shoot me!

[R'as al Ghul]

Hello caravel and welcome to the mod.

We did answer some of those questions before but even I wouldn't know where to search atm, so no problem.
1) the religions can be modded to display any "religion name" we like. The idea is to make the Samurai factions orthodox (Shinto I think) and the Warrior monks pagan (Buddhist fanatics). In the final version the religions are supposed to be named accordingly but in the meantime we're still pondering what religion, or better what features connected to that religion, are best suitable for our Samurai. We may switch back to Christian.
2) I did introduce the Geisha into the game and all of its parts are there. It's possible that the one or other text file isn't correct or is missing. "STW_ninja2, STW_Teahouse2" should be the prerequisites to build her. I'm not sure if it's working.
3) barocca added that as a new piece and he kept the prefix STW or any indicator like it to keep track of the additions. Again, we plan to clean all that up in the final version. Same with trading goods.
4) No, we prefer to cut off heads. Makes for a nicer display.

We're pretty far but we're also moving very slow. I can't tell when this will be finished. Yuuki is making new castles atm but I won't have much time in the next months and I haven't heard from barocca in quite a while.

[Puzz3D]

2) I did introduce the Geisha into the game and all of its parts are there. It's possible that the one or other text file isn't correct or is missing. "STW_ninja2, STW_Teahouse2" should be the prerequisites to build her. I'm not sure if it's working.

When did this happen? I have beta_8 (not the current one that includes the maps), and my legendary ninja house says nothing about geisha. I thought it was very clear and agreed by barocca that we don't want the game breaking geisha in the game. Also, if any changes are made to the mod the version number should be incremented.

3) barocca added that as a new piece and he kept the prefix STW or any indicator like it to keep track of the additions. Again, we plan to clean all that up in the final version. Same with trading goods.

My control panel is just titled "Port". I don't see anything that says "Shogun Port".

[R'as al Ghul]

I honestly don't remember whether the Geisha is in or not.
You've played the campaign a lot and if you didn't come across her, then I guess that you can't train her.
I do know that the files are there and at one point in time I had her working.
I'm okay if she doesn't make it into the final version.
There's however only one beta_8 version.

About the port, which version are you using caravel?
I've "Port" in beta_5 and 8, but I remember that in the older versions it says "shogun port".



R'as

[Gregoshi]

I downloaded the beta 8 version the other day and I too noticed the "Shogun port".

Since we are on questions about the campaign, is it normal to have unusually long load times going FROM the menus to the campaign? There seems to be a 2-3 minute pause before the load bar begins moving - it takes only 10-20 seconds once the load bar begins to move. It isn't that big of a deal when starting out for the session, but it feels like forever after doing a game save and then resuming the campaign.

[R'as al Ghul]

I downloaded the beta 8 version the other day and I too noticed the "Shogun port".

Since we are on questions about the campaign, is it normal to have unusually long load times going FROM the menus to the campaign?

Neither is normal. I don't have the "Shogun port" in my beta_8 anymore (it was in the original beta_5) and I don't have those waiting times.

How did you install? Fresh medieval copy or over beta_5?