Questions

[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?

[R'as al Ghul]

Heh, now I know.
If a port building is completed you get the message "Shogun port completed".
Yeah, well, thanks for noticing. Obviously an omission. We'll fix that eventually.
I trust this doesn't lessen your fun?

[caravel]

Thanks for the replies, the forum is extremely slow at the moment and I'm now off to download the sound files from Shogun.



p.s. How did you get the Geisha working at all? I thought agents were hardcoded types? Did you use Inquisitors or something?

p.p.s. BTW I have just trained a cavalry archers unit and the general is called Mr "Spare Hero Slot".

[Gregoshi]

...and I don't have those waiting times.

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

Installed MTW, then VI, then VI patch 2.01. Over this I downloaded and installed Beta 8.

First run, the game crashed to desktop as soon as the campaign map flashed on the screen. Read some of the problem theads here in this subform, then dropped the screen resolution down to 1024x768(?). In the second run, I got a little further along before CTD. Alas, I can't recall exactly when this happened. Changed screen properties from 32 bit to 16 bit and ran through about 12-15 turns on the campaign map only. I was encouraged by this.

After reading that Puzz was having a hard time at normal difficulty and my campaign was at hard, I restarted a campaign with normal. I played about 20 years on the campaign map (no battles yet). I believe I was left clicking to select a province when I got a CTD again.

I'll continue to play with my graphics settings as suggested elsewhere to see if I can eliminate the CTD, but I'm wondering about possible causes for my slow load time.

Back to a campaign question, with so many clans in the game, is there a map somewhere (in game or external) to help at least the newbie with where each clan is from on the map? As the early parade of emmisaries marches to my daimyo, I'd like to know if I'm making an alliance with a clan close by or on the other side of the map.

[Puzz3D]

I'll continue to play with my graphics settings as suggested elsewhere to see if I can eliminate the CTD, but I'm wondering about possible causes for my slow load time.

Which video card do you have?

Back to a campaign question, with so many clans in the game, is there a map somewhere (in game or external) to help at least the newbie with where each clan is from on the map? As the early parade of emmisaries marches to my daimyo, I'd like to know if I'm making an alliance with a clan close by or on the other side of the map.

Start a new campaign, and type .matteosartori. at the battle map. This will make the whole map visible, and you can see each clan's provinces. You can play the game like this with the whole map visible if you want. Turn off "show computer moves" to avoid each turn taking a long time.