Game mechanics questions

**The Unknown Guy** · 05-20-2008, 21:14

Yes, the rebellion rate can be rised as you wish. I kept around a ridiculously rebellious 6-7 on average campaign once. The idea was that the computer would expand more slowly and surely (instead of spreading and collapsing) and it had been done successfully by other people with rebellion rates of three-four. My stat proved too much for the AI to handle, and the smaller factions were massacred very early by their own peasants :p

**Martok** · 05-20-2008, 22:49

Originally Posted by The Unknown Guy

Yes, the rebellion rate can be rised as you wish. I kept around a ridiculously rebellious 6-7 on average campaign once. The idea was that the computer would expand more slowly and surely (instead of spreading and collapsing) and it had been done successfully by other people with rebellion rates of three-four. My stat proved too much for the AI to handle, and the smaller factions were massacred very early by their own peasants :p

Caravel set the rebellion rate to 2-3 (I forget which) in the Pocket Mod, and it seems to work pretty well. Haven't had much of a chance to play it a whole lot, though, so don't quote me on that yet.

**drone** · 05-20-2008, 23:20

Originally Posted by drone

18. What determines if a ship can enter a particular sea region?

Never mind on this one, I think I figured it out while searching the library. The ship's range value is the number of "steps" to touch land. A coastal sea region touches land, and is open to any ship with a range of 1. A sea region that doesn't touch land, but does touch a coastal sea region, requires a range of 2 to enter. And so on. I assume range also determining sinkability by storms, but wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't.

19. Morale on the field of battle. There are morale penalties assessed to units when nearby friendly units rout. Any idea what "nearby" means, distance-wise? The penalties assessed for unit casualties, are those applied based on the full-strength size of the unit, or what they go into battle with?

**macsen rufus** · 05-21-2008, 15:39

19. Morale on the field of battle. There are morale penalties assessed to units when nearby friendly units rout. Any idea what "nearby" means, distance-wise? The penalties assessed for unit casualties, are those applied based on the full-strength size of the unit, or what they go into battle with?

Hmmm, "nearby" I'm not sure on, I've never really got to grips with distance conversions, but I expect it would be similar in range to the general-proximity morale bonus, but that's just a guess....

I believe the unit-casualty morale loss is based on full-size units, but I could be wrong. There are complicating factors eg smaller (diminished) units -- statistically speaking -- are more likely to have higher valour which slightly offsets morale effects, and I expect it also skews the "outnumbered by enemy" morale hit as well, as a smaller unit is more outnumbered.

**drone** · 05-21-2008, 16:04

It might be based on the number at the battle start. I was perusing the Historical Battles files last night after I asked this. There are units with all kinds of weird starting numbers there, that don't really match the unit size conventions from the campaign, things like 60 Longbowmen and 120 Chivalric Sergeants in the same fight. I would imagine then that the morale penalty gets based on the starting number of men, since the engine can't assume a unit size.

**drone** · 05-23-2008, 20:32

20. UNIT_PROD.TXT unit costs and support costs. The unit cost is for an unscaled unit with men = Number of Men column. Pretty straightforward. How does the support cost value become an actual cost per turn? It's not making much sense when I try to figure out the formula. Not seeing how a unit of 60 Clansmen (original cost 100 florins), with a support cost of 2, equals 22 florins per turn.

**CBR** · 05-24-2008, 19:00

That would be support cost * #men in unit / 8 rounded down.

CBR

**drone** · 07-11-2008, 04:43

21. Has there been any in-depth analysis done on what causes unit fatigue levels to change? Not necessarily high armour levels in deserts, but overall effects of fighting, running, resting, shooting, etc. on the units fatigue level?

22. Somewhere around here, either a dev or member posted a list of dates for the MTW events. Does anyone recall where that might be? They aren't in the numerology thread, and I can't find it in the modding forums.

**Timsup2nothin** · 07-11-2008, 21:19

Originally Posted by drone

22. Somewhere around here, either a dev or member posted a list of dates for the MTW events. Does anyone recall where that might be? They aren't in the numerology thread, and I can't find it in the modding forums.

This list? Section 2.11

**drone** · 07-11-2008, 21:33

Originally Posted by Timsup2nothin

This list? Section 2.11

No, there was an expanded list that had all of the other minor events (Peasant Crusade, Domesday Book, True Cross stuff, etc.) with their dates. The events and their descriptions are in events.txt, but not the years they occur on. I saw it not too long ago, but my memory sucks these days and I can't remember where I found it.

**drone** · 07-25-2008, 16:35

23. Is there an easy way to determine the hit points of walls/towers/gates of fortifications, and the number and type of missile defenses they have?

24. More of an observation than a question. It looks like both the Master Foundry and the Marshal's Palace are both available after building the Demiculverin Towers addon to the Citadel, instead of requiring the Fortress. Probably just a typo in the build_prod file.

**naut** · 07-25-2008, 18:06

Originally Posted by drone

24. More of an observation than a question. It looks like both the Master Foundry and the Marshal's Palace are both available after building the Demiculverin Towers addon to the Citadel, instead of requiring the Fortress. Probably just a typo in the build_prod file.

Yeh, I'd say so.