KOTF OOC Thread

[Vladimir]

Ahh, the joys of Wal-Mart.

Really though; given how buggy MII was how can you not have Kingdoms?

[TinCow]

Just ordered it on Amazon, since my local shops didn't have it in. $9 with shipping, though I'm not quite sure when it will get here.

[Cecil XIX]

Ah, the beauty of buying games years after their release.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

If everything goes as planned then tomorrow I'll have a brand new(at least for me) Kingdoms DVD on my hands.

[Braden]

Looking to join here shortly, if you'll have me of course

Just got a full PC again after years in the wilderness and uploading patches, mods etc for this one (Kingdoms on its way in the post).

I'll also have to get back to grips with actually playing this game!

Anyway, hope you'll have me in the next few weeks.

[Ituralde]

Hey Braden!

Glad to have you back! Thanks to you playing in the House of Austria got way more interesting way faster than I expected back in KotR!

[Braden]

Thanks, shame I didnt have the appropriate PC power to continue that game..now I've got something that'll run M2:TW at max everything! taken me a year or so to get round to building it but for less than £250 (including the lurrverly 22" Widescreen monitor), I'm not complaining.

Just started an M2 campaign and waiting on Kingdoms in the post so should be able to join from next week onwards.

[econ21]

Welcome back, Braden! I hope you get a chivalrous character - the Order of the Fleurs de Lys could use some more members, now that we lost Gaetan.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Looking to join here shortly, if you'll have me of course

Just got a full PC again after years in the wilderness and uploading patches, mods etc for this one (Kingdoms on its way in the post).

I'll also have to get back to grips with actually playing this game!

Anyway, hope you'll have me in the next few weeks.

Oh wow, talk about another blast from the past! Welcome back, Braden!

[woad&fangs]

I already told OK this, but I'll let the rest of you know too. I just started college so please forgive Bertin if he isn't very active for this week.

[OverKnight]

Woah, did the King just throw the Seneschal under the bus, or what?

Damn that's cold.

Welcome back Braden, I don't think we worked together too much in KotR, but I look forward to it now.

[GeneralHankerchief]

As a request, could we possibly put all future battle screenshots in spoiler tags? Right now there are only 14 posts in the thread (and some of them are still placeholders), but the length is already massive.

[_Tristan_]

Something I used to do in KotR and LotR but followed the trend here...

Now it's done...

[_Tristan_]

Could we allow a few days before the start of the next Conseil to allow everybody to make their bid for land ?

I've received some bids already and answered them mostly but there are still some missing from what I would expect...

[Ituralde]

So I finally got around to installing Kingdoms & Co on my computer. I also put the KotF Mod on top of it. For some reason it won't create the shortcuts for me. Or they don't appear, I don't know which is the case.

Either way my question now is whether those shortcuts are truly needed?
I just loaded the most recent save KotF1095-3 and Bodyguard Recruitment is at one Florin like it's supposed to be. So am I all set or will I wreak havoc if I continue to start up the game via the Lands to Conquer shortcut?

Also I didn't know that Henri was 17 already. Time to get him active!

[Andres]

Just an early announcement that I'll be afk from September 14th until September 25th for a well deserved vacation in Spain (Andalusia).

[Braden]

Oh wow, talk about another blast from the past! Welcome back, Braden!

Mon General..time for us oldies to have a group hug? .

so far so good re-learning the game, just need to find all the downloads that we're using here. One was a .rar file (no good for me).

[AussieGiant]

*Looking at everyone else except the "new" old comer*

So who is this Braden guy?

[Ituralde]

*Takes AussieGiant aside*

Well son, it went like this. He taught me everything I know. Then I taught you everything I knew and then you turned into the most evil Dread Knight ever imagined. So a job well done, wouldn't you say!

[AussieGiant]

*Off to one side, AussieGiant's eye's widen at the discription.*

"Bloody hell, this guy must be ancient then?

[econ21]

One was a .rar file (no good for me).

You can freely download an evaluation copy of WinRar that will unpack the .rar file.

[_Tristan_]

Even in death the hate for his father still burned. The Kings words on echoed in his mind.

And I had to go and wake the Dragon ...

[OverKnight]

And I had to go and wake the Dragon ...

Even worse. . .you woke the Poodle!

Nothing a came of catch or taking him to a football game won't resolve.

@AG did you want Alain's story before or after the King's criticism in the Conseil? I used the date in the story, 1093, which is before this.

[HolyGateKeeper]

I wonder if my ecclesiastical heraldry is too big...

[TinCow]

I wonder if my ecclesiastical heraldry is too big...

Indeed it is. The rules on signatures are as follows:

The rules for signature pictures are:

* 10,240 bytes max.
* no sound.
* max 500 pixels wide, max 150 pixels high.

The byte size limit is fungible if it's not otherwise too large, but the pixel size needs to be respected or it starts to make the threads difficult to read. Your current signature is 434px × 500px, so it's fine on width, but over 3 times too large on height.

Welcome to the forums, though! And welcome to KotF, we're glad to have you.

[HolyGateKeeper]

Do I get my own coat of arms, or do I form my own, because I think they don't have a ecclesiastical coat of arms generator. Btw, if you guys have MTW2:Kingdoms, then welcome to my world, lol. Because I have it, and it ain't a Steam version.

[AussieGiant]

Hi there HolyGateKeeper.

Good to have you on board.

First thought that popped into my head though...is this a set up?

[econ21]

Welcome HolyGateKeeper.

In the Bourgogne thread you mentioned having talked to the Duke - have you been in contact with CecilXIX about joining this game? If so, I am not sure how much he has told you as there are quite a lot of rules and games mechanics to get familiar with, although playing is very simple. There are two dimensions to the game - what happens in the MTW game and what happens in the forums.

To fully participate in the MTW game, you need to install the LTC mod and minor mini-mod we are using. Instructions are in the sticky at the top of this thread. You also need an in-game representation - an avatar. The gamesmaster is Zim, so you should PM him to discuss getting an avatar. We all now have generals as avatars, as that means we can participate in battles, although in the past some people in these kind of games have had agents such as Priests or Cardinals. It might be possible to role-play a general who was also in the clergy (I seem to recall William the Conqueror brought at least one high ranking battling clergyman with him to Hastings), although you'd probably want to negotiate that with Zim.

To participate in the forum side of the game, you need to stay in character in most of the threads labelled KOTF except this one. So if you have any queries and out of character comments, this is the thread to do it. If you want to discuss Duchy business in character, use the Duchy thread - there's also a social group that Cecil could invite you to join. If you want to talk more widely in a formal way in character, use the Conseil - informally, use the tavern. The reports and orders thread is mainly for when you are picking up save game to move your avatar - its becoming an OOC thread now, as substantive in character issues are being directed to the Conseil to keep that thread lively out of session.

I hope it's not too much to take in at once. I'd recommend browsing the stickies and recent threads to get a feel for things.

[_Tristan_]

Hi, all...

To adress your concerns about the lack of an IC post in the Conseil thread, it was mainly due to the fact I knew that i'd probably be unable to post when the voting period elapsed... Hence my request to Zim to make it known what Edicts I intended to veto... I thought he would have made an announcement in the IC thread in the form of an hearl announcement but chose rather to do it in the voting thread.

I should get to the save tonite but nothing is sure as I'll be celebrating the 2-years of my little girl

At the latest, the save should be posted Saturday evening.

[Braden]

Hi, all...

To adress your concerns about the lack of an IC post in the Conseil thread, it was mainly due to the fact I knew that i'd probably be unable to post when the voting period elapsed... Hence my request to Zim to make it known what Edicts I intended to veto... I thought he would have made an announcement in the IC thread in the form of an hearl announcement but chose rather to do it in the voting thread.

I should get to the save tonite but nothing is sure as I'll be celebrating the 2-years of my little girl

At the latest, the save should be posted Saturday evening.

Oh cool! My little boy turned 2 only two weeks ago...and his sister was seven the week before...have fun