BI: What can we learn from BI Demo?

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 08-08-2005, 00:51

More units with info cards but they don't work in battle:

Graal Knights (What was CA smoking?!?)

Saxon Sea Raiders

Eastern Archers also have cards. Big question is - do any actually work in battle?

**Meneldil** · 08-08-2005, 08:34

Well, at least the 21 factions don't have the same names as the vanilla ones. I still have hope we'll be able to add more with the Xpack.

Originally Posted by BKB

Graal Knights (What was CA smoking?!?)

Apparently some people watched Arthur too much

**The Blind King of Bohemia** · 08-08-2005, 16:21

More testing - so close!

Its crashing while loading. I used Gaiseric, which was in the Pak files so I know its real, yet the game might not recognise it until the final release, possibly unfinished text stuff. Might also be the standards though I think they are in it if the icon is.

**Encaitar** · 08-09-2005, 01:44

iirc CA said that the number of factions (21) was hardcoded into the game and that they were not going to be able to easily alter that for BI. :\

**caesar44** · 08-09-2005, 10:05

A basic question - the BI expansion is going to be on top v. 1.2 ?

**Sfwartir** · 08-09-2005, 17:25

OT and all..

Well, one thing I've literally learned from the BI demo, is that when great warriors went berserk, they started shining bright, usually in a semi-New Year's Eve spectacle kind of fashion, and their enemies were all very impressed. Must've been very practical when fighting at night:

Hallgrim:
"Odin's Testicles! Now where did Ragnar go? It's impossible to see a single.."

# SHINE! #

Hallgrim:
"Oh, there he is."

**wlesmana** · 08-09-2005, 17:44

Didn't you know?
Barbarians back then can go Super Saiyan when they're angry.

**xemitg** · 08-09-2005, 21:34

Originally Posted by Sfwartir

OT and all..

Well, one thing I've literally learned from the BI demo, is that when great warriors went berserk, they started shining bright, usually in a semi-New Year's Eve spectacle kind of fashion, and their enemies were all very impressed. Must've been very practical when fighting at night:

Hallgrim:
"Odin's Testicles! Now where did Ragnar go? It's impossible to see a single.."

# SHINE! #

Hallgrim:
"Oh, there he is."

i saw that and thought it was a joke. What does it mean when they shine?

**Spino** · 08-09-2005, 18:18

Originally Posted by Encaitar

iirc CA said that the number of factions (21) was hardcoded into the game and that they were not going to be able to easily alter that for BI. :\

Yes, that is a pity and given the large number of popular mods that came out for Shogun and Medieval you have to wonder why on Earth CA would hard code a faction limit in RTW!

However BI looks like it will free modders from the faction restrictions that currently exist in RTW's system where slots must always be reserved for the Senate and the two unused Roman factions regardless of whether they're actually playable or not. In BI modders should be able to use those three slots for other factions.