v7 aesthetics

[Puzz3D]

Yes, I got them. Sorry for the confusion.

The new package I posted supersedes what I sent you because I've moved all maps into \Battle\Maps and I changed all the castle maps. Last night I started retexturing one of the large MTW custom maps, and it's a lot of work. I don't know how many I can get done before beta8 is ready.

you get 9000 Koku to buy your army and we play without upgrades.

There is actually no rule against upgrades (there are no rules at all), but upgrades are not worth what they cost unless you can catch a player off guard.

I can watch the replays till fighting really begins in the skirmish phase, then the frame rate goes berserk/very slow and only the sound really shows evidence of progress in the battle.

That could be a sound issue. In the game's options menu, lower sound quality to medium and uncheck hardware mixing as R'as suggests. What computer system do you have (cpu, video, sound, os)?