Out of character thread IV

[Stuperman]

For the glory of the Riech, TO BATTLE!

OOC:that's disapointing that Gerhard won't get and of the command benefits for this battle though :-(

[FactionHeir]

Just a status update:
I'm currently looking through the 1.2 (preliminary anyway) character trait and ancillary files and checking for differences etc and fixing what's not fixed or now needs fixing. That way we'll have a ready to-go fix when 1.2 is officially released.

[Stuperman]

latest save is here

It was a good battle, I am a bit dissapointed that gerhard wasn't in command, I practiced the battle with the previous save, because it was my first M2TW batte on VH ever and Gerhard Always got something (+2 command stars and "winning first") when he was in command, but meh, I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity to fight.

[TevashSzat]

My computer is now fixed and I am back to being active on the forums.

Long story short, I had to do a clean installation of Windows XP and then had to find all of the drivers on the internet by using a 7 years old laptop which took like 15min to get start up programs up and running. After many frustrating hours, I finally got everything up and running.

[Stuperman]

Glad to hear u r back in action.

[FactionHeir]

Stuperman: I hope you also had the fix installed when you fought the battle, yes? ;)

Progress Report: I just finished checking the character_trait file and fixed numerous bugs that were still left over from 1.1 in 1.2 (albeit less) and several newly introduced bugs. Still need to make similar amends to the related string.bin file.
Will then start work on ancillaries.

[Stuperman]

I had KotrFix1.01a installed.

[FactionHeir]

Ok great, just making sure :)

Further progress report:
Finished work on ancillaries. Now comes the painful and tedious work of putting everything into string.bin :S That will take hours

[FactionHeir]

Well ended up not taking as long as I had anticipated, and I hopefully didn't miss anything while fixing descriptions in the vnv string bin file (the others are fine).

I've repackaged the files as KOTRfixes12.rar locally, but have not uploaded it yet as it might otherwise cause confusion. Will upload once 1.2 in officially out or someone really wants to have it :)

I also got a minor update for both 1.1 version files (1.02), but I don't know if its necessary to update to that version yet. If you want to, let me know. It only fixes pagan magicians and 1 broken trait trigger really.

[FactionHeir]

Let me know what you think of my introductory story. Took me some 3 hours to think and write it and towards the end I got a bit tired (Its way past midnight here) so the quality might have deteriorated a bit.

[Northnovas]

Let me know what you think of my introductory story. Took me some 3 hours to think and write it and towards the end I got a bit tired (Its way past midnight here) so the quality might have deteriorated a bit.

It's early here your tiredness does not show. Good read and nice twist will Dad be surpirsed!?

[Stuperman]

Hey guys, I woke up this moirning to find that my sister has had her baby!

this is a bit of a surprise because she wasn't due for 3 and a half weeks, neways, I'm going home today to see her, and will be without a computer that is M@TW capable, I'll still have internet, just no p[laying battle for me.

Sorry about the short notice!

[OverKnight]

Congratulations Stuperman! I think Gerhard would be an excellent name btw.



This might leave us with a quandary, since we've got a battle outside Venice. . .

Is it too late to back track and give it to GH?

Or since Stuperman played Conrad, technically, could GH play Gerhard for one battle. Two birds one stone?

Just some thoughts. . .

Edit: I'm heading out the door soon, I should be back Monday night GMT -4.

[TinCow]

Conrad can't get there this turn, so that's not a possibility. I say just autoresolve it (which is technically the rule). The odds are pretty heavily in our favor and it should be a guaranteed victory.

[Ituralde]

We should give him the required 48 hours then. He didn't say how long he will be gone, but hopefully he can clarify it, since he still has internet access.

[Warluster]

Hey all, I am back from my camping trip, it went a bit longer then expected, so I am very tierd!

It seems nothing massively major happened, is the Crusade gone off yet? Or are they all hanging around drinking beer still?

[TinCow]

The Crusade has just entered Hungarian territory, so we're still in decent beer-drinking territory.

[Ignoramus]

Great work with the chronology, OverKnight!

OverKnight, if you don't mind, I intend to write-up the history of the Reich as a history book. Your chronology will be very useful, thanks.

[OverKnight]

Feel free to use the Chronology. Just realize that it is a work in progress and some of the years might be wrong.

Look foward to reading the history.

[AussieGiant]

Quite simple my young Padawan,

I have a boring third shift job with internet access and a lax IT department.

Yes my Master. Everything is now clear now that I have been shown the way. :)

[Warluster]

As Dijon is currently under siege, I want to sally forth, so can I jsut download the save game and sally forth, or do I have to wait?

And can we propose edicts, or does someone have to oopen another session?

[Ituralde]

You had to wait until the 48 hours for Stuperman had expired, which happened minutes ago. I autocalced the battle and we won a Clear Victory and Gerhard Steffen received a boost in his command stat.

Warluster now has the savegame and will sally forth against the French.

I'm sorry that the game has slowed down a little, but with the funeral last week and Easter, plus the 48 hours wait to autoresolve the battle, have delayed us a little. I'll try to hurry up in the days to come!

[Warluster]

O can't play the savegame toda, it shall be ready tomorrow.

[FactionHeir]

Warluster, how did you escape out of Dijon and run all the way to Rome to say something in the Diet? :p
Maybe you should get all your men out of the city and tip the French on their backs as a surprise? :D

[Warluster]

Well it invlolved camels, da vinci and beer, but I manage to slip out of Dijon :)

[Stuperman]

Gald to hear I won, sorry about the short notice, but it was a big surprise for everyone. It looks like I'm here for 5 or 6 more days before I get back, mom and child doing well, no name yet, but a healthy baby boy 7lbz 13 oz. As I said I can't fight battles, for a bit but I'll be around. I should have the official battle report up tomorrow.

[Warluster]

I won the battle at Dijon.

I lost 345 but I killed 681. And I gained two command stars for the victory. DO I need to send in a battle report? And to who?

[OverKnight]

1. Upload the save as a zip or rar file (I don't see it yet).
2. Send a PM of the casualty screen to the Chancellor, Ituralde
3. If you want to write a battle report, put a placeholder in the battle reports thread.
4. Have a beer in celebration of the victory and start writing the report.

[FactionHeir]

I won the battle at Dijon.

I lost 345 but I killed 681.

And in the diet you said we barely lost 100? How does that work? Or you just trying to make it sound more glorious ICly? :p

Btw, how did you repel them? Using the tactic I posted or straight rush?

[Warluster]

I tried to do the battle but my computer lagged so I had to autoresolve it!