PRO DEO ET REGE: Reino de Aragó

[Socal_infidel]

MEDIEVAL II TOTAL WAR:

CORONA D’ARAGÓ

OVERVIEW: This thread is for discussion of the Crown of Aragon, a planned new faction for PRO DEO ET REGE.

Please feel free to post any feedback/suggestions!

SCREENSHOTS: The below screenshots represent a partial glimpse of the Crown of Aragon's roster of units. Please note this is still a work in progress.

MAILED KNIGHTS:

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DISMOUNTED MAILED KNIGHTS:

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CAVALLS ALFORRATS:

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CAVALLS ALFORRATS UPGRADE

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GENETS

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FEUDAL KNIGHTS

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DISMOUNTED FEUDAL KNIGHTS

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Cheers!

[Tadzreuli]

wow, nice screens

[Icefrisco]

Good job! Spain wont feel empty anymore!

[carricanta]

Awesome!

Don´t forget the crossbowyers and sailors!

Thanks a lot

[VanguardXIII]

I can't wait for this to be added, very nice skins and color schemes.

Really, I CAN'T WAIT!!

It would be cool if, in general, it was possible to get away from the MTW2 upgrade format where 'new' units are just 'old' units that simply come already with the armor upgrade and slightly improved over-all stats.

[Dogma75]

As ever great stuff Socal....Its so bad that I dont have much time on the hands to play your mod atm.

Keep up the good work

[Tadzreuli]

well... is the Aragon faction done or not?

[VirusITA]

Work in progress.. I don't want to break your hopes but it will take still a few weeks.. This time PDER will have a fantastic update!

[VanguardXIII]

VirusITA - alright then, you the man, good ****. I'm sure SoCal's got a ******** of files up on his ass and probably like some deposition on thursday and is all crazy busy.

That means the community needs YOU!

If the new version(s), as I suspect, are not backwards '(saved-game) compatible, then the updates should be more thorough and complete than just minor tweaks, even though it means more time in between changes.

This is better cause I have time to actually finish a campaign! I haven't gotten past the mid 13th century in PDER, and I've played it with 5 factions.

[VirusITA]

Vanguard, socal is very busy, but he's the best modder here.. Look what he created New factions, new units, it's all on his shoulders, please let he takes his time: we're working for free, remember..

[Socal_infidel]

well... is the Aragon faction done or not?

I'm all done with the skins, but I'm probably going to be touching up the Arquebusier skin when I get free-time.

But I haven't started adding them to the campaign yet.

1] I wanted to first implement the Novgorod faction from Kingdoms Expansion into the grand campaign as a test-run. I've never added a faction before, so I figured I would start by merging in a faction where the work was done already to see how it goes. It actually wasn't that hard, just tedious. The hardest part is getting the interface all squared away.

2] I've been talking to danova from the ORNAMENTUM Mod and they may be able to provide PDER with an Aragon faction icon and possibly some banners.

Turns out he's a fan of the mod and might be willing to work on the faction icons & banners for the other new factions. If so, I'll be waiting for those as they do amazingly beautiful and professional work! Serious, check their stuff out and plus rep 'em

VirusITA - alright then, you the man, good ****. I'm sure SoCal's got a ******** of files up on his ass and probably like some deposition on thursday and is all crazy busy.

That means the community needs YOU!

If the new version(s), as I suspect, are not backwards '(saved-game) compatible, then the updates should be more thorough and complete than just minor tweaks, even though it means more time in between changes.

This is better cause I have time to actually finish a campaign! I haven't gotten past the mid 13th century in PDER, and I've played it with 5 factions.

It was also a three-day weekend here in the States. Which meant a lot of time outdoors! Beautiful weather here!

Vanguard, socal is very busy, but he's the best modder here.. Look what he created New factions, new units, it's all on his shoulders, please let he takes his time: we're working for free, remember..

Thanks for the compliments!

I will say this, though, I was able to merge PDER into Kingdoms expansion this weekend. What this means is that, for those with the Expansion, you'll be able to run PDER using the Kingdoms .exe. Which means boiling oil, control of AI reinforcements, campaign AI tweaks, AI recruitment tweaks, and other nifty features for us modders!

I'll post some screens and open a thread soon. I hope to release this week and it will include Novgorod as a playable faction.

Cheers all! Thanks for the interest in my humble little mod! Means a lot!

[Socal_infidel]

CORONA D’ARAGÓ

Faction Icon Courtesy of Danova of ORNAMENTUM

ARAGONESE KNIGHTS:

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DISMOUNTED ARAGONESE KNIGHTS:

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ARAGONESE GUARD PIKEMEN:

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ARAGONESE MUSKETEERS:

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ARAGONESE PIKE MILITIA:

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SWORDSMEN MILITIA:

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PAVISE CROSSBOWMEN:

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[Venta Icenor Um]

One suggestion i have, make a new province in spain called Huesca. It should be Aragon's only starting province and the would have to capture Zaragoza and Barcelona.

[Pope_Fred_I]

This looks awesome and is totally needed!

[Socal_infidel]

One suggestion i have, make a new province in spain called Huesca. It should be Aragon's only starting province and the would have to capture Zaragoza and Barcelona.

Iberia is pretty packed with provinces as it. I think we may to fudge a little and have Aragon start out in Barcelona.

But to be honest, haven't thought it out yet. Waiting for my map...

This looks awesome and is totally needed!

Thanks!

[Pope_Fred_I]

Aragon ought to start out with its own province...Barcelona was an independent county at this time, though somewhat tributary to both Aquitaine and Navarre if I recall correctly

[Socal_infidel]

Almogávares [non-armour upgrade version]:
The name almogávar comes from Arabic, 'al mughavir' meaning raiders. Originating from Aragon, from both Christian and Muslim backgrounds, these professional warriors are elite light infantry skirmishers armed with javelins and a long knife, called a coltell, and sometimes armour. Despite their light equipment, they have a fearsome reputation.

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NOTE I had neglected poor Aragon for a long-time! They're not gonna get totally new units, as thus far I've only concentrated on new units for factions that could not have otherwise been fairly depicted without them. But Aragon will get this and maybe one other brand new unit...

Oh, and I based these dudes more or less on this pic:

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[The King Of Peasants]

Wow they look great so much more rough then the regular ones. Are they still going to be available for Castile-Leon?
Edit: did you make a totally new sword for them to use or just the regular?

[Tadzreuli]

amazing work, Socal, as usually + rep !

[CelphTitled]

looks good
along with the turks n armenians you made too
cant wait for the next pder, gon b great