[Dev-Report] Chivalry I : Previews & Progress

[Nelduin]

Ok, thanks to the answer...

[Joar]

Looks very good!

Have a question: have you made new and more historical looking generals/captains for the Byzantines?

[Coni]

Well, actually Chivalry uses the general-pictures from Medieval 1, right?
Is it really so a-historic:hmmm:
I don't think so.

[Joar]

Well, actually Chivalry uses the general-pictures from Medieval 1, right?
Is it really so a-historic:hmmm:
I don't think so.

No, I'm not talking about the family tree pics, but the general unit you see in battle map.

Last I played CTW the general units looked all the same except for "faction colors and symbols". I was asking if they've made new more accurate ones for the Byzantines.

[Coni]

Ok.
I think you're right.

[DaVinci]

Looks very good!

Have a question: have you made new and more historical looking generals/captains for the Byzantines?

No, they are the same as before, as yet.

We have two Byz history specialists in the the team: Basileios and Pompeius Magnus, and until now they have not complained about the byz general model and skin.
Basileios is our unit modeler and skinner atm., so they might get a change in future, now after he has reworked nearly all of the byz units to the highest historical accuracy.

And btw., the generals haven't all the same model, they are devided into the main cultures (european = all with different skins, rus, muslim and steppe).

[Salvor Hardin]

This is looking really great. And deserving a lot of merit, due to the inherent difficulty in making a full era conversion.

And I love the map

[RexPelasgorum]

This mod is one of my favorites, glad to see a new version is coming out.

One thing i would like to further see in it : unique music for each faction group. The current music works great for western factions, but it sounds weird when you play an eastern one.

The music needs more variety. If you are interested, i can send you nice music for Orthodox Factions (Byzantines, Armenians, Novgorod and Kiev). There is no copyright on them, they are sung in the church but they are very great for campaign map.

For Muslim factions, good music would be the one from Kingdom of Heaven.

[Joar]

We have two Byz history specialists in the the team: Basileios and Pompeius Magnus, and until now they have not complained about the byz general model and skin.

Let's just be sure we're talking about the same unit, cause it's been a while since I played. It's the one with the noseguard helmet, that basically just equipped with chainmail and a shirt, right?

And I'm not complaining ( actually not sure if I complain at all... ) about the quality of it or anything, it's just that I've never seen a Byzantine emperor/king depicted that way ever, except for in this mod.

And of course I know what work you all put in, and no once can do everything at once. But if Basileios and Pompeius Magnus need any historical reference to how a Byzantine emperor/general's armour would have looked like, I got some nice pics.

Let me know if you want them.

[DaVinci]

This mod is one of my favorites, glad to see a new version is coming out.

One thing i would like to further see in it : unique music for each faction group. The current music works great for western factions, but it sounds weird when you play an eastern one.

The music needs more variety. If you are interested, i can send you nice music for Orthodox Factions (Byzantines, Armenians, Novgorod and Kiev). There is no copyright on them, they are sung in the church but they are very great for campaign map.

For Muslim factions, good music would be the one from Kingdom of Heaven.

... we lack of a sounds modder these days ... so if you can be a help in this matter would be great.

[DaVinci]

This is looking really great. And deserving a lot of merit, due to the inherent difficulty in making a full era conversion.

And I love the map

Thanks Salvor for showing up here

[Anakin1981]

The previous was a great mod guys and I can't wait for the new version....Keep up the good work!!!

[Kubelwagen]

I'm looking forward to the next version!

[Pompeius Magnus]

Thanx a lot for your interests in our project.

At the moment we are including a lot of new stuff. This needs a little bit more time. However, the new version will be great.

Best regards

[loet66]

Hi,

I can't wait for the next version !!!!

Actually, I'm playing with DLV 5.5 on Kingdoms.

Maybe I will play again Rome TW with this mod...

Best regards.

loet66

[Pompeius Magnus]

back to the roots, my friend, back to the roots!!!

here is the Original! :-)

[DaVinci]

Hi,

I can't wait for the next version !!!!

Actually, I'm playing with DLV 5.5 on Kingdoms.

Maybe I will play again Rome TW with this mod...

Best regards.

loet66

Well, ChivTW is actually a full conversion with its very own material, there is pretty less that is still original RTW material or from other TW games or TW mods (except a very bit of CrusaderTW material).
ChivTW uses only the RTW or BI engine, and so in this sense i would see it as a whole other game than RTW.

As PM said above: the "Original"

[Gaias]

I am just glad to see that the team is still working on this in any capacity. I can't wait (figuratively) to see what new goodies you have in store for us.

So is their any plans to implement any of the special formations of BI (shieldwall, schiltrom, etc) in the new version?

[Coni]

Or much better:
Foulkon?

[DaVinci]

Guys, shiltrom and shieldwall aren't features that help the AI, it gives rather disadvantages to the AI, because it cannot handle it properly, that's the main reason why they aren't in the mod.

(Chivalry is not made to realise any possible technical feature as content).