Stainless Steel 6.0 Preview

[Black_Rider]

Do the Cuman Khanate and Khwarezm Empire get their own custom voices? On that note, do any factions get new/different voices?

For sure, they will have arabic voices, same as Turks, Egyptians and Moors.

[hachel]

5.1 made me sit and wait and develop until my castles and citied were all on max, then I'd built elite units only and only then I'd start attack other factions. That made it boring in only using a certain type of unit, like feudal knights and skipping units inbetween.
Hope AI improvement wont allow me to do that anmyore.

(I dont have enough willpower to change tactics on my own )

[Iasonis]

omg this looks amazing!

[Nightbringer]

omg woot lol

Looks awesome!!!

[aion2006]

Thank you all for the nice words and the appreciation! I hope you will like it...


- Niko's mod: was already included but I decided that I don't really like it. The banners are much too static and unrealistic.
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Wha?
Not even the new animation?
Or the way horse fight?

[certoipus]

when we can download it?

[shenryyr]

when we can download it?

never. this release is simply a hoax to create hype without product delivery.

it is the world's 2nd greatest april fool's, after the faked birth and subsequent so-called 'magic tricks' of david blaine.

[spanish_emperor]

when we can download it?

when they finish it, in a week or so (im guessing based on information i've read previously)

[sonicsuicide]

There are three cities I miss a little bit: Damiette (the big fortress in the nile-delta, where one of the last crusades took place), sevilla (gate to the new world) and cologne, the archbishopric and imperial electorate. Maybe the many Scandinavian cities can be reduced, because scandinavia wasn´t that importend...
The rest of the map is wonderful.

[hekk]

Maybe the many Scandinavian cities can be reduced, because scandinavia wasn´t that importend...

If you don't know of it, don't speak of it. Thanks.

[Valdamar]

Scandinavia, Poland, and Lichtenstein should be given more cities.

[Quixote]

never. this release is simply a hoax to create hype without product delivery.

it is the world's 2nd greatest april fool's, after the faked birth and subsequent so-called 'magic tricks' of david blaine.

Now that's just mean... you really know how to hurt a gamer nerd's feelings

[Douanier]

Originally Posted by sonicsuicide
..because scandinavia wasn´t that importend...
If you don't know of it, don't speak of it. Thanks. :original:

haha, not important.. ever heard of vikings..

[TheColdTruth]

haha, not important.. ever heard of vikings..

Whats this thing called a "Viking"...

[Boyar'sNephew]

European population Levels in Medieval Europe, from Josiah C. Russell, "Population in Europe:, in Carlo M. Cipolla, ed., The Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vol. I: The Middle Ages. See http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pop-in-eur.html

May serve as a useful guide to the "where should the cities be". Or, maybe not. But what the heck - more interesting than endless "I think my country should have more provinces" posts.

I can make no guarantees of the validity of these numbers, of course, and formatting makes it kind of hard to read. Anyway, let the arguing begin!

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Population Estimates (in millions) at specified times 500-1450


ERA 500 650 1000 1340 1450



Greece/Balkans 5 3 5 6 4.5

Italy 4 2.5 5 10 7.3

Spain/Portugal 4 3.5 7 9 7

Total - South 13 9 17 25 19



France/Low countries 5 3 6 19 12

British Isles 0.5 0.5 2 5 3

Germany/Scandinavia 3.5 2 4 11.5 7.3

Total - West/Central 9 5.5 12 35.5 22.5



Slavia. 5 3

---Russia - - 6 8 6

---Poland/Lithuania - - 2 3 2

Hungary 0.5 0.5 1.5 2 1.5

Total -East 5.5 3.5 9.5 13 9.3

[Nightbringer]

does anyone know what the ai being used is. is the campaign one of kk's own deseign or is it some one elses, like Lusted's (my current fav). Same for the battle ai, is it just vanilla or is it different to.

[y2day]

does anyone know what the ai being used is. is the campaign one of kk's own deseign or is it some one elses, like Lusted's (my current fav). Same for the battle ai, is it just vanilla or is it different to.

It is Lusteds last AI (5.1). I know xeryx is beta testing and helping out with the AI in 6.0. I like both his and Lusteds AI so i'm sure the AI will be the best ever made.

[Meister Sibrand]

I have a suggestion. King Baldwin IV's portrait should be an islamic one with a mask kingdom of heaven style

[sonicsuicide]

If you don't know of it, don't speak of it. Thanks.

What do you mean with that?
By the way, the big time of the vikings was nearly over by the time of the game. High time was from around 800 to 1000, when they reached Vinland. Afterwords they became a nation of christian people like any other one like danmark or sicily. I think they are much too strong in most of the mods. Criticising this should be allowed.

[Lothe]

Scandinavia, Poland, and Lichtenstein should be given more cities.

No one picked this one up?