FKoC: Settlements - Towns, cities and castles

**AlphaDelta** · October 02, 2008, 11:31 PM

I added in Newark yesterday and I fixed the distances between Stafford, Derby, Notting, Newark and Lincoln.

Newark will have access to Blackwell's regiment of foote.

Cheers

**King Xiao** · October 03, 2008, 04:30 AM

Just a thought but could you add Lichfield. It is my home city and was fought over in the civil war. We have a three spire cathredral which a bloody battle was fought over.

**AlphaDelta** · October 03, 2008, 04:45 AM

I would but it's become quite crowded in that region now.

Cheers

**leonn** · October 04, 2008, 06:36 AM

not sure if this is the right place but,how about adding a few more fordable points on rivers to stop bridges being such a killing ground?i always thought bridge battles were very unbalanced given the suicidal nature of the ai,if youve got pike and guns you cant lose.ive killed charles twice and rupert 3 times because they insist on going first! or give some units the ability to swim the river,its not historicaly inaccurate.

**AlphaDelta** · October 04, 2008, 06:46 AM

A fording point becomes a bridge as soon as there is a road in the County.

The simple answer is to avoid bridge battles, if the AI is on the bridge, don't attack it, and make sure your general doesn't end turn on a bridge.

Cheers

**AWZC** · October 05, 2008, 03:49 AM

Just one thing, could you add another crossing further North East on the river that flows to Northhampton from the east coast? To get to Norwich I have to travel along the river for aaaaaaaages.

**AlphaDelta** · October 05, 2008, 04:14 AM

I deliberately did that to prevent the Royalist AI entering East Anglia.

If you want to mod this yourself it's really easy. Open map_features.tga file in for_king_or_country\data\world\maps\base, find the point on the river you want to add a crossing and add a single pixel of colour R:0 G:255 B:255.

Delete map.rwm

Load your save game and you'll see a bridge there now.

Cheers

**Wildfowler** · October 24, 2008, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by AlphaDelta

Thanks for that information. Warwick is a bit of a problem. It should be a Parliamentarian settlement at the start of the campaign, but doing so would really hurt the Royalists. It's ahistorical but I'm going to keep it in the hands of the Royalists.

Cheers

I use to live in Warwick! At one time the Castle was held by Parliament and the town was distinctly Royalist!

There is the local story from that time that a building that is now the Zetland Arms public House was a butchers shop during the civil war and the butcher was an ardent Royalist. One morning he left his shop, walked down the road and glancing up saw a soldier up on the castle tower so (as one does) he gave the soldier the famous two finger salute. The soldier raised his musket, fired and killed the butcher! Not a bad feat at that distance!

Another pub in Warwick at the time had some Roundhead Officers in enjoying an ale or two, maybe three or four...or more!

They then found in the next room some Royalist Officers enjoying an ale or two, maybe three or four...or more!

Both sides agreed that violence would spoil the ambience of the evening. So they drank each others health until the landlord eventually threw the whole lot of them out!

Some Parliament idiot in the castle thought it was a good idea to test his gun and so one morning let off his cannon. The Roundhead shot hit and took off the coping tiles of a Royalist Merchant in the town. Upshot the Royalist Merchant wrote a strongly worded letter of complaint. Result. Parliament paid to repair his roof!!

The English Civil War was, at times a very Civil War!!

**G. W. Mills** · November 02, 2008, 11:27 AM

Great Yarmouth

Scale of the settlement: small
Population size: small
What was the garrison strength: I can only speculate, but not very big, as it was safely in Parliamentary hands.
Who was governor: Miles Corbett, one of those who signed Charles' death warrant.

I hate to say it but the English civil war is an area of history that fascinates me, but one that I'm no too familiar with.

**gaunty14** · November 08, 2008, 04:46 PM

i don't see why you should be ashamed to admit your not to familier with it

^-^

**Calamari** · November 29, 2008, 05:41 AM

Plymouth
Size: 7000+ inhabitants
Garrison: 9000 soldiers + militia defending extensive fortifications
Govorner: Sir Ruthin

King Charles himself lay siege to the city with 15000 and it didn't fall for the entire war. Sir Richard Grenville tried to take the town with his entire regiment (otherwise known as the battle of freedom fields, which incidentaly is now a small park near my home) the attack failed and Grenville lost most of his regiment.

Might make a nice alternative to Exeter.