Viking Invasion II Released

[Orgath]

Wow nothing but good feedback. Even professional game designers can't achieve that, so I might just have to download this.

[Legio]

I found the battles to be quite long, actually.:hmmm:
Six units of Spearmen against one unit of Infantry.
(Mercia vs. Wales).

Master of None@
It is amusing to me as well...

BTW were some of the voice actors from FATW used here as well? I recognized the voice when I selected my general in battle.

[Jingles]

I think it might be worth taking back some of the things I said about the longbows earlier. It seems though that they're a tad useless when it comes to seige battles (I'd only really had the chance to try them in sieges thus far). While they still don't inflict a lot of damage, I've learned that their main strengths are in their huge range, and their ambushing abilities. Exemplified well in this screen:



Another thing that I've begun to notice is that the environments in VI2 are extremely pretty. These are from a battle in the middle of wales, around early evening in-game.





To quote one of Juvenal's pictures - "Hands up who wants loot!"


And lastly, when I was scouting about with FOW off, I noticed this:


Did you guys put this in, or was it there from Arthurian TW?

[Legio]

I did not see the wall! I will have to invade the north now and capture it...

[MasterOfNone]

Yes, I like to think of it as more a "the voice of necessity" than a "voice actor"

Orgath - yes, download it! be the first to win a campaign of your chosen faction!

EDIT: We made Hnadrian' Wall (Halie Satanus made it and remade it quite a number of times coz I wanted it just so!)....

I'm glad you like the ground textures, grass and lighting - it's a tweaked version of my GaFM mod.

[Legio]

I call the Mercians.
We should have a progress report thingy-
like Jingle reports on his Welsh campaign, I on mine, etc.:hmmm:

[MasterOfNone]

AARs? I believe there is somewhere they can be posted on TWC - then a link can be posted here (?)

Though I guess small ones could be posted here, with small screenies - though posted them on the AARs thread (whereever it is) will help more people know about Viking Age II


Thx for all the great feedback / see edit to my last post too.

[Legio]

When I have the time I will write a full AAR with this mod.

[Jingles]

When I have the time I will write a full AAR with this mod.

Aye, I second this notion! I could probably use my current campaign actually, once I've unified Wales.

[Orgath]

Hmm ok I have an annoying problem. I have RTW BI 1.6 on Steam, which wasn't a problem when I installed the game, but it seems to be a problem with starting a game. When I tried to start the game a messege popped up saying "Failed to find Steam." So then I tried starting the game while logged onto steam, didn't work, then I tried bringing the VI2 shortcut into Steam and then start it, and it still didn't work.

Can anybody help me out?

Edit: I also tried using this post: http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3067
Not quite sure how to get this to work for VI2.

[Halie Satanus]

And lastly, when I was scouting about with FOW off, I noticed this:


Did you guys put this in, or was it there from Arthurian TW?

The wall is a new feature created for this mod..

[MasterOfNone]

Not a Steam user myself but here's the old FATW thread on it:
http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3067

Hope it helps. Please post the solution here if it is not obvious. Thx.

[Keyser Soze]

very nice work. maybe there will be any bugs, but it´s nice mod. and good platform to make more and more.... if you could boys.

[MasterOfNone]

I hate bugs. I hate CTDs. I hate sloppy coding. I like to play stable mods and - even more than that - I like to make them

[Orgath]

Not a Steam user myself but here's the old FATW thread on it:
http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3067

Hope it helps. Please post the solution here if it is not obvious. Thx.

Ya I tried that, notice the edit to my original post.

Edit: Ha never mind I figured this out.

Instead of inserting -nm -show_err -mod:bi\ci into the Launch Options, insert -nm -show_err -mod:bi\VI2

This should work for any mod, just put the name of the mod folder in place of "ci"

[Keyser Soze]

o.k. i play like denmark on vh/vh and it seem like impossible. after three turns i have 3500 minus, one army totaly broken and the last is not strong. AI ? mercians diplomant say me casefare. i say o.k. and trade rights. in next turn they attack me. i know this was in RTR, in vanilla...
but question: some AI in medieval are good. it´s not possible to do better AI in RTW or BI? i am not good at scripting, therefore i asked.
but nothing changing my opinion that it´s very nice mod.

[MasterOfNone]

It is probable that the Danes may require a little boost - but we want to keep it so they really rely upon different tactics (raiding/destroying). This is being reviewed.

The AI does that in RTW I'm afraid. Nothing we can do about it. But this was a time of betrayal where Vikings would make a peace and get paid off in gold and then attack the Saxons on their next raid

Orgath- glad you got it working. Yep, I said it was FATW. You would need to adapt it to the mod you are trying to get to work Thx for feedback.

[Halie Satanus]

Whoever just asked if they could use the Hadriens wall model, yes you can as long as you credit (and link) this mod..

[Icedie El Guaraní]

Of course but is for Kingdoms i just have to figure how t omake it work, maybe i´ll try it later on and thanks !! from the Vacuus Lux Lucis team.

[Halie Satanus]

No problem..