Alright, it occurred to me that many of the changes that I will want to implement in the future are going to be quite radical. They will be meant primarily for fulfilling my own view of how the north should be implemented historically. (Such as cutting away places like the southernmost 25% of the map.) Therefore, I am releasing a small, lightweight version before I get into the serious editing, for people who do not share my views on the matter. (I assume this will be just about everyone, by the time I am finished.) It contains only basic changes, intended to be more accurate. Here they are:
Current progress:
- West Gotland province renamed to Västergötland.
- Skara moved northeast.
- East Gotland province renamed to Östergötland.
- Kobenhavn renamed to Roskilde and moved slightly west.
- Warberg renamed Lödöse and moved north.
- Region borders adjusted in these areas.
- Skara's port was replaced by the port at Lödöse.
- Finland renamed Österland.
- Turku renamed Åbo and moved westward.
- Small church added to Skara.
- Dirt roads added to Uppsala.
- Diplomatic relations altered. Specifically:
- Denmark-England relations worsened.
- Denmark-Scotland relations improved.
- Denmark-Sweden relations improved.
- Russia-Sweden relations improved.
- Visby moved to western part of Gotland; nearby terrain edited.
- Skara is now bigger that Lödöse.
- I have removed some dense forest that was blocking a possible road between Lund and the new location of Lödöse.
- Toke is now close to the amber.
- Kalmar is now east, one spot. This fixed a new issue with the roads.
- Armies also moved.
- I have created the Limfjord, but because the overall difference is minor, and because it was closed off allegedly in 1200, there is no western entrance. I might have removed it altogether.
- I have changed the Swedish family tree. The one source that I could find that gave ages listed Helena at 30, Inge at 25. I couldn't find Ragnvald's age, so he is 5. Because there was no longer a faction heir, I added Philip Halstensson, Inge's nephew. I dindn't add in the other Halstenssons, so there is no relation. If Inge dies, it is possible that the family line will be shifted. You might want to go through and replace some of the family line with Albath's submod's family line.
- I am including two new loading bars, one with the Swedish flag and one with the Danish flag. They're in the loading_screens folder. To use them, just rename the one you want to loading_bar.tga.
To install this version, you should be able to just replace all of the current files of the same name and location in the HRR_07 mod folder. If you have troubles getting it to work, just post here.