SONS OF THE DANNEBROG [v0.5 for ETW 1.3; APE:TI Compatible]: Danish Major Faction Mod, with Historical Roster, Unique Units, Prestige Buildings and more.

[erasmus777]

Most of this mod has been integrated into Imperial Splendor. If you'd like to use the SotD units, please download their mod.

At the moment, I don't have any plans for further work on SotD. It's too bad since I made decent progress on the 1.5 update, but there are some files I can't access. Getting the tools working is more than I have time to mess with at the moment.

Furthermore, given how difficult it is to mod ETW and the lack of forthcoming modding tools, it's very hard to maintain enthusiasm for modding this game. I'm sorry to all of you who have been waiting patiently. CA has royally screwed the modding community. If you feel the same way, I'd encourage you to let them know that as maybe they'll come around down the road.

If anyone wants to use the SotD files for their own project, please feel free to do so. Consider them "open source". Acknowledgment is always appreciated, but not required (I figure the nice folks will do so anyway).

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FILE LAST UPDATED June 24, 2009












Sorø Akademi


Christiansborg Slot




UNIT PREVIEWS

LIGHT INFANTRY

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Norske Skiløber


Jægere with Officer

LINE INFANTRY

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Landsoldater


Linieinfanteri


Grenaderer


Marinesoldater


Prinsens Livregiment


Den Kongelige Livgarde til Fods


Dronningens Livregiment

CAVALRY

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Hestryterre


Dragoner


Lette Dragoner


Husarer


Bosniaker


Drabantgarde


Livregimentet Dragoner


Den Kongelige Livgarde til Hest


General and Staff Officers

ARTILLERY

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KNOWN ISSUES
Do not invade Malta. As a result of the exit bug workaround, capturing Malta will result in a CTD. This will be fixed in the next update.

CHANGELOG

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v0.1 June 9, 2009

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Fixed Projectile IDref typo that caused Jægere to show no ammo.

v0.2 June 10, 2009

1. Fixed typos causing CTD when viewing Skarpskyttekorps.
2. Made a number of recruiting changes, including for Lette Dragoner, Drabantgarde, and more.
3. Fixed the number of crew members on the 5th Rate Faersk at game start.
4. Increased the happiness effects of Sorø Akademi to equal those of comparable buildings.
5. A few other small tweaks.

v0.3 June 16, 2009

1. Work-around found for exit bug.
2. Names for Denmark's prestige buildings now display properly.
3. Hvide Ørn added as a unique ship.
4. Unit description added to Kongens Livregiment.

v0.4
Unreleased

v0.5 June 24, 2009

1. Startpos.esf and regions.esf are now upgraded to ETW v1.3
2. Numerous changes to units, including stats to 1.3 values, reskins and new models on Drabantgarde, Livgarde til Hest, Skarpskytterkorps.
3. Several new unique units added: Dannebrog, Livdragoner Grenadiers, DØK (Danish East India Company) units, etc.
4. Most unique units now how custom descriptions.
5. Hussars and Cuirassiers now recruitable in GC.
6. The starting navy now has an additional ship.

DOWNLOADS

MAIN [WARNING: May not be save game compatible]:
http://rapidshare.com/files/24818522...nebrog_v05.zip

A PROPER EMPIRE: TERRA INCOGNITA
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=270583

EASY-INSTALL VERSION [Doesn't require Mod Manager or user.empire_script.txt]
If you're having trouble getting SotD to load, give this a try. Also great if your head hurts when you read the words "Mod Manager" or "script." Skip step 5 of installation.
http://rapidshare.com/files/25579096...nstall_v06.zip

ANCILLARY MODS

SotD MUSIC (this adds the period drum and fife piece "Tappenstreg" by Kong Frederik IV's Tambourafdeling af 1704 to regimental musicians): http://rapidshare.com/files/24244894...brog_Music.zip

MUSIC SAMPLE: http://www.thm.dk/udstil/rk_online/L...appenstreg.wav. Once I get all the music sorted, I'll also offer a version of the mod with Rsty Bloodnok and La-De-Dah-Gnr Graham's drummer regiments. I will also have versions compatible with Imperial Splendour, DarthMod, A Proper Empire, and The Rights of Man.

OTHERS: I've been asked what other mods make for the ideal SotD experience. There are a lot of great ones out there, so much of it personal choice. I tend to go for the ones that enrich historical immersion. I'll leave additional units and skins up to you, but here are some "immersive" mods that fit the spirit of SotD:

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Realistic Flag Set (part of this is already included)
Period Loading Screens
GeraldDuval's Realism Soundpack
Royal Family Tree Mod
Period Music Mod or New Music Mod (if you use the latter, load before my music mod)
ANNOYING VANILLA DRUM ROLL REMOVAL! (this will help you enjoy the drum and fife pieces)
Proper Militia Mod
Battlefield Smoke Mod (I don't care for the accompanying blood mod, but it's a matter of personal preference; many people like it)

INSTALLATION

1. Backup startpos.esf (...\Steam\Steamapps\Common\ETW\data\campaigns\main) and regions.esf (data\campaign_maps\global_map)
2. Extract the files from your download of Sons of the Dannebrog.
3. Place the extracted startpos.esf and regions.esf in the locations listed in Step 1.
4. Place SotDv05_mod.pack and SotDv05_loc.pack in the data folder. If you have the Easy-Install Version, place SotDv05_spec.pack in the data folder. That is your last step.
   
5. Activate SotD in Mod Manager or add the line: "mod SotDv05_mod.pack;" (no quotation marks) to user.empire_script. If user.empire_script.txt doesn't exist in the folders listed below, you can create it in Notepad. Be sure to save in Unicode. You do not need to activate SotDv05_loc.pack.

The script can be found/created here:

Vista C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire

XP C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire

For the music pack, follow steps 2, 4, and 5.


SPECIAL THANKS

• LtChambers for the Pack File Manager
• just for the esf editor; koras321 for transforming the esf editor into a truly amazing tool
• Kong Frederik IV's Tambourafdeling af 1704 for letting us use their wonderful music.
• demis14 and husser1TW for their excellent work and tutorials on expanding cities
• Cainrae for translation help
  
• Frederic Anklin, a.k.a. Spanky, for letting me use portions of his 'Realistic Flag Set, v1.2': http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=244612
• Truelz for letting me use his signature graphic and hist Danish Text Mod: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=241294
• Jingle_Bombs for allowing me to use portions of his officer mod
• Gnr Graham and Rsty Bloodnok for help with music
• All the Danes on these forums: they've been very gracious as I've learned more about their language and culture. They've also managed to infect me with a bit of their good-humored nationalism (never before have I gotten so much pleasure out of destroying Sweden ). Thanks, too, to all the Swedes who have had a good laugh about it (after all, who doesn't laugh when they hear those little blue guys hollar "Infaaaaanterrri!!!").
• All the members of this community who have offered constructive criticism, suggestions, historical clarifications, and moral support. Thanks!
  

[Kip]

Awesome! I'm gonna have to hold off for now (I'm currently playing APE:TI, so I have a feeling I'll run into a bunch of incompatibility issues at the moment) but looks wonderful, and I will most definitely snap this up at my first opportunity!

[erasmus777]

Awesome! I'm gonna have to hold off for now (I'm currently playing APE:TI, so I have a feeling I'll run into a bunch of incompatibility issues at the moment) but looks wonderful, and I will most definitely snap this up at my first opportunity!

Great to hear! I hope to have DM, IS, and APE versions out by the end of the week, so hopefully you won't deal with any more either/or choices like that again.

[EmperorBatman999]

Finaly out, nice job.
On a side note, our highland wrband unit is now in Swiss Halberdier AUM 2.2. (And yes, I requested for him to give credit to you)

[GeraldDuval]

downloading now. I've been looking forward to this one for a while now!

[Kip]

Great to hear! I hope to have DM, IS, and APE versions out by the end of the week, so hopefully you won't deal with any more either/or choices like that again.

I eagerly await your APE-compatible version

Can't wait for my first campaign as Denmark!

[La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham]

The long awaited Dansk mod! wow, great work and research +rep

[dutch musketeer]

Looks fantastic from holland

[MorganH.]

Looking EPIC,instant download!!
+1 rep to you !!

[Cheshire Cat]

Are you guys thinking about doing a light version of the mod with just skins and units...?

Nice work btw guys units look awsome...+rep to all

[erasmus777]

Are you guys thinking about doing a light version of the mod with just skins and units...?

Nice work btw guys units look awsome...+rep to all

Thanks! At this point, I don't have any plans for a light version since you need a modified startpos to play Denmark and their vanilla roster is quite different. It would also be a major undertaking as I've changed most of the models. If someone else wants to do it, though, I'd be happy to let them

However, I do have plans for an ultra heavy version of the mod, but details of that will have to wait...

[33orion77]

Bravo! excellent work! I still have some ctd issues so I haven't play yet but I'm working on it ... Very fine work on the textures
(you need + rep but it's too soon for me to give you some again...)

[erasmus777]

File updated to v0.1. Fixed a typo that caused Jægere to show no ammo.

@ 33orion77 -- Thanks, mate! Hope you can try it soon.

[Nordfeldt]

Excellent Denmark has finally taken her rightfull place among the "major" nations. If you need any help with research let me know.

Are you planning to make some unique ships? Would be awsome.

[erasmus777]

Excellent Denmark has finally taken her rightfull place among the "major" nations. If you need any help with research let me know.

Are you planning to make some unique ships? Would be awsome.

I'm certainly open to creating unique ships, but I'm not familiar with any. If you have any ideas, let me know.

[Irmo]

Great to see this is finally out! Looking brilliant, especially the marines. Instant download!

+rep.

[Swiss Halberdier]

@erasmus777
This is really awesome! Very unique faction mod! +rep

Finaly out, nice job.
On a side note, our highland wrband unit is now in Swiss Halberdier AUM 2.2. (And yes, I requested for him to give credit to you)

I included you both in my credits section under "Unit Contributors".

[EmperorBatman999]

Not sure if this is vanilla bug, but my game CTD's on a certain faction between turns when using your mod. Got any ideas as to why?
Also, while going over the unit roster, it also CTDed when I right clicked on Danish equivalent to riflemen.

[erasmus777]

Not sure if this is vanilla bug, but my game CTD's on a certain faction between turns when using your mod. Got any ideas as to why?
Also, while going over the unit roster, it also CTDed when I right clicked on Danish equivalent to riflemen.

Not sure why that would happen. How far into the game are you? Are you running other mods?

As for the riflemen, there's a typo in units_tables. I'll upload a fixed version, but you can fix it yourself if you want by changing the info image column from "euro_late_riflemen_rifle" to "euro_late_rifleman_rifle".

[EmperorBatman999]

Thanks for the help, so silly how annoying typos can be.
I'd +Rep as a thank you for the modding help and for making such a fantastic mod but it won't let me.