BETA V: NAPOLEON: TOTAL COMBAT v4.0 (with 20, 30 & 40 stack army support!) MASSIVE 250+ Units Update!

[Thoragoros]

played for about 2 hours great mod, with a strange problem.
I read through the topic and saw that some people were encountering animation hickups while maintaining a smooth FPS, well I have the same problem!
once my infantry opens fire, the animations start to act up, it becomes very choppy.
As mentioned above my FPS stays smooth at all times, unit scale is at large (300 men) and particle effects are on High.
Any known solution to this problem yet? This is a great mod but this really kills the game for me.

There is no 'fix' for this since this is not mod related, it is graphics and processing power related. For instance, if you play Napoleon Empire Realism with increased unit sizes via the preferences script, you will experience the same choppiness.

This is game related.

You could setting the unit size to large for 300 men per unit and/or decreasing other graphics settings.

There is a 'fix,' I am currently uploading a vanilla fire version of the mod.

[Thoragoros]

I have now updated the mod.

[hozemaat]

There is no 'fix' for this since this is not mod related, it is graphics and processing power related. For instance, if you play Napoleon Empire Realism with increased unit sizes via the preferences script, you will experience the same choppiness.

This is game related.

You could setting the unit size to large for 300 men per unit and/or decreasing other graphics settings.

There is a 'fix,' I am currently uploading a vanilla fire version of the mod.

Thanks for responding, I have another question for you!

What is the difference between the Patched version and the Vanilla version of your mod?
Sorry if I sound like a idiot, i'm just trying to get the most out of this great mod!

[zorphon]

Very very nice! Love it, and the way you handled militia is fantastic. The whole 'machine gun' thing is less apparent and the game feels much more realistic than before.

However, did you get rid of the whole ship building thing?

Looking forward to next release and you're reply

[Thoragoros]

Thanks for responding, I have another question for you!

What is the difference between the Patched version and the Vanilla version of your mod?
Sorry if I sound like a idiot, i'm just trying to get the most out of this great mod!

You mean between the Two Rank Fire and the Vanilla Fire? One features the two rank fire change, in which two ranks of infantry fire rather than one. However, this can cause animation glitches for some people, and so I have included a version that features all of the changes listed except for the two rank fire feature.

Very very nice! Love it, and the way you handled militia is fantastic. The whole 'machine gun' thing is less apparent and the game feels much more realistic than before.

However, did you get rid of the whole ship building thing?

Looking forward to next release and you're reply

I was going to, but it was as I feared. The AI tends to build 'swarms' of lighter ships if the build times are lessened.

HOWEVER, I believe I can find a way to 'tweak' the AI's build priorities and so once I can make these AI changes properly, I will lessen the ship building times.

[hozemaat]

Thanks for clearing that up, wil report back once i've played it for awhile!

[Thoragoros]

Thanks for clearing that up, wil report back once i've played it for awhile!

If you are getting the choppy animations, I suggest trying the Vanilla Fire version of the mod.

[zorphon]

You mean between the Two Rank Fire and the Vanilla Fire? One features the two rank fire change, in which two ranks of infantry fire rather than one. However, this can cause animation glitches for some people, and so I have included a version that features all of the changes listed except for the two rank fire feature.



I was going to, but it was as I feared. The AI tends to build 'swarms' of lighter ships if the build times are lessened.

HOWEVER, I believe I can find a way to 'tweak' the AI's build priorities and so once I can make these AI changes properly, I will lessen the ship building times.

Oh okay.

Also, after the hassle of morale and the AI is out of the way, it might not be a bad idea to focus on the non-combat aspects that you can improve, like I said before things like money and prices, as well as taxes and diplomacy and the whole works.

Let me know.

[Thoragoros]

Oh okay.

Also, after the hassle of morale and the AI is out of the way, it might not be a bad idea to focus on the non-combat aspects that you can improve, like I said before things like money and prices, as well as taxes and diplomacy and the whole works.

Let me know.

Yes, I agree. But since people were experiencing difficulty with the battle changes I had made, I really needed to get those thinks ironed out first.

Campaign changes, such as the taxes, etc. are definitely next on the list.

[zorphon]

Yes, I agree. But since people were experiencing difficulty with the battle changes I had made, I really needed to get those thinks ironed out first.

Campaign changes, such as the taxes, etc. are definitely next on the list.

Good to know!

[tenjouten]

Yeah! No more stuttering! NOW we're talking!...with guns of course.

[zorphon]

Hey I just thought I'd let you know. I would change the installation instructions because with the latest 2 rank fire version if you put the line you have in the installation and readme
(mod "Mod_TotalCombat.pack"; there is no sound. If you change it to the exact name of the .pack you are using (in this case TotalCombatTwoRanksFire.pack) the sound works.

Hope this helps anyone that is having this issue.

[gord96]

good job Thoragoros! Stuttering seems to be fixed with the vanilla firing! My Austrian campaign is back up and running.

One problem is Austria can't recruit rockets in the vanilla version.

Thanks again.

[alhoon]

If we play not in ultra but in normal unit size, will the game run more smoothly? Does this mod works with Fire-by-rank from Radius?

[Thoragoros]

Hey I just thought I'd let you know. I would change the installation instructions because with the latest 2 rank fire version if you put the line you have in the installation and readme
(mod "Mod_TotalCombat.pack"; there is no sound. If you change it to the exact name of the .pack you are using (in this case TotalCombatTwoRanksFire.pack) the sound works.

Hope this helps anyone that is having this issue.

I forgot to update the readme! I guess this is what feedback is for, keep it coming guys.

I will quickly upload new files with the proper readmes!!

[Thoragoros]

UPDATE!!

I have updated both files.

Changes -

- Complete and recent installation instructions in the readmes

- Files types changed from .patch packs to .movie packs, yes, it is weird sounding, but some of the changes were not taking effect as patch files.

[Thoragoros]

If we play not in ultra but in normal unit size, will the game run more smoothly? Does this mod works with Fire-by-rank from Radius?

Yes, of course. Less units, more performance.

[gord96]

just a quick question. with the vanilla version the .pack file is named without the underscores ( _ ) between the words, but the script does have the underscores. does this matter?

thanks!

[alhoon]

- Files types changed from .patch packs to .movie packs, yes, it is weird sounding, but some of the changes were not taking effect as patch files.

So, the installation is the same? What didn't take effect? In a custom battle, it was as you told (except that it works with FBR mod)


EDIT: After I used the latest file, the Radius FBR mod stopped working.

Can we have one with FBR?

[Thoragoros]

So, the installation is the same? What didn't take effect? In a custom battle, it was as you told (except that it works with FBR mod)


EDIT: After I used the latest file, the Radius FBR mod stopped working.

Can we have one with FBR?

The reason that FBR was working with the patch files was because I edit the units abilities file to get rid of Fire and Advance. With the patch file the changes in my units abilities file don't take effect, and therefore the FBR mod takes its place.

FBR does not allow units to fire before being fully formed up, nor does it allow for the more historical two rank fire that I implement. So I am sorry to say that I will not be adding FBR.