The Ideas thread

[Zemdu]

I posted this thread so that the public (you!) could share any ideas/thoughts you have about Cursus Honorum (CH) which we will take note of, put in the mod or dismiss it,

remeber asking the same Ideas over and over again is a huge no no

the Ideas have to have histrical accuracy and censored so no topless women charging the battlefield armed only with her fists

[Imperator of Rome]

How about a set date for when the mod starts? Are you going Polybian or Camillian with the legionaries?

[Tsubodai]

yh i really need to sort that out.
i had thought circa 300 BC, so prob camillan, although that is close to the border
and polybian look cooler

[Imperator of Rome]

Yep it does probably. Triarii are hoplites in the Camillian era and the Romans don't utilize mail as much, so, it isn't that visually exciting as the Polybian era is.

[Tsubodai]

Polybian era it is then. i'd rather not have everyone using hoplites

[Zemdu]

Polybian era it is then. i'd rather not have everyone using hoplites

yeah, having like 40% of the factions in the game using essentially the same units and tactics is really boring

[Tsubodai]

yh, that is exactly what i mean when i say accuracy can affect gameplay

[Zemdu]

has anyone got any ideas how we could enhance our mod?

[Zemdu]

really... nobody has even the slightest Idea of how to enhance Cursus honorum?

[Tsubodai]

its just too good you see

although people seem to prefer commenting on taleworlds

[Imperator of Rome]

Can't really suggest something unless I have played the mod. I haven't yet. All I do is mess with textures now and try to figure out what is messing up my crests and plumes.

[Zemdu]

ok, but still someone else must have some ideas of enhancing CH

[The_Specialist]

We could attempt to add some legendary quests. Nothing too mythological, but realistic.
Eg:
You talk to a wise, old, veteran soldier. He tells you about some sword that his commander (who lost his sword at his death when he was defeated for the first time) lost on the battlefield, and gives you a quest to go find it. If you do, it gives your troops a morale bonus because they know that you have the sword of that great leader.

You could also attempt to have a real Roman shieldwall (The tetsudo) through animating. Using a Circle formation works enough for some stuff, but for the legendary, and realistic, tetsudo (where the first row keeps the shields in front of them, while the rest of the rank has the shield held overhead) can't be accomplished through that. Plus, romans learned that formation fairly early on.

[Tsubodai]

interesting ideas!
or perhaps you have to find a lost eagle? either way i'll have to revise questmaking

I wonder if anyone has done a testudo before

[The_Specialist]

I like the idea of the lost Eagle. Imagine.... you are sent on a quest to find the Eagle of the Ninth Legion (I watch too many movies....)

For the testudo, you could try to get someone to re-animate the shield animation to keep it overhead. Then use "agent_set_animation" to have some of them use the front shield block, and the rest use the overhead.

I'm actually attempting to make something like that for Warriors of the Gods (bot the testudo and a volley-defense shieldwall)

My plan for the volley defense was....
Make the overhead block animation --> Paste a crouched animation onto it --> Make a new command using Caba'Drin's codes as a base --> Try it out.

And if I can work it out, I can most likely make a testudo formation

[Zemdu]

how about instead of the old "find and kill the murderer" quest you have to assasinate a minor noble who has some guards to protect him?'
it would spice up the quest and make it harder

[Tsubodai]

That film was good.

Sounds good Specialist, good luck with the volley defense, I'll probably play around with the animations once I've figured out why the new armour thinks its glass

Good idea Zemdu, it also solves the 'i cant be bothered to ask for a quest because i know EXACTLY what it'll be' problem

[The_Specialist]

The armor as glass? Try changing the shader to simple_shader, changing the tags to 720, and adding spec rbg as 10 10 10

[Zemdu]

I've startde to read homeros books, hopefully I can find some legendairy lost item that we could have as a quest to find it

[Tsubodai]

thanks Specialist i'll try that
where is the option to change tags?

that'll be great, post here what you find Zemdu