RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (released)

**k/t** · February 10, 2012, 03:11 AM

Excellent news, someone! I made a script that destroys the colonies of other cultures when you take over one of their settlements.

I've finished adjusting the units in the EDB, and I've made some changes to campaign_script and descr_strat as well. I still have a few things to do, but I hope to be finished by the weekend.

**smoesville** · February 10, 2012, 04:03 AM

Originally Posted by k/t

Excellent news, someone! I made a script that destroys the colonies of other cultures when you take over one of their settlements.

Excellent! Any chance you could release this separately? Or even just post the code here?

**PerXX** · February 10, 2012, 09:23 AM

This won't work for me

Tried reinstalling, applying patch 3.06 and the hotfix, and then this on top.
Tried both the files in post #39 and #37, and starting a new campaign.
Both times I get the "Odin help us! Something went wrong and only Thor might know what. I have no idea what happened, so I am exiting now." CTD.

**k/t** · February 10, 2012, 03:03 PM

I didn't touch descr_regions, and I didn't put any peasants in. It might be because I removed other units from the EDU, but it works fine for me. Try cutting out the TLK section of your EDU and pasting mine in its place

Here's the code I made. Try it and see if it works.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Are the files working for other people?

**k/t** · February 10, 2012, 08:38 PM

Here's a script that should destroy the pagan temples of a settlement when it is conquered by a Christian faction. I haven't tested it yet either.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

One problem I see is the pagan Normans destroying their own temples in the beginning. Maybe I need to add some kind of EventCounter thing to the Norman section.

How about this? and I_EventCounter baptist_normans = 1

**k/t** · February 10, 2012, 10:53 PM

This post is for Fred Putz.

Here are the files, Fred.

The factions are East Anglia (eastanglia), Wessex (wesex), Northumbria (northumbria), Mercia (mercia), Vikings (spain), Hordaland (horda), Vestfold (norway), Denmark (denmark), Scotland (scotland), Wales (wales), Connacht (irconnacht), Munster (irmunster), East Franks (eastfrank), Normans (normans).

The Normans have the option to convert to Christianity and they undergo a culture and roster change. campaign_script mentions a banner change to "france" and "france" is mentioned in descr_strat.

faction france, balanced smith
ai_label default
dead_until_resurrected
denari 1000
denari_kings_purse 1000

Hordaland and Vestfold can have the Kalmar union happen. campaign_script mentions a banner change to "poland", and "poland" is mentioned in descr_strat.

faction poland, balanced smith
ai_label default
dead_until_resurrected
denari 1000
denari_kings_purse 1000

I think france and poland are merely place-holders.

Hungary is an emergent faction (like the Mongols from SS).

And, of course, the rebels are the slave faction.

**PerXX** · February 11, 2012, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by k/t

I didn't touch descr_regions, and I didn't put any peasants in. It might be because I removed other units from the EDU, but it works fine for me. Try cutting out the TLK section of your EDU and pasting mine in its place

Are the files working for other people?

I tried removing everything below the *** The Last Kingdom *** line, and replace it with the one from your file, but it still crashed.
I then tried manually copying just a single unit stats over, and that worked. After manually copying over the units, one at a time, I've got the mod running with the new RR/RC stats.
I didn't notice much difference, so I'm not entirely sure what's the problem was.

I've attached the EDU I got working, in case you want to check it out, or if someone else encounters the same problem.

**k/t** · February 11, 2012, 09:13 AM

EDIT: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN POST #1.

Well, at least it's working now.

Ok, here's the as-far-as-I-can-tell-finished product. I intend to tinker some more with the files in the future. I'd still like to try out my fief idea, but I'll save that for another release. The battles are quite a bit shorter than in Vanilla, so I'm gonna get to work on cranking out those EDUs with gradually increased defense for every unit so that people can tailor the game to their preferences.

I am waiting for Fred Putz to put his Carl AI economy script into the files and then I'll release those too, so people can try it out.

Thanks to danova and everyone involved in it for the mod (after taking so long to make some minor changes, I can better understand how long it took to make the whole thing), to PB for his RR/RC files and permission, and Heathen for his javelin cavalry. Thanks to Fred Putz for the Carl AI economy script.

**k/t** · February 11, 2012, 01:14 PM

Hmm, I tried to start a campaign but I got the peasant crash that you got. It's because I used the Pagan Normans icon to start the game, whereas before I was using the regular icon but with the Christian Normans stuff activated.

I'll see if I can fix it and report back.

Ok, I fixed the problem by adding the units I had removed back to the EDU. Make sure to remove the Hirdmenn entry that is hidden among the non-TLK units either by deleting it or putting ; in front of every one of its lines. Come to think of it, I didn't add all the units back, but I must have added the ones the game craved.

If you start out as East Anglia, you immediately attack a Danish army. It has 2 bodyguards, a Huskarl Swordsmen and some spear unit. Wasn't this army bigger before?

Here's the EDU that allows me to start campaigns.

Hmm, descr_strat says that's all Ragnar should have, so that's good enough for me.

**Cincinatus** · February 12, 2012, 04:23 AM

That army only had about 6 or 7 units, mostly really good and expensive troops, hirdmen, huskarl axes, huskarl swords, and such. And good progress so far, it sounds like it will be a great submod.

**MrExpendable** · February 12, 2012, 07:30 AM

This submod looks great so far! I like it.

I advise you to take a look at Norman Spearmen (high prizes) and Frankish units (Spathamen cost 360 in custom battle and are very strong).

**k/t** · February 12, 2012, 09:54 PM

What do you want me to look at? I've made some more changes to my files after releasing, and I still have to come up with a uniform system for pricing units. I also have to make more changes to the ships.

I haven't done anything about the costs in Custom Battles and I don't intend to. I only use those for testing.

The files in post 48 work well enough, so you can start a campaign and see for yourself. For some reason I started getting a crash from Vestfold's heir not being in the family tree (even though I never touched that part of descr_strat), but I fixed it by making the heir the king's older brother. Not very accurate, but whatever.

**MrExpendable** · February 13, 2012, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by k/t

What do you want me to look at? I've made some more changes to my files after releasing, and I still have to come up with a uniform system for pricing units. I also have to make more changes to the ships.

I haven't done anything about the costs in Custom Battles and I don't intend to. I only use those for testing.

The files in post 48 work well enough, so you can start a campaign and see for yourself. For some reason I started getting a crash from Vestfold's heir not being in the family tree (even though I never touched that part of descr_strat), but I fixed it by making the heir the king's older brother. Not very accurate, but whatever.

I'm sorry, I've solely tested the stats in Custom Battle.

Will start a campaign to see the changes.

Since you don't plan on altering the costs in Custom Battles, I've edited the export_descr_unit.txt file to make units cost the same in Custom Battles as they do in Campaign mode. Attachment is with the post in case someone (like me) likes to play balanced custom battles. I'll try to keep up with any future updates you make.

I like what you did with the unit costs. Making them more expensive so large armies are hard to assemble (which was normal at the time).

**k/t** · February 13, 2012, 10:56 AM

My idea so far is to have a basic per man cost which is multiplied by the number of men in the unit and to which is then added a certain cost for each level of quality and another cost for the equipment.

If you play Custom Battles with campaign unit costs, you'll have to increase the 10000 limit each time.

**MrExpendable** · February 13, 2012, 04:36 PM

That would be the case if players want a full stack. While I personally don't really mind about that, I could make a simple change and devide the unit costs in half for custom battles.

It looks like the most balanced option to me. What do you think?

**k/t** · February 14, 2012, 03:18 AM

Sounds good, but right now the costs are a rough estimate. I'm still thinking about the standardized system.

Ok, I'm not actually thinking about it that much - I'm playing a cool East Anglia campaign. But once I'm done with that, I will sit down and do the work.

I'm a modder and a half! I can confirm that the "destroy colonies" script works! It doesn't destroy the colony right away, but it will be gone by the next turn. Now the AI should have fewer problems assimilating settlements.

**Berg-i-dum** · February 18, 2012, 08:02 PM

I love this historical accuracy and realism details you guys are adding to this mod.

I am about to try this changes mixed with the Danelag V3 submod, I think they are compatible and would get a really inmersive experience.

Pd. Well I think they arent compatible since use same files, a shame.

**VanRW** · February 18, 2012, 08:15 PM

This mod looks like an interesting addition, but I could use some help, please. Custom battles work just fine for me, but when I go into the grand campaign screen and select a faction, it immediately goes back to the main menu. Any ideas of what I did incorrectly?

**k/t** · February 19, 2012, 02:06 AM

Did you use the EDU from post #49?

It's weird for Custom Battles to work and the Campaign to not. What does your log say? If it doesn't say anything, one way of narrowing down the potential cause is to switch the files one by one till you get a crash.

I'm still playing the East Anglia campaign and I started a Norman one as well. No crashes so far, except once when the game froze during a battle and I had to reboot, but that kind of stuff has happened to me in Vanilla M2 and in every mod I've ever played (in Vanilla M2 I got notices of DirectX crashes, or the drivers not responding, or something like that). Lousy CA and Microsoft.

I've done some more tinkering and fixed some mistakes, and I will release a new pack of files with all the changes soon.

**Berg-i-dum** · February 19, 2012, 04:06 AM

I have been playing several turns in a norman campaign and I like the changes. The rebels are quite easy since they route a lot, but the franks are really hard, challenging and more realistic. Good job.

Thread: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (released)

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Display

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Re: RR/RC for The Last Kingdom (working on it)

Posting Permissions