TENBUN Jidai
a 1546-1561 Darth submod.
THAT MOD IS DEAD SORRY, FILES HAVE BEEN LOST IN A CRASH.
Credits
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Darthmod Shogun2, Uanime's Expanded Japan, Hedge Knight's UAI 2.5
Vastator Unit Style
Bullgod's Daimyō mod
Frodo's Real Armies and Menu replacement mod(Plain Sky one)
weirdoascensor 's Saya : The Sheathe and The Blade
General Malaise's vernacular names of units
Yarkis's anti AI cheat mod+Slower battles
And many thanks to Daniu(PFM), Spartan Warrior and kugkings for their explanative posts about Dynamic Unit Caps.
Concept of units: Osprey publishings, and the tremandous Evalerio from Samurai-archives(and anyway tribute to the whole site and members)
TENBUN Jidai is a project of modding that have as purpose to radically change the gameplay(like any mod I assume...), the concept itself is really different due to the very focused time-frame. This will allow me to concentrate my efforts to render correctly a given period.
Beginning:
1546(TENBUN15), why that date? Its allow to set Ashikaga Yoshiteru as ruler, he was the most able Shogun of his era, encountered many diplomatic successes, and was more than a puppet "Court" Shogun, he had ambitions and more capacities than his predecessors and successors. It will be a pretext to adjust the Shogunate gameplay according his personality(new events are planed in order to illustrate his ambitions to restorate the Shogunal power)
Conclusion
1561(Eiroki4)
Its lets you realize your medium-terms ambitions(not to "conquier all Japan and become Shogun", just silly), performing your military and economic reforms to make your domain a coherent and efficient tool.
Keep in mind that its a 12turns/year mod. Many turns would be meaningless.
Otherwise, historically, two battles happened respectively in 1560(defeat of very powerfull Imagawa Yoshimoto against a certain Nobunaga) and in 1561(4th Kawanakajima-Takeda vs Uesugi)
So, from my point, 1560-1561 mark the end of era. Not mention of all military improvements which were vulgarised in the 1550's. One of my goals and motivation is precisely to render the armies of this very period.
I evaluate to 1% the work done, the task is enormous, really, though I'm relatively happy of the changes I performed(poor performances in true in comparaison of reality's diversity)
Lets have a look:
Mouri Motonari and his ashigaru(unic units, so far Yari, Yumi, Teppo variations)
The foolish son of a mere magistrate in Owari...
the daimyo evolution(Nobuhide have it so..)
Oda "reformed" Ashigaru
Are declined as Teppo and Nagae-Yari so far(I will add later the reformed short yaris and reformed archers)
Takeda Ashigaru(declined as Yari, Yumi, Teppo)
Non-factional troops:
Wakou(declined as archers too, I will add later a teppo variation)
Ronin
Formerly masters of lands, they're now offering their services to the most offering!
Both Wakou and Ronins are rare and expansive.
Shimazu Ashigaru(are declined as Yari, Teppo, Yumi, but I was so lazy to take more screens, apologies)
Hojo's Kashindan(thats the elite of Hojo army, composed of various corps: cavalry, archers, teppo, ashigaru...etc so far 2 units only are dones)
Include the Go Hatamoto, are elite samurai archers.(Full credits to Evalerio for the concepts)
And special early Ashigaru, archers too, these are high-ranking ashigaru, who live with the Daimyo, serving him as attendants/squires at hunt as at war!
Both of these archers are limited and not "expandable" by unit caps bonus like random-generic samurai units(in history they were about 1000 men all kinds confused)
The "normal" reformed Ashigaru of Hojo's clan(declined as Teppo, Yari, Yumi):
miscellaneous pictures(loading screens, faction UI, and damn map textures from RoTS ported on Uanime's Expanded Japan map!!!
I know the last is "Azuchi" style painting Portuguese coming in Japan...I will eventually remove it, though I wanted to illustrate the meet between Namban and Japan.
There are many changes regarding the recruitement, religion rate conversion...I will devellop it later in details.
Ikko Ikki is totally redone, from UI to units, banners, gameplay...etc...will deserve a specific preview to explain and justify in details my choices.