12th Century East Asia - Shaoding v1.1 released

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Shaoding is a mod set in the 12th century of East Asia. During this time, the Chinese Song Dynasty had lost its northern territories to the Jin in the north and the start date (1130) is 3 years right after that loss.

This mod has been in development for a long time and recently its creator, Againster, has updated it to v1.1 which adds quite a few new soldier models in the game, including armor upgrade models. While many of the units already have models (except Goryeo Korea, which has a very incomplete roster), quite a few of them are incomplete and need texturing work while the ones that are complete are receiving improved texturing (especially in faces) and that is what future updates will bring to Shaoding.

Do note that this mod is untranslated, so there may be a lot of things that are confusing, especially the scripted events.

Shaoding v1.1
http://www.mediafire.com/file/c46452...aoding_1.1.rar

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Without further ado, here are the faction rosters that I will post as soon as I have time.
The names of the units are literal translations because I don't have time to do in-depth research and translation. My apologies.





Song Faction and Army Subfactions

Many units are shared between the Song factions, such as the general's bodyguard, ranged units, and siege units. I will make a note if a unit is unique if not otherwise stated in the unit name.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Song Liang Huai War Zone
Huai River Border Army. They were specialized in fighting Jin Dynasty troops.


Strength: Balanced roster, excellent ranged units.
Weakness: Units have high upkeep, difficult campaign map starting position



Song General's Bodyguard



Sword Militia




Song Spear Militia




Militia Fire Lancers





Huai Army Spearmen (The Huai Army was also called the Eight-Character Army due to their motto having eight characters: “赤心報國，誓殺金賊” which translates to "Loyal in protecting the kingdom; pledged to kill all Jin bandits.")





Huai Army Pikemen



Pear Blossom Gunners




Huai Army Swordsmen





Huai Army Longswordsmen





Militia Archers





Militia Crossbows






Song Archers





Song Crossbows






"Enemy-Vanquishing" Crossbowmen, in other words they wield the Divine Crossbow which is the Song Dynasty's steel arbalest used to counter enemy heavy cavalry. (Huai Only)







Song Riders






Song Heavy Cavalry






Song Ballista




Flamethrower





Catapult





Miao Warriors






Song JingHu War Zone
Song JingHu Border Army stationed at an area slightly to the south of Henan.


Strength: Balanced roster, excellent heavy cavalry choices
Weakness: Strong enemies at the beginning of the campaign, high unit upkeep




JingXiang (refers to the seven prefectures of Jingzhou) Provincial Swordsmen
In previous versions of Shaoding they had their own unique model as seen in the unit description picture, but since v1.1 they share the same model with the Song Militia Swordsmen.
These screenshots show their armor upgrade models

Level 1



Level 2






Jingxiang Provincial Sickle-Spearmen





Militia Fire Lancers with 1 Armor Upgrade




JingXiang Spearmen
They may look identical to the Huai Army Spearmen, but their helmets are a bit less armored





JingXiang Swordsmen




Song Archers and Crossbows with 1 Armor Upgrade





JingXiang Heavy Cavalry




Towering Back Soldiers





Song Xichuan Warzone

Interestingly, the Xichuan Circuit is an old name for what is now Sichuan (or Szechwan).

Strength: Strong, hardy heavy infantry and mountain fighters.
Weakness: Strong enemies at the beginning of the campaign, roster lacks cavalry.








Xichuan General's Bodyguard




Light Pikemen (Unique)




Pear Blossom Gunners with Armor Upgrade




Light Spearmen (Unique)




Light Infantry (Unique)





Armored Spearmen (Unique)




Jili (Caltrop) Spearmen

By translation the weapon is considered a spear, but it can also be used to bash foes




Heavy Infantry (Unique)




Heavy Axemen (Unique)





Light Archers (Unique)




Light Crossbows (Unique)




Heavy Archers (Unique)





Heavy Crossbows (Unique)





Xichuan Scouts






Song Imperial Court


Strength: Balanced roster, powerful economy
Weakness: Units have extremely high upkeep but below average fighting ability






Imperial Official's Bodyguard




Emperor's Personal Guard




Imperial Pikemen





Imperial Swordsmen






Imperial Polearms




Imperial Golden Spears





Dragon Banner Formation




Imperial Archers




Imperial Crossbows





Imperial Scouts




Imperial Cavalry