[Release]KCC (Kostic Chronology Costumes) - included in the SSHIP 098

[Jurand of Cracow]

For the history of armor points, it seems that the figures announced do not correspond to reality: +1 point would actually correspond to +2.5 according to what I was told.
I admit that I have no idea how to check this but the subject would be old and known.

Indeed, this is an old and known knowledge.
However, IIRC this applieds to upgrade of armour, not to the base value. So if:
- unit A has initial armour of 3,
- unit B has initial armour of 5,
and then
- unit A upgrades the armour stat by 2,
- unit B upgrades the armour stat by 1,
the result is:
- unit A has initial armour of 8,
- unit B has initial armour of 7.5.

@Gigantus, do you concur?

[j.a.luna]

With the new canals and polders improvements in the Netherlands areas by @Jurand, it has reminded me that a Flemish AOR unit could be added to the game along with the current Flemish pikeman mercenaries.
Some time ago I proposed such a unit called "Flemish militia" or "Goedendag militia" for the 3 Flemish settlements in the game (Gand, Loven and Utrecht), it would be a unique militia of this "mini-faction" since the Flemish or Dutch had a strong independent character and fighting style.
As you know this weapon became famous in the Battle of Courtrai against the French. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalla_de_Courtrai

"According to the Dutch, the goedendag was an "improvised" weapon developed for the Flemish levy that emerged around the 13th century in response to the lack of "serious" military equipment for the infantry troops of the Army of Flanders who fought against the occupation by the Dutch. of France and in favor of its subsequent independence. According to this source, a goedendag was nothing more than a heavy club with a sharp spike and long as a spear, whose solid iron weapon head (moharra) was inserted several centimeters into the wood of the club to gain more weight when hitting."

they could be recruited at the beginning of the 13th century in these 3 city settlements as an AOR unit in the militia barracks, they would not be very expensive (militia) and would be effective against cavalry, later these Flemish militias could be replaced by Flemish pikemen. Thus we would have a characteristic unit of these areas and we would not have to wait long in the game to see them.


As a little tip for our unit creator Kostic, you could take the Italian "Marinae" as a reference and substitute their staffs for the goedendag to create another NEW UNIT if there are enough slots.
Here I also leave you images of its armament and uniformity to make its creation easier.
As a curiosity to tell you that in other strategy games like the famous Age of Empires 2 Definitive edition this weapon appears in a unique unit of the Burgundians called "flemish militia".

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[kostic]

It's an interesting idea indeed.

[Cephalophore]

Do you have any models with Phrygian helmets? I've been surprised by it's commonality within manuscripts.

[kostic]

Do you have any models with Phrygian helmets? I've been surprised by it's commonality within manuscripts.

Indeed, some soldiers have this type of helmet. They are usually mixed with other types of helmets.

[kostic]

I'm doing the knights right now. Here you can see the difference between the knights of the first half of the 12th century and their improvement on the right rather of the second half of the 12th century (dismounted_mailed_knights_sword_ug1)



There is also the version of the knights on horseback:






It takes time, but I'm also revising the images of the unit cards to make them more in line with the units on the ground...
Some of these improvements are already in the SSHIP 098 beta. The next delivery should bring more new units!

[DaGrenadier]

Amazing!

[AnthoniusII]

Kostic one way to slightly improve the riders position on MARKA HORSES is to change a bit their riding values?
Compare the Vanilla one:

type                heavy horse
class                horse
model                Mount_Heavy_Horse
radius                1.8
x_radius            0.8
y_offset            0.7
height                2.5
mass                6.25    ;changed from 4.0 29/4/05
banner_height        0
bouyancy_offset        1.8
water_trail_effect    horse_water_trail
root_node_height    1.0
rider_offset        0.0, 0.38, 0.70

With a MARKA horse: (TGC varietion).

type                medium_horse_tgc 
class                horse
model                medium_horse_tgc 
radius                1.8
x_radius            0.8
y_offset            0.7
height                2.5
mass                7.5
banner_height        0
bouyancy_offset        1.8
water_trail_effect    horse_water_trail
root_node_height    1.0
rider_offset        0.0, 0.34, 0.74

Ofcourse if you could hundle animation merging (that i can not ) Briarius's rider's position fix is the best solution.

[DaGrenadier]

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[kostic]

@Antoine II : I'm not bothered by the horse animations. Maybe sometimes the rider stands a little too far back...Where are these lines of code ? I have little knowledge of animating models.

[Cephalophore]

I can definitely tell your skills have improved over this time. Your time and efforts are equally as impressive as the units themselves. Your work is certainly more difficult and extensive than my events, but I can't wait to see them fully completed together. It would be the most immersive experience in a total war game yet; in my humble opinion. Any more immersive and we'll run the risk of going "full [medieval], you never go full [medieval]"

[AnthoniusII]

@Antoine II : I'm not bothered by the horse animations. Maybe sometimes the rider stands a little too far back...Where are these lines of code ? I have little knowledge of animating models.

data/descr_mount.txt
They reposition od ride's on horse back a bit lower and a bit forward without elliminating the folating effect when charge unfurthunatly.

[demagogos nicator]

The knights looks stunning!

[Alwyn]

Yes, good work on the knights!

[kostic]

Thank you for appreciating my work!
Here are some examples for hunters (AOR unit) depending on the faction using it. The rebels keep the initial aspect but the hunters used in the armies have adapted colors so that we can differentiate them.










There are about thirty factions. I show only a few examples here.

[Khevsur]

this is cool Quivers for Svanian and Egrisian Prasant Archers

[demagogos nicator]

The hunters looks good. Do not claim to be an expert on the topic, but had not been quivers historicly worn at waist rather than on back?

[kostic]

Indeed, the quivers are rather worn at the waist, but the animation of the archers means that they will catch their arrows behind their back... I adapted to this animation because I have no skills in this area unfortunately .
In SSHIP 092, there was an animation that not only corrected this detail, but also showed the archer dropping his arrow on the string. It was great ! Unfortunately, I later discovered that this animation caused a terrible bug when these archers came into contact with other units. The screen was then covered with textures making the battle unplayable.
So I had to give up using this animation to redo my archers.


I did these tests in 2018. There is also a bug with crossbowmen but less serious. On the attached video, go to 2:30 to see with your eyes the bug of the archers :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDf0eiMmcY

[kostic]

Some images related to my contribution for SSHIP 098
The version is still in beta mode.

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Saxon huscarls

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Se bodyguard with some new units cards

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Levy crossbowmen now different from crossbow militia. The last unit have one more upgrade.

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My mailed knights for early XIIe

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No more kite shield for axe militia. Some mace with axe...

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I rework pilgrims. South pilgrims have different color.

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Axe mailed foot knights with more details

[j.a.luna]

Really awesome and historical units!!! I like so much anglosaxon huskarls with beards!! Also they have saxon symbols in their shields? And for normans units with norman symbols...

Do you planned add new units as Flemish militia" or "Goedendag militia", or maybe improve another old model units??

Your work is really awesome and every day you have more experience! +++Rep