The Lion Of Flanders - Flanders Faction Mod UPDATE 27/04/07 V1.1 Released

[DeZzErX]

The Lion Of Flanders - Flanders Faction Mod

UPDATED 27 APRIL 2007 V1.1 RELEASED



Description:

This mini-mod adds the Flemish as a faction to MTW2. With their own unique units such as the Goedendag Militia, Badelaar Militia, Flemish Merchants Militia
and the Flemish Pikemen. Everything is included to make this faction as complete as the vanilla ones.

MADE FOR MTW 1.1 NOT TESTED ON 1.2.

DOES NOT REPLACE ANY ORIGNAL FACTIONS.

Features:
-Adds the faction County of Flanders to MTW2.
-Faction has over 30 units.
-County of Flanders start with the province of Bruges.
-Faction campaign description, units, banners,faction logo, merchants, diplomats,...
-Historical faction Leader.
-Unique units such as the Badelaar Militia, Goedendag Militia, Flemish Militia Cavalry, Flemish Merchant troops...
-The Army relies heavily on Militia units and the better equiped merchants.

Installation:

Extract the RAR in too the MTW2 Folder. (for instance "c:\program files\MTW2")
After the extraction is complete you'll find flandersfaction.bat in the MTW2 Folder, simply click this twice to run the mod :wink:


NOTE: if you want the small ingame movies to work (such as the assasination movies for example) do this:

Open the Data folder in MTW2 Directory, then open the fmv folder and select the following folders:
-assasinate
-event
-generic
-infiltrate
-sabotage

Right click and then click copy.

Then open the flandersfaction folder in the MTW2 directory (NOT THE FLANDERSFACTION FOLDER IN THE DATA DIRECTORY), open the fmv folder
and paste the folders you copied before in it. Done.

Permissions: Free To Use

Unit List:

1. Flemish Militia
2. Flemish Spear Militia
3. Flemish Badelaar Militia
4. Goedendag Militia
5. Armored Goedendag Militia
6. Flemish Militia Cavalry
7. Merchant Cavalry Militia
8. Mailed Knights
9. Early Bodyguard (general)
10. Late Bodyguard (general)
11. Hospitaller Knight
12. Knight Templars
13. Flemish Merchant Swordmen
14. Flemish Merchant Macemen
15. Flemish Merchant Polearmmen
16. Flemish Merchant Halbediers
17. Sergeant Spearmen
18. Armored Sergeants
19. Flemish Peasant Archers
20. Archer Militia
21. Flemish Peasant Crossbowmen
22. Flemish Pavise Crossbowmen Militia
23. Arquebusiers
24. Culverin
25. Bombard
26. Mortar
27. Catapult
28. Ballista
29. Trebuchet
30. Peasants
31. Peasant Spearmen
32. Flemish Pikemen

Change Log:
-Changed the unit textures from canary yellow to a darker more "earthly" yellow.
-Removed most knight units and replaced them with Rich Merchant Units.
-Gave Bruges a port and a market and roads from the start, and is also allied with England from the start.
-Removed the Heavy Goedendag Militia. Made Armored Goedendag Militia instead (chainmail).
-Added some heraldic shields from Bruges en Ghent.
-...

Download:
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/medieval2totalwar/mod/12582.html

30/03/2011 update the download url.

[Goatbuster3000]

Looks nice! It seems you put much work into this!

[Methoz]

very very nice

[Veritas Vincit]

hi,

I installed the mod just as you said, the bat file is in my M2TW directory, I can start the mod, but the flemish are not available as a playing faction. In the descr_strat file it says they are available, but I can't select them when starting a grand campaing. I dont even see their banner. Do I need a patch, or is it something else?

greet

[Metzgershund]

So far isn't working whatsoever.

[DeZzErX]

hi,

I installed the mod just as you said, the bat file is in my M2TW directory, I can start the mod, but the flemish are not available as a playing faction. In the descr_strat file it says they are available, but I can't select them when starting a grand campaing. I dont even see their banner. Do I need a patch, or is it something else?

greet

The faction is there you just can't see the banner yet so I'm afraid you will have to click in the open 'till you hit it This will be fixed asap

[Alaric2007]

dumb question, i downloaded the mod, i have the flandersfaction rar. on my desktop, what do i do with it? thnx

[DeZzErX]

Extract the contents of the rar file (using winrar) into the Medieval 2 folder. There is a readme included in the rar for further instructions.

[Alaric2007]

what exactly is winrar?do i have to download it?

[CavalierJZ]

@Dezzrx
I want to put this mod into another mod, which files do I have to modify? I assume the modeldb, edu, edb, descr.camp but what others? I haven't yet extracted the files into the mod I want to add it to, probably would answer my question, but could you let me know which files have to be modified and which I can just drop in the appropriate folder?
Thanks

[DeZzErX]

what exactly is winrar?do i have to download it?

Its similar to Winzip except this is used for .rar files.
http://www.rarlab.com/

@Dezzrx
I want to put this mod into another mod, which files do I have to modify? I assume the modeldb, edu, edb, descr.camp but what others? I haven't yet extracted the files into the mod I want to add it to, probably would answer my question, but could you let me know which files have to be modified and which I can just drop in the appropriate folder?
Thanks

I would say almost every file excluding the texture files (.texture, .dds., .tga,..). Best way would be to crossreference the files of the two mods.

[CavalierJZ]

@Dezzerx
That is kinda what I figured, I was just hoping for an easy way or something. Thanks

[BruceAlmighty]

i downloaded it into the mtw2 folader, then i exstracted it into the folder and now i have a folder called, flandersfaction1, i open that and the .bats in there, when i double click it, it pops up for a split second then dissapears. how do i make it work?

[DeZzErX]

i downloaded it into the mtw2 folader, then i exstracted it into the folder and now i have a folder called, flandersfaction1, i open that and the .bats in there, when i double click it, it pops up for a split second then dissapears. how do i make it work?

try taking the contents of the flandersfaction1 folder and put everything straight into the mtw2 folder.

[miak]

Nice work so free permission means we can use in our mods I guess I needed a flanders faction for my hundred years war mod thanks a lot.

[DeZzErX]

Your welcome!

[RiserX]

i have a problem that when i make a custom battle or a battle in Campaign map the Flandersfaction skins arent showing.Every Flanders faction units are all black.I assume the problem is in my graphics y? My vid card just sucks i play with low settings. So is the problem in my graphics or not? Dezzerx

[DeZzErX]

i have a problem that when i make a custom battle or a battle in Campaign map the Flandersfaction skins arent showing.Every Flanders faction units are all black.I assume the problem is in my graphics y? My vid card just sucks i play with low settings. So is the problem in my graphics or not? Dezzerx

Hmm, are you perhaps using any other mods?

[Metzgershund]

Anyone found a way to incorporate this mod with Lusted's LTC?

[Embax]

I really like this mod since i'm from the flanders myself. the problem i have is i think that when i click flandersfaction.bat i get the error with the message that this program is being used by a other program. Also when i click around the flag 1000 times tryed no luck... plz help me i want to play your mod!