My king and country config file. a few tweaks

[Destraex]

My config file:
arrow markers turned off
the big flags turned off
resolution and everything else turned a fair way

All is good!!!

[features]
mod = for_king_or_country

[io]
file_first = true

[audio]
enable = 1
master_vol = 100
music_vol = 60
provider = Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
sfx_vol = 100
speech_enable = 1
speech_vol = 100
sub_faction_accents = 1

[camera]
default_in_battle = rts
move = 50
restrict = 0
rotate = 50

[controls]
campaign_scroll_max_zoom = 30
campaign_scroll_min_zoom = 30
keyset = 0

[game]
advanced_stats_always = 1
advisor_verbosity = 0
ai_factions = skip
allusers = 1
auto_save = 1
blind_advisor = 0
campaign_map_game_speed = 99
campaign_map_speed_up = 0
campaign_num_time_play = 198
chat_msg_duration = 10000
disable_arrow_markers = 1
disable_events = 0
english = 0
event_cutscenes = 0
fatigue = 1
first_time_play = 0
label_characters = 0
label_settlements = 1
micromanage_all_settlements = 1
morale = 1
mute_advisor = 1
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 0
pref_factions_played = 7099
tutorial_battle_played = 0
tutorial_path = norman_prologue/battle_of_hastings
unit_size = large
use_quickchat = 0

[multiplayer]
hotseat_autoresolve_battles = 0
hotseat_disable_console = 1
hotseat_disable_papal_elections = 0
hotseat_save_prefs = 0
hotseat_update_ai_camera = 0
hotseat_validate_diplomacy = 1

[network]
use_ip =
use_port = 27750

[ui]
SA_cards = show
buttons = show
full_battle_HUD = 1
radar = show
show_tooltips = 1
unit_cards = show

[video]
anisotropic_level = 4
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 4
assassination_movies = 1
autodetect = 0
battle_resolution = 1680 1050
bloom = 1
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1680 1050
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 1
effect_quality = highest
event_movies = 1
gamma = 128
grass_distance = 75
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
infiltration_movies = 1
model_buffers_per_node = 4
no_background_fmv = 0
reflection = 1
sabotage_movies = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 0
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 0
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 0
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = higher
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = high
vsync = 0
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen = 1
movies = false
windowed = false

[Tharros]

Looks the same as mine Destraex. What graphics card do you have?

[Destraex]

8800gt
in fact i should turn a few more things up....
trust me too, it looks better without the big flags.... the massive floating flags.

[Tharros]

I'm on the Red team atm - 4870.

[Jingles]

...I've got an 8500 at the moment. It does struggle a little sometimes though. That, though I believe is mainly because I have only a single core 1.5 ghz processor . Still, it gets the job done, and the graphics are still pretty flashy.

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

Mine's a 8600 with a 1.6 duo core - settings are great but it struggles a little on the sieges and densely wooded/heavy weather battles. All settings are maxed out and I am playing on 'Huge' unit size.

[Chevalier IX]

I dont know..I sort of like the banners,Alpha Delta did such a good job on them

[Jingles]

Mine's a 8600 with a 1.6 duo core - settings are great but it struggles a little on the sieges and densely wooded/heavy weather battles. All settings are maxed out and I am playing on 'Huge' unit size.

Huh! you're the third person I've come across lately that's bought an 8600. Kinda makes me wish I'd saved up extra for the next level...

I dont know..I sort of like the banners,Alpha Delta did such a good job on them

I prefer to keep them on myself. What with nobody having a proper uniform, it helps me keep track on who is on whose side.

[Destraex]

I just look at the smaller flags..... the big ones just look silly to me. The size of them that is.

[AlphaDelta]

Flags in the ECW were 5.5 feet by 5.5 feet. As a rough estimate I'd say the battle banners (the big ones) are around 7 x 7.

Cheers

[Destraex]

Its the fact that they are so big and the fact that they flaot around.
Apart from that they look a little like placeholders as they seem to be mainly the same.

Did troops really carry flags that were larger than they were tall?
Were flags used for signalling in the day?

[AlphaDelta]

They don't float. I disabled the floating and bouncing.

Placeholders? I dont think you understand how flags looked in this period. Flags were 5.5 x 5.5 feet square. For almost every regiment they were a single colour with a St. Georges Cross in the corner. Stars, circles, diamonds or squares signified the Captain and company. 1 star signified the 1st captain (1st company) 2 stars signified the 2nd captain (2nd company). A regiment might have 4 or 5 companies making a total of around 500 men.

This is alll from memory, Leonn please correct me.

The battle banners in FKoC were custom made. They sit significantly lower than vanilla banners and they are much shorter. You'll notice the base of the pike pole sinks into the unit. Because it's impossible to represent different flags for different captains in the same regiment I chose to signify pikes with a star, and muskets with a flash. The commanders flag is a single colour with a St Georges cross.

Did troops really carry flags that were larger than they were tall?

Considernig the average height of a man in the ECW was 5ft 5" tall, and the flags were about that big or bigger, yes it's very much possible.

[leonn]

i was a colour bearer for blackwells regt in the sealed knot,the flag itself was as ad stated (good memory,by the way!) made of silk or taffeta,so really quite light.the staff of the flag was a foot and a half longer than the flag itself,with a wooden ball on the end,this was to facilitate the displaying of the colours.the colour was only ever carried in one hand,and when the regiment was standing the bearer would twirl and throw the colour in the air in such a way as to "display" the flag to the enemy.to lose a colour in battle was the greatest dishonour imaginable to a regt.a record exists of one of thomas ballards colour bearers chaining the colour to his hand "so that,even if the enemy should overbare him,they should not have it from him".

[AlphaDelta]

Leonn,

You were in Blackwell's regiment? Should of told me.

Black coats, black breaches, white lining and cuffs? The colours were white + St.Georges cross + Greyhound (1st company)? Do you have a portrait picture of Blackwell?

They recruited in Newark as I understand?

They'll be in the next patch.

Cheers

[leonn]

Leonn,

You were in Blackwell's regiment? Should of told me.

Black coats, black breaches, white lining and cuffs? The colours were white + St.Georges cross + Greyhound (1st company)? Do you have a portrait picture of Blackwell?

They recruited in Newark as I understand?

They'll be in the next patch.

Cheers

correct,and sir i do thank ye!if i can find a picture of the boss i"ll pm you.and if your ever back in blighty it"ll be pints of harveys old for you for putting one of my old regts in!

[AlphaDelta]

One of them? Which others were you in?

Cheers

[leonn]

right,started in ballards,pikeman 2 years.blackwells sgt of pike,then colonels coy standard bearer 3 years,then rawdons ,3rd captains coy standard,4 years,also moonlighted as musket for kings guard when short of bodys(by the way,for next patch,kg"s coat colour was red,almost maroon).then formed rannoch company of sword,stayed with them for 17 years where i became battle champion and then war captain.in between i served on artillery during living history and live firing demos where i got to play with "sweete lippes" and "magog"the full size demicannons.i also got to fire a gun owned by a german 30 years war group which was a full size cannon royal!it had a bronze barrel cast for them by mercedes as a publicity stunt.it took 40lbs of powder to fire,THAT losened your fillings!!

[AlphaDelta]

right,started in ballards,pikeman 2 years.blackwells sgt of pike,then colonels coy standard bearer 3 years,then rawdons ,3rd captains coy standard,4 years,also moonlighted as musket for kings guard when short of bodys(by the way,for next patch,kg"s coat colour was red,almost maroon).then formed rannoch company of sword,stayed with them for 17 years where i became battle champion and then war captain.in between i served on artillery during living history and live firing demos where i got to play with "sweete lippes" and "magog"the full size demicannons.i also got to fire a gun owned by a german 30 years war group which was a full size cannon royal!it had a bronze barrel cast for them by mercedes as a publicity stunt.it took 40lbs of powder to fire,THAT losened your fillings!!

Quite a list!! Rannoch company of sword? Sounds Scottish, ECW period or later?

Do you have any info for Thomas Ballards regiment? As far as I understand they wore grey coats with white lining? It seems he was active in the East midlands. Do you have a portrait picture for him? What did the banner look like?

Cheers

[ElSypatiko]

My config file:
arrow markers turned off
the big flags turned off
resolution and everything else turned a fair way

All is good!!!

[features]
mod = for_king_or_country

[io]
file_first = true

[audio]
enable = 1
master_vol = 100
music_vol = 60
provider = Miles Fast 2D Positional Audio
sfx_vol = 100
speech_enable = 1
speech_vol = 100
sub_faction_accents = 1

[camera]
default_in_battle = rts
move = 50
restrict = 0
rotate = 50

[controls]
campaign_scroll_max_zoom = 30
campaign_scroll_min_zoom = 30
keyset = 0

[game]
advanced_stats_always = 1
advisor_verbosity = 0
ai_factions = skip
allusers = 1
auto_save = 1
blind_advisor = 0
campaign_map_game_speed = 99
campaign_map_speed_up = 0
campaign_num_time_play = 198
chat_msg_duration = 10000
disable_arrow_markers = 1
disable_events = 0
english = 0
event_cutscenes = 0
fatigue = 1
first_time_play = 0
label_characters = 0
label_settlements = 1
micromanage_all_settlements = 1
morale = 1
mute_advisor = 1
no_campaign_battle_time_limit = 0
pref_factions_played = 7099
tutorial_battle_played = 0
tutorial_path = norman_prologue/battle_of_hastings
unit_size = large
use_quickchat = 0

[multiplayer]
hotseat_autoresolve_battles = 0
hotseat_disable_console = 1
hotseat_disable_papal_elections = 0
hotseat_save_prefs = 0
hotseat_update_ai_camera = 0
hotseat_validate_diplomacy = 1

[network]
use_ip =
use_port = 27750

[ui]
SA_cards = show
buttons = show
full_battle_HUD = 1
radar = show
show_tooltips = 1
unit_cards = show

[video]
anisotropic_level = 4
anti_alias_mode = off
antialiasing = 4
assassination_movies = 1
autodetect = 0
battle_resolution = 1680 1050
bloom = 1
building_detail = high
campaign_resolution = 1680 1050
depth_shadows = 2
depth_shadows_resolution = 1
effect_quality = highest
event_movies = 1
gamma = 128
grass_distance = 75
ground_buffers_per_node = 4
ground_cover_buffers_per_node = 4
infiltration_movies = 1
model_buffers_per_node = 4
no_background_fmv = 0
reflection = 1
sabotage_movies = 1
shader = 2
show_banners = 0
show_package_litter = 1
skip_mip_levels = 0
splashes = 1
sprite_buffers_per_node = 4
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 0
terrain_quality = custom
texture_filtering = 2
unit_detail = higher
vegetation = 1
vegetation_quality = high
vsync = 0
water_buffers_per_node = 4
widescreen = 1
movies = false
windowed = false

Sorry but i have a problem with this .
Everytime i start the game i have to reconfig my setting evererytime.
It seems the game doesn't save its settings.
Any advice?

[Destraex]

After you edit the config file. Save it and mark the file read only.

As a last resort. You need to delete all other mod config files. If they have their own config files they can interfere. Well I did it just to be sure as I was having the same trouble with it saving.
Until I deleted the other config file not even marking the file read only helped!!! It was like the file was physically deleted and re-written by MTW.

Another thing I did which may have helped is go into the vanilla MTW2 and set the settings to be the same.

As for the flags, you are correct offcourse AD. I had no idea what the flags of the period were like.
Now that I do and I also know they are not just bland place holders....... I will switch them back on.
I would have disabled banners straight away as is my standard practice in TW games. But no bouncing and historical size is enough for me to turn them back on.
I will keep the arrow markers off though me thinks.