GRAND PREVIEW

[gigarton]

Hi to all.I am a new member of the TWC .The mod "looks" great i'm looking forward for more details!

[King of Axum]

yes i like this mod very much, however were is georgia??? The moors should get powerful plate amoured infantry if converting, perhaps the mod could also blend religions, for instance instead of choosing islam over christainanity create a reasonable mixed religion

[billydilly]

Georgia is there. It's just called Kingdom of Sakartvelo.

[Starlightman]

its sounds veryvery good....will see!!!

[Henry X]

I'll help you with research (if I can) during my next weekend.
One suggestion, let's have some Muslim infantry that wield swords.

[SwiftBlade]

Sounds Cool!

Hey isn't that the friendly knight from the Kingdoms Crusade Campaign on that pic?

[Sanskrit_Bandit]

billydilly that sig you have, do you think you could make one for me for the kingdom of poland? since mtr died this mod is my last hope.

[Manuel Komnenos]

So MTR is dead?

[Henry X]

Guess so

[Sanskrit_Bandit]

well, all our progress was being made at the RTR forums, and when those crashed I guess things just dissolved. Maybe if the forums come up again someone, but it would need to be someone very charismatic, to get things going again.

[Alkidas]

Any plans regarding the Investiture Controversy? Rebellions of the nobility allied with the pope against the Kaiser? Diplomatic negotiations between the pope and Kaiser? And generally about the independent-minded nobles having a questionable loyalty or sometimes forming alliances with foreign powers against the king/Kaiser? This would also be a way to balance the factions, since this might weaken the larger factions, such as the HRE, France and England (I believe England has some kind of internal problems in Kingdoms, although I haven't played it so I don't know exactly). The problem is that such rebel German lords would still have to belong to the HRE, since HRE would exist even if the emperor had no power.

[Hengest]

Simple answer: yes.
I can't tell you much until we develop more.
We are however planning to overhaul Guilds, and we are giving at least one 'guild' or 'league' to each major faction. HRE will get at least one.
We are also discussing the aspect of Guelph versus Ghibelline either via traits or through the Advisor button which could trigger scripts.

[Pope_Fred_I]

Reformation, anyone?

[Pope_Fred_I]

Oh and...I'll gladly offer my services...I have practically no modding skills (I'm a scripting n00b, but other than that I'm useless), but I'm a total history nut with regards to most of the Catholic factions in the game...drop me a PM or something if you want to discuss further...

[mavisakal]

So where is the mod? or where will? maybe where was?

[Hengest]

UPDATE:
We have removed Teutonic Order States and replaced them with Burgundy

[everybody's darling]

Burgundy?

When will the modification begin? In the 14. Century? And if you intend to include Burgundy as an emerging faction, what causal connection will made its inclusion plausible by the 11th century point of view?

[Pope_Fred_I]

Burgundy, though nominally a vassal (and generally a cousin) of the King of France, was a major power player throughout the medieval period. Better them than a monastic order with goofy helmets that was really just a nominal blip on the historical radar...

[everybody's darling]

Burgundy, though nominally a vassal (and generally a cousin) of the King of France, was a major power player throughout the medieval period.

I assume, you meant the renaissance?

So this is going to be a renaissance-mod, or will it start in the 11th century? Cause in the latter case there can be no question of Burgundy as an major power player.

[Hengest]

The Kingdom of Arles was pretty important since it was the Seat of the Emperors of the Salian, Supplinburger and Hohenstaufen Dynasties from Conrad II to Frederick II, this was from the 1030s to the 1250s. It was hardly 'just a part of the HRE' but in fact you could say that the HRE was indirectly under Burgundian control.

Since the break-up of Burgundy in the 11th century, where it splintered into the Duchy and the County of Burgundy it slowly gained identity through its nobles being at the heart of Imperial affairs, marked by Besançon acquiring the title of a reichstadt. But in 1127 Burgundy became a free county, and Bar, Chalon and Auxonne came under Burgundian vassalage through marital alliances of the House of Bourgogne, which was estalbished apart from the House of Capet. But the County was finally united with the Duchy of Burgundy in 1295 again and became a true power, with the blessing of the King of France who had directed the alliance between Jeanne, Countess of Burgundy and Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy.

The House of Burgundy was a powerful dynasty that maintained Burgundy until the 1360s and the rise of the Valois dynasty. It was also the source of the Afonsine Dynasty of Portugal and the two were strong allies, sometimes even united under specific rulers.

The motivation for including Burgundy is to inhibit both France and the HRE, which was also the reasoning behind the inclusion of Bohemia, another Duchy, because of its historical placement in the geography and politics of its day. The Hundred Years' War of the early 1400s obviously involved Burgundy politically and effected its power and alignment. Burgundy was more importantly the neccessary balance to the power of the Norman lands in the west, and the Ramnulfid threat of Poitiers and Aquitaine that all aligned themselves or by default were claimed to be assets of English dominion.

PS- Hope that clears things up for you...