Installation Instructions, Technical Issues and Support

[Aernuss]

We apparently can't make everyone happy.

No, I'm very happy with your work, really, and that's why I bother to post here! I'm very sorry but, in what concerns to difficulty, I find it strange that some factions have the expected behaviour fighting on VH (the anglo saxon), and others (the danes and norwegians) cannot make it through on H and this, correct me if I'm wrong, having both factions (saxons and norse) correspondent and identical stats. For instance, the armoured spearman unit exists in both cultures, with identical attack/defence values, right? So, why this descrepance in the result?! About the slingers, this is not a question of missiles, it was not with javelins that those slingers destroyed my armoured spearman, it was in close, hand-to-hand fighting, where is not supposed for a light missile unit to beat an heavy infantry unit. And please, note that I'm speaking about playing on H, not on VH. In fact, I think that if they did destroy them with missiles, it would be equally strange
And Aradan, about cavalry, one thing is us talking about the fact that we cannot recruit a good, rich, and heavy cavalry unit in the game; but that, without entering those debates, we can argue that have an historical background. Another thing is to see a single poor, light (and saxon) cavalry unit going through the 5 or 7 (norse) spear units defending a bridge, like a knife through butter, with the norse spears playing the butter.

[Aradan]

If you're talking about campaign, then the reason is that the mechanics of the game favour the style of play that AS are supposed to have. TW doesn't favour Viking-y tactics. On M difficulty it works fine, but as difficulty levels go up, the game mechanics put non-traditional-style factions at a disadvantage. If we balance the campaign for higher difficulties, it will be unbalanced for lower ones.

(I don't know if the above makes sense, I hope it does)

You mean slingers beat heavy infantry in melee? From a stats point of view, that's quite improbable, but I don't know what other factors were in play, like ground, fatigue, morale, luck (AI has a random 0-20% bonus to lethality), the +4 that Hard difficulty adds to AI units... As I said, anything but M/M unbalances the game on a 1-on-1 basis, due to the way bonuses to AI/penalties to the player work. A slinger unit with +4 attack and an (on average) +10% lethality has good chances to bruise a heavier unit, especially if that unit is surrounded and outnumbered (more hits taken, less attacks allowed).

About cavalry: Maybe the horse mass is too high, I'll have a look at it. Horses get a 'hardcoded' +8 (roughly) against infantry (due to pushing and speed factors), so that plays a part as well, though I think the stats themselves are fine.

[Aernuss]

Ok, thanks buddy

[JackDionne]

Having looked at the Youtube example it said patch 1.2. I could only find 1.7 patch is, that is the version I presently have installed.

Is it the same process just the patch is different?

Also does the new patch include more maps?

Slim pickings for map in the multi-player mode.

[Aradan]

The patches are cumulative, that is patch 1.7 includes patces 1.1 - 1.6, so you either need build 1.0 + patch 1.7, or just build 1.7. And yes, the process is the same.

I'm afraid the mod doesn't include extra maps, though it's quite easy to add them (data/custom_locations.txt)

[gudders]

hi, does this work with rome gold edition? as it wont accept the 1.6 patch.

[Aradan]

If the Gold Edition is patched up to 1.6 (most are, but not all), then yes.

[Astor]

Does anyone else have a bug where the dismounted mercenary rabble have purple cloaks when viewed as sprites from a distance? Are there any solutions?
I'll assume its just me with this problem, so could someone please tell me what I can do to get rid of sprites for the rabble but keep them for the rest?
Cheers

[Aradan]

I don't have the mod nstalled here, but I'll check later and let you know if I have the same issue.

What you need to do to get rid of the sprites is open data/descr_model_battle.txt, find the entry for mercenary rabble (should be near the end), and at the end of the entry there are the sprite definition lines. Just put a semi-colon at the beginning of this/these lines. Exact instructions (if needed) later, when I get a look at the files.

[Aradan]

Here are the fixed sprites, just use them to replace the existing ones. Simple read-me included.

[Astor]

Thanks for the quick response!

[Alexandros I.]

My problem is that when I want to start a new campaign a black window called "ActiveMovie Window" appears and I can't turn to the game window.

[Aradan]

?? I don't think that's mod-related! Does it happen with vanilla BI too?

[Alexandros I.]

No, only with this mod.

[Aradan]

I have absolutely no idea why this happens. VI2 even disables game movies.

Ok, try this: Go to your shortcut properties and remove the " -nm" part from the target line. Save and try again. If it still happens, I'd suggest a re-installation.

[Dirty Chai]

Great mod guys, my favorite.
But, alas, I have crashing errors. I first got crashes a while back when I tried to play BI (it started doing this after I reinstalled it); it would crash everytime I tried to start a campaign/battle. People shrugged and told me that I had too many background progresses (not too much help there.. ). When I got VI2, and NI later, they worked fine. They are patched up and everything. Now I got DoB 1.2, and it crashes the same way BI does. I saw your fix concerning the Virtual Store something or other, did what you said, but there was no such thing as a virtual store.
I am using a Vista btw, not sure what type though....

[Aradan]

DoB does not have any CTD issues that we are aware of, let alone consistent ones, so it must be a problem on your end.

If you are using Vista, then you must have a Virtual Store somewhere!

[Dirty Chai]

Well, I typed in Virtual Store, and all that came up was like 20 files that said "read me", and I deleted them all.
No change.

Update: Nevermind, I found it. Thank you.

[Kovas]

I only want to say that this mod is awesome! I will spend this weekend only playing it! Thanks

[Sigma]

Ok I have VI II with DoB 1.2 installed. I'm having a problem with the Crowned/Not-Crowned trait. My new Danish king came to power and I sent him to Ribe to be crowned, however he has been there for two turns now and the "Not-Crowned" trait hasn't changed. Is there any idea what is wrong or I could be doing wrong?