Teutonic Crusades 1.0 for SS6.3 - Enhanced models and textures for Lithuania and Teutonic Order factions (former Enhanced Lithuania)

[Shoryn]

Teutonic Crusades v1.0 for Stainless Steel 6.3
This sub-mod is savegame-compatible

You can download the sub-mod here or here
Simply extract it in the root of your Stainless Steel folder
(ie. in C:/Program Files/SEGA/Medieval 2 Total War/mods/SS6.3/)
and agree for each file replacement.

Hi there

I'm proud to present you my Teutonic Crusades sub-mod for 6.3

What does this mod ?

For several weeks (I began with 6.2 RR/RC ) I've been modifying many things on the Lithuanian units, mainly models and textures but also adjusting levels of armor upgrade for some units, and adding a late bodyguard for them.

This new version also updates all the models and textures for the Teutonic Order, basically using Madtao's Baltic Crusades ones like Lithuania does. I also heavily modified generic textures used by TO's militias to make them match the other units.

I hope you'll enjoy it ! Feel free to tell me any improvement you shall see !

Features

So there is a list of what this sub-mod does :

v1.0

• Heavily reworked (in visual terms only ! no stat change) Teutonic Order, every unit edited to match the new scheme (see screenies below).
• New unit info cards for almost every Lithuanian unit

v0.3

• Compatible with latest 6.3 bugfixes (2_4_1). If you installed the bugfixes over Enhanced Lithuania you should re-install the submod (EL, not the patch) or at least the export_descr_unit.txt file.
• New model, texture and unit card for Giltine's Chosen (more is coming for them !)

v0.2

• Recruitment time of Lithuanian Regular Cavalry now 4 instead of 6 turns, and of Lithuanian Regular Infantry and Regular Spearmen 2 instead of 3 turns
• Updated Regular Infantry textures
• Model change for Noble Cavalry, Dievas' Guard, Lithuanian Arquebusiers
• New mount for Regular Cavalry : padded horse
• Added different texture for Dismounted Noble Sons, Noble Sons Cavalry, Noble Cavalry, Noble Infantry armor upgrades
• Fixed texture bug with Noble Sons Cavalry Javelins
• Fixed "General's Bodyguar" bug

v0.1

• New unit : Lithuanian Late Bodyguards
• New models for lithuanian, kievan, novgorodian and cuman generals on battle maps
• New lithuania texture for Marka's Russian Barded Horse
• Removed one armor mesh for Marka's Russian Barded Horse (the one with only fur)
• Mount change for Dieva's Guards
• Modified models and textures for Lithuanian Regular Swordsmen, Lithuanian Regular Spearmen, Lithuanian Regular Cavalry, Lithuanian Archers, Latvian Crossbowmen, Ruthenian Archers, Lithuanian Cavalry
• Added different upgrade possibilities and textures for the same units
• Adjusted armor stats mainly for Lithuanian Archers and Latvian Crossbowmen (no shield anymore on the model, so no shield armor value anymore in the stats but redistributed values)
• Slightly reduced Lithuanian Archers' armor value
• Slightly increased Ruthenian Archers' armor value

Units' pictures

You can have a look at the screenshots of new units :

Pictures

v1.0 Pictures Arbalest Militia Archers (Prussian Archers) Burgher Pikemen Christ Knights Foot Halbbrüders Foot Ritterbrüders Halbbrüders Handgunners Knechten Levy Archers Livonian Auxiliaries Merchant Cavalry Order Militia Order Sergeants Ritterbrüders Spear Militia Sword Brethren Bodyguards Late Bodyguards v0.2 Pictures Lithuanian Arquebusiers Dievas' Guard Scale Heavy Scale Late Scale, Improved Metallurgy Charging ! Regular Cavalry (new mount) Noble Cavalry Light Scale Scale Heavy Scale, Late Lamellar Noble Sons Cavalry Light Scale Scale Heavy Scale, Late Lamellar Noble Infantry Light Scale Scale Heavy Scale, Late Lamellar Noble Sons Light Scale Scale Heavy Scale, Late Lamellar _____________________________________________________________________________ v0.1 Pictures New Generals Cuman Lithuanian Kievan Novgorodian Late Bodyguards Heavy Scale Late Scale, Improved Metallurgy Latvian Crossbowmen Leather Light Brigandine Lithuanian Archers None, Leather Partial Light Mail Lithuanian Cavalry Leather Partial Light Mail, Partial Heavy Mail Lithuanian Regular Cavalry (Knights) Scale, Heavy Scale Heavy Splint, Improved Metallurgy Lithuanian Regular Infantry (Swordsmen) Scale, Heavy Scale Partial Plate, Improved Metallurgy Lithuanian Regular Spearmen Scale (No changes) Heavy Scale, Partial Plate, Improved Metallurgy Ruthenian Archers Leather (No changes) Partial Light Mail

Compatibility

This minimod is totally savegame-compatible as it doesnt change descr_strat nor campaign_script. I created it along while playing a Lithuania campaign, so don't worry.
It is also compatible with any other mod which doesn't alter/replace export_descr_unit.txt, battle_models.modeldb and descr_character files, and of course which doesn't alter/replace/update Lithuanian & Teutonic Order models and textures.

Otherwise, changes made in this submod are easily integrable in another submod. Feel free to ask me if you need it.

Credits

1. Big thanks to MADTAO for his amazing work on lithuanian units. I just reworked some models and textures he made so any credit should go to him for the units.
2. Thanks to the Marka's team for their nice horses.
3. Thanks to Barser who created the Pagan King battle model.
4. Special thanks to King Kong, Point Blank, Gracul, Caesar Clivus, bane_tw, Germanicu5, and anyone who worked to bring us this shiny piece of diamond that is Stainless Steel.

[knight_12]

Good work mate. This lithuanian general reminds me the one from barser's mod for generals but never mind. Can you do something like that for the wastern generals ? + rep

[Shoryn]

Yes that was Barser ! Thanks mate

[Alpha Zeke]

Nice work! +rep! But do tell me, what unit did you remove?

[Shoryn]

Thanks ! The free unit mentioned at the beginning of the EDU : Dismounted Turhagut (the unit used in the game is the Disamounted Turhagut)

[Gorrrrrn]

pix are very impressive.
look forward to feedback to see how these work in practice.

[RollingWave]

sounds great ! i just happen to started a Lithu campaign yesterday, will I need to restart to make it work?

[Paladin94610]

sounds great ! i just happen to started a Lithu campaign yesterday, will I need to restart to make it work?

Sure.
By the way, the name is General's Bodyguar in the ui in my computer. It should be fixed. I will try it.

EDIT: in case you have General's boydguar, with (d) missing, install this fix. Pls do read the readme.
BTW, a great mini-mod. Nice work Shoryn. +rep.

[HellBojus]

Aciu. Good job dude !

[Diversus]

That is cool man! "respekts"

[Shoryn]

Thanks everyone for kind words and rep
This mod is totally save-compatible as it doesnt change descr_strat nor campaign_script.

@Iberia Auxilia: yup I noticed that and fixed it but I thought I was the only one to have this bug. Basically I just added a blank line in the end of descr_unit but anyway thanks for your file, I shall include that.

[Paladin94610]

Thanks everyone for kind words and rep
This mod is totally save-compatible as it doesnt change descr_strat nor campaign_script.

@Iberia Auxilia: yup I noticed that and fixed it but I thought I was the only one to have this bug. Basically I just added a blank line in the end of descr_unit but anyway thanks for your file, I shall include that.

Thanks. But what is descr_unit. I have never seen a file with that name. You may be referring to export_unit or export_descr_unit. Anyway, the EB had very small text fixes. You can do it manually if you know the script codes of building types and you just add _name to that code and bracket them like this, {}. Then write the name you wish to show on the building browser. (Undoubtedly shameless self-promotion for my micro-mod. Yep. There is no place for a micro-mod in a sub-mod forum so I included in this) and if you are using my EB, don't forget to rep.

Oh! It's save compatible, then I will continue my Byzantine Campaign. I thought it is not save-compatible. So Sorry Rolling Wave for my wrong ans. Apologies.

[Diversus]

Do you plan to continue your work? If so good luck

[Smikis]

about time Lithuania got late generals and armor upgrades, dekui

[Shoryn]

Thanks credits should mainly go to Madtao who created the units, what I did is just putting them in SS and adding some textures.

@Diversus : I didn't update the lithuanian arquebusiers, so I have some work left to do ...

I must also do correct unit_info cards and unit cards for every unit.
About that, I'm pretty bad at creating unit cards... every time I tried using a good tutorial from the mod workshop and using milkshape, I got a good pose for the unit but every time I reduce it to the correct size in Photoshop I got a crappy blurry card. Sharpening doesn't help unfortunately.

[Shoryn]

Yup sorry I meant export_unit.
I didn't modify any other file nor adding unit card and unit info for Late Bodyguards because they use the same dictionary entry as Early Bodyguards; So in my case just adding a new blank line in the end of the export_unit file was enough to get correct "General's Bodyguard" with the missing d.

I already +reped you btw

[Meneth]

Decided to improve the compression of your zip-file. Faster downloads and less bandwidth used is always a plus IMO
Original file: 22 833 KiB
File with improved compression: 11 657 KiB
Nothing other than the compression was changed.
+rep for the sub-mod, BTW

[Shoryn]

Decided to improve the compression of your zip-file. Faster downloads and less bandwidth used is always a plus IMO
Original file: 22 833 KiB
File with improved compression: 11 657 KiB
Nothing other than the compression was changed.
+rep for the sub-mod, BTW

Oh yes, I forgot about better compression of 7z files. Thanks for that, I included it in the OP.

[PSSpyker]

Downloaded your mod. I am playing a H/H campaign with Luthiania right now

[Mojo582]

Love the look of the mod shoryn,this is what ive been looking for mod wise,is a tidy up of the added rusichi units,ive noticed that the cumans and other factions that benefited from the rusichi textures also had many missing pictures for the units and vanilla horses where the rusichi ones should be in place (also armour upgrades seem to be a problem to in some cases) could you look at possibly tidying these up also please?