{DIK} Discussion

[Aneirin]

Thank's for your praise!

Though I have to say that you are quite lucky, since it is only a beta

That is an interesting question, well, there are surely several. I fear I can only help you with lecture...

An overview would be this one here: https://www.amazon.de/Italian-Wars-1.../dp/0582057582
Which I have based most of the events/script on.

Classical topics would be of course Machiavelli(Art of War, History of Florence, Discorsi) and of course Francesco Guicciardini

Of course there are plenty of more titles

Best regards,
Aneirin

[Kjertesvein]

Though I have to say that you are quite lucky, since it is only a beta

I don't know if this is a thing everyone do or not, but I always install the games as Administrator (right click on .exe, Run as Administrator). Not running the installer as the Administrator seem to be one of the main culprits behind many of the crashes when it comes to Third Age: Divide and Conquer, so it might be related.

That is an interesting question, well, there are surely several. I fear I can only help you with lecture...

An overview would be this one here: https://www.amazon.de/Italian-Wars-1.../dp/0582057582
Which I have based most of the events/script on.

Classical topics would be of course Machiavelli(Art of War, History of Florence, Discorsi) and of course Francesco Guicciardini

Of course there are plenty of more titles

Best regards,
Aneirin

Thanks. I found this audio lecture from York Uni. on Machiavelli.

Learn and play at the same time. If you have more topics you find interesting and relevant, feel free to share because I know very little. This is after my primary historical period (13-15th century, Western-Northern-Europe).

~Wille

[Kavorka Man]

Hi, can someone tell me where to hire the Schwyz elite pikemen in 5.0 beta? I've been playing as the Swiss, fully upgraded the city of Bern, but still can't find it!

Many thanks!

[Aneirin]

Ah, I fear that is mistake with the export_descr_building file.
This kind of problem appears to the Swabian League as well.

Anyway, if you could send me your export_descr_building file, I'll fix it for you
And no worries, it was already fixed for the Ultimate version.

Best regards,
Aneirin

[Kavorka Man]

Hi! Can I send files here in the forum? The file has too many characters to copy paste directly. Thank you!

[RyuNoKami]

what would be a noob friendly faction to start with? the Ottomans?

also some of the Italian rosters don't have proper unit cards...its suppose to be like that right or did i messed up something in installation?

[Aneirin]

Hi! Can I send files here in the forum? The file has too many characters to copy paste directly. Thank you!

Of course you can. Go to the advanced options and look for the paperclip sign

what would be a noob friendly faction to start with? the Ottomans?

also some of the Italian rosters don't have proper unit cards...its suppose to be like that right or did i messed up something in installation?

Hmm.. France or Spain are quite easy to begin with, I guess.
Ottomans, should also be an easier one.

No you did not, it is simply because they are not included in this version.
You see, it is just a beta

[RyuNoKami]

no problem. Thought I screwed something up.

[Kavorka Man]

Here it is! Thank you Aneirin!

[Aneirin]

Here you go
Let me know if it works.

[Kavorka Man]

Hi! I tried it on, and now I can recruit Bern City Guards from Bern, but still no Schwyz elite pikemen anywhere

[Aneirin]

Now it should work, properly.

[Kavorka Man]

Thank you very much!!

[Aneirin]

So did it work?

[Kavorka Man]

Yes it did! Now I'm enjoying wrecking everything around me with my elite Swiss pikemen

Always loved the quality and precision of the Swiss! Until recently I didn't know this extended to warfare!

[Aneirin]

Awesome!
Feel free to share some screenshots and tell us the story of your campaign, here

[Rick]

When will you be providing a link to the update and will it include of the changes I see mentioned in the forum (and provided in various links, such as
File Type: txt export_descr_buildings.txt, etc.) - see above.

[Aneirin]

You mean a patch for the version 5.0 beta?

[Jurand of Cracow]

Hi Aneirin, I've seen your preview of the Specific Faction Leader Titles. Looks very interesting. A short question: don't you think that having separate ancillarier for those cities block the place for the other ancillaries for an FM? In most my games the limit of 8 is met very soon (if the ancillaries are meaningful for the game you want to give many of them to the FL for him to buff him up). Besides, what happens if there's no space for an ancillary and a settlement is taken?
BTW - images of ancillaries for all the catholic factions should be the same. It's always the same city.

[Aneirin]

Thank you Jurand!
That is a good question indeed. Though, it won't be a big deal. You see, we don't have that many 'meaningful' ancillaries for factionleaders.
As I recall, there are only two? King of Spain and one I cannot remember right now.
If the limit is met, it happens nothing at all. The general in the city gets his governor title, that's it.
In the end of course, only testing will prove what is feasible

Thank's for your opinion.