Buff and Shine 2.4: New Factions, Changed Recruitment and more

[eyelurker]

Bavandid start with a Sunni heir while it's religion is Shia. What happened should he inherit? I know if i pick persecute his loyalty set to 0 because his beliefs are persecuted

I have only play Abbasid extensively so i don't kbow if there is Mamluk rebellion

[eyelurker]

Okay who thought making a secret shiite belief traits is a good idea? My entire family and general has become shiite that might as well just make my faction shia islam.

[ByzantineCaesar]

This looks great. Say, the last time I played Vanilla BC a couple of years ago, my Byzantine run got interrupted by a CTD related to the Fourth Crusade. Something went wrong which caused my game to crash constantly at the end of the turn in 1203 or 1204, I don't remember. Does Buff & Shine fix whatever is wrong with the Fourth Crusade script? I was really enjoying my playthrough before that, and I'm unwilling to invest that much time and energy into the campaign if it will just get arbitrarily interrupted again. Thanks.

[Antiokhos Euergetes]

I have got through the fourth crusade without a problem, so I would say yes

[WeekendGeneral]

This looks great. Say, the last time I played Vanilla BC a couple of years ago, my Byzantine run got interrupted by a CTD related to the Fourth Crusade. Something went wrong which caused my game to crash constantly at the end of the turn in 1203 or 1204, I don't remember. Does Buff & Shine fix whatever is wrong with the Fourth Crusade script? I was really enjoying my playthrough before that, and I'm unwilling to invest that much time and energy into the campaign if it will just get arbitrarily interrupted again. Thanks.

I haven't had any CTDs for a fair stretch and in general the sub mod is stable if you find anything wonky or missing please let me know and I'll try and fix it.

[ByzantineCaesar]

Thank you, I'm eager to give it a try! This mod is standalone, correct?

[Zicher]

Will you guys incorporate the Unit Model Improvement Project by Dolen?

[Trueman.]

Can you please make some various regional mid tier Islamic units available to all Muslim factions or at least the Abbasids? For example the Khurasani soldiers and Persian infantry.

Earlier I was playing a game as the Abbasids and I had restored control of Jibal (Qazwin, Kermanshah, and Rayy) then I needed to transfer troops to the western front. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use some new Persian troops, but all I could recruit was the Afghani tribesman skirmishers, levy archers and the Dhiqans, which was really immersion breaking. I really want to use some of the Khurasani and Persian heavy infantry and spearmen.

Historically speaking most of the dynasties who ruled Persia usually used Persian troops not just tribal levies. I think they would fit good as regional troops.

Other units which I would also add is the Askeri and Arab infantry and archers which are available to the Omanis, Zengids and Ayyubids. It's feasible that the Abbasids would use them as well, and also the Maghriba troops which the Ayyubids and Omanis can recruit. The Magharibah were originally a core part of the Abbasid army as well.

[BesoC]

Can anybody please upload the latest version to some free file hosting? 4.05 GB exceeds free transfer quota on Mega

EDIT: Nevermind, downloaded

[Request a new user name]

Hmm, Adhath Spearmen and Archers should be recruitable in the Iraqi Cities. Afghan Troops should be concentrated in Khorasan and Pashtunistan unless you consider them as part of Greater Iran. Movement distances need to be tweaked so the Ghurids can actually move their armies to engage and AI needs to be more aggressive in breaking sieges, and actually adhere to a budget without spamming unlimited soldiers.