12th Century East Asia - Shaoding v1.1 released

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Shaoding is a mod set in the 12th century of East Asia. During this time, the Chinese Song Dynasty had lost its northern territories to the Jin in the north and the start date (1130) is 3 years right after that loss.

This mod has been in development for a long time and recently its creator, Againster, has updated it to v1.1 which adds quite a few new soldier models in the game, including armor upgrade models. While many of the units already have models (except Goryeo Korea, which has a very incomplete roster), quite a few of them are incomplete and need texturing work while the ones that are complete are receiving improved texturing (especially in faces) and that is what future updates will bring to Shaoding.

Do note that this mod is untranslated, so there may be a lot of things that are confusing, especially the scripted events.

Shaoding v1.1
http://www.mediafire.com/file/c46452...aoding_1.1.rar

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Without further ado, here are the faction rosters that I will post as soon as I have time.
The names of the units are literal translations because I don't have time to do in-depth research and translation. My apologies.





Song Faction and Army Subfactions

Many units are shared between the Song factions, such as the general's bodyguard, ranged units, and siege units. I will make a note if a unit is unique if not otherwise stated in the unit name.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Song Liang Huai War Zone
Huai River Border Army. They were specialized in fighting Jin Dynasty troops.


Strength: Balanced roster, excellent ranged units.
Weakness: Units have high upkeep, difficult campaign map starting position



Song General's Bodyguard



Sword Militia




Song Spear Militia




Militia Fire Lancers





Huai Army Spearmen (The Huai Army was also called the Eight-Character Army due to their motto having eight characters: “赤心報國，誓殺金賊” which translates to "Loyal in protecting the kingdom; pledged to kill all Jin bandits.")





Huai Army Pikemen



Pear Blossom Gunners




Huai Army Swordsmen





Huai Army Longswordsmen





Militia Archers





Militia Crossbows






Song Archers





Song Crossbows






"Enemy-Vanquishing" Crossbowmen, in other words they wield the Divine Crossbow which is the Song Dynasty's steel arbalest used to counter enemy heavy cavalry. (Huai Only)







Song Riders






Song Heavy Cavalry






Song Ballista




Flamethrower





Catapult





Miao Warriors






Song JingHu War Zone
Song JingHu Border Army stationed at an area slightly to the south of Henan.


Strength: Balanced roster, excellent heavy cavalry choices
Weakness: Strong enemies at the beginning of the campaign, high unit upkeep




JingXiang (refers to the seven prefectures of Jingzhou) Provincial Swordsmen
In previous versions of Shaoding they had their own unique model as seen in the unit description picture, but since v1.1 they share the same model with the Song Militia Swordsmen.
These screenshots show their armor upgrade models

Level 1



Level 2






Jingxiang Provincial Sickle-Spearmen





Militia Fire Lancers with 1 Armor Upgrade




JingXiang Spearmen
They may look identical to the Huai Army Spearmen, but their helmets are a bit less armored





JingXiang Swordsmen




Song Archers and Crossbows with 1 Armor Upgrade





JingXiang Heavy Cavalry




Towering Back Soldiers





Song Xichuan Warzone

Interestingly, the Xichuan Circuit is an old name for what is now Sichuan (or Szechwan).

Strength: Strong, hardy heavy infantry and mountain fighters.
Weakness: Strong enemies at the beginning of the campaign, roster lacks cavalry.








Xichuan General's Bodyguard




Light Pikemen (Unique)




Pear Blossom Gunners with Armor Upgrade




Light Spearmen (Unique)




Light Infantry (Unique)





Armored Spearmen (Unique)




Jili (Caltrop) Spearmen

By translation the weapon is considered a spear, but it can also be used to bash foes




Heavy Infantry (Unique)




Heavy Axemen (Unique)





Light Archers (Unique)




Light Crossbows (Unique)




Heavy Archers (Unique)





Heavy Crossbows (Unique)





Xichuan Scouts






Song Imperial Court


Strength: Balanced roster, powerful economy
Weakness: Units have extremely high upkeep but below average fighting ability






Imperial Official's Bodyguard




Emperor's Personal Guard




Imperial Pikemen





Imperial Swordsmen






Imperial Polearms




Imperial Golden Spears





Dragon Banner Formation




Imperial Archers




Imperial Crossbows





Imperial Scouts




Imperial Cavalry

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XiXia (Western Xia)
Otherwise known as the Minyaks or Tangut Empire.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Strength: Large numbers of tribal infantry, cavalry units readily available yet reliable.
Weakness: Mediocre economy, starting location is far from profitable land.





Western Xia General's Bodyguard





Slave Levies






Heng Hillmen






Shield Bearers of the Inner 6 Guards
My interpretation of the characters though one can just call them XiXia Royal Swordsmen. They are considered an elite in the Tangut armies.





Golden Halberds of the Inner Six Guards






Steel Hammers of the Inner Six Guards
They used to have hammers. Now they're swordsmen






Tribal Infantry




Hillmen Archers





XiXia Crossbowmen




Tribal Cavalry






Heng Mountain Qiang Cavalry





Royal Cavalry of the Inner Six Guards





XiXia Towering Back Soldiers

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Dali Empire


Strength: Positioned in the mountains, has fierce and battle-ready light infantry units.
Weakness: Lacks heavy units and cavalry.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Dali General's Bodyguard





Dali Militia





Dali Swordsmen





Burmese Mercenary Javelinmen





Burmese Mercenary Bowmen





Dali Javelinmen




Dali Horsecutters





Dali Twin Swords




Dali Archers




Dali Crossbows

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Jin Dynasty

Strength: Strong heavy infantry and cavalry, has units capable of fighting in the woods.
Weakness: Poor starting territories, elites are difficult to replenish.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Jin General's Bodyguard





Levied Han Swordsmen




Levied Han Spearmen





Jurchen Spearmen




Jurchen Infantry
塞外, or Sai Wai, is a term that means "Beyond the Great Wall"
So the full name of this unit is actually Jurchen Infantry from Beyond the Wall





Jin Armored Spearmen




Jurchen Heavy Infantry




Iron Pagoda Infantry





Bohai Crossbows





Saiwai Jurchen Marksmen





Sky-Shattering Thunderers (Bomb Throwers)




Jurchen Swordsmen





Jin Armored Crossbows





Jin Diu Soldiers

The character refers to a certain group of Jin soldiers who were recruited from the Khitans.





Bohai Javelinmen




Jurchen Heavy Cavalry





Iron Pagoda Cavalry




Alixi Light Cavalry
阿里喜 (Alixi) is a term for low to middle rank soldiers of the Jin



Jin Diu Cavalry




Catapult

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Goryeo Dynasty of the Wang Family

It's unfinished with many placeholders, but at least they got a new unit model in v1.1

Strength: Decent archers
Weakness: Unfinished roster

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Goryeo General's Bodyguard




Goryeo Mounted Archers





Goryeo Byeolmuban Archers




Goryeo Archers




Goryeo Spearmen

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(Western) Liao Empire
Also known as the Kara Khitan.

Strength: Strong heavy units and cavalry.
Weakness: Scattered, large expanse of territory, has to rely on indigenous (AoR) units.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Kara Khitan Familial Guard





Khitan Swordsmen




Tribal Spearmen




Khitan Spearmen




Dismounted Shock Troops




Orda/Ordu (from the Mongol word for "horde") Spearmen




Uyghur Spearmen




Khitan Archers




Hamili Archers (Hami is a city)





Naiman Archers




Gaochang Crossbows
Gaochang is also known as Qocho in the Uyghur language




Uyghur Cavalry





Liao Steel Forest Cavalry






Khitan Light Cavalry





Khitan Scouts





Uyghur Tribal Cavalry





Khitan Royal Cavalry






Catapult

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Taira (red) and Minamoto (blue) clans.



Strength: Strong elite troops in the form of monks and samurai.
Weakness: Lacks cavalry and unit variety, units are difficult to replenish.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Naginata Cavalry Bodyguard






Japanese Sailors




Naginata Levy





Naginata Monks






Naginata Attendants





Naginata Samurai





Bow Levy





Bow Attendants





Bow Monks





Foot Samurai





Hatamoto

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Tibet

Strength: Strong yet numerous heavy infantry, above average tribal troops.
Weakness: Weak during the beginning of the campaign, over reliant on indigenous (AoR) troops.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Tibetan General's Bodyguard



Tibetan Tribal Spearmen




Tibetan Infantry





Kham Spearmen




Tibetan Noble Spearmen





Tibetan Tribal Archers





Kham Archers




Tibetan Noble Horse Archers

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Qi Empire

Historians usually just refer to it as Da Qi or False Qi.

During an interim between the Jin-Song wars, the Jin set up a puppet kingdom in the territory previously occupied by the Northern Song. Liu Yu, a Song defector, was enthroned its emperor. It only lasted eight years before being dissolved by the Jin.


Strength: Numerous militia troops.
Weakness: Cultural unrest in campaign, lacks a strong unit.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Qi General's Guard



Qi Light Infantry




Vanguard





Light Pikemen





Qi Forbidden Guard Pikemen




Qi Forbidden Guard Swordsmen




Light Archers




Light Crossbows





Qi Forbidden Guard Crossbows





Qi Forbidden Guard Archers





Qi Forbidden Guard Heavy Cavalry

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Mongol Empire

Strength: Reliable tribal warriors; numerous, strong cavalry units.
Weakness: Lacks elite infantry, weak starting position.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Khan's Guard




Levied Han Swordsmen




Levied Han Spearmen




Kalmyk Elite Shock Infantry




Mongolian Archers





Dismounted QiYan Mongol (Qi Yan is a term referring to the golden family, or rather, the imperial family associated with Genghis Khan) Cavalrymen

I'm having trouble putting the words "突襲" into an appropriate English name. It translates into Ambushers, or literally Sudden Strike, but these guys don't fit the definition of sneaky ambushers. They're more like fast attack troops.






Dismounted Kheshig Marksmen




HuChiJia Vanguard Cavalry





Kheshigs





Mongolian Nomads





Mongolian Riders




LuChiTeng Horse Archers




Counterweight Trebuchet

[vsivak]

Thank you for uploading the mod, I hope in the future the complete Goryeo roster and Vietnam faction will be added.

[againster]

Thanks to IGdood.
I have translate some texts to English, hope someone can go on with my work~
English Text.7z

[Verdi]

thank, this mod is great

[Morrowgan]

With an English translation this could prove as an alternative to All Under Heaven.

[Dapacem]

could anyone give me some more details about this mod, like it seems to have pretty complex mechanism but you obviously cant understand these unless you speak asian, for example when playing as japan factions I dont have any units to recruit. Also one sad thing about this mod is, its more like historic kinda mod, so there is plenty of stacked garrisons and alot of armies and large areas of the map already captures, kinda wish the start would be more humble. And one last thing now im at that, what is the purpose of the 3 additional campaign choices in the menu? Ill apriciate any help with understand this game better and I belive others will too

[Tex The Veteran]

Hello IGdood, Im a fan of your mods i have the sigh of empire and this one, the mod works but im not chinese and everything is written in chinese in shaoding, what can i do? I would like to play it in english, is there a way to? Thanks, keep up the good work

[vsivak]

Until someone does at least basic english translation with google translate (which would take several weeks) you have to wait.

[againster]

[Dapacem]

againster ur mod is beautiful

[ragnarr17]

How to install this mod?