General discussion (use of already implemented functions, etc.)

[youneuoy]

Hi youneuoy!

In your opinion, will it be possible to reactivate testudo formation as in RTW?

Hello!
Everything's possible. But some things are now very difficult to do, and therefore pointless.
Can you write more about this? Where the formation was set, how it worked, whether mtw2 is loaded at all if you write it or crashes only when loading a battle or campaign, etc.

[Crociato78]

Hello!
Everything's possible. But some things are now very difficult to do, and therefore pointless.
Can you write more about this? Where the formation was set, how it worked, whether mtw2 is loaded at all if you write it or crashes only when loading a battle or campaign, etc.

Unfortunately it crashes while starting the mod.

[youneuoy]

Unfortunately it crashes while starting the mod.

Clear. But I need more information.
How does it work in RTW?

[AntonisTheGreek]

Excellent job!

I tested the new berserker fix on TATW. I gave the berserker and the warcry abilities to a unit (Uruk Berserkers), there was no CTD in battle, but the unit didn't go berserk as intended, even by using the warcry ability.

A question:How close are we to break faction and unit limits?

[youneuoy]

Excellent job!

I tested the new berserker fix on TATW. I gave the berserker and the warcry abilities to a unit (Uruk Berserkers), there was no CTD in battle, but the unit didn't go berserk as intended, even by using the warcry ability.

A question:How close are we to break faction and unit limits?

Have you written him a berserker parameter (second in the stat_mental line)?

Like this:

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type Gondor Militia Swordsmen ; Gondor Militia AF1dictionary Gondor_Militia
category infantry
class light
voice_type Light
accent GondorInfantry
banner faction main_infantry
banner holy crusade
soldier Norse_Swordsmen, 70, 0, 1
officer gondor_captain_early_flag
officer gondor_dol_amroth_banner_carrier
mount_effect horse -2, camel -3, elephant -4
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, legionary_name, warcry
formation 1.4, 1.4, 2.8, 2.8, 7, square
stat_health 1, 1
stat_pri 6, 3, no, 0, 0, melee, melee_blade, piercing, sword, 20, 1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 0, 1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 4, 3, 3, metal
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 2
stat_ground 1, -2, 0, -1
stat_mental 15, berserker, trained
stat_charge_dist 8
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 615, 210, 125, 125, 615, 4, 63
armour_ug_levels 2, 3, 4, 5
armour_ug_models dismounted_kofm, dismounted_kofm_ug1, dismounted_kofm_ug1, dismounted_kofm_ug1
ownership sicily, united, denmark, slave, russia
era 0 sicily, denmark
era 1 sicily, denmark
era 2 sicily, denmark
recruit_priority_offset 20

This is strange, I will check it.

[youneuoy]

A question:How close are we to break faction and unit limits?

I won’t say anything about factions, but it will probably be possible to remove the limit in edu (at least partially), but not soon, eventually it will work out by itself.

[youneuoy]

Excellent job!

I tested the new berserker fix on TATW. I gave the berserker and the warcry abilities to a unit (Uruk Berserkers), there was no CTD in battle, but the unit didn't go berserk as intended, even by using the warcry ability.

A question:How close are we to break faction and unit limits?

I just had a test battle, this mode worked fine for me and AI. After activation, or at the beginning of the melee, the unit rushes into the attack and becomes uncontrollable.
How often does this happen to you?

[AntonisTheGreek]

Never mind, I made it work. I just had to remove the lock_morale attribute from the unit. Apparently, berserker morale and lock_morale don't get along well.

[youneuoy]

Never mind, I made it work. I just had to remove the lock_morale attribute from the unit. Apparently, berserker morale and lock_morale don't get along well.

This sounds logical, as it is a level of morality.
Possible levels:
berserker, impetuous, low, normal, disciplined

[youneuoy]

Apparently, berserker morale and lock_morale don't get along well.

Just in case, I added it to the instructions.

[youneuoy]

Updated the list of future changes (mod starter functionality will be added to the program to remove .bat files and leave only one executable file in the mod folder)

[leo.civil.uefs]

I also managed to make the 1920x1080 resolution user interface fitting more accurate to the screen (no more stretching and bluriness so it's now a true 1080p experience)

Amazing!

With the help of this program, it will probably be possible someday to give modders the opportunity to change the MTW2 gameplay beyond recognition.

Can you give us a realistic forecast about what could really be changed/implemented?

Here's the current concept that i'm planning to make for the first version btw.

Is this a real ingame screenshot?

Well, after 4 months of development, I can proudly say that this program uses as many as 1 modder. This is a success, I believe.

Welcome to the modding world. You spend months working in something that you consider amazing and all you get is a "nice" comment from someone. LOL.
But if you really love what you do, then it worth it. I speak from my personal experience after almost 10 years modding for TATW.




Now the changes/implements I would like to see in med2 engine:

Wall levels

- By modding settlements we can change the battlemap models of walls, but the wall level for each core building is hardcoded. This means you can have a settlement set as huge city but in battlemap its walls are wooden palisades instead of huge wall as it is in vanilla. (like the orc settlements in TATW, for wich no matter the level of the settlement, will always have wooden palisades in battlemap.) The problem with this is that the game will allow you and the AI to build large siege engines like towers and ladders even if in battlemap they will be of no use. The game is expecting huge walls in battlemap but our modded settlements has wooden palisades. Check export_descr_buildings: large_stone_wall city requires factions { gondor, northern_european, mesoamerican, middle_eastern, eastern_european, greek, } and hidden_resource big_city and hidden_resource custom_settlement { capability { wall_level 3 tower_level 1 gate_strength 2 ... The wall_level line is actually hardcoded, no matter if you change it in export_descr_buildings. Is it possible to change this?

Number of men per unit

The last time I heard from Jojo, the 1 or 300 men in a unit only worked if you set the unit size in options to huge (or was it small?). Anyway is this breakthrough really linked to the necessity of setting the right unit size in options?

User Interface

How much can we change the user interface? Can we remove buttons? Can we change their function? can we add new buttons? In case we can add new buttons, this would be like the release of a new total war game.

[Aura]

"Here's the current concept that i'm planning to make for the first version btw."

Just the positioning of them for now. No new functionality, no new buttons.

[youneuoy]

"Here's the current concept that i'm planning to make for the first version btw."

Just the positioning of them for now. No new functionality, no new buttons.

but I can make new buttons. And not just buttons. But only for new things.

Concepts are evil, first you need the technical ability to implement them.

[youneuoy]

It turned out a good message about the magic system, added to the third message in this thread (there is a list of things for updates)

[AntonisTheGreek]

About spells: Will the player/AI be totally defenseless to them?

[youneuoy]

About spells: Will the player/AI be totally defenseless to them?

As we do, it will be so. It does not depend on the interaction with the game and the only issue is implementation in HotSeatTool.

[Aura]

I have done a little stress test on bare_geomod by giving 200 ancillaries to every character with CharacterTurnStart, and after 100 turns all was ok.

Thank you for testing, nice to see that someone testing the new features and send us feedback. have you tried to add more religions too? I'd like to see how the game can handle 64 religions or more at the same time.

[youneuoy]

In principle, I can try to make sure that only units that can be recruited in this settlement are replenished (but I'm not sure that this will be easy to do). And to add all sorts of restrictions, I don’t want to slide into the system that is on the Warscape

[youneuoy]

Well, or set any other filtering criterion (moral level, for example, so that only units with a low value are restored, etc.)