162 kilobytes to change the world.
This is an Alpha version, but is seems to be playable according to feedback I got from first tester.
I want to make custom formations possible for attack/defend situations and had to disable G5 for the sake of saving formation without regroup into vanilla. Same about .xmls changes - only to save formations and fixing battlefield behavior according to unit formation roles.
Low quality video about having 3 different formations on battlefield at once.
Well, "Aimless" in the name should be self-explanational. Aimless Steel means that sometimes things may look ugly and AI aimlessly walk on battlefield. Shortly to say - "You'll never walk alone". I need much more tests which I can't perform alone, that's why I place it here.
At this moment things looks like this.
Because AI is dumb and full of errors. But I hope that with assistance from community we'll be able to change this picture.
Formations I use are made by GrandViz, he is the best. Pathfinding made by z3n, as well as initial .xmls. In essence this is the result of 15 years of modding tactical BAI, and I didn't make something new. If this version will show acceptable results I will make next with proper credits to all great modders who acted before me.
All I made is bent things together. Here we got 5 custom formations - 2 for attack and 2 for defend (both dedicated to anti_cavalry/anti_infantry options) and 1 universal multi-purpose formation for byzantium faction. All work was focused on open field battles.
All formations are choosen for only test purpose (to see a possibility of having more then 1 working formation at all), setting adequate formation to battle situation is a goal for the next version, if the whole method will show workability at all.
You have to disable any battle scripts before playing (just rename export_descr_advice.txt). Also it's vital to delete old pathfinding.db for enging to be able to rebuild it (side effect of this will be small speed boost for units, be prepeared).
Copy all files to data folder with replace option and backup original ones.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RkW...CDKSKLacU/view
Feedback is very welcomed.
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my kingdom for feedback!