TLR v1.9 Beta 1 Archive

[tornnight]

TLR version 1.9 Beta available

Updated Feb 01, 11:30 EST

Download Here


Your splash screen should look like this.



There is no installer. This is just a simple zip file with the files in it.

Just unzip it to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War

It won't overwrite your current game.

Execute it by running
C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\The_Long_Road_Beta.bat

What's new
- Armor based Era System
- Era System for bigger walls
- Era System for gunpowder
- New Building Scheme for barracks (Option 3 from the poll)
- Portugal Map Fixes
- Improved Battle AI
- Fixed Cardinals
- Population growth lowered
- Biggest Castle at start is a Wooden Castle (Keep style)
- Biggest City is a regular stone wall city.

Remember, I can't guarantee that the saves for this will be compatible with the final. Please give me plenty of feedback on playability, enjoyability.

Let me know if (Specifics please)
-the difficulty is more/less difficult than 1.8.
-the era system needs balancing
-the units need balancing
-recruitment needs balancing
-build tree is broken

[Sol Invictus]

Excellent! I will dive in tonight.

What about a download link? I can't find it.

Great, thanks.

[Phil Stanbridge]

I can't get it to run unfortunately - I'll have a dabble and see if I can work out why :hmmm:

Okay there's a typo in the text file which prevents it from running - also, is the privy modification missing from this?

[Socal_infidel]

@Phil

could you let the rest of us know what exactly the problem was and how you ended up fixing it? Thanks!

[Condottiere SOG]

Won't start

Where is the typo?
Com'on, man, don't leave us hangin'

[tornnight]

Sorry about that.

New version uploaded

[tornnight]

I can't get it to run unfortunately - I'll have a dabble and see if I can work out why :hmmm:

Okay there's a typo in the text file which prevents it from running - also, is the privy modification missing from this?

Dearmad's mod should be included.

After 4:30pm, I won't be back until 11:00pm EST

[Phil Stanbridge]

Okay, playing as England, currently at 1100. Thoughts so far - it's superb. It's much more balanced, and the AI has had a kick up the backside! Rebel settlements are much tougher and present a challenge early on. It draws the campaign out.

One strange thing, Denmark has been wiped out already (not by me!), at 1100! I moved a diplomat into the area and there settlements are rebel. So maybe the generals all died? Just bad luck I guess but a tad unusual. Never seen that before.

I love Dearmads' mod - adds so much more.

I'm liking it!

[tornnight]

Well thats odd. Nobody died in any of my AI only simulations that quickly.
Of course all my simulations used my own AI.

The next version of the beta is going to feature an all new campaign AI built from scratch.

I've been researching and tweaking my own AI for a very long time and it's finally getting to a point where I think it's competative with the other AIs out there. Of course, I'll let you guys be the judge.

It will feature
- Allies attacking enemies of other allies.
- Working attack other faction diplomacy.
- Less chaos and more deliberate wars. E.g. Not 5 on 5 on 5 chaos.
- etc.

[Roman-Byzantium]

Wouldn't it make sense if Constantinople was a bit bigger then the other big cities however?

[Giaddon]

Oops! I was commenting on a flawed version of the mod. Now I'm jumping into the latest beta. =)

[Slain Townsman]

I believe the cfg and hdr files are wrong. They should say mod = The_Long_Road_Beta. Currently, they just say mod = The_Long_Road, so it runs TLR 1.8 instead of TLR 1.9b

[Beagler]

I believe the cfg and hdr files are wrong. They should say mod = The_Long_Road_Beta. Currently, they just say mod = The_Long_Road, so it runs TLR 1.8 instead of TLR 1.9b

I can confirm that the files are wrong. I downloaded the new version and fired it up and I thought, "Wait a minute, nothing has changed". Where are the smaller starting castles and what's up with the build tree. Then I came back online, saw the post above, and sure enough the pointers in those files are incorrect.

I then edited them to point to The_Long_Road_Beta and now everything is working as advertised. I have only played a few turns as Denmark so I cannot comment on the new mechanics yet, but it looks interesting.

[tornnight]

DOH! fixed.

[Jush]

Took the word right out of my mouth...

Haha, no worries. So far I'm at 1096 as the Danes, and the Germans on the first turn did something they hadn't done before: They took Hamburg on the first turn. Maybe this happens for other people, but never for me, pissed me off cuz I usually just slip in and take it. Other than that, I think the whole new setup is gonna be pretty interesting. My last turn I finally picked a fight with Russia just to see how their armies are: Not bad at all. I ambushed a little two man army with my king, and then the very next turn one of their generals came through Stettin province with an army of:

2 Spear Militia
3 Peasant Archers
1 Peasants
1 General's bodyguard

So, for an EARLY army, this is promising -- a good composition. Poland seems to be on turbo-conquer mode. They've grabbed Magdenburg, Thorn, Prague, and probably more that I can't see, and they've got half-stack armies running around. I'll keep at it, but it'll be a while because of these long build times (I play short build usually).

[tornnight]

Wouldn't it make sense if Constantinople was a bit bigger then the other big cities however?

Very true. Population starting levels haven't been balanced.
If you mean Constantinople's big walls. It had big, three deep walls that are only replicated by the castle type settlements. I suppose it should be the first and only large stone walled, city.

[Ripp]

I'm rather curious about the new way you're working free upkeep. I'm playing as Byzantium and I notice that I can get free upkeep with every unit in castles (at a number that the castle level allows), and every unit but Trebizond Archers in cities (at a number that the city level allows). I'm assuming that the archers not being a part of the free upkeep in cities is a bug, but is the change to allow any unit to be free (given the right settlement) a good idea? ie. Wouldn't everyone just naturally garrison their most expensive units for a free, kickass army? Or is the rationale that the settlement deserves to get free upkeep for units that they can actually train?

I think I just answered my questions with that last question, but I'd like to confirm it anyway

[Baeksen]

For some reason, I can't access sovanto.com, my browser keeps timing out :-(

Any ideas???

[Numenor]

one question. does this mode have shield and two handed animation fixes? because i keep seeing peasents kicking spear man ass everytime. |: i love this mod, but if it has not this fixes, it makes the mod a bit... i dont know, unbalanced.

[Phil Stanbridge]

one question. does this mode have shield and two handed animation fixes? because i keep seeing peasents kicking spear man ass everytime. |: i love this mod, but if it has not this fixes, it makes the mod a bit... i dont know, unbalanced.

I believe he is using various workarounds but it has been addressed.