Speaking of crusades

**Averroës** · February 11, 2007, 02:57 PM

I'm currently reading a wonderful book, The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen.

I'd really like to see some ability to at least model the northern crusades and conflicts into The Long Road in some way. I realize that the crusade function is hard-coded and can't be changed. But I'd like to see some way of handling the incredible impact the northern campaigns had at the time. Starting in 1147 and lasting well into the early 15th century "Late" period of MTW, the Northern/Baltic crusades had a huge impact on Northeastern Europe, from Jutland to Finland.

Not just the Teutonic Knights and the Sword Brothers of Livonia and the Order of Dobrzyn in Prussia, but their defeats by various pagan and orthodox opponents from the Samogitian defeat of the Sword Brothers at Saules and the destruction of the Sword Brothers and Teutonic Knights at Lake Peipus (Lake Chud) by the Novgorods to the final defeat of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Zalgiris (Tannenberg/Grunwald) by a combined force of Lithuanians, Poles, Tatars and Moldavians.

Wishful thinking, I suppose. I just think it's an important part of European history which is largely ignored in our modern Western-centric world-view.

**tornnight** · February 11, 2007, 07:04 PM

Events, unit spawns, and such are scriptable for the dedicated modder. It just takes quite a bit of work.

Unless someone offers to help, it may be a while until I get to those kinds of improvements.

**Averroës** · February 11, 2007, 09:52 PM

I'd love to help. Unfortunately, my modding knowledge is next to none. I look at all that text and very little of it makes sense. I can barely make out how some of the traits and triggers work. The settlement and events stuff just looks like so much gibberish to my old and very calcified brain. I was just sort of thinking outloud and engaging in some wishful thinking.

I'm hoping the guys working on the Lithuania mod do something along these lines. I'm quite happy with The Long Road as it is. You have enough work to do! Just make sure you make time to play and have fun. I'd hate to see you burn out. We'd be lost.

**_]Blackfire[_** · February 11, 2007, 11:12 PM

While we're on the subject...

Not sure if you have mentioned this before torn, but can you please consider changing the actually Crusading unit skins because to me the bone skulls everywhere seem pretty corny.

**tornnight** · February 12, 2007, 09:45 AM

Don't worry.

Hehe. I'm not the best graphic artist, just the simple stuff. If someone contributes/develops such a thing, I'll be glad to add it.

**acegogo** · February 12, 2007, 11:33 AM

I would be willing to help retouching gfx, only problem is that i do not know hot to extract and all that, but, if you send it to me I'll give it a good make over.

**tornnight** · February 13, 2007, 09:57 PM

I may take you up on that offer in the future.

**acegogo** · February 14, 2007, 01:24 AM

in fact it doesn´t have to be for this particular reason, I believe I get so much enjoyment out of you work that I think a bit on my behalf is for sure on the cards.... ask for anything gfx related.... and it shall be granted my lord