Beta 5 will be released tonight.

[tornnight]

It will be the final release before Patch 1.2.

Will include:
-Improved Campaign AI. More field battles.
-Campaign AI Fixes. AI no longer attacks just because it has an alliance and slightly dislikes you.
-Global Reputation will normalize a bit quicker.
-Fixes to Map for accessing West Africa Coast with early ships
-Unit cost/upkeep increased
-Adjusted starting situations for Sicily, Byzantium, Venice, Spain
-Diplomats now always recruitable. Town Hall type buildings give diplomat experience.
-Pikemen have weaker secondary attacks
-Elephant crew attacks corrected and cost/upkeep adjusted
-5 new provinces
--2 in Iberia
--1 in the British Isles
--1 in Italy
--1 in Eastern Africa
-Other minor fixes

[Lord Arne]

Noooooo! No new burrek units!

Otherwise, looks great!
I strongly like where this is going, comparing 1.8 and the 1.9betas you have gone a long way in my opinnion! keep up the good work!

[ReichMaster420]

will i be able to continue my saved game??

[tornnight]

Noooooo! No new burrek units!

Otherwise, looks great!
I strongly like where this is going, comparing 1.8 and the 1.9betas you have gone a long way in my opinnion! keep up the good work!

I'm holding out on including new units until after the Patch.
Once I start, you'll get a bunch all at once.

will i be able to continue my saved game??

Nope. Anytime I change the map it becomes incompatible. Sorry.

[Lord Arne]

ah, ok. Its allways good to know when to expect something. I've been walking around thinking when they will be in TLR, but now when I know its after 1.2, I don't need to think about it ^^

[Baeksen]

Hi torn.

Will you upload it to other places than sovanto.com? I still can't access :-(

Actually there is a book about the immunesystem, on my desk, waiting to be read and it would be great to escape to some far away battlefield in the new beta :-)

Cheers
Baeksen

[Lopus]

I doubt it ReichMaster420.

Torn, lots of interesting changes.

[TheWhaaaaat!]

If its not too much trouble could you release a beta 5 without the map changes so I can finish my beta 4 game. Just want to finish testing the later parts of the game. If you can't its cool though.

[Bizzair]

yay Fixed AI!!

Spain attacked me after a 30 year alliance, and had relations of Very Good, and they blockade a port? :|

[tornnight]

Can't fix that exactly. I could make so allies don't backstab you, but then alliances would last forever.

Spain was silly to blockade you and break an alliance instead of a more effective backstab. I can't force them to be smarter about that.

[Lochlain]

Glad I felt like loading up the site. I was juuuuuuuuuuust about to start up a new campaign. Guess I'll postpone until the new beta is out.

[mrbojangles]

looking forward to the new release!

[Bizzair]

why not just include the latest version of UAI mod in yours, like LTC?

Would make it perfect!

and btw, I love how you've made the map in the UK started a new game as the Scots, Its like uniting the nations to become a super power in Irelands and North UK.

[dharos]

damn, will i ever reach 1200 AD?!?!? lol, every time i start getting into a campaign the new beta comes out! oh well, sounds like good stuff though... but ANOTHER area in the british isles? I mean, don't get me wrong, i love the limeys, but it seems so full of provinces already... 4 in ireland?! i love micks too, don't get me wrong...

jk, i will trust in your supreme wisdom

[tornnight]

why not just include the latest version of UAI mod in yours, like LTC?

Would make it perfect!

and btw, I love how you've made the map in the UK started a new game as the Scots, Its like uniting the nations to become a super power in Irelands and North UK.

I'd like to think that the AI I've designed is competitive with UAI. I like mine better (I may be biased ) and I have better control over it since I designed it.

damn, will i ever reach 1200 AD?!?!? lol, every time i start getting into a campaign the new beta comes out! oh well, sounds like good stuff though... but ANOTHER area in the british isles? I mean, don't get me wrong, i love the limeys, but it seems so full of provinces already... 4 in ireland?! i love micks too, don't get me wrong...

jk, i will trust in your supreme wisdom

I know what you mean, but that's the nature of a Beta. Still, the best way to play a campaign with these Betas is to just stick with a version.

Considering there are two factions there, it seemed a bit sqwishy to me. Plus I'm sure it's the most played region the game.

[Irishmafia2020]

I noticed that "Deus Le Vult" is advertising an expanded heraldry system that applies titles for the bigmap extended territories. I might try some cutting and pasting and see if I can put them into my long road files. With permission it might be a quick fix to add 50 or so territory titles for the 2.0 release. Thanks for the new Beta by the way, I look forward to playing it.

[tornnight]

I noticed that "Deus Le Vult" is advertising an expanded heraldry system that applies titles for the bigmap extended territories. I might try some cutting and pasting and see if I can put them into my long road files. With permission it might be a quick fix to add 50 or so territory titles for the 2.0 release. Thanks for the new Beta by the way, I look forward to playing it.

That definately is a nice feature they have.

[Lopus]

I noticed that "Deus Le Vult" is advertising an expanded heraldry system that applies titles for the bigmap extended territories. I might try some cutting and pasting and see if I can put them into my long road files. With permission it might be a quick fix to add 50 or so territory titles for the 2.0 release. Thanks for the new Beta by the way, I look forward to playing it.

Irishmafia2020, if it works, can you PM me a copy?

@tornnight: I keep forgetting the time zone difference (I'm at GMT+8) so your tonight is my today. I stayed up half the night waiting for the release. Hehehe.

[Averroës]

Ah, good news.

I finished a campaign as the Moors early this morning. I think the increase in unit costs will be a good thing. It was far too easy to win as the Moors on H/H. I owned all of Iberia, most of Africa except for the Fatimid area, Bordeaux and Majorca and Corsica and Sardinia, and finished with Jerusalem for a long campaign win of 30 regions by 1140.

[Irishmafia2020]

Irishmafia2020, if it works, can you PM me a copy?

Sure will, but their mod won't be out until March 2, so I can't dig into it until then. DLV has some great features, but their emphasis on "field cost" seems counterproductive in that it would lead to excessive siege warfare (I like field battles). That, and I just that prefer my campaigns last a little bit... longer!