[Warlords] Battle of Hastings

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Battle of Hastings Warlords Final Release
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Update 7/18/09: This mod is now back in development, and should be bug free on Windows! :goodjob:
Update 9/7/09 Beta 2.2 released!
Update 11/20/09 Final Version released! Now onto BtS!
Update 12/22/09 BtS version released!
Link to the BtS Thread

This is the Battle of Hastings mod, a depiction of the Norman Invasion of England. Play as William the Conqueror and invade England with your mighty Norman forces, or defend your great Kingdom as Harold Godwinson, King of England.

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This mod is for Warlords 2.13. The current version of this mod is the last for Warlords, as I am updating to BtS 3.19. This version I think is very nicely polished, but what I have planned will radically change to mod in the update.

This is the final release, however I will need testers once the BtS version is out. I just hope to god that I don't break this for Windows users, so I need Windows users to try that version out.

Known Issues/ To-Do List
-Update to Beyond the Sword! :king:

I still am taking ideas, so shout 'em out!

Images
Spoiler :
hastings.png

techtree.png

cohengland.png

william.png

harold.png


Credits
Spoiler :
iggymnrr
VeBear
C.Roland
Civ_Gold Team
Danrell
seZereth
Refar
Zerver
Rabbit, White
Chuggi
Chamaedrys
General Matt
Gagonite
JustATourist
Duke Van Frost
HROCHland
The Capo
Garrett Sidzaka
Esnaz
Bernie14
Walter Hawkwood
WarKirby
0d4n3ooBroad

Huge credit to iggymnrr for saving this mod for the Windows users!

I'd like to also give a special thanks to AlanH over at the Mac forum, without his help this wouldn't be here. Also to Sedna17, for compiling Nifskope on his Mac; it has helped me immensely.
Thanks to anyone else who helped me out and if I forgot your name, please let me know and I will add you in!


Changelogs
Warlords Final Release
Spoiler :
*New Buildings:
--Town Hall
+1 Culture
+1 Trade Routes
Req. for Constable

--Timber Merchant
+1 free Merchant
+10% hammers
Req. for Shipyard, Carpenter, Siege Workshop, Most ships

--Reliquary
+25% Culture
+1 GPP (Great Prophet)
Requires Trivium

*New Unique Buildings:
--Norman Exchequer
Replaces Bureau
+50% Gold (Loses Science Bonus)
+1 Culture

--English Burh (Replaces Town Hall)
+2 XP for Melee units

--Welsh Bowyer (Replaces Stables)
+15% Archery Unit production
+2 XP for Archery Units (Loses Horse XP bonus)

--Irish Round Tower (Replaces Monument)
+25% Defense

--Holy Roman Rathaus (Replaces Manor)
-25% War Weariness

--Flemish Weaver's Guild (Replaces Guild)
+50% Gold
+2 Happiness from Sheep (none from gold/silver)

--French Chateau (Replaces Manor)
+2 Culture

--Briton Calvaire (Replaces Reliquary)
+2 Happiness

--Norse Kaupang (Replaces Market)
Free City Raider I Promotion

--Scottish Clan (Replaces Barracks)
Free Guerilla I promotion

* Shipyard loses science bonus and now is required to build a Cog
* Map editing by VeBear and I
* Lots of buttons and new art added
* Fixed some unit names
*Added the gamefont files

Beta 2.2
Spoiler :
* Did some small map balancing
* Working water tiles is now available with Water Engineering
(Spotted by lymond)
* Renamed Vikings to Norse Empire
* Added Flemish Pikeman as a UU for Flanders (+25% City Defense)
* Added Imperial Knight as a UU for HRE (+1 Movement point, +10 hammer cost)
* Added fixed William, Harold, and Light Cavalry art
* Open Borders now requires Liberalism

Python Changelog
* Created penalty if Normandy DOW's HRE or France (Massive unit spawn)
(Needs restructuring)
* Added 'Revenge at Romney' Event
* War/Diplomacy values now controlled via Python
* Wales DOW's Normandy in April, 1067

Beta 2.1
Spoiler :
* changed some unit placement on the map.
*Named the Catholic Shrine Aachen Cathedral.

Beta 2.0
Spoiler :
*Fixed Windows loading, complete restructuring done. (Thanks again to iggymnrr!)
* Added placeholder versions of Harold and William until I can fix them.


Old Versions
Spoiler :
0.11Beta
Spoiler :
*Fixed up some XML files to try and help Windows users.

0.1bBeta
Spoiler :
*Added update to Xbow stats
*Added Norse Paganism Missionary art
*Fixed loadup error causing a crash in Windows versions. The map hopefully is also fixed.

0.1aBeta
Spoiler :
* Added the XML error fixes, but there is still an error on loadup for Windows users.
* Changed Crossbowman & Norman Crossbow stats to Str:4; -5% City Bombard Rate & +20% attack vs. Melee(Reg. Xbow) and -5% City Bombard Rate & +25 vs. Melee(Norman Xbow). Hammers reduced to 40 and 45, respectively (20 and 15 less than previous.)
*Removed the Papal Knights near Hastings, as well as a few other Norman units in the location.


Enjoy! :king:
 
CurryAztec said:
So... This is what you have been working up for? AMAZING! :goodjob: Do you think you could make a version for BtS? Because most of us have BtS now :( Good job though, and keep it up. :)
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Thanks CurryAztec! :) I won't be making a BTS version, though, since I don't have it for my mac. :( Someone else could try if they wanted to. :crazyeye:
 
you know you can actually play warlords 2.08 mods without having the disk? Fireaxis messed up big on that, which is probably why they were so swift with the patch(s) afterwards. Try it out if you don't believe me, you can pop the cd out and it still runs all the same.

anyhow, do you know if this would work with warlords 2.13 or whatever the latest version is? Might be worth a try ;)
 
As far as I know it should work with 2.13, but I don't know what would cause errors in the jump. If there is enough clamoring, I will upgrade to 2.13, but most of the Warlords mods that work w/ Macs are for 2.08. ;)
Anyway thanks Shiggs! :D

p.s. AFAIK, you can do that with any version of Civ (at least on the Mac version), modded or not, as long as it is in on start-up. Do you not need to have the disk in for start-up when trying your method?
 
Darn, it does seem good. I might give a fast test to you in 2.13 for windows, but I do have precious little time lately.
 
Looks cool. I'll give it a go later. I would reccomend updating it to 2.13 simply because that is the most recent patch that most people have due to the BTS autopatching.
One minor thing that I noticed in the screenshot, Papal Knights. The only blessings the Pope (forget who it was at the time) gave William was the Papal Banner and his endorsement. No military aide.
 
Darn, it does seem good. I might give a fast test to you in 2.13 for windows, but I do have precious little time lately.
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Thanks for considering a test! :)

Oh yeah, I have Civilization IV Complete, so that means I can still play this right?
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You will be able to play with Civ complete, provided no 2.13 errors arise.
Ajidica said:
Looks cool. I'll give it a go later. I would reccomend updating it to 2.13 simply because that is the most recent patch that most people have due to the BTS autopatching.
One minor thing that I noticed in the screenshot, Papal Knights. The only blessings the Pope (forget who it was at the time) gave William was the Papal Banner and his endorsement. No military aide.
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Thanks for the fact check, Ajidica. I'm amazed at your wealth of knowledge in history. :goodjob:
I must have misconstrued the support for the Normans as military support in addition. Do you have any ideas as to how to represent the Papal presence, though?

I'll post an updated version and patch up to 2.13 tonight, and hopefully I won't have any problems.
 
Norman crossbows? I thought William only had archers?
Do you put Harald Hardradda up north or is it only after the battle of Stanford Bridge?
 
LDiCesare said:
Norman crossbows? I thought William only had archers?
Do you put Harald Hardradda up north or is it only after the battle of Stanford Bridge?
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To quote Wikipedia;
The Norman army was estimated to number as many as 8,400 and consisted of at the most 2,200 cavalry, 4,500 infantry and 1,700 archers and crossbowmen.
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The scenario takes place after Harald of Norway's defeat, as the Normans landed after Harald was defeated. Hardradda is no longer the leader as he died soon after the battle. Magnus is the leader of the Norweigians (well right now they're the Vikings since I'm lazy, but I should split them up into Norway, Denmark, and maybe Sweden.)
 
Downloaded it, unfortunatly, it is all but unplayable on windows. (I am running XP, (can't remember which service pack, think it is 3) with warlords 2.13) on load I first get an error saying it can't load the unit artdefines. Then it cant load handicaps infos. Then I get a bunch of errors say that there is more siblings than memory. Don't really know what the problem is. If I get time this weekend I'll take a look at it. If you need a main menu track, here is one. It is from the mod Viking Invaision 2 for Rome: Total War, Barbarian Invaision.
 
I don 't trust wikipedia too much. The French version of wikipedia doesn't speak of crossbow for instance.
More importantly, the Bayeux tapestry shows zero crossbow.
References: http://www.battle1066.com/wforce1.shtml

However Guy of Amiens, and William of Poitiers (maybe imitating Guy) do speak of balistis/crossbow. It looks like some crossbows at that time may have shot arrows rather than bolts. I think they were probably not much different from bows in terms of effectiveness.
 
I would be happy to test as soon as I get warlords... :(

Should be within a week.

Looks Great!
 
@Ajidica
Wow, that really blows. :( I just patched up to 2.13 and mine works just fine after the upgrade. I'll have to talk to Nwabudike Morgan, as he made a Warlords mod on a Mac, and ask him about any issues he had and see if I can find any solutions. As for the music, I honestly don't play with music on, but I'll definitely consider adding it in for the next version. Man, this sucks. :sad:

@ LDiCesare
Even though there isn't much evidence, its still there, and I need more units to keep the game diverse & balanced. It's shallow enough as it is, but I really do appreciate the factchecking, as I would like to stay somewhat historically accurate.
Thank you and keep the comments coming! :D

@BTSformac
Thanks for offering to test! :)
Also, how are you doing on the Crusades Scenario? :mischief:
 
Crossbows: The Normans did use them at Hastings, at least according to the Warhammer Historical Dark Age Britain supplement book, which is generaly pretty accurate. Considering they were also used by Robert Guiscard at Durrazo against the Byzantines a few years later, I'm pretty sure William would have had them.
Load Problems: I don't think it is due to the patch, more likely due to the fact the IIRC, the Mac version parses the xml slightly differently.
(I have to have my little windows is nicer rant now, we have had BTS since August 07, and your still waiting for it. You guys also have the bouncing beachball of death when loading a program.) Rant over. Lets not turn this into a mac vs windows discussion.

EDIT: For the title page, I'd reccomend a picture of the Bayeux Tapestry or a statue of William, currently, it looks to blurry.
 
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