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The Sword of Islam: RFC Medieval Middle East
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embryodead
Caliph
It's just Kashmir that a bit pointless to turn into settleable area, since it and other Himalayan areas were rather secluded and out of the world's events. The Rhye's catapult & other hidden units are actually elsewhere in the Himalayas, on top of an impassable mountain 
Civciv5
Grand Emperor
I entered the worldbuilder and turned one mountain into a hill so that the hills are reachable.
I settled a city there and it says:"CITY_NAME_MISSING".
I renamed the city to Skardu.
I think there was a Kingdom of Kashmir.
Maybe an idea for a civ?
This was the "Kashmiri Empire" in 750 AD
Or this
How did it happened that Kashmir conquered North India?
It was Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty who did this.
It could be an ealy civ starting in 750 AD,gradually declining and collapsing.
Capital would be Srinigar,other cities Dharamsala,Shimla?
What about the Saffarid Empire as a civilization?
Or the Kingdom of Kashgar?
I readed somewhere that the Seljuks conquered Tibet.
That is nonsense,right?
The Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan,should be on the map a five:six tiles north of Kashgar.
I settled a city there and it says:"CITY_NAME_MISSING".
I renamed the city to Skardu.
I think there was a Kingdom of Kashmir.
Maybe an idea for a civ?
This was the "Kashmiri Empire" in 750 AD
Spoiler :
Or this
Spoiler :
How did it happened that Kashmir conquered North India?
It was Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty who did this.
It could be an ealy civ starting in 750 AD,gradually declining and collapsing.
Capital would be Srinigar,other cities Dharamsala,Shimla?
What about the Saffarid Empire as a civilization?
Or the Kingdom of Kashgar?
I readed somewhere that the Seljuks conquered Tibet.
That is nonsense,right?
The Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan,should be on the map a five:six tiles north of Kashgar.
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embryodead
Caliph
For the most part, Karkota ruled Kashmir - this empire is very much like Hemu & Sur Empires, it lasted mostly for the reign of one leader, and went down after his death. That's 3 turns till 760 AD. Kabul Shahi, Gurjara-Pratihara, Rashtrakuras, Pala Empire - look these up, they were longer lasting and/or bigger, ruled in India up to 10th c. yet I also didn't add them... there's no point in filling the whole continent with them just so they collapse in 100-150 years. You'd need a different, Indian mod, which starts earlier.
For the tripe hills area itself, I can be convinced to open it, I just feel it's a waste of resources in the current scale. It's not just Kashmir that has been "whitewashed" this way - see Bulgaria, Northern Caucasus, Karakhitan part of Transoxiania, other parts of Himalayas, Southern India and most of Arabian Peninsula. There's little point of putting cities there. There is no Issyk Kul and the small strip of Karakhanid area is filled with mountains & steppes precisely because it's edge of the map and it's not supposed to be settled.
Saffarid empire - it lasted for about 30 years, then collapsed and and was confined to Sistan. Try Ilkhanate, Ziyarids, Kara-khitans, Shirvan, Kartids, Artuqids, Danishmends, Burids, Qarmatians, Jalayrids, Muzzafarids, Chobaids, Injuins, Sardabars... you see where it's going Jalayrids and Ziyards could be potentially interesting but to quote Saint-Exupery: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." So, sorry if that feels like I'm putting your ideas down, but after 2 years of development and balancing, the list of civs is closed.
For the tripe hills area itself, I can be convinced to open it, I just feel it's a waste of resources in the current scale. It's not just Kashmir that has been "whitewashed" this way - see Bulgaria, Northern Caucasus, Karakhitan part of Transoxiania, other parts of Himalayas, Southern India and most of Arabian Peninsula. There's little point of putting cities there. There is no Issyk Kul and the small strip of Karakhanid area is filled with mountains & steppes precisely because it's edge of the map and it's not supposed to be settled.
Saffarid empire - it lasted for about 30 years, then collapsed and and was confined to Sistan. Try Ilkhanate, Ziyarids, Kara-khitans, Shirvan, Kartids, Artuqids, Danishmends, Burids, Qarmatians, Jalayrids, Muzzafarids, Chobaids, Injuins, Sardabars... you see where it's going
Jalayrids and Ziyards could be potentially interesting but to quote Saint-Exupery: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." So, sorry if that feels like I'm putting your ideas down, but after 2 years of development and balancing, the list of civs is closed.
Civciv5
Grand Emperor
Yes,I'm making RFC South East Asia,but it's probably doomed to be abandoned,because of the lack of manpower.I'm making it all by myself.
Maybe people think that South Asia isn't interesting enough,then they won't want to help.
I dreamed of it,but probably will never be developed into a RFC modmod.
I'm on the verge of abandoning it.
Your mod has something "special",that the other modmods not have.
This mod seems finished and completed,I really enjoy it.
How did you start this mod?
embryodead
Caliph
I've made the mod myself in about 1 year of private development, based on Rhye's code and various art found on CFC, but I have a background in programming and no life, which helps
Others provided a lot of ideas & testing, but that was later, after I released a fully playable mod. It's easier to get people involved when there's already something playable. The main point is, if you want a mod done, you have to be able to do most, if not all of the work yourself. Most mods are one person projects, or at least projects where one person does the programming work, and others help with XML, artwork, ideas and testing.Bottom-line: some familiarity with Python and RFC code (preferably SoI or RFCE code) is the bare minimum to get started.
Civciv5
Grand Emperor
Unfortunately,I can do little python myself.
I released the progress that I made,since then nobody has posted something meaningful in the thread...
I'm hopeless,I can't do all the work alone.
But we're of topic now.
Will the Buyids,Bahmanids and Zengids ever be playable?
Some cities in North Kashmir could be:Leh,Gilgit,Skardu,Hushe...
Maybe put some deer or other resource to improve their growth.
Maybe place some resources or a river near Kashgar,most of the time it's useless.
Is Chachkand Tasjkent?
Why is Kyrgyzstan only mountains?
I released the progress that I made,since then nobody has posted something meaningful in the thread...
I'm hopeless,I can't do all the work alone.
But we're of topic now.
Will the Buyids,Bahmanids and Zengids ever be playable?
Some cities in North Kashmir could be:Leh,Gilgit,Skardu,Hushe...
Maybe put some deer or other resource to improve their growth.
Maybe place some resources or a river near Kashgar,most of the time it's useless.
Is Chachkand Tasjkent?
Why is Kyrgyzstan only mountains?
I don't think that's the problem...
This is :
Spoiler :
Just my two cents and No offence intended..
Sorry if it might.
(Y)Peace, okay?
Back to topic.
Embryodead, could you please explain why I can't resume my Malwa game? I saved and it shown a Phytex then CTD when I try to resume it nights after.. ?
embryodead
Caliph
Not likely but I'm not completely ruling it out.
Yes, Chach and Chachkand are the old names of modern Tashkent.
Like I said, the northern part is whitewashed because it's on the edge of the map and it's not supposed to be settled. Same reason Arabian peninsula is mostly desert, and Northern Caucasus & Karnataka a semi-desert.
embryodead
Caliph
Have you updated the mod from SVN after starting the game? If so, that's the reason. SVN revisions are often incompatible. You can use the TortoiseSVN command "Update to Revision..." to go back to an older revision and resume your game.
Civciv5
Grand Emperor
Sorry if I was unfriendly or rude.
I don't like when some fools downrate some of my files that's why there is a link in my signature to a thread that I ask people to please uprate them.
I actually released the progress that I made in the mod in the thread,but since MegaUpload was shutdown,it is unavailable.
Can we discuss about this in the RFC South Asia Thread,and not in embryodead's thread,this isn"t the right place?
No. I don't update anything when it happened; but I have updated the SVN now...
Some kind of C++ error.. Too bad I lost my screenshot..
I haven't check back in the SVN if it have been healed, though
Also, is it normal that a spy both failed and success doing a mission at the same time?
I got
Spoiler :
simultaneously.
Don't apologize to me
I don't feel like you owe me a sorry or something Okay... So, I'll be back to your thread after you announce your decision about the map change..
Oh, big F to SOPA & PIPA! Poor Megaupload ckck..
embryodead
Caliph
No. I don't update anything when it happened; but I have updated the SVN now...
Some kind of C++ error.. Too bad I lost my screenshot..
I haven't check back in the SVN if it have been healed, though
It could have been some error that is fixed now, or something else, but I can't guess without a save/screen.
Yes, this is normal not only in SoI, but in Civ4
It means the spy successfully completed the mission but was caught afterwards, so you lose the unit.
Civciv5
Grand Emperor
What map chages?
Do you mean Indonesia and the Phillipines?
Unfortunately when I installed the 50-civ gamecore my old map crashed and gives errors,so I had to completely make a new map.
Okay... So, I'll be back to your thread after you announce your decision about the map change..
Any change that you'll actually do this?!?
No need to comment this any further!
Thanks!
embryodead
Caliph
In your Beyond the Sword/Mods/The Sword of Islam folder you'll find VersionHistory.txt file. The number at the top is your version number.
Power_of_Beer
Prince
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