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Warsword / New bug fix

« on: July 29, 2010, 12:01:49 AM »

Hi all just to let you know that there is a new bug fix for the warsword mod out now 28/7/10
It can be downloaded from here http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2134

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Warsword / Warsword Introduction

« on: July 20, 2010, 12:48:59 AM »

Welcome to the warsword mod, a mod based around the world of warhammer and set in the Old World. In this mod you can join and conquer with one of 11 factions or even start your own kingdom and go on to conquer the Old World as King. This mod has many different aspects to native M&B and we hope will be enjoyed by warhammer fans and newcomers to the genre.
Whilst this is not by any means the hardest mod out there, newcomers to the game Mount and Blade may find it difficult going, especially at the start. We would advise playing through a game or two of native mount and blade first to get used to how the game works.

The team would like to point out that this mod is not 100% faithful to warhammer lore nor did we set out for it to be. The M&B engine, limitations, balance, time and also own ideas meant that some things do not transmit from the real game and lore 1:1.


Backstory:

War rages in the Old World, this is no time for peace and no time for diplomacy. The forces of Chaos are descending from the north, displacing the race of Norseman and scattering them across the Old World, a once proud nation now living as bandits and brigands. Another power rises from the South, in the lands of Lustria, the ancient race of Lizardmen who seeing the Chaos threat and dismayed at the failure of the rest of the Old World to contain it, take it upon themselves to fight back and force them back into the darkness from whence they came. So used to staying safe in their own lands the lizardman form their invasion force to counter invade the vast Chaos armies and do what the other races could not.

The other factions are too busy involved in their other wars to see the threat of the north in the same way as the Lizardman despite some fighting them also. It is a dark time for the inhabitants of the Old World and as a player you will not hard pressed to find a cause to fight for.



Here are some of the features you can look forward to warsword release 2

11 factions each with their own armours, items and lords
The ability to become a player character of every faction race in the game
All new character creation options which affect your starting stats and equipment accordingly
24 brand new companions each with their own tale (some from the warhammer world, some created for the mod)
Massive Warhammer based battle
Revamped tournaments with special tournament characters and teams. Inc keep your own armour.
All new bandits
All new mercenaries
Faction patrols and prisoner trains
Permanent wars between factions
Each town, village, castle has population of correct faction
Special character Kings and Lords have magical weapons and armour giving powerful bonuses
The player has the chance to obtain magical weapons and armour for themselves


Below is a reference centre for information on the mod. We will not reveal too much but below is some info which it might be worth reading, especially about the special lords.


The factions

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The Empire:

A vast land ruled by the Emporer Karl Franz. Their armies are well armoured and full of advanced weaponary in the form of handguns and pistols. Their knights are tough and their pistoliers bring death at a breakneck speed.

Chaos:

The hordelands from the north which release devastation on the Old World. The armies of Chaos consist of 4 minor factions of Khorne, Slaanesh, Nurgle and Undivided. Supported by hordes of marauders the Chaos Warriors, Knights and Chosen Ones are devastating on the battlefield an alarming prospect for every commander who comes up against them.

Bretonnia:

The Bretonnians are the the horsemasters and have armies full of gallant and courageous knights. At the head of their armies are the mighty Grail Knights with their awe inspiring will and long lances which deliver instant death to most who are unfortunate enough to get struck by them.

Orc Kingdom:

The Orcs are a big and brutal race of strong and tough fighters who arguably love fighting more than any othe race. Although their boar riders pack a real punch their real strength comes from the heavily armoured and powerful Black Orc Infantry who will stand toe to toe with any foe in the old world and fancy themselves to come off the better.

Lizardmen:

This naturally tough race have an array of unique weapons and their knights ride on Cold Ones just like the Dark Elves. Once an army finds themselves surrounded by the forces of Lustria it is almost certain death as their Revered Guardians and Scar Veterans are some of the toughest infantry in the game and their riders are comparable to the great champions of Chaos.

High Elves:

An old but fading race who are highly skilled with weapons and fight in ranks of strong and glistening armour. Their finest troop are the deadly dragon Princes who are often the last troops standing in close battle and they have some of the most powerful Lords in the game.

Wood Elves:

Led by the powerful King Orion the Wood Elves are the finest archers and the fastest horse riders in the game. Fast, deadly and very defensive of their home. Although lightly armoured compared to other armies and some troops like the wardancer only have magic tattoos to protect them, the Wood Elves usually don't allow their armies that close and when they do if their opponents are not fast enough they will be cut down in a tornado of blades.

Dark Elves:

The Dark Elves are defined by their powerful weapons and relentless attitude to battle. Their Royal Coldones are rarely brought down and their top tier troops have many ways to execute their enemies quickly and are led by the deadly Dark Elf Assassins. Their armies are supported by their ranks of crossbowmen who unleash storms of piercing bolts on their enemies.

Dwarves:

Although they lack mounted troops the Dwarves make up for it in sheer power and craft. Led by the most powerful Lords in the game and backed up by fierce slayers and powerful weapons such as muskets and blunderbusses they take pleasure in dismantling the mounted troops which race towards them. Tough shields and powerful axes make the Dwarves one of teh most resilient and effective armies in the Old World.

Skaven:

These foul rats are more like an infestation on the Old World than a Kingdom. Their faction does not dwell in one area like the others but is scattered all over the Old World wherever they managed to spawn their castles and towns. Fast and deadly they bring a quick death to their enemies and boast an array of crazy weaponary as well as the infamous assassin and ratogre troops.

Sylvania

The Vampire Count army led by the Vampire Lord Mannfred Von Carstein is an army of the undead legions of the Old World. Their Blood Knights descend upon their enemies on deadly nightmares and their infantry contains Wight Kings and Grim Reapers who endlessly bring more souls to join them in the underworld. Although small in size, this kingdom is powerful and only a brave faction would try and take it.

On the battlefield

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The battles are hectic in warsword and there is a bit more to think about than native mount and blade. First of all are the firearm weapons are in the game. They are powerful and will usually one hit kill a troop but the reload speed is really slow providing a window of opportunity. The armies who make use of firearms are the Empire, Skaven and Dwarfs. Taking a note of how many firearm troops you are up against and considering your tactics can pay off while you are learning the mod.

The other thing you need to consider when fighting a faction lord is who you are up against. Lords are really tough troops as it is compared to normal troops. They have a big strength bonus to represent the 3 wounds they have compared to 1 a normal troop has and any ward saves the lords have a represented in a further strength boost. Needless to say lords are the crack troop in your opponents army.

However some Lords have more than just their extra strength to protect them. Some have special armours and weapons which turn them into one man killing machines. The next section will say who they are and what they have. It is worth taking note especially when you start out as taking on Ungrim Ironfist when you are low level and with a mediocre army is a death sentence  

So pick your opponents carefully and consider your tactics carefully, is it better to leave your troops to deal with the special lord or will you take them on yourself to spare your troops the onslaught?

Lords with special weapons and armour

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These are the lords with special items and what they are. An item with a star next to it is especially potent. There items are not lootbale or purchasable but you can get your own special items as explained in the next section.


King Orion: The Talon bow which fires arrows nearly as powerful as a seige crossbow
                  The Spear of Kurnous: Super sharp pointy spear of death
                  He also has 6 wounds and a further strength boost but he is lightly armoured compared to other lords


Karl Franz: Ghal Maraz: Devastating 2h warhammer*

Thorgrim Grudgebearer: Axe of Grimnir: 2handed axe

Archaon: Armour of Morkor*
               He also has a massive strength bonus

King Malekith: Massive strength bonus from his armour of midnight

Grey Seer Thanquol: Given a special armour to differentiate him from his troops
                                 He also has a big strength bonus

Grimgor Ironhide: Blood Forged armour *

Kurt Hellborg: Solland Runefang

Ludwig Schwarzhelm: Sword of Justice: Really fast 2 handed sword

Sorceress Morathi: Heart Render Lance

Crone Hellebron: Deathsword

Lord Fellheart: Red blades (which are not red due to item limit issue): really fast 2 handed sword

Gorbad Ironclaw: Morgler the Mangler: really fast axe

Deathmaster Snikch: Weeping blade

Ungrim Ironfist: Axe of Dargo*

Thorek Ironbrow: Rune Armour of Gromil*
                                      Klad Barak: powerful 2 handed warhammer

King Kazador: Hammer of Karak Azul*

Prnce Tyrion: Dragon armour of Tyrion*
                             He also has a big strength bonus

Eltharion: Helm of Yvresse

Korhil: Pelt of Chanandis

Caradryn: Phoenix blade: Powerful Elven pike

How to get special items:

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If you would like to be like the above characters and equip yourself with special weapons and armour then you need to find the Wizard Markas the Wise and purchase them from him when you are capable. Markas will sell to you freely when you are level 15 or above but if you wish to get your hands on one then there is a way you can do it. Every time you win a tournament you receive a winner

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Warsword / New Release Soon

« on: July 02, 2010, 05:43:08 PM »

Just to let you all know that the New warsword beta will be out in about two weeks time.

we are just finishing things off and bug hunting at the moment.

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Warsword / Chaos

« on: June 06, 2010, 01:24:16 PM »

Here are a couple of screen shots of the chaos faction which has been updated for the next release.

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Warsword / Next release mod features

« on: June 06, 2010, 01:14:37 PM »

MOD FEATURES

The mod will include 11 faction when we release the next version these are Empire, Woodelf, Darkelf, Highelf, Chaos, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Skaven, Bretonia, Orc and newly add Vampire counts.

So what else does the mod offer besides 11 new factions all with new races with lots of new weapons, armors, mounts and troop types.

There is a very good map of the old world with all the major cities and castles and most of the not so major places,in total so far we have 31 towns, 66 castles and 142 villages all with warhammer names.

There is the the new update on the form ranks code by foxyman which lets you organise your forces into units under the control of one of your captains, Now you can be a real warhammer General.

There is a total of 24 hireable Warhammer NPC like Gotrek and Felix ,Malus Darkblade, Skarloc and a few new ones too all with new Dialog and background story.

Other features include, over 200 new banners, new character creation, faction patrols, 11 + character races which the player can be, Plus many more little codes and features which make this mod more warhammer like.

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Warsword / Warsword update 3

« on: April 24, 2010, 01:48:38 AM »

update3


You1 has done some more great work on armours for the Bretonnia Faction

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Nameless Warrior has done some fantasic work adding
24 new companions across all the races to help your conquests in the old world
Like Gotrek and Felix ,Mathias Thulmann ,Florin D'artaud and many more all with background and new dialogue.

There is New coding by Berserker Pride
Everyone keeps their own armour for tournaments
Faction Patrols Added
Faction Specific permanent wars added.

My work has include more troops for the High elf Faction two shown below

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A couple of more new mercenary troops

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There is now a total of 189 new banners all of high quailty

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And lots of new things which I could tell you all ,but I'll wait for you to find
them in the release

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Warsword / Warsword release 2 preview 2

« on: March 22, 2010, 07:47:13 PM »

Thought I would do a update of the next release.
warsword team at the moment
Leader and modder, Del
Co modder, You1
Fluff and extras, Jubal
scene editor, Korash_Shadowheart

Testers Joebow and Travis

I have now done the Dwarf faction and all in game

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You1 is making Great progress with the Bretonnia Faction

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Also add ingame are new mercenary troops

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And these little fellows as bandits

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Other things done are
I have Updated the Foxyman's form ranks code , works a lot better now.
added 33 more flags for the new faction Lords
Beastmen added as bandits
new map

Enjoy the screen shots and thanks for reading

Del

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General Chatter - The Boozer / JOKES

« on: February 22, 2010, 02:13:36 PM »

I thought I would start a topic on jokes , so if you have heard a good joke or a bad one place them here and give us all a laugh.

Del

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Warsword / Warsword Recriuting modders

« on: February 17, 2010, 01:05:27 AM »

We are recriuting
Hi all, Warsword mod is now recriuting modders to get the next release out .
if you are skilled and have time to help please do , all help is most welcome.

All member will recieve a preview  of the next release which includes the new map , once they prove themselfs  they can mod for warsword.

We are looking for
scene editors to go through the new map and edit villages , towns and castle to change anything wrong with them and to add more warhammer feel to them.
coders to sort out any bugs in the new release and fix them.

things  we also need help with,
map has been done but some of the new villages need editing as have floating tree etc
need more hireable heroes a total of at least 5 for each faction
all old factions need balancing out and troop trees sorting
have weapons made but need texturing and putting in game
got an error with not enough flags for lord

if any one would like to help with these matters or any thing else you think needs changing or needed to add let me know
thanks , Del

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Warsword / Warsword release 2 preview

« on: February 01, 2010, 02:02:17 PM »

Here are the plans for the next release of warsword

New npcs and mercenaries
Sorting out merchants for all new armours maybe faction related
Update the Foxyman's form ranks code
Adding beastmen as raiders and maybe Goblins as looters
Adding Bretonia , Highelf and dwarf factions
Adding the warhammer map
The warhammer map is now done,
I've had to convert the map a bit to get every thing in but the general shape is there.



and here are a couple of Highelf troops I've done already

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Warsword / next release suggestions warsword

« on: December 26, 2009, 03:28:56 PM »

what would you like to see or changed in the next release of the warsword mod ?
any suggestions welcome .

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Warsword / bug list

« on: December 24, 2009, 09:10:44 PM »

please put any bugs you find here  , thanks

bug fix1  http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=1613

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Warsword / Warsword (warhammer mod) Screenshots

« on: December 24, 2009, 01:29:48 AM »

Here are some images of new troops and armours featured in the mod to give you a taste of the mod .

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Warsword / WARSWORD RELEASED

« on: December 22, 2009, 03:23:18 AM »

Warsword Fantasy Battles Mod

Warsword is a mod based on Warhammer fantasy battles game by Games Workshop.
This is total conversion of the original Mount & Blade , and it will not work on Warbands.

The new Release can be downloaded here http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=1610
And the latest bug fix for release 2 can be downloaded from here http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=2134

FEATURES
Includes 11 factions Empire, Woodelf, Darkelf, Highelf, Chaos, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Skaven, Bretonnia, Orc and Vampire counts.

All factions with lots of new weapons, armours, mounts and troop types.

Map of the Warhammer world with most the major cities and castles in total 31 towns, 66 castles and 142 villages all with warhammer names.

Total of 24 hireable Warhammer NPC like Gotrek and Felix ,Malus Darkblade, Skarloc and a few new ones too all with new Dialog and background story.

Other features
 new update on the form ranks code by foxyman
 Kingdom management
 Troops Continue fight after you fall
 Join any battle
 New character creation
 Faction patrols
 You can speak to the village elder and town elder from menu
 Code where a village makes its current faction's troops
 No more caravan guards in caravans
 Cattle don't run off, there follow you
 Faction town and village walkers
 All new bandit types
 Troop sounds changed
 Beer, wine, salt and wheat now with a food bonus
 Faction Prison trains [Only WIP]
 Faction Specific permanent wars added
 Everyone keeps their own armour for tournaments
 New tournament teams

Credits

 The Warsword Main Mod Team
Leader and modder Del
Co modder, You1
Co modder, Nameless Warrior

The Warsword Mod Team
modeller,  Brutun
modeller,  Draegor Redfields
Main Testers Joebow and Travis
some coding, Berserker Pride
some coding grailknighthero
Fluff and bits , Jubal

I big thank you to all of the modders of Taleworlds and mount & blade for models, osp packs and coding etc

Cartread for skeletons,Zombies,original chaos knight armour,Troop sounds etc from the hero and blade mod,
Highelf  for original wood elf models and weapons from his fantasy mod.
 without these two mods I don't think I would have started modding at all so thanks cartread and Highelf. :-D

Highlander for 40k models and boar mount and Kingdom management.
 Wheene and Nema for orcs models from the daydream mod.
Original ogre body model and a couple of things from his Steam_Punk_OSP -IYI-O-R-T- cheers mate.
 Greatcoat studdedjacket etc models from the pirates mod by Yoshiboy and Dain Ironfoot.
All from the communityhelms team.
 Faradon for models pack.
Foxyman for form ranks code , thanks great coding.
 Silver_Wolf for models pack.
Ahadhran for darkmod models.
 Runico_weapons_remake.
Narf,s plate armour.
 Sibylla_Faces.
All the modders from the TES4 packs,Jojjo,Nexon,throttlekitty,Glypha,Andragorn and all thanks.
 Nightmare taken from the nongmin  dazhan,don't know who made it but thank you.
CounterPoint391  for the shurikens.  
 Some of the high elf weapons by Luigi from the OSP weapons pack.
Arn13 (Beren) for some of his textures from his call of warhammer texture pack.
 spak_items.
yellowmosquito for his vertical banners http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,84667.0.html

If I have forgot someone I'm truly sorry, please PM me I will add you to the credits straight away.

Also a very BIG thank you to Games Workshop for making such a great Fantasy setting which is loved by your fans so much.


To install new races

This is a mod for the original Mount & Blade "ONLY"

To get the special races working properly you have to do the following

open program files and then Mount&Blade folder.

Move The Original folder called "data" in Program Files\Mount&Blade to somewhere safe DO NOT detele as you will not be able to play other Mods or native.

Move the folder in Mount&Blade\Modules\warsword called "data" to Program Files\Mount&Blade .

PLAY and Enjoy

You will have to change the data folders over again to play other mods or native .

or use iron launcher http://www.mbrepository.com/file.php?id=1501


More info and our sites
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,87192.0.html
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3005774/
http://www.moddb.com/mods/warsword

Warsword Disclaimer

This mod is completely unofficial and in no way endorsed by Games Workshop Limited.
The Chaos devices, the Chaos logo, Citadel, Citadel Device, the Double-Headed/Imperial Eagle device, 'Eavy Metal, Forge World, Games Workshop, Games Workshop logo, Golden Demon, Great Unclean One, the Hammer of Sigmar logo, Horned Rat logo, Keeper of Secrets, Khemri, Khorne, Lord of Change, Nurgle, Skaven, the Skaven symbol devices, Slaanesh, Tomb Kings, Trio of Warriors, Twin Tailed Comet Logo, Tzeentch, Warhammer, Warhammer Online, Warhammer World logo, White Dwarf, the White Dwarf logo, and all associated marks, names, races, race insignia, characters, vehicles, locations, units, illustrations and images from the Warhammer world are either