SP Medieval Fantasy Camelot: A King Arthur Mod - open Beta version 0.31 Release!

Well it's that time of year folks ... that's right. Christmas. So, as a holiday gift to you all I give you
Camelot: A King Arthur Mod - The Beta release

You can head over here to download: http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/topic/7172142/

There is no password anymore, because it's a beta 
Also, I got tired of having to PM everyone the password, though I am glad there was so much interest!

Also a big Big BIG shout-out to TIDM2 for helping me write some of the dialog - the mod has a lot more life thanks to his help!

Well, there is still a very long road ahead. I am short a mapper, and still don't have any of the custom items (such as Excalibur) but hopefully we will get there.

Lots of new additions (these are just some of the big ones, I think it's time to start keeping a changelog):
In this version I've added the beginning of a long quest involving King Lot and the Orkneys. Also included an early version of the Battle of Bedegraine.

I've also retooled the Gwen quest, and made it so that the quest actually ENDS and you get a reward, and she moves to Camelot. It has also been moved to Cameliard in Powys to be more historically accurate. There are also more immediate consequences to your decision of how to end it.

Patrols are now AGRESSIVE and if you are at war they will kick your ass when you try to pass through their territory. I've reduced their number and spawn rate to compensate. Try sieging a town before you take out all the patrols, and while you are building your little ladders they will come along and make you suffer.

Additionally some troops have been tweaked. Archers, specifically all of the Cymru archers, are now slightly less overpowered. Also, any troops NOT of british origin will cost you a lot more. I mean, it's one thing to call up your own levy and whatnot, but "foreign" troops should operate somewhat like mercenaries, right?

12/9/09
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Hey folks. I'm back with a big progress update. You can see all the details here:
http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/topic/7160033/1/?x=0#post8011819

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The long and the short is I have all the major features I want in place, and I'm ready for some testers to get to work! The quest line is barely begun, but all the core gameplay features are in. There are a few things I'd like to fine tune, and several things that still need to be added, but I think I can say that v0.1a is done =P



Overview:
New troop trees, new recruitment options, new ways to garrison, limited elite troops (based on renown), completely rebalanced items (and a few new ones!), better (more realistic) horses, super-duper-awesome formations! (all hail foxyman), sea battles, MANY new factions (crazy wars), a new map, shield bash ... prolly some other stuff I forgot ...

EDIT: This is no longer being updated, for up to date information please go to http://s9.zetaboards.com/exilian/forum/3005463/

Old posts below:
Major goals: (red = done, blue = started, green = working, purple = failed Secondary goals:
Early Factions and tentative Troop Trees: More to come, this is just an "Announcement of Intentions" post.

Notes for myself (so i don't forget:

Progress:
Progress as of 10/10/09

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Isn't there a mod already about this?

Is there? I searched around but didn't find anything, and I reeeeeally want a king arthur mod.

Revan Shan said:

Isn't there a mod already about this?

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Eagle and the wolves? No real story line there, nor kingdom management. And there was only a tiny King Arthur faction

Revan Shan said:

Isn't there a mod already about this?

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Who cares? I want this one

Well good luck. When would it be set?

I will likely set it around 1066, and Uther will have been starting his conquest but then he dies, leaving you to pick up where he left off. And please bear in mind that this is going to be a mishmash of Arthur lore and some original stuff thrown in for gameplay sake. It's not gonna be some authentic interpretation of Mallory or any single interpretation. I will have to take quite a bit of artistic license in order to make it FUN and playable.

thrakkemarn said:

I will likely set it around 1066, and Uther will have been starting his conquest but then he dies, leaving you to pick up where he left off. And please bear in mind that this is going to be a mishmash of Arthur lore and some original stuff thrown in for gameplay sake. It's not gonna be some authentic interpretation of Mallory or any single interpretation. I will have to take quite a bit of artistic license in order to make it FUN and playable.

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...works for me. This will be fun, i wish u good luck

Sweet!

thrakkemarn said:

Wield Excalibur (duh)

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Like we didn't know!

Awesome

1066?! I know it's not historical mod, but when Normans and Saxons fought at Battle of Hastings, Arthur (if he was historical) was lying in his grave for nearly 600 years! You should set it in about 503 AD, when Arthur won battle of Mons Badonicus. I'm not saying I don't like fantasy mods, but I hate fantasy mods based on some historical things, which are ignoring simpliest historical facts. For example placing Arthur in the eleventh century is something really crazy. 

Perhaps an option to play as a knight of the round table instead of just Arthur could implemented at some time?

Anyway, sounds like fun

Kolba said:

1066?! I know it's not historical mod, but when Normans and Saxons fought at Battle of Hastings, Arthur (if he was historical) was lying in his grave for nearly 600 years! You should set it in about 503 AD, when Arthur won battle of Mons Badonicus. I'm not saying I don't like fantasy mods, but I hate fantasy mods based on some historical things, which are ignoring simpliest historical facts. For example placing Arthur in the eleventh century is something really crazy. 

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Not so crazy: ever read "The Once and Future King"? It's probably my favorite book of all time, and in it Uther is supposed to be a William the Conquerer type, and the book is thus set in that time period. If I did this, the different factions would be radically different from anything, and would include the Orkneys, which you would have to beat and unite. This would be a much more fantastical, rather than historical setting. Also, there'd be a lot more (albeit fictional) source material.

However, I am not decided yet - I was thinking about setting it in the earlier period, and having a Saxon invasion occur at some point. This would also make it pretty interesting, cause there would be some obvious factions of like Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Gaul. Your goal would be to conquer and unite them. Of course, there's little historical fact about Arthur, so I'd be making more stuff up. I'm always open to suggestions and ideas =)

SpartanPride said:

Perhaps an option to play as a knight of the round table instead of just Arthur could implemented at some time?

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Yeah, there would definitely have to be other playable characters or options, but the 1st step is the Arthur story.

Here is a great snippet from a convo with a friend, I've been bouncing ideas off of:

This is going to be an awesome mod! I wish you good luck!

Hopefully this gets somewhere.

Shio said:

Hopefully this gets somewhere.

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heheh. I hear ya. I've got plenty of free time at the moment though. Hopefully I'll be able to integrate some good features that other brave souls have worked on (like formations and kingdom management). I'm not planning to do too much modelling type stuff, at least initially, since I'll mostly be focusing on the code. If anyone would like to jump on board with some modelling, rigging, or scene making ability, you're always welcome - though until I get a working alpha code I won't be incorporating any of that stuff.

Edit: Actually, the most useful thing right now is to keep throwing ideas and historical stuff at me, so keep it up =)

Queen Pinky said:

Revan Shan said:

Isn't there a mod already about this?

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Eagle and the wolves? No real story line there, nor kingdom management. And there was only a tiny King Arthur faction

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The mod is based off the book series by Jack White, so the story doesn't really need to be told (although it would have been nice to have some anyway, especially for those who haven't read them).  The faction was small, yes, but debatebly the strongest.