Taken from a post in the suggestions thread.
I started looking at minor issues in the M&B mod, like the Polish only seeming to spawn heavy cavalry, and decided to tweak it myself to try and get back that feeling of mixed forces on the battlefield. Then I started looking at the NPCs, and the adjustments they could use to fit into the game more effectively -- like removing mentions of Calradia in their dialogue, adjusting their stats so that they can use equipment that's suitable for their professed professions, etc.
So I've resolved to go through and do this myself. When I'm done, I'll put the files up somewhere so that everybody can make use of them if they wish. I only have a couple sticking points, being very inexperienced at modding, and having limited experience with this module.
1) Is the Mount & Blade troop editor sufficient to tweak how the Polish lords are recruiting their forces? Would that be the "Kingdom 3 reinforcements" listed in the party templates? I know. Utter noob question.
2) How are the troop files utilized? I see there's 3 for all factions but the Teutonic knights, who have 5 troop files. Do the troop files normally indicate how NPC lords recruit from village, town, and castle? Or do they recruit from all three? Either way, if AI Lords are using these parameters, the emphasis on higher-level troops (particularly in kingdom_3_reinforcements_c) may be explaining why the Polish are so weighted in their troop spawning.
3) Do the companion characters/NPCs have dialogue points set in the module? That is to say the triggers for their background information and conversations that they had in basic M&B -- like Ymira going on about Veluca when you draw near the town gates. If they do have them set, where are the triggers set in the current mod?
Edit: After looking through the troop files, I really can't see any reason for the discrepancy in cavalry with the Polish faction. I'm going to presume that it was a fluke that I ran into, and give it another shot.
Though I did discover something very unusual: Several of the Mongol lords are tagged as 'female', and many of the Russian lords are tagged 'undead'.