SP Native Unofficial Arena Mod Add-On v.1.9.8b (Discontinued 11.24.06)

Notice: I'm extremely happy with how arenas turned out in Mount & Blade v.0.80x. Because of this, this add-on will not continue to be updated for later versions of the game past v.0.751, nor will it's counterpart, the Flintlock Mini-Mod.

Arena Mod Add-On

Compatability:
-: Mount & Blade v.0.751.
-: Arena Mod v.1.6.0.

Features (v.1.9.5b):
-: New armor, helmet and shield textures for all four teams.
-: Solid colored crosshair for ranged weapons.
-: Added support for Arena Mod v.1.6.0.
-: Knights in Jousting matches now wear leather gloves.
-: Armor without a bonus was added to the Fisticuff matches.
-: The Red Team was replaced by the Green Team in one of the matches.
-: All issues with the Yellow Team have been resolved.

Features (v.1.9.8b):
-: Lancers and Archers have been given secondary weapons.
-: Javelins have been added to all matches.

Know Issues:

Download:
-: Arena Mod Add-On v.1.9.8b (04.30.06)
-: Arena Mod Add-On v.1.9.5b (04.20.06)
-: Arena Mod Add-On v.1.7b (02.27.06)

Installation:
-: A complete installation guide is included with the download, view the Readme file.

Version 1.9b:



Special Thanks to:

-: Janus (Arena Mod)
-: Effidian (Unofficial Editor)
-: Lurb (BRFview)
-: Simpson (Texture and Material Editor)

Flintlock Mini-Mod

Compatability:
-: Mount & Blade v.0.751.
-: Arena Mod v.1.6.0.
-: Arena Mod Add-On v.1.9.8b.

Features (v.0.5b):
-: Fighters are stripped of their armor and tossed into an arena with a flintlock pistol.
-: All arena and training matches have been replaced.

Know Issues:

Download:
-: Flintlock Mini-Mod (05.16.06)

Installation:
-: Copy the two TXT files to the Arena Mod folder.

Version 0.1b:


Special Thanks to:

-: Janus (Arena Mod)
-: Effidian (Unofficial Editor)

Note: If you experience any issues with the Arena Mod Add-On or Mini-Mod, please let me know.

-: Elemental Weaponry Inquiry
-: Translucent Objects Information
-: Native Scale Armor Add-On
-: Old Shield Work
-: Mount & Blade Tutorial: Creating New Items

Updated compatability for Arena Mod v.1.5.2.

Some beta shield textures (likely to change):




Comments are, as always, welcome.

looks good, dowloading now.

Ben Hussey said:

looks good, dowloading now.

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Thanks, it's a WIP for the time being. Hopefully I'll have some sort of shield texture ready tomorrow night.

Another take at an arena shield:



Better or worse?

Dropped color on emblem and upped contrast:

Another shield variation:

yeah I like them, but maybe it would look better on a straight topped shield like the heraldic one, so the top of the shield and the top of the emblem run parallel?
just an idea, I really like the emblem on it, looks damn good.

Ben Hussey said:

yeah I like them, but maybe it would look better on a straight topped shield like the heraldic one, so the top of the shield and the top of the emblem run parallel?
just an idea, I really like the emblem on it, looks damn good.

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The problem with the heraldric shield, is that the texture space for it is too small. It's a lot smaller than the actual shield, so the texture gets degraded a lot. It also leaves a metal trim, which looks a bit awkward with a wooden shield. The same applies to the war shield.

I thought about editing the battle shield, but there would be some model issues there. There would most likely be a buckle placed right over my emblem.

Think I'm going to use these shield textures:

Jousting shield edits:

Updated to v.1.7b, with the addition of shield textures. Also, for some reason, all my yellow team items glow yellow/gold, instead of white. Yet, they have the same alpha layers as the other shields.

See the original post of updated screenshots and download.

Random shield texture:

Cool. Work wth new MB .730?

Kdar said:

Cool. Work wth new MB .730?

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Yes, Mount & Blade v.730 and v.731. Oh course, you need Arena Mod.

That is a chaotic fun mode!

I'm getting a "missing bytes" error from WinZip when trying to extract it... I tried downloading again, but I got the same problem.

Mravac Kid said:

I'm getting a "missing bytes" error from WinZip when trying to extract it... I tried downloading again, but I got the same problem.

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It would appear it's corrupt, let me re-host it.

You should be all set now, sorry about that. And thanks for pointing it out.

I installed the files as stated in the readme onto mount and blade .731 and arena mod 1.52 but i get an error when the game starts and it wont load the arena module. The error message reads:
"unable to open file weapons1_red.dds"