Download & Instructions [Current Release is v0.26 on 8-16-15]

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Windyplains

Grandmaster Knight

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Team Members
Windyplains
Dawg of War (v0.13-v0.24)
Leifdin (v0.24+)
D3monic (v0.27+)

Contributors
Huillam (Vaegir Troops)

Downloads:
Nexus: Download Page
ModDB: Download Page

Bug Reports - Submit a Ticket!
Suggestions - Submit a Ticket!
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Silverstag Features


Kingdom Management
Domestic PoliciesGoing beyond naming and troop differences, your culture can set its own policies that influences its main focus, how it interacts with neighbors, how desertion is handled, how your culture views slavery and the kind of cultural unity your troops have.
Royal DecreesSpecial times call for special measures and as a ruler you’ll be able to enact specific decrees to alter how things are handled within your kingdom from forcing conscription to focusing efforts on rebuilding.
Garrison RecruitmentThrough a unique interface you can now queue up exactly which type and how many troops you want hired for each garrison that you own and those requests will be filled out based upon the budget you limit it to.
Garrison TrainingIn garrisons were a Captain of the Guard is stationed you can allocate budget towards automatically training your troops to a higher tier.
Regional PatrolsUp to three customizable bands of soldiers are at your command, if you can afford their upkeep, to patrol the lands around your fiefs and keep the bandit population down.
Cultural RecruitmentThrough your minister you can alter your kingdom’s culture causing each of your villages to provide recruits of your designated culture and vassals under your control can be set to use them as well.
Castle TreasuryAs the owner of a keep you can designate to store some of your wealth locally which is then used to pay for garrison recruitment and training.  You can also setup a regular allocation from your weekly income to avoid needing to make regular deposits.
Prisoner CaravansAs you travel around you’ll encounter prisoner caravans making their way to the salt mines.  These caravans can be raided for their prisoners or for their earnings when they are on the return trip.  You’ll even be able to commission them yourself as owner of a keep.
Fief ExchangeYou can trade with other vassals for fiefs in exchange for your own lands or money.  As a king, you can even arrange an exchange of fiefs between two of your vassals.
Custom Vassal TitlesAs king you can designate what each rank of lord or lady uses as a title.  These ranks are based upon the land currently owned by the noble in question.  Your preferences are saved to a file that is usable between different save games.

Companion Management
Advisor (Castle Steward)Companions can be assigned to take over the day to day management of a keep, handle hosting tournaments, oversee construction projects and serve as a hub for center based quests.
Advisor (Captain of the Guard)Assigning a Captain of the Guard allows you to setup regional patrols, control recruitment to and training of your keep’s garrison.
Unique Auto-Loot SystemA uniquely customized auto-loot system allows for an extensive degree of control over how your companions will upgrade their equipment as you want them to.  You will rarely ever need to manage your companion’s equipment unless you wish to.
Party Role (Storekeeper)Having a storekeeper assigned within your party allows someone else to manage purchasing, storing and serving food for your army.
Party Role (Quartermaster)Assigning a companion as your storekeeper allows them to take over the process of picking up battlefield loot, storing it and selling it to available merchants as you visit towns.
Party Role (Jailer)Instead of relying upon the player’s prisoner management skill you can assign a Jailer that will sell off your prisoners as you visit towns.
Book ReadingEven companions can be assigned books to read and carry them for benefit.
Import / Export CapabilityCompanions can have their attributes, skills, proficiencies and stats carried over from one save game to another in the same manner as the player.
Companion AbilitiesCompanions now come with three special abilities that help further separate them in usefulness and utility.  These are gained at levels 5, 12 and 20 and can range from enhancing their capabilities in combat, improving their utility to the party, improving their usefulness in a party role or enhancing their efficiency as an advisor.  These abilities are predetermined and may not be altered.

Center Improvements       
Parallel ConstructionUp to three improvements may be constructed in parallel and at a slightly improved speed to maintain balance with the rest of the changes.
Damage & RepairsWhenever a village is raided or a keep is successfully taken then all improvements within stand a chance of being damaged.  If improvements sustain too much damage without being repaired then they will be destroyed entirely.
AI ScriptingThe AI lords will also take advantage of fief improvements, using a scripted priority to decide when to build them and then repair them as needed.
New ImprovementsAlong with the system tweaks comes a list of new improvements that improve the prosperity, income or defense of your fiefs, but some of these enhancements will require an upkeep taking directly from the income of a location.

Character Creation
Consolidated PresentationThe mod features a custom built character creation process that consolidates all of the starting menu choices into one screen and combines the elements of your background into single story.
Stat PreviewInstead of having to start a character to see how the combination of backgrounds fit together from a statistical standpoint you’ll be able to see the benefits of your background right at character creation.
Added BackgroundsSeveral background choices have been rebalanced, but numerous new options have been added to allow for greater starting diversity.
Difficulty SettingAs part of starting your game you can select a different level of difficulty that will alter the strength of your enemies or the difficulty of your quests.  This should improve replay value depending on your preference in difficulty.
Player AbilitiesEvery five levels (up to level 30) you'll have the chance to select a new unique ability to further define your character towards various roles.  These abilities can enhance the ways your skills function, how effective you are able to perform in combat and how your experience trading in the mod is.

New Quests
Tournament QuestsYour character will regularly be invited or hear about tournaments in the world.  Attending will improve your standing within the realm while refusing an invitation could harm it.
Nobility QuestsWith property comes responsibility.  At times your Castle Steward will need to call your attention back at your home keep to discuss issues of importance to defending your lands.
Companion QuestsMore than simply travelers on the road, some companions have unfulfilled stories that you can take part in helping them with.  A companion freed of their background story will have a much greater degree of loyalty to aiding your cause.
Village QuestsThe frequency that villages will need help will be increased and they’ll have new issues requiring your assistance.  Instead of randomly having quests chosen for you the Elder will give you a list of available quests to choose from.
Guild Master QuestsTown mayors are now less picky about which quests you take and let you pick from those that are available instead of randomly assigning them.

Redesigned Tournaments
Customizable equipment optionsWhat you wear and wield within a tournament is available as a selection of options instead of randomly assigned.  This lets you tailor your participation to the fighting style you prefer most.
Customizable difficulty scalingRecognizing that there is a wide range of difficulty preference in players the tournament system can be scaled to control how many teams, how large they are and how strong your opponents, but your choice influences the rewards you win if you place in the tournament.
Unique betting systemInstead of the native’s all or nothing betting system, the Silverstag tournaments allow you to bet on how well you will perform within a given round with the payout scaling based on how difficult your goal will be to achieve.
Enhanced AIWith a greater control over what you’ll be wielding and removing the chance of disqualification due to being knocked out the enemies have been significantly improved in difficulty.  They’re faster, hit harder and know when to switch between melee and ranged weapons dynamically.
Revamped arena scenesTournament scenes have been entirely overhauled, using Adorno’s Arena Overhaul Mod, making them less of a cavalry stampede.  For folks who prefer the native tournament design they can choose which scenes will be used on a town by town basis.
Customizable designThe default tournament is uniform throughout the different cities, but absolute control over what kinds of weapons the AI will use, their appearance and the scenery fought in is given to the player with decisions being customized on a town by town basis.
Scaled RewardsRewards include monetary gain, enhanced items, increased renown and improved relations with each of these scaling based upon the difficulty settings you’ve chosen and how well you perform within a given tournament.
Hall of RecordYour record of performance is tracked within each city letting you see how much you’ve won and how well you’ve performed in past cities.

Battlefield Control
Troop FormationsBattlefield formations have been added to allow the armies of the player and his enemies to form up shield walls, cavalry wedges and into tighter ranks.
Customizable Deployment PhaseOrders for how divisions should form up can be designated prior to entering battle or issued during a paused deployment stage at the initiation of combat.
Expanded OrdersAdditional options exist for your troops, such as deploying pavise shields, igniting arrows or firing in united volleys.
Body-SlidingWhen you die in combat you will immediately assume control of your nearest allied companion or troop.
Combat SprintingLimited by your strength, agility and athletics you can move at greater speeds for a short duration.

Unique Item Options
Silverstag EmblemsEmblems are tokens that may be earned for completing mod specific quests or performing well in tournaments that can provide you temporary or permanent boosts in many aspects of the game.
Item CommissioningFrom any castle or town one may request that any item with any modifier be custom made for a higher price.
Item RepairsWithin a town or castle that you own an artisan crafter may be hired allowing you to repair substandard items found on the battlefield and later sell them for a profit.

Credits for Non-members

cmpxchg8bWarband Script Enhancer 3.2.0
A great deal of information and support in fixing stability & operation issues.
Floris Mod Team                          Leaving your liege's faction.
Nissa Companion.  Concept & dialog is taken from the Odval companion of Floris.
The ability to see item requirements in presentations.
Design influence for the encumbrance system.
SphereModmerger
Game Options kit
Dynamic Arrays system
Caba'drinPre-Battle Orders & Deployment
Fast Travel Pausing
Trade Ledger
Mobile Village Raiding & Castle Sieging
MotomataruBattle Formations
AdornoArena Overhaul Mod
jriderEnhanced Relation Reports (1.2)
DundeItem Pack: Heraldic Horses
Crouch stance & walking (included within PBOD)
Simplified KeyConfig Presentation (included within PBOD)
rubikTroop Ratio Bar
View All Items
Configuration screen for purchasing food. (from Custom Commander)
Companion import / export capability (from Custom Commander)
NemchenkEthnic Troops
DOMACinematic Compilation
MadocComadrinCustom Clan Banner Pack
MortalMortal Women Sound Pack
Zsar & JuJu70Indictment Death Spiral Fix
The MercenarySpear Bracing Kit (included within PBOD)
CartreadDeployable Pavises (included within PBOD)
Narf of PicklestinkItem Pack: Transitional Armor Pack (heraldic plate)
Item Pack: Rus Armour Pack
Item Pack: Men-at-Arms
Item Pack: Plate Armour Pack
El Guanche & MiratheiFire Arrows (included within PBOD)
XenoarghShield Bashing (code) (included within PBOD)
Simple Loot System (partial use)
Item Pack: Camels
Papa LazarouShield Bashing (animation) (included within PBOD)
DejawolfItem Pack: Viking Module Pack
Item Pack: Medieval Helmet Pack
RuralvirginianRevamped inventory screen textures.
MadVaderDeath camera (included within PBOD)
Save game load detection script.
ZagibuItem Pack: Heraldic Armors
Neil_vBlood Enhancement Tweak v0.5
Slawomir of AaarrghhTavern Animation Pack
DrTomasBody-sliding In Combat - (1257 AD)
LlewItem Pack: Highlander Models
Jan TumaItem Pack: Sturmhaube
BlocItem Pack: Northerner Horses
Wilk22Item Pack: Hussar Wing
Al_MansurItem Pack: Helmet Pack
NjunjaItem Pack: Eastern Items
YamabusiItem Pack: Highlander Models

Installation Instructions

1. Warband Version:
You can use any version of warband from 1.153 or later.  Anything later than 1.153 just means that when the WSE loader is used it will default to its own copy of 1.153's engine.  So if you play via steam and have 1.154 installed this isn't a problem as long as you always start the game using the WSE loader.

2. Where to install things:
The .rar file comes with two folders.  One will be the "Silverstag" mod and the other will be a copy of "WSE v3.2.0".
[*] Silverstag: This is installed like any other mod.  Put it in your "..\Mount&Blade Warband\Modules" folder so that the path looks like "..\Mount&Blade Warband\Modules\Silverstag".
[*] WSE v3.2.0: If you already have a copy of the WSE v3.2.0 (and it needs to be that version) then you can simply delete the new WSE folder.  If you don't have this WSE folder then it needs to be installed in your warband module folder in the same manner as the workshop one was.  So "..\Mount&Blade Warband\Modules\WSE v3.2.0".

3. How do I run the game?
Inside of the "WSE v3.2.0" folder you'll find an application called "WSELoader".  Run that application and it will automatically start Warband.  Note that for some anti-virus programs this will flag as being a potential virus due to how WSE works with Warband.  If you're brave enough to ignore that and continue on then have a great time enjoying the mod.  If that sounds too risky you'll just have to find a different mod to run with.  In the meantime I'll be figuring out if I can afford a new vacation based on what I find on your computer, but don't mind that.  :wink:

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The Silverstag Testers

Traditionally the mod has been developed as an open alpha, meaning that it will have bugs as I am still very much so in development.  Previous the mod has not had a group of individuals testing things prior to releases being put out as I felt folks would rather see the content and could report bugs as they found them, but with the release of v0.15 and its heavier changes our team decided it was time to enlist the help of some eager folks who were willing to take an active part in helping development.  To these folks I would like to give my sincerest thanks for their patience, honest feedback and stubborn determination to see that we shape things into something the rest of you would like to play.  So they deserve their own mention here:


Barnolo (v0.15-0.23)
Diessa (v0.15)
Joelnh (v0.15-0.23)
Michlo (v0.15)
Mylae (v0.15)
Ruralvirginian (v0.15)
Kraven (v0.18-0.23)
Huillam (v0.18-0.23)
Ranik (v0.18-0.23)
Dagg929 (v0.19-0.23)
Karl XII (v0.19-0.23)


If you think you've got the right mindset for being a tester as well then you may be considered for this.  I would say that an entry requirement is how involved you are in posting feedback, submitting suggestions, submitting bug reports and the manner in which you do these things.  Generally, as was the case for the listed folks, I will approach you for this if I need more folks to join the testing group and I see you've met the above qualifications.
 
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