Unlimited Corpses on the Battlefield, Please?

Lucius Confucius · Aug 4, 2017

Hello!

Viewed the E3 videos, and they are great! But I noticed that bodies disappeared rather quickly, so in order to keep players immersed, could you please allow those of us with powerful machines an option for unlimited or very large number of dead bodies to be displayed on the battlefield?

With kind regards,
Long-time fan Exitialis, more recent gaming name Lucius Confucius.

Thank you for your attention.

EDIT:
Callum's response in the second thread:

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/lets-try-this-again-infinite-corpses-please.392517/post-9220389

Callum said:
It could potentially be added but we haven't made a final decision on it just yet.

Also added a poll on 2020-02-26.

2020-03-25 Edit:
It seems like our request has been heard, they added the option for unlimited corpses. Praise Taleworlds! Thank you so much!
Thanking Thread:

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/lets-thank-taleworlds-infinite-corpses.394599/#post-9237525

2021-03-07 Edit:
The option for unlimited corpses is there, but it is not truly unlimited. Will we be able to mod it? If TW does not add true unlimited corpses?
2021-09-25 Edit:
Here is the link for the modding thread regarding corpses:

https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/modding-the-corpse-limit-true-unlimited-corpses.430765/

Count Delinard · Aug 4, 2017

Absolutely agree.. At least having the option will mean a lot, people can lower it if needed.

Lord Brutus · Aug 4, 2017

Seems unnecessary clutter to me but if enough players want it, best include it.

Count Delinard · Aug 4, 2017

Some old pics from good times, back in the day before they removed this option for Warband

I believe it gives much more flavor and meaning to the battles after they finish, battlefields tell a story after the killing is done and you prowl around

Lucius Confucius · Aug 4, 2017

Count Delinard said:
I believe it gives much more flavor and meaning to the battles after they finish, battlefields tell a story after the killing is done and you prowl around

Exactly right, it adds that bit of flavor and personal story-telling. After a long skirmish you can fall back for a moment and look at that ridge you held, and visually count how many men you lost there before you had to retreat to the choke-point where you finally won.

It adds a personal touch.

Age of Empires ¶ Densetsu · Aug 4, 2017

"Unlimited bodies" wasn't actually unlimited, it was still capped to a few hundred.

If you actually wanted proper unlimited bodies then Warband Script Extender allowed for it. When 1000+ bodies were on the map the framerate became almost unplayable.

John_M · Aug 4, 2017

At the very least every body from a battle where there are no waves should be included. If they can be included while being animated/fighting they can certainly be a dead body.

Lucius Confucius · Aug 4, 2017

Age of Empires II: The Densetsu ? said:
If you actually wanted proper unlimited bodies then Warband Script Extender allowed for it. When 1000+ bodies were on the map the framerate became almost unplayable.

Indeed, I was the one who asked cmpxchg8b to bring that into his Script Extender

I usually put my count at 500 bodies and suffered no problems. With upgraded computers and an optimized game engine we can perhaps go further, that is why a player selected option would be great. But yes, unlimited is maybe the wrong term, but so high that those with powerful machines would never really meet the limit.

Age of Empires ¶ Densetsu · Aug 4, 2017

Nice! Thank you for asking him, changing the body count is such a cool thing. <333

They might as well add the option in for people that can handle it. Adding a large number option and putting "will heavily damage performance/stability" or something would be fine, people would then understand what they were getting into. Restricting the option entirely is a silly idea.

kraggrim · Aug 4, 2017

John.M said:
At the very least every body from a battle where there are no waves should be included. If they can be included while being animated/fighting they can certainly be a dead body.

This is what surprised me. It seemed like they were trying to avoid the reinforcement waves mechanic from previous games...but still had bodies disappearing. Puzzling.

Count Delinard · Aug 4, 2017

Age of Empires II: The Densetsu ? said:
Restricting the option entirely is a silly idea.

Which is exactly what happened after a certain update to Warband

I agree, however, the name said "unlimited" but indeed it was never more than a few hundred.. Still you could see battlefields like the ones I uploaded there (before they removed this option) which were quite enough!

Exitialis said:
Indeed, I was the one who asked cmpxchg8b to bring that into his Script Extender

You saved much of what I loved about the game when you did this back in the day :')

John.M said:
At the very least every body from a battle where there are no waves should be included. If they can be included while being animated/fighting they can certainly be a dead body.

completely right

kalarhan · Aug 4, 2017

kraggrim ?️ said:
Puzzling

Gore DLC (like Total War games like to use)

1) Unlimited corpses
2) Decapitation
3) Extra blood
4) Dismemberment for hands and legs

On a more serious note, they probably didn't want to focus on gore for general trailers. A more clean/arcade combate.

I also want a option to control this, even if by a variable in the module.ini (whatever it will be called).

Llama765 · Aug 4, 2017

I honestly struggle to play without this feature. It's a must for me and it would be nice to have it without relying on a program like WSE.

Balexander · Aug 4, 2017

kalarhan said:
kraggrim ?️ said:

Puzzling

Click to expand...

Gore DLC (like Total War games like to use)

1) Unlimited corpses
2) Decapitation
3) Extra blood
4) Dismemberment for hands and legs

On a more serious note, they probably didn't want to focus on gore for general trailers. A more clean/arcade combate.

I also want a option to control this, even if by a variable in the module.ini (whatever it will be called).

like xD

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Gurkhal · Aug 4, 2017

While I don't think that my computer would survive it, I'm know that lots of corpses gives lots of immersion into the game. So I'm all for it being included.

Ra'Jiska · Aug 4, 2017

I do strongly agree with it.

Having a lot of corpses adds a lot to the immersion.
I'd even go further and say that it would be great if we could have interactions with corpses (like being able to hit them, having them to move upon hit, etc...).

I'm sure our fellow necrophiles would love these features :fruity:

Count Delinard · Aug 4, 2017

Ra'Jiska said:
it would be great if we could have interactions with corpses

Does not make you look good at all, this is signature material :lol:

Ra'Jiska · Aug 4, 2017

Count Delinard said:
Does not make you look good at all, this is signature material

Also had this impression in my first iteration of the post pushing me to add the examples after this sentence :lol:

Silen · Aug 4, 2017

Count Delinard said:
Some old pics from good times, back in the day before they removed this option for Warband

I believe it gives much more flavor and meaning to the battles after they finish, battlefields tell a story after the killing is done and you prowl around

I must admit this looks -much- better than I thought. I want this!

hirovard · Aug 4, 2017

it was one of the things that made me love the game. I remember it on M&B (not warband) in the first battle between ragnar and the vegair king. it was glorious

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