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  1. FlowingJade

    Bannerlord 2: Slowmotion

    They actually added it! :grin:

    Limited to when you are commanding troops, but they added it nonetheless. I might actually download the game again to play for a bit. The latest update is a special one (1.7.0) Beta.
  2. FlowingJade

    Freelancer should be implemented into vanilla Bannerlord

    MostBlunted said:
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  3. FlowingJade

    Freelancer should be implemented into vanilla Bannerlord

    Shaxx said:
    I once made a small mod for Fallout 4 and had some guy call me a monster and a nazi for denying his request to add a second branch of the mod that would be compatible with an obscure mod he used. I had to ban him from the mod page to stop him from constantly spamming, and then after all of that whining and complaining he went and made it himself and posted it to the nexus. So naturally I reported it as stolen and had it taken down, just out of spite.

    Maybe I am a monster.

    His mod, his choice.
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    The ideal scenario for the community (If we consider Bloc's cessation of support as inevitable) would have been for the source code to be shared as that would mean the incredible work and effort that was put in could be refined and continued by other modders in the future instead of someone needing to work from the ground up for the next one (bigger challenge, takes more time etc). I feel like that point has not been acknowledged enough. Of course it his his work and he is perfectly within his rights to withholding the source code but It really is unfortunate that he chose not to as it makes an already grim outcome even darker. It is what it is, maybe he will change his mind in time or come back to continue. That would be awesome.

    Thanks for everything @Bloc your mod was everything I wanted Freelancer to be, and then some.
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    how do I remarry?

    Talgorn said:
    Assuming you are not abusing the name of Hades and we are in fact talking about the standards and practices of an ancient Hellenic polytheistic society, I am no heathen, sir.

    A quick Wikipedia read offers this little insight into the practice of remarriage in ancient Greece: "Another common reason for marriages to end was if someone was widowed. Women were often made widows when their husbands died in war, men commonly became widows as a result of death during childbirth. It was common for those who were divorced or widowed to be remarried" -- source

    I treasured my wonderful Vlandian wife, and now she is gone. I think I'm ready to get back out there.

    My question remains. Good day to you.
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    Bold of you to assume that I was not molesting the name of Hades.

    Your response is essentially 'by the standards of the Ancient Greeks I am not a heathen'. That means you have indirectly admitted that there are other standards by which you would be classified as a heathen. What do you have to say for yourself... heathen?

    Alright I think its best I stop faffing around lest @MadVader and yourself be further subjected to my pointless drivel.

    Good day to you as well. I hope you got the issue sorted. :grin:
  5. FlowingJade

    how do I remarry?

    MadVader said:
    A lame W40K reference. Emperor this, purge that. Low effort, off topic.
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    Precisely as intended. This was an exercise in futility. Just bored me doing some random whimsical thing for 30 seconds because I could. (immature I know)

    The reference at the end was meant to be an overt disclaimer of the deliberately illogical, simplistic and abstract (off topic) nature of the post.

    The rationale of @Talgorn in his response to my tomfoolery was comical, because it was so reasonable.

    It was intriguing to see how he engaged in chess with my Pidgeon comment. ?
  6. FlowingJade

    how do I remarry?

    Remarry? You filthy heathen. May your accursed soul be incessantly tortured in the darkest abys of Hades upon your death!

    The Emperor Protects!
  7. FlowingJade

    Bannerlord 2: Freelancer Overhaul

    Nucka said:
    Why do I keep losing when I gamble in the party?
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    This is not the thread for the mod. ?

    Go here, this is what you are looking for:
    https://forums.taleworlds.com/index...-a-regular-soldier.441551/page-2#post-9683796
  8. FlowingJade

    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    Terco_Viejo said:
    A couple beers for Bloc, thanks to him we can enjoy this concept materialised in a mod for Bannerlord.

    Freelancer​

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    Wunderbar, thanks for the heads up mate!

    I don't drink alcohol, but I will somehow get myself hammered with soda in his honour! ?

    @Bloc I will dive into this as soon as I can, you are a godsend and I look forward to any improvements you have in mind. ??
  9. FlowingJade

    An Open Letter to TaleWorlds from the Kingdoms of Arda team, and the Total-Conversion Mod Community about our concerns and frustrations with Bannerlor

    After reading the full letter the gravity of the situation is really made bare. Things are REALLY bad right now for programmers.

    I'm dumbfounded at how TW could have learned so little from Warband, it is ridiculous. If things continue as they have a lot of these overhaul mods may be discontinued or at best inferior to their warband counterparts due to the limitations put on modders from unstable code and barriers.

    For many of us mods are the light at the end of the tunnel. We have accepted that TW has underdelivered with Bannerlord (Hot take I know) and will not be able to live up to the sensible expectations we initially had. But to handicap the sacred modding community like this is inconceivably illogical and unbelievably disappointing. Its a lose-lose situation for everyone so the issues modders have outlined need to be thoroughly addressed until rectified anything less would be cataclysmic.

    Can't believe this is how things have progressed...
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    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    FlowDream said:
    Machine learning is a job that required much computing resources that most players's machine can not handle. And there is no game can use machine learning to improve AI now. But it is interesting may be possible in the next 10 years.
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    Indeed.

    Though my main thoughts were for the developers/testers to train the AI and then make it available in the main game. However even this method has its own challenges as training AI using machine learning is not straightforward right now. And this still does not circumvent issue of computing resources necessary, only very wealthy gaming companies who are willing to make large investments to develop their AI could even consider it right now.

    The use of Machine learning in video games is very much in its infancy, but the potential is staggeringly high, it will just take time, likely decades as you duly noted for researchers to come up with new more improved methods and streamline everything as much as possible.

    I really look forward to what the future holds, we are in such exciting times. :smile:
  11. FlowingJade

    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    MadVader said:
    Let me explain.
    I learned from experience that, indeed, you should let others enjoy the game as they want to play it. (Although your kind of roleplaying verges on cheating, therefore avoiding the challenge set by the game designers. But Bannerlord is not balanced at this point, so things like avoiding tedious grinding of skills is justified.)
    My objection to a soldiering run is mainly psychological. I assume that whoever wants to play like this, really wants a medieval CoD where you can run around happily killing people, avoiding the responsibilities of command. This motivation is immature from my point of view and that's what makes it reprehensible. I assume that a mature adult would take responsibility and enjoy having more control over his playing experience, picking their own battles and making their own choices, instead of being shuttled to battles beyond their control.
    So what I really want to say is: stop being ****ing children and embrace adulthood. Also, get off my lawn.
    While immaturity may not be the real motivation of some players, who merely want a more casual experience, I suspect it is still the case for many. So that's my beef with it.

    This is interesting thinking about machine learning, but just shuttling the data around may be the biggest problem, apart from any other performance hits.
    If the ML data is in a cloud somewhere, each playing session would start with downloading the latest data and end with uploading some. I'm not sure how many players are willing to put up with this or even want an AI that may well beat them most of the time (which explains why game designers are not making better AI their priority).
    The best use may be during development - you put up the AI against hotshot beta testers and see it adapt, then can this knowledge into the released game.
    It's how it was done in the old days manually - Sid Meier would release the latest beta to Brian Reynolds (the local hotshot), who would find a way to beat it. Then Meier would review the battle strategy, find a counter and code it into the AI.
    Imagine Taleworlds doing something like this. Sadly, I can't. But motivated modders can do it IF the game has enough players when it's done. Small audiences attract fewer modders, so it's indirectly still up to Taleworlds to enlarge the player base so more quality mods, including tactical AI mods, will be made.
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    "The best use may be during development - you put up the AI against hotshot beta testers and see it adapt, then can this knowledge into the released game."

    Exactly what I had in mind. I agree with your response as a whole there's certainly going to be a plethora of technical challenges to overcome.

    As for the possibility of the AI being too strong I would hope there would be methods to reducing the tactical AI's difficulty because near-unbeatable AI would certainly put off almost everyone and rightfully so.

    Maybe during development they could develop different variants of the AI each some of which have received lots of training and other variants training to a lesser degree then judge themselves which one would be most balanced and fitting to use in the main game. (idk if this is possible really, but nevertheless I'm sure that something could be worked out especially as machine learning technology continues to be further researched)
  12. FlowingJade

    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    Midnitewolf said:
    This is what the Freelancer Mod from Warband did. Honestly I am completely shocked it wasn't added as a feature for Bannerlord considering how popular it was in Warband. There is a similar mod on the Nexus but they don't have it working as seamlessly as they had it working in Warband and it appears there might be a few bugs a well. Not sure if this is because the modder isn't sure how to get it to work like Freelancer or if it is a game engine limitation or even if no one skilled is actually working on adding a mod for this until the game is released. So many modders have abandoned their modding efforts due to the frequent patches that it is actually getting hard to find decent mods for the game.
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    Thanks for mentioning the mod, I was not aware of it. I found it on Nexus and will test it out, from reading the posts I gathered that it does have quite a few bugs (as you correctly stated) so for anyone wanting to get it you have been forewarned.

    link to mod for anyone curious: https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2632?tab=files
  13. FlowingJade

    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    MadVader said:
    Very perceptive on all counts, I'm just messing with people. I don't even own or play the game, to max my trolling level.
    Play the game as you like and hope the game/mod design supports your playstyle as far as you want to take it. Ideally you should be able to win the game with your soldier playstyle only (=special victory conditions) without needing to resign and start over just because there's only one (tedious) way to win.
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    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    FlowDream said:
    To be honest, I will try to believe what you are saying is irony. It just like troll.
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    I feel like he is playfully reprimanding us for our tastes. But isn't completely disapproving of them, like he can understand where we are coming from at least a little bit.

    Don't know why I have this gut feeling though, I suspect his profile picture has something to do with it and the tone of his responses. :unsure:

    I'm probably like totally wrong and he thinks we are scum. ?
  15. FlowingJade

    Be a soldier: a new mode taleworld never has

    Jonat818 said:
    A good freelancer mod for Bannerlord would definitely need to be expanded upon, and not just be a carbon copy of the original Warband mod. As much as I love the idea of starting as a follower and working your way to the top, I found the Freelancer mod to be incredibly stale from the lack of events outside of battles and sieges. I believe that the mod Aut Caesar Aut Nihil for Warband would be the best example to follow for a good Freelancer experience.

    It basically has:
    - A unique rank up system that uses "progress points" instead of experience to rank up, which can be obtained through different ways that I will mention.
    - Daily Trainings, Hunting, and Patrolling (could either go smoothly or be ambushed) are options through which you can passively earn progress points.
    - Moral decisions that will either improve your reputation or give you progress points at the expense of losing reputation. Ex: Prevent fellow soldiers from pillaging a village or join them.
    - Unique interactions with other soldiers that will either make you gain or lose progress points. Ex: Fistfight with some random drunk or snitching on a sleeping sentry.
    - Once you reach a certain rank, you have the opportunity to command a certain amount of soldiers in battle. This could be tied in with the Sergeant system in Bannerlord.
    - The opportunity to be recommended by your commander into elite divisions, such as Praetorian Guard. For a medieval setting, this could be the equivalent of joining the king's retinue. Similar to the Praetorian Guard experience in the mod, the player would be given a greater insight and involvement in the political realm as they carry out the duties of the king.
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    Very good points, I totally agree.
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