Dev Blog 17/05/18

[parsehtml]<p><img class="frame" src="https://www.taleworlds.com/Images/News/blog_post_40_taleworldswebsite.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="290" /></p> <p>From the steppe empires of Central Asia to the feudal states of Europe, cavalry was an integral part of medieval armies. Whether providing logistical support or charging the enemy on the battlefield, horses proved to be invaluable assets in warfare. In this week’s blog, we will take a look at these elegant and powerful animals and discuss the improvements and changes we have made to horses in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.</p></br> [/parsehtml]Read more at: http://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/60

 

[Do not look here]

I really like the idea of horse's looks being more independent from its stats. I guess I'll spend more time shopping/looting for my perfect pony

Fingers crossed for being able to give it a name.

 

[KhergitLancer80]

However, you won’t be buying additional horses just for these benefits anymore: when upgrading your troops to a cavalry class, you will need to provide them with their own mount (and if you read last week’s blog you will have a good idea of how to get a steady supply of these!). 

Will this go for Khuzait cav as well ? Because every nomad has a horse because of his/her lifestyle.

 

[JuanNieve]

Can we name our horses? 'cause i don't want to through the desert on a horse with no name 

 

[Stan546]

Actually really enjoyed that blog, good read!

 

[Roccoflipside]

However, you won’t be buying additional horses just for these benefits anymore: when upgrading your troops to a cavalry class, you will need to provide them with their own mount (and if you read last week’s blog you will have a good idea of how to get a steady supply of these!). 

Will this go for Khuzait cav as well ? Because every nomad has a horse because of his/her lifestyle.

That's a good point. Perhaps Khuzait recruits will come with their own low-quality horses, and you can upgrade them by giving them a charger instead of a saddle horse or something.

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Can we name our horses? 'cause i don't want to through the desert on a horse with no name 

But in the desert, no one remembers your name...

 

[Do not look here]

Also, does that mean we can potentially end up with bunch of cataphracts riding on mules?

 

[Roccoflipside]

Also, does that mean we can potentially end up with bunch of cataphracts riding on mules?

Yasssss! I want to conquer Calradia with a mule army! mwahahahaha

Also +KhergitLancer80, I suppose this is the end of our glorious forum revolt. Vive la revolucion!

 

[Rackie]

No Courser?

I used that horse more than any other in my thousands hours of game play. Sad to see it gone.

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Edit : So , if we are gonna have to produce horses , will there be advantages of making a stable in Khuzait area than in an Aserai area? Maybe , will we be limited to certain types of horses?

That **** was op. Literally the only horse I used. Spirited courses (I found a champion courser once, got so happy)

Speed = win

 

[Scarf Ace]

Mule Cataphracts it is then.

 

[JuanNieve]

These are my questions for Ali Eser:
WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY DO DURING YOUR DAY?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE THE MOST ABOUT BANNERLORD?
WHAT FACTION DO YOU LIKE THE MOST IN BANNERLORD?
WHAT DO YOU CURRENTLY WORK ON?

 

[dr4gunov]

very informative

This was.... different.

 

[Jur]

different is good

 

[zabfalat]

Good blog, with lovely pictures! Worth the waiting 

Questions:

How hard was it to draw the concepts of villages/towns/castles?
There is a big difference between the artwork of each faction. Which culture was the hardest to draw, given the real world sources as helping points?
For which faction you had to search for the most resources, which had the less information about itself?
Was there a time, when you had to improvise in your artwork, due to the lack of information/resources to work from?
There are a lot more castle in BL, and three version of each. Which castle concept art, that you made, is your favorite? Could you show it to us? (I loooooove castles!)
What is your opinion about my sturgian banner ideas? 

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Note: did anybody notice that on the last picture the horse didn't have a mane?

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I wanted to post it earlier but the dev blog came out eventually, and I ran out of time:

 

[Surkan]

wow this is epic where did you find these types theyre pretty sick lol im glad ur making a new game

 

[Bjorn The Dead]

Will this go for Khuzait cav as well ? Because every nomad has a horse because of his/her lifestyle.

Maybe, there could be a feature for Khuzait. Like when recruited, they would already have their horses or when upgraded, supplying horses in Khuzait's territory would be so much easier than any other faction.

 

[JuanNieve]

How much does this type of armor protect the horses?

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Because I remember when i went to a "Corrida de Toros" the horse was using this:

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and the horse got hurt

 

[Crowcorrector]

Two questions, if a productive enterprise is to be a supply of horses, does this mean we can do selective breeding to get a line we like?  Type and color that would be.

Second  is if not now, would it be something they would consider?

I think the horses would be breed in villages and into " mounts" in the productive enterprise same as grain would be produced in the village and turned into bread in the productive enterprise.  My uneducated guess would be that the type of horse depends on village location.  Eg. Vlandians only produce chargers and battanians produce mules/ hut horses etc.  We already know that the Aseri will get a "special horse"

 

[Roccoflipside]

Two questions, if a productive enterprise is to be a supply of horses, does this mean we can do selective breeding to get a line we like?  Type and color that would be.

Second  is if not now, would it be something they would consider?

I think the horses would be breed in villages and into " mounts" in the productive enterprise same as grain would be produced in the village and turned into bread in the productive enterprise.  My uneducated guess would be that the type of horse depends on village location.  Eg. Vlandians only produce chargers and battanians produce mules/ hut horses etc.  We already know that the Aseri will get a "special horse"

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me that, say, desert horses would only be bred in the desert. Originally, sure, desert horses would only be available in the desert, but why limit it to that? You would have to own a horse breeder in every region in order to take advantage of all the different horses available. I feel the purpose of having horses with special abilities, and being able to breed/train them, would be for a faction w/out access to desert horses, say Vlandia, to get access to them, in order to take advantage of the bonuses in desert. Otherwise you would have to take a village in the desert in order to take advantage of the horses.

 

[KhergitLancer80]

Callum I made the Turkish translation for you.

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Orta Asyanın bozkır imparatorluklarından Avrupanın feodal devletlerine kadar atlı birlikler ortaçağ ordularının bütünleyici bir parçasıydı. Gerek lojistik destek sağlamaları olsun gerek savaş meydanında düşmana saldırmak olsun atların savaştaki değeri ortadadır. Bu haftanın bloguna bu zarif ve güçlü hayvanlara bir bakış atacağız ve M&B II:BL' da atlara yapılan değişiklikler ve gelişmeleri tartışacağız.

Bannerlord'da atlar gerçek hayattaki karşılıkları kadar değerliler ve tıpkı gerçek hayattaki gibi farklı görevler içim farklı ırkları var. Oyunda birçok çeşit atlar var, ki çoğuna önceki oyunlarımızdan aşinasınız. Şunlar var:
Charger(saldırıcı  )
Desert(çöl)
Hunter(avcı)
Mule(katır)
Saddle(eyer demek herhalde yük atı gibi bir şey WBda en kötü attı)
Steppe(bozkır)
Sumpter(yük beygiri)

Her at tipi kendi statlarına sahip, ki bu statlar çarpışma hasarını, hızı, manevra kabiliyetini, hit pointlerini ve taşıma kapasitelerini belirliyor(farkındaysanız zırhtan bahsetmedik, birazdan ona da geleceğiz!).

Sefer haritasında, atlar birliğinizin hareket hızını müthiş derecede geliştiriyor. Ayrıca maksimum taşıma kapasitenizi de bayağı arttırıyor, ki bu da herhangi bir tüccarın veya yağmacının ilgisini çekmeli.

Ancak artık ekstra atları sadece taşıma kapasitesini arttırmak için kullanmayacaksınız: birliklerinizi atlı sınıfına yükseltmek istediğinizde, onları kendi atlarıyla donatmanız gerekecek (ve eğer geçen haftaki blogu okursanız bunu nasıl istikrarlı bir şekilde yapabileceğinize dair bir fikir edineceksiniz!).

Atlara yaptığımız bir değişiklik de artık bir donanım yeriyle geliyorlar. Oyuncular atlarını değişik tipte heybelerle, zırh koşum takımlarıyla donatabilir ki bu da atın statlarını modifiye eder. Bu, oyunculara beygirlerini o anki ihtiyaçlarına bağlı olarak o anki ihtiyaçlarına göre daha iyi kişiselleştirebilmelerine imkan verir.

Aslında hem at modellerini hem de donanımlarını dizayn etme süreci bayağı basitti. İlk adımımız farklı at türlerine ve tarihi olarak kullanılmış ekipmanlara yönelik geniş bir araştırma yapmaktı. Sonra oyuna en uygun referans olacağını düşündüklerimizi seçtik ve bazı durumlarda fraksiyonlarımızın esin aldığı farklı kültürleri temsil edecek hiçbir şey bulamayınca biraz yaratıcı özgürlük kullandık.

Bir sonraki adım fikirlerimizi hayata geçirmek için bazı konsept artlar yaratmak oldu. Biraz farklı dizaynlar yarattıktan sonra, modelleme aşamasına geçtik. Bu her bir modelin doku pişirme için yüksek ve düşük poligonlu versiyonlarını yaratmayı da içerdi. Son olarak bunları oyuna yerleştirdik, test edilmeye hazır olarak !

Atların her biri farklı renklerle varlar, bunun oyunun genel sürükleyiciliğine katkıda bulunduğunu düşünüyoruz ve buna ek olarak, oyuna at doğum lekesi  çeşitlilik sistemi ekledik ki bu atlara rastgele bacak ve yüz lekeleri veriyor ki bu da onların daha doğal görünmelerini ve öyle hissettirmelerini sağlıyor.

Bir sonraki haftanın blogunda Taleworlds takımının üyelerinin röportajları serisine Konsept sanatçısı Ali Eser'le konuşarak  kaldığımız yerden devam edeceğiz. Eğer ona sormak istediğiniz sorularınız varsa o halde lütfen yorumlarda yanıtlayın ve biz de onun için bir tanesini seçelim.

 

 

[Rackie]

1: We need to be able to have names for horses.
2: Can I get the discord link?