Barren Lands (v2.02 patch Released)

Briefly: A Mount & Blade mod with more realistic combat and with more variety of troops, mercs and items.

Warning: This mod is not for those who wish to make an "invincible" character and slain dozens of soldiers by him/herself! This mod adds a LOT of difficulty to combat and thereby makes it more realistic.


DOWNLOAD LINKS: Main download v2.01 MBRepository
                                              Patch v2.02 (v2.01 to v2.02) MBRepository
                               



Features:


    -Weapon damage and armor soak factors rebalanced:
          *Now an unarmored troop gets killed of a single cut with a sword
          *Combat is more difficult as you'll always have to be aware of your surroundings, because even a single hit can be fatal

    -More troops and mercenaries

    -Wounding/Recovery:
          *There is a chance that you get an injury when knocked unconscious in a battle
          *When you get an injury, you lose certain amount of attributes and/or skills
          *Injuries heal in certain period of time (about 7-30 game days) depending on the highest "Wound Treatment" skill in your party
          *But if the same part of the body is injured twice before healing, the injure will be permanent

    -All factions remade

    -More items: Shields, swords, armors etc.

    -New sounds and music:
          *Old Music and More Metal Sounds

    -Punkt's High Resolution World Map Textures

    -Sea battles and sailing option from Tihr and Rivacheg

    -Kingdom Management

    -Siege Ladder Project
          *More ladders on sieges

    -Leadership and Prisoner Management bonus improved:
          *Each point of Leadership skill increases the maximum number of troops you can command by 10
          *Each point of Prisoner Management skill increases the maximum number of prisoners you can take by 10

    -Ability to kill lords and prisoners (New)
          * New, extended Prisoner Chat
          * Ability to persuade prisoners to join you directly
          * Ability to murder regular prisoners
          * Ability to taunt nobles
          * Ability to kill nobles permanently in-game

CREDITS:

  Chel (Wounding/Recovery)
  MartinF (thanks for helping me to implement Wounding/Recovery)
  Bismarck (OSP Weapons)
  Ruthven (Norseshields and Sailing)
  Dindi (OSP Helmets)
  Spanky (some chainmails)
  Checkmaty (More Metal Sound Mod)
  duinnin (Calradia Map Makeover)
  punkt (Punkt’s High Resolution Textures)
  Kolba (Old Music Mod)
  Jubal (Sea Battles)
  Highlander (Kingdom Management)
  Adorno (gave me some ideas)
  Leprechaun (Ability to kill lords)
  Mordachai (Same as above)
  NICK.ALTMAN, Xamim and Osugi (Siege Ladder Project)




INSTALLATION: Unzip the "BarrenLands 2.01" folder to your \Mount&Blade\Modules directory.
     



File history:

v2.01
-Fixed bug that caused an "RGL Error"

v2.0
-All factions remade
-Armor soak factors rebalanced
-Added "Siege Ladder Project"

v1.3
  -Viking swords fixed
  -Added ability to kill lords and prisoners
  -Some tweaks with the factions

v1.2
  -Fixed the "Sea Pirates on land" bug completely
  -Added Kingdom Management
  -Some changes with Swadians, Rhodoks, Vaegirs and Khergits
  -Some new weapons

v1.11
  -(Fixed bug where there were Sea Pirates on land.)
  -Readded Calradia Map Makeover

v1.1
  -Added sea battles, but removed Calradia Map Makeover

v1.0
  -Initial release

So this is basically, improved version of native, with some addons.
We'll Im gonna try this out , putting comment later on.

SellSword said:

So this is basically, improved version of native, with some addons.
We'll Im gonna try this out , putting comment later on.

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Yeah, basically it is that, but I think the biggest change is the weapons' damage and armor soak factors.

What does this sailing do? And how do you get back onto land?

Servitor said:

What does this sailing do? And how do you get back onto land?

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Yeah, I was about to ask that. Are there sea battles?

Servitor said:

What does this sailing do? And how do you get back onto land?

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Sailing means that you can buy a ship (1500 deanars) from Tihr and Rivacheg (,which is on coast because of Calradia Map Makeover). Back to land you can get by clicking any village, town or castle. The ship sails on shore and it asks if you wish to disembark. There are two options Yes or No.

Moronic said:

Are there sea battles?

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There are no sea battles because I didn't make any sea parties. But maybe later I will add sea parties and thereby implement sea battles.

Moronic said:

Are there sea battles?

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There are no sea battles because I didn't make any sea parties. But maybe later I will add sea parties and thereby implement sea battles.
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You should, cause whats the use going buying a boat?

You should, cause whats the use going buying a boat?

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The only use for now is that you can get from place A to B (A and B are on the coast) very fast. The ship's speed is 15.0 speed units.

Why that mod have only..one downloads? xD

KuroiNekouPL said:

Why that mod have only..one downloads? xD

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1. It was released same day, probably won't generate huge numbers of downloads in few hours.
2. It doesn't seem to register downloads, I just downloaded it and it is still 1 ^^ perhaps because I am using script blocker and that could mess filefront trackers..

Any screenshot?

ronin44 said:

Any screenshot?

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No screenshots yet, but I may be adding them shortly.

Uploading newer version with Sea Battles (credits to Mirathei)...

Calradia Map Makeover has been unfortunately excluded from the newer version, because of modding based reasons.

Will you be adding a kingdom management feature?

Lord_Adam said:

Will you be adding a kingdom management feature?

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Not sure yet.

By the way, please report any bugs you come across.

No bugs, but I noticed the Northman Bearded Axe has a speed rating of 110. That's far more than even short balanced swords. So that's my weapon of choice   
All in all it seems to have a certain Nordic feel to it. I like it.

Some screenshots.
Overland map:

My Nord Army:

Adorno said:

No bugs, but I noticed the Northman Bearded Axe has a speed rating of 110. That's far more than even short balanced swords. So that's my weapon of choice   
All in all it seems to have a certain Nordic feel to it. I like it.

Some screenshots.
Overland map:

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My ship (I named her Folthrik  )

My Nord Army:

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(Oh no, Rhodoks)

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Thanks for the feedback. And nice to know that you like my mod!

I just must say, it's awsome.

McKvack said:

I just must say, it's awsome.

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Thanks for the compliment.