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jomni wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:05 am MP games using Silk Road 1.5 are borked. :/

There is, however, a workaround to allow them to be completed:

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 78#p760578

The Silk Road mod has now be updated to v1.7, and this can be downloaded in game.

This update does not add new lists, but brings it in line with v1.5.12 of FOG2 by adjusting the points costs etc.

WARNING: Do not delete v1.6 from your system until you have completed any on-going games. You can have both versions on your system at the same time without any problems. Obviously, new games should be started with v1.7

Also note that there is currently an issue with the MP lobby tooltip not showing the correct allies for Silk Road games. The actual game will use the allies set up in the challenge, but the lobby tooltip shows the wrong list. We are working on a fix for this.

Any update of this mod planned for version 1.5.18 of the game?

It won’t be updated until next year. The digital league will be using 1.7 from Oct - Dec. The current version still works right? It worked during the beta.

jomni wrote: ↑Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:20 am It won’t be updated until next year. The digital league will be using 1.7 from Oct - Dec. The current version still works right? It worked during the beta.

Hi Jomni,

To be honest, I don't see the urgency in updating the Silk Road to 1.5.18. The only difference would be the minor changes to some of the vanilla armies:

• Army Lists:
---o Anglo-Danish army list side name changed to Anglo-Danish (instead of Anglo-Saxon).
---o Later Breton list divided into 580-931 and 936-1049 lists. After the destruction of the Breton Kingdom by the Vikings circa 931 AD, the newly formed Duchy of Brittany assimilated to the Norman military system.
---o Rejigged Polish 966-1057 AD list. Added unarmoured cavalry units, pre-dismounted armoured and unarmoured cavalry units, and replaced slingers with javelinmen.
• Allies:
---o Byzantine 963-987 AD allies added to Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD list.
---o Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD allies added to Byzantine 963-987 AD list.
---o Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD allies added to Scots 851-1051 AD list.
---o Scots 851-1051 AD allies added to Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 list.

None of that affects the Chinese armies, and would only apply to players fighting "fantasy" battles between those western armies and Chinese.

All the other changes would automatically apply to the Silk Road anyway.

cheers

Paul

Yup. I’m aware of those minor changes to stock armies.
And are not possible adversaries of the Chinese.

Any chans of getting a download link I can use outside of the game (like with the TT-mod and the patches)? I have no internet at home and don't want to bring my computer to the library or local pub to download v1.7 of the mod.

BornGinger wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:45 pm Any chans of getting a download link I can use outside of the game (like with the TT-mod and the patches)? I have no internet at home and don't want to bring my computer to the library or local pub to download v1.7 of the mod.

I will PM you a Dropbox link when I get a chance.

Now Dropbox link as of yet and I'm getting the itches to play this mod.

BornGinger wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:45 pm Now Dropbox link as of yet and I'm getting the itches to play this mod.

Sorry, was busy. will send during the weekend.

Tried this mod out this week for the first time (paired with campaign tool by Nijis) and am awestruck by how much you were able to pack into a free “DLC”. A very belated thank you so much jomni for producing this and sharing it, I should have checked it out a long time ago.

Will there be an update of the Silk Road Mod now when the main game has been updated? Or is maybe Jomni too busy with other projects?

Does this mod work seamlessly with vanilla version 1.5.28?

(You see, I'm shell shocked from long-term EU4 modding when every new vanilla version/patch broke every mod and the modders worked frantically to make them function again, just in time for the next vanilla update/patch, and so on. So I quit updating my mods after 1.12 and kept modding in 1.12. And now EU4 is at 1.30.)

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 3:02 pm Does this mod work seamlessly with vanilla version 1.5.28?

Nobody has reported otherwise.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 4:27 pm

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 3:02 pm Does this mod work seamlessly with vanilla version 1.5.28?

Nobody has reported otherwise.

Great! I'm currently trying Macedonians versus Chinese.

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 5:55 pm

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 4:27 pm

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 3:02 pm Does this mod work seamlessly with vanilla version 1.5.28?

Nobody has reported otherwise.

Great! I'm currently trying Macedonians versus Chinese.

Worked well: I beat the c-p out of the Chinese army with my Macedonians. Looked like a great mod too!

Has it ever been considered and discussed (between jomni, Slitherine, RBS, and Byzantine) integrating Silk Road fully into the base game, as a free DLC? Or as a pay-for DLC, if further features, units, etc., are added?

Then these armies would be made available in-game and could be pitted against the other in-game armies directly in the base game. Instead of having to activate a mod each time.

If it has been considered, why was it decided against?

(Maybe I've asked that before: can't remember. Apologies then.)

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:52 pm If it has been considered, why was it decided against?

Mainly because, while Jomni has done a great job in modding the units, some of the models are not really suitable for what they represent - e.g. Mixed units of heavy weapon and crossbow. For a mod. it is great, but not for an official part of the game.

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:49 am

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:52 pm If it has been considered, why was it decided against?

Mainly because, while Jomni has done a great job in modding the units, some of the models are not really suitable for what they represent - e.g. Mixed units of heavy weapon and crossbow. For a mod. it is great, but not for an official part of the game.

I see: thanks for input, Richard. Could these models be improved to perfection as part of a pay-for DLC to the official game? I'd happily buy such a DLC, and maybe other players would too.

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:24 am

rbodleyscott wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:49 am

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:52 pm If it has been considered, why was it decided against?

Mainly because, while Jomni has done a great job in modding the units, some of the models are not really suitable for what they represent - e.g. Mixed units of heavy weapon and crossbow. For a mod. it is great, but not for an official part of the game.

I see: thanks for input, Richard. Could these models be improved to perfection as part of a pay-for DLC to the official game? I'd happily buy such a DLC, and maybe other players would too.

If we did a Far Eastern DLC, then the models would be new models. It isn't really possible to tweak models to change their weaponry, for example.