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Stay tuned for things to come ... (playtesting/beer drinking ATM)



Planning to do (and working on) a number of scenarios; focus on Byzantine-Persian Wars, perhaps other stuff too. I'm using units/banners/textures from the TTMod, so if you're reading this, Paul: I'd be very happy if I could get your permission to use your stuff! So please drop an inconspicuously line, if you decide so.

I frellin like designing maps; scripting not that much. So expect some quite straight-forward scenarios, no wizardry included.

See you later.

Ready to go! When Paul gives me his OK I'll send the scenario to Richard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Callinicum

Paul gave me his OK, so I'll send the scenario to Richrads during the next hours.

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Was working on a reverse scenario of the battle during the past hours (wanted to skip that first cause of the complexity, but the scenario would play very well from the Sassanid side too); unfortunately I had several crashes when I started the scenario, exactely like those cases:

viewtopic.php?t=79761

viewtopic.php?t=53339

So I did something wrong while editing the BAM file although I exactely followed Paul's guidlines here:

viewtopic.php?f=491&t=82653

Frustrating, for those are thousands of lines of script, so it's impossible to locate the error.

I'll give it another try later, but I'm not very optimistic.

At last: Now the scenario is playable from the Sassanid side too!



During the scripting process I missed one important step and messed up the BAM file.

Now I'm going to set up the Byzantine AI and do a test run.

Sent!

That certainly looks impressive!

Doyley50 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:14 am That certainly looks impressive!

It is now downloadable in game, and it is indeed awesome.

Thank you very much!

For making the map I was inspired by satellite images of the Euphrates region near Callinicium (today: ar-Raqqa, Syria).

https://www.google.de/maps/place/Ar-Raq ... 38.9981052

The contrast between the fruitful agricultural land of the valley and the barren desert landscape of the southern plateau is fascinating, and I wanted recreate that as far it is possible with the editor.

For playing the scenario on the Sassanid side I'd recommend difficulty level 2, for the Byzantines 3 and above.

Tips for the Sassanides: Proceed exactely like Azarethes did 1489 years ago.

For the Byzantines: Keep the infantry stable, the cavalry flexible, and the prayers persistent.

Really fun scenario, thanks! I ended up with the historical result: Sassanid Phyrric victory (55% to 61%).