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[DaddyTorgo]

The first release of the mod is out. Totally playable...I stayed up till 4am on the night it was released playing, and have just dropped like 4 hours more onto it without even noticing.

I don't think I'll ever play Vanilla-CKII again.

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After a ton of play Friday night (6-7 hours) and about 3-4 hours this afternoon I have succeeded in my first quest. Ultimate goal is to displace the Martell's as Lord Paramounts of Dorne. My current ruler is the Castellan of Dorne, so that's nice.

House Dayne (me) are now High Lords of the Red Mountains and the Prince's Pass in 8352. The High Lordship of Brimstone is next (my current heir will be Lord of Nymerwell b/c his mother is the ruler of Nymerwell. That will get the ball rolling on that). Arguably the most powerful family in Dorne now.

I married my way into the Lordship of Prince's Pass, and then fabricated a claim on Skyreach. A quick war on that branch of Yronwood's (who had taken it from the Fowler's) later and I seized Skyreach (their last province) and was able to anoint myself the High Lord of the Prince's Pass.

I'd love to branch out and take on some of the Reach lords (say the Dornish Marches?). Maybe I'll temporarily put my assault on the High Lordship of the Brimstone deserts on hold and go after some more fertile land first.

[Groundhog]

I haven't fired up CKII in a while - great game, but I've just had no PC gaming time the past month or so. This will break that drought, thanks for the heads-up.

[RendeR]

wth is CKII?

[DaddyTorgo]

Just a caution that it's still a 0.1 release so there are of course things that are incomplete (some house flags), and other things that have already been noted and are being fixed.

That being said - I think it's totally playable at the moment. Hasn't crashed on me at all or anything, and if you can suspend your like "OMG this minor house doesn't have a flag" angst it's a solid gaming experience still at the moment.

More scenarios are planned - the initial one is Robert's rebellion. Apparently there are some nice "flavor events" if you play as the Targs or one of the other great houses.

I imagine it might play "best" if you play as one of the Lords Paramount - more involved in that war, more to do with your vassals and such.

[DaddyTorgo]

wth is CKII?

Crusader Kings II

[RendeR]

Nevermind...duh.


If it weren't 40 bucks I'd probably try it. I've so lost the interest in paying 40-60 bucks for a game that eternally fails to impress.


Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety.

[Scoobz0202]

Nevermind...duh.


If it weren't 40 bucks I'd probably try it. I've so lost the interest in paying 40-60 bucks for a game that eternally fails to impress.


Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety.


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[SlyBelle1]

Nevermind...duh.


If it weren't 40 bucks I'd probably try it. I've so lost the interest in paying 40-60 bucks for a game that eternally fails to impress.


Maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety.

If you are in the US and ok with steam, you can buy for $9.99 while on sale at amazon.

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[RendeR]

well thank you. I'll jump at a chance to play GoT for 10 bucks!


apparently gonna take almost an hour to download but hey, I got minecraft to entertain me =)

[DaddyTorgo]

Sweet.

I just had an affair with the Lady Paramount of Dorne.

And then I went back and noticed that we're distantly related.

My grandfather Tion Dayne had two sisters, Ashara and Allyria.

Ashara married Albar Royce of the Vale matrilinerally. They had a daughter, Cerenna Dayne. I married Cerenna to the Prince of Dorne, who subsequently ascended to be Lord Paramount.

They had 4 daughters, the eldest of which just became Lady Paramount of Dorne after her father's death.

[MrBug708]

I just got back into FM. So much for that...haha

[Autumn]

Sweet.

I just had an affair with the Lady Paramount of Dorne.

And then I went back and noticed that we're distantly related.

Incest! Do you unlock some sort of GoT-related achievement bonus for that?

[Bad-example]

Damn. My computer just can't handle this game. Between this one and D3, I'm starting to feel the need to replace this dinosaur.

Looking forward to more dynasties until then. (hint, hint)

[Autumn]

Yeah this is the one game I've been tempted to get, but my computer's no where up to the task.

[DaddyTorgo]

Damn. My computer just can't handle this game. Between this one and D3, I'm starting to feel the need to replace this dinosaur.

Looking forward to more dynasties until then. (hint, hint)

I should do a dynasty yes. Unfortunately unless you all want to settle for a "Here's how we got to where we are now" type of speedier summation of things where they stand now, I don't want to restart yet...although I'm sure with the next release fixing some bugs I will.

[DaddyTorgo]

Incest! Do you unlock some sort of GoT-related achievement bonus for that?

Not THAT closely related. Distant cousins I guess?

[MrBug708]

Can you run it said that my desktop couldnt handle CK2 but when I loaded it there, it ran pretty well for 100 years or so before time slowed down. I always play on the fastest speed though

[Izulde]

Good thing I didn't bring my PC here. Otherwise I'd go download this and not accomplish anything for the next week.

[Edward64]

Thanks for the Amazon sale link. Downloading it now.

Question - I've not played a CK type game before. Does anyone have/know of a concise tutorial that will help me get up to speed quickly?

[RendeR]

Good god how do you succeed at ANYTHING in this damnedable game.

I spent 4 hours playing with this learning what everything does and basically turning my little french hamlet into a starving miserable mudpile of failure....


Now granted I probably shouldn't have started in a county where the difficulty was 80% of the little bars....


Now to find the mod and see how I can do as a Stark!

[MacroGuru]

Yeah..thanks...not going to get sleep tonight when I get back from being out at the park with the kids and dropping them off at the ex's

[DaddyTorgo]

Yeah..thanks...not going to get sleep tonight when I get back from being out at the park with the kids and dropping them off at the ex's

Exactly my problem this weekend!! :D

[DaddyTorgo]

Good god how do you succeed at ANYTHING in this damnedable game.

I spent 4 hours playing with this learning what everything does and basically turning my little french hamlet into a starving miserable mudpile of failure....


Now granted I probably shouldn't have started in a county where the difficulty was 80% of the little bars....


Now to find the mod and see how I can do as a Stark!

Take it slow. Use your first few savegames to figure out how to manage a small little county and then a duchy and then a kingdom. The principles are similar but the execution due to the level of complexity ramps up each level of hierarchy you go up.

There are some great CKII wiki's out there and beginner's guides and such. If you register the game on the Paradox forums I think they have a pretty decent beginner's guide.

It's definitely a game with a serious learning-curve. My first couple savegames in Europe were HORRID. I was an absolute mess.

But now I've got my Westeros game and I've been hugely successful (growing my treasurery reliably, building up my lands, 2 High Lordship (Duchy-level I guess) titles, and I've got my levies that I can raise up to like 20k men).

Read the beginner's guides...consult the wiki frequently as you play (hell I was just looking at it to try to figure out how to raise the castle infrastructure level last night).

I'm still far from an expert - others here are much better players than me.

[Autumn]

Can you run it said that my desktop couldnt handle CK2 but when I loaded it there, it ran pretty well for 100 years or so before time slowed down. I always play on the fastest speed though

You mean after 100 years it stopped working because of hardware issues?

[MacroGuru]

Ok, I have the mod where it supposed to go, launch the game, hit the checkmark for the mod and the game starts, but it doesn't load the mod...what am I doing wrong?

[DaddyTorgo]

Ok, I have the mod where it supposed to go, launch the game, hit the checkmark for the mod and the game starts, but it doesn't load the mod...what am I doing wrong?

You have the mod in the steam folder right, not in my documents?

[DaddyTorgo]

Resolution too high maybe?

My game keeps crashing at launch. I placed it in the mod folders. Any ideas?

EDIT:Seems like the mod doesnt support 1280x720 resolution, i was checking the logs at C:\Users\XXX\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\A Game of Thrones\logs and under errors it said resolution height too low changing to 768. I then changed my resolution to 1024x768 and it loaded fine.

[MrBug708]

You mean after 100 years it stopped working because of hardware issues?

Nah, very fast just went about as fast as normal. Im a fast simmer so it wasnt ideal for me, but most people probably play on normal quite a bit more than I do

[MrBug708]

In my first attempt, Hooster Tully married Cersei

The Mad King also won. I declared independence and his two allies were the Tully's (who brought in the Lannisters naturally) and the Arryn's. Jon had about 10 kids with Lyssa too. Pretty convenient for the Mad King. I didnt last long either

[RendeR]

Ok, I'm definitely getting the hang of things, but one wrong step and man did I bugger things up =)

Took over as lord Howland Reed a crannogman. married a lovely young woman had 2 kids, one of which turned out to be a pretty amazing son.

Built up 600 prestige in teh first 20 years but then started hearing rumors of trouble from a vassal. turns out the little shit was sewing lies about me all over the place and trying to get the other reach Lords to unite against me.

So i revoked his Lordship. To which he declared war against me and asked the STARKS for help!! They declined as I was beloved by Lord Eddard.

However the little fucker has 3x my number of men and ate me alive in battle. Taking me prisoner.

My son was in charge at this point as I had passed on. Aemon had no heirs so once imprisoned...game over =(


348 points I accomplished nothing.


BUT, I at least am getting a clue.

[Neon_Chaos]

Don't revoke without a valid cause. :)

[DaddyTorgo]

Okay - i'll do a Starks AAR with the new Starks game that I just started. I'm 20 years in, so it will involve a bit of recapping what has gone on so far (the War is still fully on), but then I'll keep current with it.

Just trying to decide if I should work from home this morning and take a few minutes here and there to do the setup so you all can pepper me with "What's up with X" questions all day that I can answer later or what.

[RendeR]

speaking of the war....Robert won teh war in my game literally like 2 months in. Wasn't even close. THen he died, poisoning it would appear =)

[DaddyTorgo]

speaking of the war....Robert won teh war in my game literally like 2 months in. Wasn't even close. THen he died, poisoning it would appear =)

Same early win happened in my first Stark game. Then all the Targs ran off to be Court members at Three Towers (a vassel of Oldtown). Pretty funny.

Okay - so I ended up coming into the office. I'll start the AAR tonight, but I made a placeholder thread for it so you can ask your "What happened to House X or Person Y" questions today.

CK II Westeros: Wolves in the Forest - a Stark AAR - Front Office Football Central (http://operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?p=2662341#post2662341)

[DaddyTorgo]

Bumpity.

Big new release (0.3.3) yesterday (well 0.3.2 was the big one, but this is the bugfixes of it).

What scenarios are available?

The Seven Kingdoms, which ruled a divided Westeros in the age before Aegon's Conquest.
The War of Conquest, when Aegon Targaryen set out to forge the Seven Kingdoms into one, through fire and blood.
After the Spring, in the aftermath of the Blackfyre Rebellion and the Great Spring Sickness, as House Blackfyre once again plots to take the Iron Throne.
Robert's Rebellion, when Robert Baratheon, Eddard Stark, Jon Arryn, Hoster Tully, and Tywin Lannister overthrew the Mad King and brought the Targaryen dynasty to an end.
The Crowned Stag, set in the immediate aftermath of the above, as the reign of King Robert begins.
The Greyjoy Rebellion, when the Iron Islands fought to be independent of the Iron Throne.
A Clash of Kings, set at the beginning of the book of the same name (Season Two of the HBO show).Paradox Interactive Forums (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?610007-Mod-A-Game-of-Thrones)

https://rapidshare.com/files/1413261248/CK2-AGOT%20setup%200.3.3.exe

[MrBug708]

Excellent!

[Honolulu_Blue]

Yes. Thanks for the update. Look forward to giving the new version a spin.

[MrBug708]

I think my single favorite feature is the Kingsguard. The Valerian swords are pretty cool, but was never able to marry into one

[DaddyTorgo]

I think my single favorite feature is the Kingsguard. The Valerian swords are pretty cool, but was never able to marry into one

Kingsguard is pretty snazzy. Then again - dragons are nice too.

Still plenty of work to be done with it, but it's coming along hella nicely.

[Peregrine]

I do like this mod, but every time I play it it seems like it goes off the rails pretty fast - still fun to see what happens. Right now I am focusing on other mods, so many good ones coming out for the game right now.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I do like this mod, but every time I play it it seems like it goes off the rails pretty fast - still fun to see what happens. Right now I am focusing on other mods, so many good ones coming out for the game right now.

What other mods would you recommend for this?

[Peregrine]

Right now I am playing around with A New World, the Dawn of Empires. Basically what it does is use the existing counties but strip away all duchies and kingdoms, and gives each state its own culture and religion - then you can watch it over a long time to see which empires develop, as well as which cultures/religions come to dominate. I think it's good for AARs, but it does crash a good bit so I recommend frequent autosaves.

Paradox Interactive Forums (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?638632-MOD-A-New-World-The-Dawn-of-Empires)

I also play Lux Invicta a lot - basically there's a very detailed alternate timeline which also focuses on religion - a remnant eastern Roman state and a Roman state which is broken up into various successors. I enjoy this one because I like to play in an area which isn't already set into large empires - this is a good mod to be able to take your own area and really make your mark on the map.

Paradox Interactive Forums (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?612823-MOD-Lux-Invicta)

CK2 Plus - lots of changes to the game that make it more interesting and realistic - better crusades, nastier diseases, states use mercenaries more often and more effectively, more useful stats, better health/fertility, and tyranny systems, generally a lot of new stuff - CK2, but better.

Paradox Interactive Forums (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?587854-WizCK2-Balance-improvements-more-kingdoms-and-empires-more-ambitions-and-plots)

I am also looking forward to Elder Kings - not done yet, but it is a project to make a world based on the Elder Scrolls games.

[DaddyTorgo]

I do like this mod, but every time I play it it seems like it goes off the rails pretty fast - still fun to see what happens. Right now I am focusing on other mods, so many good ones coming out for the game right now.

Well it's supposed to go "off the rails" isn't it? I mean...it's supposed to be a dynamic universe. The later scenarios do a pretty good job setting up situations as they exist in the book, but to some level once you hit play you have to...suspend your preconceptions, ya know?

I started a new Aegon's Conquest game last night and after the Durrendon's came back and killed off Orlys Baratheon I prmoted the Estermont's to LP of the Stormlands, and they're my best ally. In fact...I got rid of the Lannisters, Tyrells, and Martell's too. Now the Dayne's are LP of Dorne, the Florent's are LP of the Reach, and the Westerlands are held by some dumblefuck. The Starks/Arryns/Tullys still hold their LP titles. It's awesome.

[Peregrine]

Yeah obviously it is dynamic, and it's fun to see what happens when different scenarios happen - in fact my favorite thing about the mod is how many events are coded into it - I'd say it's definitely leading in that category of all the mods I've tried.

[DaddyTorgo]

Yeah obviously it is dynamic, and it's fun to see what happens when different scenarios happen - in fact my favorite thing about the mod is how many events are coded into it - I'd say it's definitely leading in that category of all the mods I've tried.

Cool. There's definitely more fun stuff being worked on right now - one of the devs is particularly excited about some wedding-related events he's working on. And of course there's the R+L=J submod.

And now that we've gotten a few more kinks ironed out I think the next big area of focus is going to be making religion meaningful.

(I say "we", but I'm really just a tester, and a semi-inactive one at that).

[Lonnie]

DT, do you know if there is a mirror of the zipped version?

The rapidshare link has exceeded it's quota and I need the zipped version since I'm playing on a Macbook and the installer won't do me much good.

[DaddyTorgo]

Sure Lonnie - shoot me a PM with your email and I'll fire over the zipped version to you by email.

[DaddyTorgo]

Sweet turn of events.

So the Lefford's, who I had made LP of the Westerlands (in place of the Lannisters), conquered the Florent's (LP's of the Reach). I married my daughter matrilinerally to the Lefford heir, but the Leffords went and teamed up with the Iron Islanders (now bred in with the Tully's I guess?), to faction up against me and declare independence.

Fuck them. You don't declare independence against the dragon!! Especially not when I had been a totally nice ruler (except for trying to counter the rising power of the Leffords by tweaking them a little). The Dayne's in Dorne, the Arryn's in the Vale, the Northerners, the Tully's, and the Estermont's (LP of the Stormlands now) remained loyal. We fucking CRUSHED the traitorous rebels. I sent my dragon to burn their capital, and we ended the war after wiping out the Florent and Westerland armies comprehensively.

So then I stripped the Leffords of both of their LP titles, and the Iron Islanders of theirs too. So I have 3 LP titles to hand out to loyal vassals - or Targaryn family members for that matter.

GOOD TIMES!!!

[GrantDawg]

I have had some fun with this the last couple of days. Pretty neat to play out some altered history from the books and see how things go. Overall, it does seem to get slow and boring over time without any threats outside of Westros. But what if's, like what if Cersi married Stannis? Are fun. I'm trying out CK+ right now, which looks very interesting.

[DaddyTorgo]

I have had some fun with this the last couple of days. Pretty neat to play out some altered history from the books and see how things go. Overall, it does seem to get slow and boring over time without any threats outside of Westros. But what if's, like what if Cersi married Stannis? Are fun. I'm trying out CK+ right now, which looks very interesting.

Well there will be ex-Westeros threats soon...*hint hint*

[GrantDawg]

Well there will be ex-Westeros threats soon...*hint hint*


Not soon enough to make it worth the hours of waiting for it.

[DaddyTorgo]

Not soon enough to make it worth the hours of waiting for it.

That's a matter of opinion :)

And you can blame Paradox - we need playable Republics in order to really make it make any sense, due to the nature of those societies.

[GrantDawg]

That's a matter of opinion :)

And you can blame Paradox - we need playable Republics in order to really make it make any sense, due to the nature of those societies.


I'm not blaming anyone. It is the nature of the situation. There are many lulls in the regular game, but the way Westeros is set up there are even longer lulls. It'll be interesting with republics, but I don't know if it will that big a difference (or one I'll really enjoy).

[DaddyTorgo]

I'm not blaming anyone. It is the nature of the situation. There are many lulls in the regular game, but the way Westeros is set up there are even longer lulls. It'll be interesting with republics, but I don't know if it will that big a difference (or one I'll really enjoy).

I agree that there are lulls, but I think that whether in Westeros or in regular-CK the solution to maintaining interest during lulls is to set yourself sub-goals, or RP the personality of your leader, you know? So instead of just letting time fly by, set yourself the goal of destabilizing a local rival over the long term, or creating a tournament-champion type (in Westeros), or something like that.

[MrBug708]

Looks like there was another update!

I truly feel this mod is the best version you can play of CK2. I would change the civil wars to make it less stable but other than that! I liked the Prince and the Thane, but was always too unstable sadly

[DaddyTorgo]

Looks like there was another update!

I truly feel this mod is the best version you can play of CK2. I would change the civil wars to make it less stable but other than that! I liked the Prince and the Thane, but was always too unstable sadly

Ah yes, should have told you guys, but I've been on vacation (and honestly have moved more to the periphery of the mod team, though I want to change that). New update is indeed out.

Factions make things a hell of a lot more unstable. Like...seriously unstable in my experience. I'll try to hop online later and regale you with my version of Aegon's Conquest.

[MrBug708]

I started with Robb as King of the North. Something went through and killed off the Baratheons in a mysterious accident. So now Dany and Aegon are married, but have yet to conceive a child. Robb married Margaery Tyrell and they have a few kids too. Cersei was outed with Jaime and after the war, I had Cersei and Joffrey executed.

I'm getting no slack from the Iron Throne, despite Aegon becoming a Dragon Rider.

[DaddyTorgo]

Okay - so as promised

Wanted to run an Aegon's Conquest scenario. Love me some dragons. Now in 8074.

Aegon of course swept away all before him in fields of dragon-fire.

Rhaenys died early, in 8011. Aegon lived till the age of 68 and died in 8041, outliving Visenya as well.

Aegon was replaced by his grandson, King Rhaegal I "The Parricide." in 8041. Rhaegal was the son of Aegon's eldest son Aenys, who died in 8036 of poor physique.

Rhaegal gained his nickname of "the parricide" due to his kinslaying nature. Both of his uncles, Maegor and Aenar revolted in 8042. Rhaegal gained his dragon-rider ability in 8043, right after their revolt, and conquered the two of them in 8044, killing Maegor in battle, and executing Aenar after capturing him. Maegor was also a dragon-rider, so it was no sure conclusion that Rhaegal would prevail, since he wasn't able to ride his dragon when the pretenders revolted.

Rhaegal is married to Queen Rhaeneys (daughter of Aenar). They lost three girls at birth, and have 3 surviving children so far, Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaegar. Aegon and Visenya are already wed.

Now for the Lords Paramount, where I've had some fun.

Aegon converted to R'hallor, so he had a lot of LP's revolting, and several have continued this habit with Rhaegal thanks to the kin-slaying that happened in his revolts. As a result of this, many of the "traditional" LP families have had their titles stripped due to their rebelling, and I have installed new ones.

For example, the frigging Baratheon's wouldn't stop revolting, so they're no longer LP of the Stormlands.

Lords Paramount:

Stormlands:
Rhaegal stripped the Baratheon's in 8046, and assigned the LP of the Stormlands to the Connington's in recognition of their service and loyalty, in 8049.

Dorne:
The Martells have retained the LP of Dorne. Actually though - I hadn't noticed that I think they glitched and didn't rejoin after the last rebellion, so I need to reconquer them, and perhaps install the Dayne's as LP.

The Reach:
Very troublesome.
I let the Gardner's retain until 8037, when Aegon put down their rebellion for the last time and stripped them. He installed the Tyrell's, who lasted until 8042. Rhaegal held the title himself from 8042-8048, when he bestowed it on House Redwyne, who are the current holders.

Westerlands:
The Lannisters retained it until 8037. In 8037, Aegon tired of their rebellious nature, and bestowed the LP of the Westerlands on House Rayne of Castamere, who continue to remain loyal.

Iron Islands:
House Hoare were loyal until 8069, when Rhaegal made the decision after a particular revolt, to award the LP of the Iron Islands to House Saltcliffe.

Riverlands:
House Tully continues to remain loyal to the Targaryn line and has retained their LP.

Vale:
House Arryn remained loyal until 8069, when after irritating Rhaegal during a rebellion, House Corbray was awarded the LP.

The North:
House Stark retained the LP until 8069, and even raised a sub-line of Targaryn's in the North (Rhaegal's mother was Larra Stark, the daughter of Torrhen Stark, the King who Knelt), however in 8069, after the same revolt that cost the Arryn's, House Stark was stripped of the LP and it was awarded to the Manderly's.

Anything else anyone wants to know?

[MrBug708]

Any funkiness with swords?

[DaddyTorgo]

Any funkiness with swords?

Good question.

One of the rebellious cadet-branches of the Targaryn's has Dark Sister, so my reigning branch is left with just Blackfyre, until I can get it back.

Hartsbane: Still with the Tarly's.
Crab's Pincer: Still held by the Celtigar's.
Longclaw: Still held by the Mormont's.
Lady Forlorn: Still held by the Corbray's.
Dark Sister: Still held by Rhaegal's cousin Rhaelle "the dragontamer", daughter of Maegor and High Lord of the Dornish Marches (my attempt to buy her support).
Ice: Still held by the Starks.
Red Rain: Still held by the Rayne's.

So no, no real funkyness yet. Unless you count the fact that I'm scheming actively to get Rhaegal's hands back onto Dark Sister so I can reunite Visenya (his daughter) with it.

[JPhillips]

Something is up with the province of Ninestars. I had two armies disappear when they entered that province. There was no message or event to explain it.

[DaddyTorgo]

Something is up with the province of Ninestars. I had two armies disappear when they entered that province. There was no message or event to explain it.

Well that's fragging weird - I'll check the bug reports and point it out to the guys.

[JPhillips]

I was playing the first scenario as the Targaryens. I declared dragon conquest on the Vail and lost +5000 armies twice as they entered Ninestars. It was like they had been completely defeated as the commanders returned home and I had to wait for the armies to rebuild.

[DaddyTorgo]

I was playing the first scenario as the Targaryens. I declared dragon conquest on the Vail and lost +5000 armies twice as they entered Ninestars. It was like they had been completely defeated as the commanders returned home and I had to wait for the armies to rebuild.

Alright - noted. Will pass it on.

[MrBug708]

I'm loving the latest update with the current scenes from book 5

[MrBug708]

Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones mod adding massive eastern continent | Mods, News | PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/14/crusader-kings-2-a-game-of-thrones-mod-adding-massive-eastern-continent/)

[DaddyTorgo]

Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones mod adding massive eastern continent | Mods, News | PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/05/14/crusader-kings-2-a-game-of-thrones-mod-adding-massive-eastern-continent/)

The news is out...

I've sort of stepped back from the mod over the past few months - I don't even have access to the separate essos development folder right now, but I'm trying to get back into it. It's tough, because I'm not a coder/scripter/graphics guy, I'm just a lowly tester, so I don't have a ton to offer, aside from my willingness to run 50-100 hands-off sims in order to get balance right.

[DaddyTorgo]

So sweet!

Started a new Aegon's Conquest game last night.

Aegon had 2 sons, Aenys and Maegor. Aenys got engaged to another High Valyrian (no sister-wives available). They had a kid. I gave AenysDragonstone, so he was out of my control. Aenys' wife died. He betrothed himself to his 3 year old daughter.

I noticed this and said "ick." Then a faceless man showed up and wanted Aenys' life for a death. I looked at Maegor and noticed he was a MUCH better future king. He was betrothed to some young girl (actually a Reyne of House Castamere, Lords Paramount of the Westerlands - yes I wiped out the Lannisters for treachery).

So I let the faceless man have Aenys' life, and then used the assassination I got on the girl that Maegor was betrothed to (instead of breaking it - didn't want to piss off House Reyne), and then married Maegor to his young niece.

They've already had one "Quick" baby - I think this is going to work out very well!!

[Flasch186]

Where can i download this stuff? I just registered for their forums and it says i dont have permission to be here...

finally got in, man thats convoluted.

[DaddyTorgo]

Where can i download this stuff? I just registered for their forums and it says i dont have permission to be here...

finally got in, man thats convoluted.

Yeah it is convoluted. I tend to stay off the forums for the most part.

You all set??

[Flasch186]

nope, I installed CK2 but moved the install to the D: drive and then DL GOT and just let it do its thing by default. Now when I start CK2 and choose GOT it goes through the start bar stuff and then crashes. Never gets into the game after finishing the progress bar. Any advice? Im currently uninstalling CK2 to let install by default on the C: drive this time.

Reinstall - run it, check the mod...it does the whole progress bar showing the pretty paintings and then crashes to desktop.

Any ideas?

I see this: ***>>>>>NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CK2 1.10/1.101<<<<<***

I just bought CK2, I wonder if I have too new a version to run :( yup, 1.10 is my version. Any possibility of rolling it back or do I just need to wait?

[DaddyTorgo]

nope, I installed CK2 but moved the install to the D: drive and then DL GOT and just let it do its thing by default. Now when I start CK2 and choose GOT it goes through the start bar stuff and then crashes. Never gets into the game after finishing the progress bar. Any advice? Im currently uninstalling CK2 to let install by default on the C: drive this time.

Reinstall - run it, check the mod...it does the whole progress bar showing the pretty paintings and then crashes to desktop.

Any ideas?

Yep - the problem is that we haven't released a compatibility patch for Old Gods yet.

Apparently there's a new feature in Steam where you can "roll back" to a previous version of the base game (tbh I've never tried it), which if you did that then installed the mod you should be able to play it. But I'm sure it exists - people were talking about using it -- i just don't know how to tell you where exactly it is (maybe right clicking on the game in your library and in one of those menus?)

Patch for GoT should be out soon. There's arguing right now over whether or not it's ready to release, but I think Paradox have a patch for Old Gods coming out this coming week and we may wait till after that.

[Flasch186]

I didnt buy Old Gods, just the base game for an astonishing 39.99 :) Tonight's season finale better be the added value :)

Based on your suggestion I found a roll back to a 1.09 beta and now Im in. Not sure how far the beta rolls ya back and what that means but alas I can play it some now :)

[DaddyTorgo]

Right - you didn't buy Old Gods, but the Old Gods release added some features into the base game that messed up the mod (they altered some base game files in the Old Gods release to account for new features).

[MrBug708]

Have they updated GoT mod?

[DaddyTorgo]

Have they updated GoT mod?

Negative...I believe (unless I missed the plan being changed) that the plan is to wait for the Paradox hotfix that they're releasing this week for Old Gods before releasing the patch for GoT mod.

[MrBug708]

I mean, will they be adding to the mods already out?

[DaddyTorgo]

I mean, will they be adding to the mods already out?

What do you mean? In terms of starting bookmarks? In terms of features? In terms of using some of the features added by Old Gods?

[MrBug708]

Are they going to add different start dates, different features, scenarios etc

[DaddyTorgo]

Are they going to add different start dates, different features, scenarios etc

Yes to all of the above :D

Essos is in the works. Using the Viking features from Old Gods to improve Ironborn is happening.

Just 2 examples.

[Thomkal]

PC Gamer has started a weekly diary using this mod, thought you guys who play this would be interested:

Game of Thrones diary part one: staying alive in Crusader Kings 2's Westeros | Features | PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/30/playing-the-game-of-thrones/)

[lighthousekeeper]

PC Gamer has started a weekly diary using this mod, thought you guys who play this would be interested:

Game of Thrones diary part one: staying alive in Crusader Kings 2's Westeros | Features | PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/06/30/playing-the-game-of-thrones/)

do you need any of the ck-ii expansion packs in order to play the westeros mod?

[DaddyTorgo]

do you need any of the ck-ii expansion packs in order to play the westeros mod?

Nope.

[DaddyTorgo]

Just wait till I show you guys the empire of Aegon the Conquerer upon his death.

All of Westeros and most all of the populated parts of Essos.

[DaddyTorgo]

8375 and I've got a Stark as dual "King in the North" and "King on the Iron Throne" (by virtue of his marriage to the Baratheon heiress after I just made war on the Iron Throne and killed her older brother). So their son (already living) will be

1. Lord of the Crossing
2. King of the North
3. King of the Iron Throne

Oh, and the best part? His (the son's) Great-grandfather is Viserys Targaryen. Ned Stark matrilinerally married his eldest daughter and heiress (he had no sons) to Viserys back when he thought he'd have sons.

Leona (her name) and Viserys had a son and Leona became Queen of the North shortly before her death. Her son King Donnell of the North lived till the ripe age of 63, and had been married to a Frey of the Crossing in order to try to expand Stark lands (and get rid of the pesky Frey line). Donnell married his eldest daughter to the Tully heir, who had dominion over the Riverlands and Iron Islands (thus attempting to ensure they'd enter the war on my side), and married his heir Geriss to the Baratheon king's eldest daughter. His son Gerriss "The Vain" was the one who would eventually prosecute the war on behalf of his bride, and slay her older brother in combat after marching south with the Golden Company in order to beseige (and sack) King's Landing.

ICE AND FIRE!!!!

[MrBug708]

I had to port over from GG to Steam and played a little bit on the updated game.

It feels like it's getting too complicated

[DaddyTorgo]

I know what you mean Bug. There's some stuff (particularly in the Intrigue menu) that is just too much. Like do I really need the option to sell each of my prisoners to slavery or blind/castrate each of my prisoners?

*sigh*

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

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