[MOD] Imperator Ludovicus - Bookmark for 821 AD [WIP]
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I will use existing cultures as I want to keep this as stable as possible 
Added Yemen/Oman to earlier message about Caliphate, though nothing particularly noteworthy about them.
Added Yemen/Oman to earlier message about Caliphate, though nothing particularly noteworthy about them.
Redid North Africa as I had some spare time. Plenty of Iqta/Tribal rulers to play with as most realms have ton of count level vassals. Berbers are also religiously mixed with Sunni, Shia, Ibadi & Kharijite are found in various realms. One can even find Jewish berber under Idrisids, simulating Jewish tribes near Marrakesh along with a catholic berber.
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East Africa also done. I added some Jewish/Pagan courtiers to various realms, made some tributaries and turned Somalia into tribal realm for those who want to make a merchant republic there.
Nobody from either MOD (of which I know nothing) has been in contact with me. Same for HIP as people have expressed interest fir them to be compatible which is way beyond my skills or freetime to pull off.
I am happy to inform that I have now completed Caliphate area, which means that in this new version the following areas are done:
- Entire Africa
- Arabian Peninsula
- Levant
- Persia
- Khiva
- Tarim Basin
- Steppes (Magyars aside)
- Caucasus
- Afghanistan
- Sindh
- Bulgaria (sort of, see dev diary)
Last pieces of Caliphate are done, with persons mainly mentioned in "White Banners" book for Al-Sham. I also used historical military commanders whom I landed in provinces where I could not find reasonable information regarding local governors. I did not make Caliph or his brother "Muzalite" yet but I save it for later, just to avoid potential coding errors.
I have uploaded WIP version to front page now if you wish to examine things. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY GLARING ERRORS.
The actual Dev Diary for Caliphate is now done with last entry added. Below is a screenshot how things ended up.
- Entire Africa
- Arabian Peninsula
- Levant
- Persia
- Khiva
- Tarim Basin
- Steppes (Magyars aside)
- Caucasus
- Afghanistan
- Sindh
- Bulgaria (sort of, see dev diary)
Last pieces of Caliphate are done, with persons mainly mentioned in "White Banners" book for Al-Sham. I also used historical military commanders whom I landed in provinces where I could not find reasonable information regarding local governors. I did not make Caliph or his brother "Muzalite" yet but I save it for later, just to avoid potential coding errors.
I have uploaded WIP version to front page now if you wish to examine things. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE ANY GLARING ERRORS.
The actual Dev Diary for Caliphate is now done with last entry added. Below is a screenshot how things ended up.
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I redid Byzantium and Balkans just now. I will probably make Rashka a tributary of HRE but not entirely sure what to do with Slavonia which was in rebellion at this stage. I might have to just make them tributary of HRE as well since having a single duke start at war with HRE is bit pointless. As you can see, Byzantine cities litter the Adriatic coast even if Empire's presence has declined.
Dev Diary VIII: Lands of the Vikings
This will be relatively short one. Naturally, bulk of this has just been inspired by various viking sources and is not even meant to be totally historical.
As you can see from the map, Norway/Sweden are collection of small earldoms, waiting for a strong hand to unite them. And who better to do it than Ragnar Loddbrok.
There is also a female viking to play, Asa who was mother of Haldan the Black. I altered dynasties a bit so Halfdan is a young kid instead of a grown man here. Of course, same dynasty also holds Oppland so this particular dynasty can get some unification done in Norway.
In most other places, I tried to see if some kind of mention of a local petty king was mentioned and I used that in those cases. In Denmark we have Harald Klak as outlined in earlier Dev Diary and he is more or less the same. Vassal of k_denmark (which was created for sake of gameplay) with a claim to it. His kinsman holds Zeeland with sympathy for Christianity trait and Harald is also friend of Louis the Pious.
This will be relatively short one. Naturally, bulk of this has just been inspired by various viking sources and is not even meant to be totally historical.
As you can see from the map, Norway/Sweden are collection of small earldoms, waiting for a strong hand to unite them. And who better to do it than Ragnar Loddbrok.
There is also a female viking to play, Asa who was mother of Haldan the Black. I altered dynasties a bit so Halfdan is a young kid instead of a grown man here. Of course, same dynasty also holds Oppland so this particular dynasty can get some unification done in Norway.
In most other places, I tried to see if some kind of mention of a local petty king was mentioned and I used that in those cases. In Denmark we have Harald Klak as outlined in earlier Dev Diary and he is more or less the same. Vassal of k_denmark (which was created for sake of gameplay) with a claim to it. His kinsman holds Zeeland with sympathy for Christianity trait and Harald is also friend of Louis the Pious.
Hey just wanted to say that this looks like an absolutely amazing mod!
I read through the thread and it really sucks that you had to remake everything from scratch, but I wanted to commend you for having the tenacity to continue where most mod creators would give up. Can't wait to see this ready and released!
I read through the thread and it really sucks that you had to remake everything from scratch, but I wanted to commend you for having the tenacity to continue where most mod creators would give up. Can't wait to see this ready and released!
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Cheers, always nice to get encouragement.
I am now doing British Isles and inserting various petty kings of Anglo-Saxon realms there. Should not take too long.
I already know that I will leave HRE last for this MOD
I am now doing British Isles and inserting various petty kings of Anglo-Saxon realms there. Should not take too long.
I already know that I will leave HRE last for this MOD
Dev Diary IV: The Isles
So, British isles. Main conflict here will be between Wessex & Mercia (where Wessex ended up on top eventually). Both rulers have tributaries and/or claims.
Ireland & Scotland are what you can expect, tribal realms. Ireland actually has a duke-level ruler as this particular person was apparently with a status of high-king. He was already in database but name was different so I altered it. Ireland had so many kings that one can never be sure who is being talked about.
Iceland, Orkey & Shetland are held by Norse few years in advance. All have small amount of event troops and gold/prestige to give them some staying power against inevitable holy wars from Pictland.
Various petty kingdoms are also there, such as Strachylde, Powys and so on. These realms in general have nothing "special" about them in game-terms. Gwynedd is bit different with house of Manaw being the ruling dynasty and ability to play as father of Rhodri the Great.
So, British isles. Main conflict here will be between Wessex & Mercia (where Wessex ended up on top eventually). Both rulers have tributaries and/or claims.
Ireland & Scotland are what you can expect, tribal realms. Ireland actually has a duke-level ruler as this particular person was apparently with a status of high-king. He was already in database but name was different so I altered it. Ireland had so many kings that one can never be sure who is being talked about.
Iceland, Orkey & Shetland are held by Norse few years in advance. All have small amount of event troops and gold/prestige to give them some staying power against inevitable holy wars from Pictland.
Various petty kingdoms are also there, such as Strachylde, Powys and so on. These realms in general have nothing "special" about them in game-terms. Gwynedd is bit different with house of Manaw being the ruling dynasty and ability to play as father of Rhodri the Great.
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Have had some hectic IRL but I can continue MODding here this weekend again. Just a brief vote from people. Alania is a tribal realm in this one, bit same like in ToG but ruler is Tengri (with Jewish, Christian & Zoro vassals).
Do you think I should make them Zunist as some people have expressed things that it should represent old Sarmatian Paganism instead of Tengri, etc.
Do you think I should make them Zunist as some people have expressed things that it should represent old Sarmatian Paganism instead of Tengri, etc.
Well, with RD this MOD also decided to start doing crashes after few months of gaming it seems. So I assume all bookmark MODs I had or planned are now kaput and designated to dustbin of history.
On latest patch, I managed to play 15y without a crash (after which I went to sleep) so it seems this works again. Do people still want me to finish this MOD?
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