Joy to the world! Battlefield duels have now been fixed in the beta!
After reverting the latest version of NDE which has been non-functional for way too long, I naturally need to do a quick test to trigger a battlefield duel and ensure that it completes normally. Not only was this successful, but it ended-up being totally hilarious. A mini-AAR:
First off, since I'm a developer and do a lot of testing, I've got a testing sub-mod which lets me do things like spawn reinforcement regiments wherever I'm in command (or at any location on the map) and immediately unlock Crusades, all with a neat little decision menu interface to boot. This explains how the Pope called a crusade for Jerusalem in 1068 and why I, the Shia Caliph, have a 30K doomstack defending against Christianity.
The infidels are trapped by my host just outside of Jerusalem, led by Pope Alexander himself. It was going to be more than just a battle, I knew, for only Allah would set me against the leadership of the Great Infidel, Pope Alexander II. Several thousand of my brethren would fall in battle to the Infidel today, and judgement would come by way of sword and lance.
As skirmish first began, my own elite cavalry regiments had already outflanked and partially encircled the poor fools. I led an ambitious cavalry charge directly into the rear of the flank in which I could do the most damage to the Infidel's command structure.
It was the Pope himself! Allah had indeed set my destiny to pivot upon this very moment. I charged him, nearly killing my horse to catch him before his guard arrived.
Of course, the weak fool screams "Yield! I yield!" after a round of parry:
I could choose to let him live; he is an old man, after all, and I'm but a mere, healthy 39 years old. But... no mercy for the weak, especially not for the Anti-Caliph.
He is defeated! Surely, I will rest in paradise. I feel a sense of completion, like the rest of my life will never compare to this point. A couple days of intense, bloody battle pass, and the Infidel forces are collapsing without the ability to retreat. Divinely inspired by personally slaying the Great Infidel, I've ordered all my commanders to pursue at all costs and vanquish the Christian zealots, taking no mercy, and executing God's clear judgement, as demonstrated by the Pope's trial by combat, without relent.
Then, as I was finishing my decadent morning rations in the command tent in celebration of what will be total victory and the ruin of over 25,000 infidels, lords and soldiers alike...
Apparently, the Christian God does strike down his enemies. I choked on some grilled leeks.
Mind you, this all happened in a single battle. WTF. Hilarious.
Duels work now.
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