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Also, does that depend on the stone keep, too? So, if you put the largest stone keep in a castle estate in the map editor, would the player have the pop limit 120, or something like that?

Welcome to Stronghold Nation! As far as I know, it is not possible. But Lord Chris knows much more about modding Stronghold 2. I think it would be the best to wait for his answer, maybe I'm wrong, or maybe he could come up with something else helpful. Only he might be absent right now, but I expect he could reply in several days. [emoji846] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Painting models seems fun to me. The only time I got hands on a model as a kid was when my father bought one. Only then he realized it needs to be assembled.[emoji23] It seemed cool to me too assemble it, but I was too young and father was too lazy, so he gave it to another dude who liked doing it.[emoji1] And then, after some time, we got the airplane all assembled and painted.[emoji1] It just needs to have patience to finish it, I guess, and now when Paul mentioned it, maybe I could see around where I could buy a model, and try to do it myself. And it's definitely not that simple either, do it would be a challenge! Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Welcome, Kibou! Yes, that's where maps and save game files are usually saved - in the user folder. Glad you solved it. [emoji4] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Glad to hear. Similar here, pretty busy with all the work, but I also think about buying Warlords. At least I could watch my family members play it.[emoji1] It does seem fun from the videos. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Yup, but trebuchets are way more honorable to me than burning carts.[emoji16] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Indeed there are...[emoji1] Although, even those ninjas are not as much of an issue to me as burning carts. I mean, I consider it my mistake if I don't put some guards around my lord, or when Mathew kills my lord when going to church.[emoji1] But burning carts... Damn, they bring such i chaos...[emoji1] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

I only hope those dynamite oxen won't ruin it for me. [emoji1] From videos, they seem overpowered to me, but time will tell. At least I have a feeling that we might find ourselves in need to make a deal not to spam with the oxen. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

I didn't know about Instant Gaming before. Good to know, though I guess Firefly does earn money from that perchance either way? Only they will get few euros less, I guess. Yup, the game seems good to me too. And yes, I feel the same as you do about Stronghold 3 and Crusader 2. The optimization on one hand, and on the other hand, Crusader 2 just doesn't seem that much fun to me like Stronghold 2, Stronghold 1, or Crusader 1... Maybe it would be much better to me if they did a better job with fire: in lower graphics you just don't see them fire, you can see only ashes... While Stronghold 3, although it is buggy and doesn't have skirmish mod, it has some pleasant atmosphere. I hope I'm going to see both, those gameplay features and the atmosphere in Warlords. [emoji846] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

That's cool! Also, good point about the campaign.

Have you managed to solve the issue and obtain the game? 🙂

So, Stronghold Warlords has been released, guys! 😄 I see it's 35 euro on Steam, and right now it's 10% off. Still, I am going to wait and see the reviews. 🙂

That is strange... So the greatest lord screen appears after you press the C keyboard button? (As I don't see any connection between selecting troops and popping up the greatest lord window.) Maybe it's because of your mouse or keyboard? Maybe one of them is faulty. For example, if the mouse "jumps randomly" I'm different directions, that could cause you problems like this. This is why I have replaced several mice already. Now, a sidenote about grammar... God, should I tell "I broke several mice while playing Stronghold", or "mouses"? The first one sounds strange to me when speaking about the device, while "mouses" seems to be incorrect because there is "mice"...[emoji3] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

I'm a bit later even than that, sorry guys...[emoji1] Happy New Year to everyone! [emoji3][emoji322] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Sorry for coming here late. But thank you, and I guess I will have to congratulate you New Year twice this year to try to make it up.[emoji1] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

This looks nice. Also, I like the way you built your walls - in some natural way. Not simply to enclose your castle.[emoji846] And interesting observations.[emoji846] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Interesting observation about campaigns, @Isiah. When I was a kid, I was learning it the hard way - straight to skirmish. Boy, even Snake way hard back then. [emoji16] A lot of stuff I didn't know how to do - how to trade, how to train Crusader troops, nor how to build siege equipment. So, that is why, when I played a mission in Crusader states if in not mistaken against Sultan Abdul and Pig, I saw Pig impossible to kill. He was so effective I'm killing my assassins and Arabian swordsmen. [emoji16] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Nicely done, it does look awesome indeed! [emoji4] Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Yes, playing together with us could be nice. :) And before that, few pieces of advice. - Play in speed 40, because I'm high speed the computer has the advantage. - Yup, granary, armory, expand stockpile by few tiles, and build the market place. Never forget those in the beginning. - Them place woodcutters, to have some wood soon enough, and build several hovels. - Place someapple orchards, apples are good and cheap way to feed people. - Seling stone and iron is a good way to earn money. With that gold you can hire Arabian troops from the mercenary post. I think this is the easiest way to play this game. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Hi, LordOh! What game speed do you play with? Go into options, and make sure it's 40. And try playing against weaker opponents first, like The Rat. When playing against him, you can train some archers early in the game, and put them on you walls. That should keep you safe for a while, they would repel Rat's attacks pretty easily. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

That is quite interesting. And an important information if somebody is about to buy the Deluxe version. One wouldn't expect to be stuck at that version from the disk. Thanks for sharing! Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Let me congratulate our winners! All these are great maps, and it was a great pleasure to play them and test them! First of all, Blue Star map. It has plenty of stuff, such as those epic mountain villages connected with bridges, the march in the north-east, etc. But, because of the map being large (which is great for gameplay), some areas in the map look empty. Because this was a map for a competition, I just feel that it would indeed have been much better if the map was smaller - and with all the same details. Then it would seem much richer. However, from the aspect of gameplay, it is better that the map is large like this. 🙂 @Krarilotus, I intend to comment the map in detail some time later when I get more free time, but I have to say the following. When I mentioned Vientnamese (and Mongol) troops missing, I wanted to say that I was sceptical that having Crusader and Arabian troops will bother me. But it was not the case, both because of the great story, and because of the great scenario and great map itself. 🙂 And you really put a lot of great stuff into your scenario. You employed a lot of good tricks to get this done, and all of that combined requires a lot of patience. 🙂 @artofmath's scenario is similar in that matter - when we look at the combine castle of the two Wolves. Yes, there's a "trick" how to make a castle like that, but it's not a trick you can do in split of second. 🙂

Well in that case... USA, USA, USA![emoji1][emoji631] I hope you're going to make it with your cousin's disk. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk

Yup, a lot of that used to work before Windows 10, or before certain version of Windows 10. For example, I used to use some older version of Daemon Tools for some stuff, and in this version I was enabling some settings. By now Daemon Tools have removed those settings from the free version, and the old installation of Daemon Tools which I have on a DVD just doesn't work. Mostly it's all fine, but here and there you see something that doesn't work, and yes, if it's about a game I grew up with, that can hurt. I even noticed that I cannot play Empire Earth on my laptop because the game doesn't support integrated GPU. Luckily, Steam offers fixes for a lot of stuff which came with Windows 10. And yes, although one might feel that making a copy for themselves of a DVD which they bought is fine, I'm pretty sure that it says somewhere on the CD box of Stronghold 2 something like "do not copy". The same way making a copy of a movie (DVD rip) is not legal.

Could you try to see what happens when inserting the original disk itself? Maybe Alcohol 120% isn't causing the issue, but just a guess. Also, I think this could be done by enabling some stuff in the emulation settings, but I wouldn't want to go into "piracy waters". I do believe that you made a copy of your own disk (to prevent damage of your original disk), but if you shared this image with others - then it would be piracy for sure. If I remember correctly, 1.3 is just easier to run in the way you described than 1.3.1. And I think it's the same with 1.4 compared to 1.4.1. Also, yes, that issue which Matthew has does look the same as yours. Wondering how he managed to fix it. If he did make it at all. Sent from my Mi A2 Lite using Tapatalk