PikeStance
PikeStanceHISTORIAN - EDUCATOR – PHILOSOPHER – MODDER
I joined TWC in May of 2011 to share my passion for Total War games. Apart from TOtal War games, I also enjoy playing Paradox games and Front Office Football Simulation. Additionally, I am a board game enthusiast. Some of the games I enjoyed playing; Risk, Settlers of Catan, Diplomacy, Axis and Allies, Conquest of the Empire, and the Game of Go. I am an active player on the KGS server as Pike. Miniature war-gaming is something I also enjoy playing in the past. There are a variety of activities I do on Total war Center. I mostly mod Imperial Splendour as a DB Editor. I maintain my own Blog; Pike Stance Experience. I maintain a visual Arts Studio. I currently own the following Total War games; Medieval II, Empire, Napoleon, Shogun II, Rome II, and Attila.
Games I previously own are; Shogun and Medieval.
These games were lost as the result of constantly moving from one location to the other. The only Total War games I do not own is Rome and Warhammer. He also owns the following Paradox game; Victoria 2, Europa Universalis IV, City Skylines, Stellaris, and Hearts of Iron IV PikeStance is involved in the following projects
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Modding ProjectHISTORY LIVE LABORATORY
I am primarily interested in modding Campaign and Battle AI behavior. In additional I also mod economic factors as well as making changes that are more historically accurate. My primary modding is in the DB tables with some minor modification with the startpos. It is my personal goal to learn to mod scrupting Lua as well. Through my modding activities connected with the Imperial Splendour mod, I will occasionally develop aspects of the game for the community at large to use. This page is design to allow easy access to all of the mods have released. Member of the MODDB Community
IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR- TEAM LEADER as PROJECT MANAGER. (He is an DB Editor/ Historian). Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best Empire: Total War experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible. Our main work has been to complete the former IS 2.1.4 release so as to update it and enable you to get the best Empire Total War experience. We are currently on version IS 2.2.1b. The greatest innovation in that release of Imperial Splendour is the evolution of the uniforms, separating the Grand Campaign into three periods (Early, Middle, Late). Each period allows you a different roster so as to be the most historically accurate. The uniform changes by stages and by revolution, so as to be consistent to correspond with major conflicts of the 18th century. A second aspect of Imperial Splendour is to offer a unique game- play experience with each faction.
Are you interested in modding or joining Imperial Splendour Development team; then visit here!OR, contact wangrin (Mod Leader) or PikeStance (Mod Manager)Release Submods Pike's Tactical Commander
The Tactical Commander is a trial Battle Mechanic adjustment submod with the purpose of providing a more historically accurate portrayal of 18th century combat while creating a more challenging game-play. There are, however, a number of challenges. We are limited to what we can and cannot modify and the A.I. is limited to what it can handle. The following is the result of countless hours of testing and adjustment and it is a work in progress. Imperial Splendour is committed to producing the most historically accurate modification possible without sacrificing challenging game- play. The goal of this mod is to create a more realistic feel to battles. It is also meant to be MORE challenging. In some cases, sacrifices of realism was made to create a more challenging outcome. Visual: The men in units stand too far apart. In this mod, units stand in tighter formation reflecting historical accuracy of the time. Morale: Units are more sensitive to casualties than in the actual mod and in vanilla. In land battles, units are more sensitive to casualties, so units will no longer continue to fight losing 40% or 75% of their men. Units are also more sensitive to being attacked in the flanks, so it is advisable to retreat if the possibility of being flank exist. (The rear has not bee reduce in order to promote retreats). Units will also recover from being routed. They will generally retreat a safe distance, but too far from the battle. Cavalry are also very sensitive. Three things happens in a charge [1] You win the initial contact / the other 'bounce" [2] Your unit 'bounce' and the other side wins the contact OR [3] Both units 'bounce' In this case, 'bounce' means route. While cavalry units will recover, in some cases, they do route off the map. This is historically accurate. It is important to use your mounted units carefully. However, there is still never a bad time for a cavalry charge! Fatigue: The mod does not use 'fatigue' Instead I use 'cohesion'. That is how effective can units stay under command and follow orders. Shooting, running, fighting all reduces cohesion. AS a unit loses cohesion, there effectiveness and accuracy is reduced. Also Cavalry units will lose cohesion when charging and attacking units. You will not longer be able to charge about the battlefield. Weapons: Artillery, Naval, and land units have had their effectiveness or accuracy reduced to be more accurate. Artillery reduces morale of units it is shooting at. CAI Overhaul Beta Testing
Rise of the Republic Battle Enhancement for v2.2.1b
No Projectile Trails Submod
No Rain Mod
Vanilla ModsOrange Crush This mod changes the way Maratha behavior based on historical facts. The Vanilla game did very little to differentiate one faction from another. As a result, Maratha would behave like a European colonial faction. Its focus as been restored to recapturing "India" from the Mughal Empire. My purpose was not to prevent the possibility of the Maratha from capturing most of "India," but to inhibit its growth to allow European powers to arrive. Also, it prevents Maratha from "exploring" outside of "India" and prevents Maratha from sending predatory armies outside their historical interest. This is the Beta version of the mod, so they may still be some issues. Please report any problems in this thread. African Slave trade Mod My goal is to create the best Empire: Total War experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism and historical accuracy whenever possible. (Imperial Splendour) Historical Context There was a huge demand in Europe for sugar, tobacco, and coffee. Initially, Native Americans and indentured servants were used. However, Native Americans either became ill or ran away easily. Most indentured servants didn’t survive their indentured contract and it didn’t take long for the harsh conditions to reach Europe. A new labor source needed to be found. It was. Africa! The Slave Trade from 16th to the mid- 19th century, about 12.5 million slaves had been shipped from Africa, and 10.7 million had arrived in the Americas. The volume of slaves carried off from Africa reached 30,000 per year in the 1690s and 85,000 per year in the 18th century. The main destinations were the Caribbean colonies and Brazil, as European nations built up economically slave-dependent colonies in the New World. Slightly more than 3% of the enslaved people exported from Africa were traded between 1450 and 1600, and 16% in the 17th century. It is estimated that more than half of the entire slave trade took place during the 18th century, with the British, Portuguese and French being the main carriers of nine out of ten slaves abducted from Africa. Geographical Context As you can note from the two maps (Slave trade map & ETW trade Nodes) there is a clear correlation between the location of the nodes and the location the slaves were acquired. Mod Content The Mod changes the image of ivory tucks to choice of three slavery images. It also changes the text from "ivory" to "Slaves," "Ship(s) of Slaves" when you mouse over the images. THERE WILL BE THREE CHOICES AVAILABLE TO CHOOSE FROM; Sea Power Mod OBJECTIVE The objective is to create a more authentic and historical gameplay. HISTORICAL CONTEXT Europeans powers already had 1st rated ships (Ships of the Line) at the start of the 18th century. MOD CONTENT
No More Winters Mod MOD CONTENT The MOD visually removes the season of winter. Consequently, battle will also not have any snow on the ground. The "season of winter" still exist in the game files. The mod loads the summer world image instead of the winter image. Since the game still recognizes the season of winter, you still will have the probability of snow during battles. If you like rain or snow, this mod will not change that. In fact, the mod does not alter that specific game file. So, if you currently have a climate mod, this mod will not conflict at all. It is also possible to change the text from Winter to whatever you want. Personally I would switch Summer to Fall or Autumn and Winter to Spring. However, this would be imperfect if you do more than 2 turns per year. Whatever you choose it will be imperfect unless you come up with something out of the box. For this reason I am no rush to create a "text" file alteration. IMPLICATIONS You are now free to implement as many turns per season as you would like without dealing with the "zebra effect" of the seasons. Up until now, the best soloution had been to have three turns per year to have two summers and then one winter. However, this means each turn is 4 months long. If you do not like the fact it takes you 8 months to go from Madrid to Lisbon, then this may be the MOD for you. HISTORICAL CONTEXT The vast majority of battle were not fought in Winter. The weapons were not conducive to winter campaigns. Moreover, the game does not have climate attrition. You will lose little historical significance by removing winters in the game play.
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HISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETYHISTORICAL RESEARCH SOCIETYCreator and member of Historical Research Society. In the process of creating a comprehensive resource repository called the ARCHIVUM ArchivumThe Archivum is for the storing of historical resources which includes web- links, nooks, journals, documentaries, etc... The Archivum is intended to be use by historical researchers, modders and writers of AARs. If you are interested, Please join Test |
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