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Originally posted by Sonny


Great! The better the AI - the better the game.:)

Let's hope it gets eventually smarter then us humans...
That will take some time, I guess...:D ;)
 
Originally posted by sergei
He's too busy right now I'm affraid. We have the next progress build due this Monday... It is only producers who have the time to browse and chat :).

Of the good news: we will have the above listed opps, i.e. import/export option, done in CK. And we do have a new programmer joining the team next week (Sasha) to add more interesting features, esp. AI things.

( Joakim's prayers have been heard it seems :) ).
Thanks Sergei

I'd far rather have him slaving away in Snowball's dungeons than answering my pestering. Give him a pat on the back from all of us.

That's very good news re the import/export for us AAR writers. Yahoooo!
 
Originally posted by Endre Fodstad
I sure hope any heraldry rules are going to reflect the fact that heraldry almost did not exist in 1066 and only reached the complexities people discuss here later in the period...

EF

Doubt that will be the case since right from the start we will need identifiers to tell who owns what and whose army is whose.:)
 
Umm, I was reading along here, and caught something about that a Christian flag would look really silly with a crescent or animal symbol on it. Actually, crescents were some of the MOST COMMON symbols in Christian heraldry. However, they were usually turned with there openings facing up to destroy the religious implications. As for animals, bears, eagles, wolves, and horses especially, these were fairly common in Germany. (Though Italy and France tended to stay away from them, with the exception of Lions/leopards)
 
A couple of points on heraldic rules that I think haven't been mentioned.

1. Shield shape. Women (if they feature in the game) used lozenge shapes rather than shields. I'm not sure whether that applies to Queens Regnant (as opposed to the wives of Kings).

2. Cadence marks. During the lifetime of the father, the sons bore marks on their CoAs to indicate which son they were:

1st : label (bar with three downward points)
2nd : crescent (points upturned)
3rd : mullet (five-point star)
4th : martlet (vaguely like a sparrow with no legs)
5th : annulet (ring)
6th : fleur-de-lys
7th : rose
8th : cross moline (with splayed-out ends)
9th : double quatrefoil (eight-petalled flower).

Zagloba
 
The lozenge for women is a relatively later development...