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Hapuga

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Greetings friends,

"tis been a long wait, aye? Well, I have something for you to chew. I hope you will like it.

This is an attempt to create a fully functional AI player. I just got tired of those triggered monsters attacking me on a cooldown.

So, I proudly present you VirtuaMajesty 1.1!

In rar you will find the map and detailed instructions along with the source of the AI. You are free to use it in any map of yours.

The AI will be updated and improved. I am open for suggestions and criticism.

Download the map here


Level difficulty - Very hard.
Randomization - implemented.

This is a very long map. I want you actually live your kingdom and defeat your rivals slowly, one by one. This is not an RTS map =-)

EDIT:
Looks like some people can play the level without the crack just fine. If you have goblins near the mage and they show up allright, dont use the crack.
 
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YAY!!!! A NEW MAP!!! Thank you Hapuga!!!!!!!
 
Could you explain in a little more detail how to install the game??
 
I get a crash upon starting the game with the modified .exe (thankfully I've backed up the original).

Crash is:
"Cannot find rpg parameters for entity "logovo_goblin_shaman". Check file "/gamedata/units/rpg_params.xml" for errors"

I'm guessing this is because I have Kingmaker installed and maybe you didn't? I get the crash running normal Majesty 2 as well as Majesty 2 Kingmaker (at the option screen upon startup).

Any ideas on how to fix? I'd LOVE to try out your new map. Especially with the AI.

EDIT:

Playing the new map just fine with the original .exe file. What is the modified .exe you provided for? Thanks again for the new map!
 
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I guess its due to difference in game versions.

Do you have goblins in the map?

If you do have goblins, then you do not need the cracked exe. If however, you have no goblins, use the crack I provided. I will try to look into other game versions for possible differences.
 
Great man, i´ll check it as soon as i can and give feedback about it. Seems you haven´t updated the Fan Fantasy webpage with it.

If you do have goblins, then you do not need the cracked exe. If however, you have no goblins, use the crack I provided. I will try to look into other game versions for possible differences.
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Do you mean by that, "if you have kingmaker, don´t use the cracked exe"?¿.
 
No, I meant that some game versions (steam, online download, cd copy) are different. As a result, sme things go weird. For example, I have GG kingmaker, and goblins dont show up in my single games. So I cracked the EXE. Now I know that my exe is not similar to exe of some people here.
 
Hapuga said:
I guess its due to difference in game versions.

Do you have goblins in the map?

If you do have goblins, then you do not need the cracked exe. If however, you have no goblins, use the crack I provided. I will try to look into other game versions for possible differences.
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Well, my first attempt at it failed at around 200 days. Very fun! I had the AI players to the north and east of me constantly using my town as a meeting place for their battles. My heroes just couldn't keep up level-wise. By the time I gave up, my guys were roughly in their upper teens, while the AI heroes were all in their upper 20's. Ouch! Plus I wanted to make it 'challenging' by going with Temple of Lunard and Paladins for my two temples. I'll have to retry with a different combo next time.

As to goblins, I never saw a single one. I didn't make it to the center of the map in time to complete that quest, though I'm not sure what the penalty was. Buildings were spawning around my town (crypts and portals if I remember correctly), but they never spawned any bad guys. I'm guessing that was a bug.

Let me know if I can help you in getting my version working for goblins. I can send you my non-modified .exe if that helps.
 
very fun map well done!!

im only up to day 75 so far and it is already real hard had to put lots of dwarven towers around because those heroes waves are crazy! they are already up to the teens.

fun to watch the 2 other kingdoms fighting.

funny enough i am doing the same tactic as IamMeeks using Lunord and paladins but i lost my paladin place and kept having to rebuild. I also haven't seen any goblins and i also didn't make it to the center either.

I don't really want to use the cracked exe because of possible expansions or updates in the future and i hate having to reinstall.

But still great map keep up the good work :D
 
Ok, looks like your versions are indeed different =)

I will remake the map, so that there are actually some substitutes for the goblins.

Will post it later today.
 
drummad22 said:
very fun map well done!!

im only up to day 75 so far and it is already real hard had to put lots of dwarven towers around because those heroes waves are crazy! they are already up to the teens.
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Haven´t played this map yet but Probably it´s not worth building dwarwen towers at all ( If your dwarven towers resist and you dont have to rebuild... forget this.) if they are easily destroyed wich that means it´s a huge down to your economy. More adequate use of defence flags in the places where those enemy heroes attack could be of better use. And build guard towers to entertain those heroes while yours respond with a 500 gold defence flag there. Way to level up your heros in the process.

Keep the old exe if you decide to crack it to use it when you have to put a new patch or expansion replacing the one cracked by the old one.
 
yeah the defence flags arent useful because the heroes waves come in very large groups and usually alot higher level then yours due to fighting other kingdoms before they decide to go for you.

update: day 200 i managed to take out the yellow kingdom (P.S. parties are very useful in this map) but then my game froze i dont think it was the map though my comp was just struggling with everything that was going on. Alot of intense action going on all round.

also i tried a new go at it and went straight for the centre and it is deffinately worth getting if you can wont say why though spoil the fun hehe ;)

i found the goblins only appear when the building is attacked on mine.
 
I have started to play this map and in day 30 i have seen some heroes of the black faction (northeast) being level 20+ and some warriors level 35, is that normal?¿, goblins appeared in center, no crack used. By now it´s funny.


Correction: it´s day 45 and a wave of 20 heroes of every kind imaginable of the black faction all with level 35 (?¿) are attacking my town, blarg.

Edit 2: well, they all have died without major losses, it was really intended to put some enemy heroes at such high level?.

Edit 3: day 75, My 500 gold defense flags works wonders. No need of dwarven towers.
 
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Hapuga said:
Hm, it is barely possible. Must be a bug. Heroes gain level 20 at about day 100 not before.
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what the hell, are you telling me it´s not on purpose?¿:rofl:; anyway, it is funny, im on day 109 now, ten days later after the mage quest. No randomization used.

It was really creepy to see those high leveled heros coming to my town at first when my best hero was at 15. i thought: "Hapuga has gone insane", lol.

Many of the waves of heros that come are of that level, 35 (black), 32 (yellow), and sometimes 35 or 14 (red). Seems the spawning of those heroes levels has been messed somehow very very early in the game, as soon as day 20. But, many of them aren´t properly equipped with decent armor, weapons and potions, so their stats are weak; they seems to come mindlessly to my town without caring further about it´s own safety in doing so; maybe it´s an issue of the AI you implemented, but fixing it will hugely increase difficultity.

So they are easy to kill even if i dont have any hero over the 20th level yet and many under 15, they dont pose a threat more than a good wave of expert goblins and marksmen in the last map of kingmaker, and they flee also... so.. (i ask myself why goblins in kingmaker are fearless, when they are just the most coward of troops in every game); those lvl 35 mages are bitches with those meteor storms destroying buildings, also enemy dwarves with their special attacks, each of those looking like werewolves; two of the most obvious reasons to avoid dwarven towers, they are a huge drain to your economy, that meaning a minimum of 1000-1500-2500 gold loss compared to the 1000 on average of the max 3 def flags i used at the same time wich is partially reinserted in your economy as it´s paid to your heros, not destroyed unless by tactical reasons.

As i said, the 500 gold flag tactic is just enough to defend my town while feeding the town´s economy. Put one flag on one of each temples, and if you need 3, put three, always in strong buildings, and it´s done; remove useless flags after so your heroes go for the useful flag spots attacked.

While towers as defence means a drain in your economy as the money spent don´t goes later to your coffers (it should go to the peasants as partially tax collective income), defence flags means flourishment. Majesty 2 economics fails in just putting the protagonism of peasants in it´s real place.

More feedback later.


Edit: I have a problem, when i went loading the game since day 109 it froze my comp. I had to reboot as i was unable to kill the process. Tried 3 more times and the same happened. Also, 50-60% of the times i quicksaved the game it made the game to crash at the end of that quicksaving, i avoided that by saving manually from the menu.

Never happened to me this, with any other map or any of the original missions of Majesty 2 or Kingmaker.
 
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Thank you very much for the feedback you gave me. I will look into the problem.

EDIT:

Testing the map. I'm on day 42.

My quicksave works well so far. No freezes or any other problems.
The attack pattern works not as I planned. This obviously will be fixed.
The spawn from portals and crypts does not appear. A bug obviously, will be fixed.
All enemy heroes are level 8-12, which they should be at this time period. I will test some more to see if they get to insanely high levels as you tell.
I will boost the mage reward a little bit so that it would be even more appealing for you.

Continuing to test.
 
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