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  2. Asophix started following V1.4 Release
  3. Asophix
    Hello All! A new version (v1.4) has been released. This version addresses a bunch of design changes and improvements that has been previously implemented for the SH2 Lord Editor. Simply follow the download link in the main post to download! Changelist: Buildings are grouped into their respective categories (SH2 LE). Tooltips have been added to Lords and a few more screen elements (SH2 LE). A few more lines of descriptive summaries have been added to each category's content (SH2 LE). Added Pictish Boat Warrior, Outlaw and Light Cavalry to the unit rosters. These units bring much flavour to the gameplay and it can also open some creative avenues for custom lords. Unique units - Dragons and Magicians - can no longer be set as Siege Army group types. I felt that dragons and casters have no place in a proper siege army. It is possible that e.g. a Merlin accompanying a siege formation could fit well, so upon request I may re-add the casters to the sieges. Validation rules have been revised. Complete list: Weaponcrafter workshop productions must be selected at least one type of product. Army groups consisting a unique unit must be given a maximum count of 1. The Siege Army groups' total size must not be less than the Siege Army base size. An error is thrown if Hovels cannot support the required number for running the economy. An error is issued if a blacksmith or armourer has no iron mines to supply them (thanks @ Sir Windows !). A warning is issued if Fantasy Units have no Special Recruitment Building, or vice versa. A warning is issued if there is no Pantry for supplying Royal Food, or vice versa. Overall run-time memory footprint decreased via code refactor. Attempts to save fail silently while validation errors are present (SH2 LE). About Window opacity slightly decreased for a more pleasant experience (SH2 LE).
  4. Planewalker
    Fantastic. Glad to see this kind of work coming along after the recent editor improvements. :D
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  7. Asophix
    Some feedback regarding the V2 lords: Radu Just like his original incarnation, he is considerably steady at building up. So far he is the most consistent lord. He builds no breweries for the Inn. I barely saw any harassment groups from him, apart from a few pikemen and archers. I could like a few more macemen, or more of the archers. 🙂 Holy Knights The defensive positions are manned well, however he is still conflicted between raids and armies. He forms his siege army fairly late. I recommend toning down the steamroll group to streamline his raids. The granary could be leveraged more by adding a gate, or pre-placing it in the AIC. The armory could be turned outwards for smoother weapon influx. Transylvanian Lord He is much better now, but still takes quite some time to build. The siege force is quite formidable (more threatening than vanilla Arthur!). The castle layout seems to be suffering from the fact that the walls greatly prolong travel time for workers. This is barely mitigated by having access to a second gatehouse. His pace could be enhanced by adding a gatehouse to the rest of the cardinal directions each. Men-at-arms could be used more in the raid groups. Overall it's a great improvement and can't wait to see the rest of the upcoming lords in the roster. 😉
  8. Sir Windows
    First update to the lords is out! Thanks to @ Asophix and @ IgnasheunKnight for the initial feedback. The first update addresses issues with the holy knights and Transylvanian lord. Holy Knights Slight redesign of his castle with the goal of reducing stone cost and improving the economy. Engine tower with dragon harpoon removed in favour of more archers Number of lumber mills and quarries increased Number of weapons workshops reduced Apple farms added to food production These changes should hopefully help the knights get set up a bit faster. The reduced weapons production should get balanced out by more income from wood/stone/food which they can use to buy weapons. The engine tower+harpoon was a heavy investment which usually didn't pay out. Its removal should allow the knight to get things like a church built much earlier. Transylvanian Lord Number of lumber mills and quarries increased Number of bakeries increased Number of weapons workshops reduced Poleturner added Raiding behaviour and troop types changed Macemen removed from siege and raid rosters Men at arms added to raid and siege rosters The Transylvanian lord was by far the slowest and most sluggish new lord. Higher lumber and stone production should allow him to get his economy going and his castle completed quicker. Bread should provide him with a new income source as well. Men at arms were added to his roster in order to give him a cheap unit option for raiding and assembling a siege army quicker.
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  10. Lord_Chris
    This looks amazing! I definitely need to give it a try 🙂
  11. Lord_Chris
    Maybe something to consider in future in case any mods become available
  12. Sir Windows
    Glad to hear it! I've tried getting as much use out the voice lines from the campaign as possible. At least Radu should mostly taunt the player with his iconic lines.
  13. Asophix
    Come one, come all! We have arrived to another milestone, as a new game's tough shell has been cracked open: Stronghold 2 has given its own Lord Editor! This version of the Legends Lord Editor has been adapted to SH2 and redesigned in its outlook. Alter the lords at your own leisure, while enjoying the generally darker atmosphere of SH2 with burgundy buttons and embellished parchment panels. Newfound additions to the editor are improvements in the design, as well as a lot more descriptive text have been added to guide your hand more, should you feel lost in the forest of numbers and categories. You can now spawn Crime, Gong and Rats for the computer lords to bring them on an even playing field, as well as a lot of new buildings can be added to them. Perhaps will you be the first one to give the Bishop Warrior Monks? You can download the program here, where you will find additional information about how to use and what you can do with the utility. A fixed definition is also bundled in the release (gamerules_fixed.dat), which you can use to overwrite the faulty Firefly definition that hinders the King and the Hawk from launching proper sieges, as well as bars the Bull from recruiting guarding Spearmen. The Editor will be semi-regularly provided updates. Any feedback or feature request is welcome either in a DM or the SH2 Modders club! Also hereby I'd like to thank @ Sir Windows for the features and testing, as well as @ Lord_Chris for providing guidance during development! Happy editing and see you in the tavern! Asophix
  14. Asophix
    CURRENT VERSION: v1.0 v1.0 - Initial Release: This list details differences to the SHL Lord Editor v1.3: Buildings are grouped into their respective categories. Tooltips have been added to Lords and a few more screen elements. The Legends Editor has always been a little obscure in terms of how it should be used. Moreover, a little flavour could also help give Lords a bit more character. A few more lines of descriptive summaries have been added to each category's content. Siege armies have their dedicated tab. This is done to ensure that tabs stay well within UI real estate. Validation rules have been revised: Barracks units are checked whether they can properly be supplied equipment (either via production, or trade from the Market). Weaponcrafter workshop productions must be selected at least one type of product. A warning is issued if a blacksmith or armourer has no iron mines to supply them (thanks @ Sir Windows !). Punishments requiring a torturer are checked for a Torturer's Guild being present. Fighting and Warrior Monks are checked for a Monastery building built. Unit types are accessible in a dropdown list instead of an autocomplete box. This is a compromise to ensure that wrong data can't be input that easily. Lords can buy up to 4 extra resources along with those they always attempt to buy. Buy limits are relative to the sell threshold based on the good. There is only one raid group instead of 8, which can be given multiple unit types and siege engines for inclusion.
  15. IgnasheunKnight
    Awesome! I can't wait to try it out!
  16. Asophix
    Hello All! This moment arrived: after 20 years, the Stronghold 2 AI lords are also open to modifications and making your skirmish experience a little better! You can now download the program from the SHN Submissions, for which you can refer to the Download Link thread. The SH2 Lord Editor is a fork (rebuilt version) of the Legends Lord Editor we released in Q2 2025, with a few improvements and new features added on top. You can edit any of the eleven lords to your liking, tailoring their trade, recruitment and building preferences. Unlike in SHL, the SH2 lords rely on pre-placed buildings in their castle template much more, such as the Armoury or Barracks. Make sure you include these in the AIC definitions as well. Happy Editing, m'lord! 🙂
  17. Asophix
    You can download this community utility on the following link: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/file/758-sh2-community-lord-editor/
  18. Sir Windows
    Good day everyone, some time ago I made a lord pack adding Radu into the game. After some time I decided that the other enemies Vlad faces in his campaign would also make for interesting AI opponents. This new lord pack replaces three existing lords in custom skirmish with three enemy lords from Vlad's evil campaign. The screenshots show each new lord's respective castles and the siege armies of Radu and the holy knights. Transylvanian Lord Difficulty: medium Preferred troops: swordsmen, men at arms, Round Table units This lord replaces Arthur. The Transylvanian likes building a large and well fortified castle. He might not be the fastest attacker, but his siege armies are strong, and he uses the round-table to its fullest extent. His castle design is based on one of the three castles used in the third mission of the evil campaign. In the campaign mission the three lords run on the Arthur, Lancelot and Alfred AI respectively. As such, I mostly based the siege roster on the scripted invasion during that mission, augmented by round-table units. Radu Difficulty: medium Preferred troops: crossbowmen, pikemen Vlad's brother replaces Lancelot. He is a formidable foe and an aggressive attacker. His castle is small and quickly finished, as such his raids and sieges commence rather soon. He's mostly unchanged from his appearance in the older lord pack. Some changes include the removal of knights and macemen in order to keep him from being too similar to the other lords in this pack. The Holy Knights Difficulty: hard Preferred troops: knights, archers, trebuchets These crusaders hail from across Europe and replace Dietrich. Their castle is simple, and they despise all kinds of magic & witchcraft. One shouldn't take these knights lightly, as their industry and siege craft is unmatched. By far the strongest lord in this pack. The holy knights need some time to get going, since they use some very expensive units, but once they attack be prepared for a fight. I wish they could've also been part of the good faction, but with only two slots available they had to end up in the ice faction. Vlad, Siegfried & Mordred These lords are not replaced by anyone. Vlad remaining in this pack needs no explanation. Siegfried and Mordred don't really fit in but there wasn't really anyone to replace them with. They've received minor updates though. Vlad - Vlad is now the true master of evil. His Saxon warriors are replaced by werewolves across the board. It always struck me as weird that Vlad doesn't use werewolves, which play a central part in his campaign. Siegfried - Not much is changed about Siegfried. His white wolves have been replaced by polar bears since Siegfried had a bear in the Ring opera. Mordred - Since Vlad is now the werewolves master, Mordred will be using Saxons instead. Thematically it fits better with him since he was allied with them in Arthur's campaign. His men-at-arm are upgraded to pikemen for more staying power.
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  20. Sir Windows
    I sometimes wish Alfred and Beowulf were available in custom skirmish just for the 3rd good/evil lord slot to put a custom lord in. 😅
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  22. Lord_Chris
    Just seeing what interest there is on the site to play a Legends multiplayer game?
  23. Lord_Chris
    A reminder to everyone that Stronghold Nation has an official YouTube Channel which has recordings from some of the games played uploaded. You can access that here at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/StrongholdNation
  24. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold Warlords at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/8-stronghold-warlords/
  25. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold Crusader 2 at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/7-stronghold-crusader-2/
  26. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold 3 at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/6-stronghold-3/
  27. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold Legends at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/1-stronghold-legends/
  28. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold 2 at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/4-stronghold-2/
  29. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold Crusader at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/5-stronghold-crusader/
  30. Lord_Chris
    You can set up your own Tournaments for Stronghold at the following URL: https://www.stronghold-nation.com/forums/tournaments/category/2-stronghold/
  31. Lord_Chris
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