Isaiah

According to the Stronghold Knights archive, there used to be a bug that let you add invasions to non-invasion maps via the [ALT]+[COMMA] trick. This bug (or perhaps you could consider it a feature ;) ) has since been fixed, however, it is still possible to add preplanned events and objectives to a free-build map (messages too!) This post will show you how to create an economic mission that can use the [F1] Free-build editor to change the course of the mission. Creating a Free-build Economic Mission: ----------------------------------------- 1. Open up Stronghold's map editor and choose to create an economic map. 2. Create your map and add the events you want to add as you would for a normal economic map (lose events are discouraged besides lord killed as this is a free-build map). 3. Press the key combination [ALT]+[COMMA]. It should bring up the menu to change the map type and size. 4. Under the single-player tab, select the free-build option. 5. Press [ESC] and save your new free-build economic mission. Purposes: ----------- Some of you might be thinking why is this useful? This is useful because who lets you give the player some goal to achieve and also gives the player a higher-degree of freedom. If the pkayer thinks the mission is too easy, they can press [F1] and send in an invasion. On the other hand, the player could hire good bandits or a travelling fair if they feel the mission is too difficult. The best part is, that like economic missions, the player can continue playing even after they win. Unlike normal economic missions, the player is still able to summon invaders or conjure the random events whenever they please causing the player to continue to have interest in the level. * Note to moderators and admins -- you are more than welcome to post this as a tutorial at your discretion.

Wow, thank you very much for both. Permission granted to post the tutorial on the main site!

First of all, I'm new o this site; I guess this site will act as Stronghold Knight's replacement. If you have been at Stronghold Heavens, I go by the username 'Ircher'; I only recently learnt about this site. Anyway, I've posted this at SH, but I don't think it got much attention there, so here goes: It is very possible to make custom scenarios and free build maps directly in Stronghold Crusader Extreme; this post will teach you how to both play and create scenarios for Stronghold Crusader Extreme (henceforth SCE or Extreme).* * - This tutorial will focus on custom scenarios, but similiar instructions can be followed for Crusade Extreme. Part I - Accessing the Custom Scenario Menu in SCE: ------------------------------------------------------- If you've already prepared your save file, you can skip to step 13. 1. Open up Stronghold Crusader (not Extreme) and open the map editor. 2. Create an invasion map and save it under the name "SCE_Custom". 3. Place the keep and the granary on the map (anywhere's fine). 4. Add the win event as having no objectives and put it to basically launch when the level starts (actually, there is a delay). 5. Save your map. 6. Load the map in Crusader and save it as soon as it loads as "autowin" then exit Crusader? ? - Save your castle builder save as "autobuild" to differentiate between the two These steps apply to Windows (not sure for other OS's): 7. Open your documents folder. 8. Find Stronghold Crusader or something along those lines. 9. Open the folder where your Crusader save files are stored. 10. Right-cluck and press copy on the save you saved early (cut works too). 11. Go up 1 folder and find the ExtremeSaves folder (or something along those lines). 12. Paste the save into that folder. Your save file is now prepared (in other words, you don't have to do any of the steps from 1-10 again on your computer) 13. Open SCE and load the "autowin" save. 14. To speed things up for future times, keep saving the file under the name of "autowin" until you win. 15. Wahoo! You are now in the SCE custom scenario selection area. ^ Note - I am not nor do I claim to be the original author of the above content. These instructions I found from Stronghold Haven by a forummer of the name of Heroesflorian. The next part I am the author of. Part 2 - Creating Extreme Scenarios Directly in SCE: ----------------------------------------------------- If you try to skip ahead, you are BOUND to MESS up. 1. Open up the SCE map editor [em](DO NOT PRESS CREATE MAP YET)[/em] 2. Now, READ STEP 3 CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU DO STEP 3. 3. Create a new map then press [ESC] on your keyboard. If you already selected the map size before pressing [ESC], you should really follow directions and start back at step 2. 4. Now, you can choose the type of map just like in Crusader! 5. Then choose your map size. Now some of you are going to think I'm lying, as it the top will read multiplayer. I promise you, I'm not. 6. Go ahead and type your description. 7. Press the key combination [ALT]+[,] (ALT + Comma). 8. Press the single player tab. 9. Hit escape. 10. The top should read Untitled - Invasion or something along those lines, if it doesn't, start from step 2 again. 11. The SCE scenario editor works like the Stronghold Crusader editor. Notes ------- 1. The tatical aid bar is disabled in free-build and invasion scenarios in SCE as those would be just op. 2. Outposts work as normal. 3. When playing free build maps, your save should be a Crusader free build map, NOT an invasion map. Edits: ------ February 3, 2015 5:38 PM Added in a little thing about the free-build prepared save. Improved formatting.