Lord_Chris

Yes! You can do anything, as long as it meets the criteria for this week. :) You can attach files by going to the full reply mode (click "post reply" on the bottom right or top right of the topic)

And the first challenge has just been posted! You can view it here: http://forums.stronghold-nation.com/topic/666-week-1-stronghold-2/

Welcome to 52 weeks of Stronghold! Over the next 52 weeks, you will face a large variety of challenges of different levels to make yourself a better gamer - starting with .... Stronghold 2! Your challenge for this week: Create a basic invasion map in Stronghold 2 The map can be as detailed or vague looking as you want, design a large map or a small, make it as functional as you want - the details are up to you! The admin team have compiled a list of useful resources for each week which will guide those of you who are not as certain of what to do. Useful resources: http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/186-a-map-editor-tutorial http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/77-triggers-and-events-overview http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/76-scenario-types http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/1-map-editor-overview Note: Your entry must be attached to this topic by Midnight on Saturday to be counted in this challenge (9/1/16 23:59). If no entry is attached (via .zip. then your entry will not be counted! The results will be revealed on Sunday. Feel free to ask any questions - good luck!

Good to hear the issue is resolved. :)

Screenshot maybe? I'm honestly not sure about what is to blame here. It's beyond my hardware knowledge.

It's definitely overheating, from what I see there. What you need to do is track down what's open, whether it will overheat if you do the same things multiple times (e.g. opening a specific steam game) .etc. I'd personally try to narrow down the problem - what things do you have open in the background? I'd open things such as Task Manager and see what the resource usage says. Regarding overclocking - I personally wouldn't do it and see if it helps at all. But unless you have a really good reason to overclock, personally I would never do it. 95% of the time at least, I would say you would not normally need to overclock.

You mean above? That's Bbcode from the editor. It's a known bug.

Well that's good to hear that the issue has been resolved. :)

Welcome @Frankel! It seems like you have a lot of Crusader knowledge, you play the game very well! They should be in the same folder as standard Crusader saves, in My Documents/Stronghold Crusader/, I should think. Let me know if they aren't and I'll rethink. :) You sound like the ultimate Crusader player and it's great to have you on-board!

"Very good sir." The guard replied. He immediately walked over towards Goodman's battalion and signalled for them to move down towards a tent he setup. The three men on horseback continued along the track and put their horses at rest in the stable, for now. They then proceeded to walk slowly towards the Tent where the other troops were being held and paused. "Now?" One asked. "No" replied the second. "Not yet. We'll wait until the time is right. Do you think he bought it?" "Yes. I'm pretty certain." Replied Glen. "But what if he does find where the Duke is being held?" "Then by that time, the Duke will be far away and they will be so convinced Richard is their man, they will panic and get overwhelmed, losing track of everything. I must go. I will leave you in charge William. Make sure he receives the additional information." Glen pulled his horse from the stable, and mounted it. "I will meet you where we agreed. If you pull this off, the amount we agreed upon will also be waiting for you there. If you are 1 day late, only half will be waiting for you. And if you are 2 days late, you shall be killed. Do not fail me. " The other two gave murmurs in agreement before watching Glen ride off into the distance. After a few seconds of thinking, they slowly approached the Tent .... [OOC]: How's this for betrayal! Now Goodman won't know who to believe when he finds out :P

Welcome @bopa16931! That's a very precise file size that makes the game crash. How do you know it's exactly those file sizes? Have you tried verifying the integrity of your steam cache? Login to the Steam client Within Library, right-click on Stronghold Crusader 2 and select Properties Select the Local Files tab and click the Verify Integrity of Game Cache... button. Steam will check all the game files were downloaded correctly. This process may take several minutes. If any files are missing Steam will download them the next time you run the game. Let us know if any of these things work. If I don't have a chance to reply here again beforehand, have a good Christmas!

Glad to have you with us @Fail Session! You will not be disappointed! :)

The error should be fixed. Let me know if you encounter any more over the PM. :)

I probably won't have the time to playtest so don't want to commit to something I might not be able to do. But like Crusader, I'm very impressed too - and I would love to see the map. That's incredible! 30 scripts is an awful lot. Well done. :D

I've been very busy over the last few months and I've hardly had enough time for checking forum posts. I've had the whole interface of the website to re-code, the forum to update and 52 weeks of Stronghold to plan. And on top of that I have commitments offline which take up time. I also have to redesign the interface over at Panther Forum: https://www.pantherforum.org which I still haven't had time to do yet. I'm going to take a good two week or so break over Christmas and I'll try to get some articles up I promised. :)

Good to hear mods actually do work online then. I was always told when I first started modding that they did not.

Before Sir Loring could open his mouth, Goodman heard a scream from what sounded like a few clearings away. "Look out! We're under attack!" Shouted the guard on top of the wooden guard tower outside the tent. Goodman and Sir Loring quickly darted outside with Sir Richard, eager to see exactly what was happening. Seconds later, flaming arrows came hurtling towards the tower and then a small pause, a giant boulder appeared flying towards the tower. In a split second, the guard jumped from the 30 foot tower to the lower level, smashing his shoulder against the wood floor. Sir Richard headed back towards the tent, with Sir Loring and Goodman behind. "Oh no, they must have followed you back to the camp. These are the Imperial Wolverine guard, not good news at all." he remarked, with urgency and much alarm in his voice. "Catapults are far more than we bargained for - even without Imperial Wolverine guards. Without tower protection they will annihilate us. From the direction and speed, I assume they must be near Darkington by now. A city so foul that no one dares to speak of it. Keep your wits about you." Sir Richard paused for a moment and turned his back on the group, feverishly scratching his head thinking for a plan. Seconds later, he turned around again. "Goodman, you go through this exit to the tent and attempt to flank them - take out their men, but unless you have no choice do not destroy their catapults and mangonels. Also attempt to capture any officers that may be present. We will need them for ourselves if we are to make any kind of leverage in this war. The Royal Guard are waiting for you outside in case of any emergency such as this. Any questions?" Goodman quickly shook his head. "Go, quickly" Sir Richard replied, pulling up the curtain and giving Goodman a quick signal to get out of the tent towards the Royal Guard. "Sir Loring, you face the men head on through the trees. Attempt to Ambush them near Foaming Cave Rocks, take this company of men with you outside. I will hold them off here the best I can. If all should fail, fall back to Crenaganna. Move, quick!" Sir Nigel ran out of the tent and saddled up his horse, along with Sir Lloyd. The two of them galloped off with a company of a few dozen soldiers. At a glance behind, Sir Richard could be sent withdrawing his sword and leaving his tent, directing any remaining men to defensive positions.

I added rule 6 to the first post. If you all have some kind of general consensus, then I'll add more of the rules to the first post. :)

Welcome @MisterEast! :) We welcome all contributors, if you're particularly interested in maps .etc. then this might be the perfect place for you: http://www.stronghold-nation.com/downloads/ Glad you're looking forward to 52 weeks! We've put a lot of preparation into the challenges to make them as fun and creative as possible. We look forward to your contributions and seeing you around the site! P.S. The first challenge will be posted on January 4th 2016. ;)

Many of the Wolves who had been following the pack were instantly killed, and other retreated back to the nearby trees. Goodman did a good job in training those troops ..... a few more seconds and Sir Loring and the others would soon have been no more.

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Update I've been in contact with Firefly and the prizes have changed slightly. We will now be giving away 6 prizes, and each prize will contain all the Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC and a steam code for every Firefly game. Each submission is still rated in a scale of 1 to 3, (1 is the lowest and 3 is the highest) and the points are still re-calculated on a weekly basis by the admin team. Additionally, the winner of each week will be the person with the most points - or if multiple people have the same amount of points the member who clearly puts in the most effort. However - now at the end of 2016, the five members with the most number of weeks that they have won will receive a steam code for every Firefly game and all the Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC. Additionally, a random user from all previous winners will be selected, and will win a steam code for every Firefly game and all the Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC. Users can also still be entered into the draw more than once, e.g. by winning more than one week. Note: The top five winners who have won the most weeks will not be eligible for the random draw.

Yes, you're a big addition to the site, and we're looking forward to seeing many more article yet! :D

Welcome! Yes - as @EaglePrince said, all players would need something the same for it to be shown. However, personally, I'm not even entirely sure if it will work. I think you need un-modded file to play online. You can certainly try it though. :)

They quickly turned around with the body and attempted to return back to the camp, slowly, but from the trees on the right of them a noise cold be heard. One ranger turned to see what the noise was, and as soon as he turned, a wolf darted out from the trees and attempted to kill him. Swishing his sword, and jumping back, he managed to quickly kill him off. They started walking back to the camp and after every turn found them looking for any possible lurking wolves. They turned into a clearing and before them several wolves jumped down from the nearby cliff. They had clearly been stalking them .... The group attempted to fight them off but there were too many, and they had to retreat back towards the castle, which did not look promising. But it wasn't long until they realised this was not the Duke at all, but rather a dead corpse left behind that looked similar. And before they knew what had hit them, more wolves began attacking from both sides of the forest. "We'll never make it like this!" shouted the commander. "We'll have to drop the corpse or they'll slaughter us. There are just too many!" He looked For Sir Loring's acknowledgement.