EaglePrince

Hey, guys! I have created this thread in intention for us to share our camera shots with each other. When you see something interesting, or if you simply want to show us something, this is the right place to do it. :) So, let me start with somewhat longer post. It's been pretty cold these days here in Serbia, in my city the lower temperature has been around -15C, while do upper temperature has been around -5C, though there were days with -20C. On Sunday I saw in a portal how there is ice on Danube at some places, which doesn't happen so often, mostly there could be only a little bit of ice, so I decided to have a short walk after my work, and see how it looks like. So this is what I saw. :) And it looked like quite a lot of ice. :) I continued my walk down the river, and when I reached the narrow part of it, I had what to see. I was amazed how entire river was covered by ice at this part. So, then I decided to walk some further, and even take few more shots. Few of them I got after going all way down from the quay, and I got right next to the icy river. Later I also went on top of the bridge to take few shots from there too. :) Later they sent some icebraker ship to brake this ice, so the ice wouldn't cause any problems. (Well, yeah, they didn't actually send an icebraker, they gifted them to a private company, and then the company ruined them, and this little pal which helped with the ice was another type of ship which wouldn't actually be capable of braking any thicker ice. So I hope we won't need any real icebraker. Hehe, fun facts about my country. :) ) So it is a good thing I got these shots, this cannot be seen so often in Novi Sad where I live, and when I was a kid I was only told by grandparents how at some points Danube used to freeze entirely, but by the time winter has become warmer than back then and with less snow. I shall keep these photos. :) As you can see, it was pretty cold on Monday, but there wasn't much snow. Well, that has changed today. :) Few more shots from my way to work. :) DO NOTE THAT IF YOU CLICK ON AN IMAGE, YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO VIEW OR DOWNLOAD THE IMAGE IN ORIGINAL SIZE.

Yes, thank to StrongholdNation stuff too, not just Firefly! :) Sorry, I meant that too but I didn't write that. :)

I would like to congratulate to everyone, this has been really fun, and I can only be sad for not answering on more challenges which were very interesting. :) I would like to thank the good guy Firefly for supporting this contest, and for supporting their fans in general. Now, around these days Firefly said that they would bring us Stronghold 2 Steam Edition, and I hope so much they are going to give us ability to play multiplayer games with AI lords. :) Stronghold 2 is a great game for spending some time in relaxed games, and with multiplayer we would be able to spend that time with our friends fighting against Olaf, Hammer, Hawk, and other bad guys. Sorry for a little bit of off topic. Happy New Year, guys! :)

Damn, Nigel, I'm sure you have a smartphone. :D You better pay us at least a brief visit, we'll feel as if you don't care about us if you don't do that. :D Just joking, of course, have a good time with your family, Nigel. :)

Sadly, I won't be able to play join this competition, but I could suggest letting other people at Stronghold Heaven and Steam Discussion know about it. Holidays have started and people have more free time, so we could actually get some nice entries. :)

I also got a free code for a mini campaign. :) You can join me in this thread with that if you want. If I see that nobody among us here wants to get the code, I will post it at Stronghold Heaven too. Oh, and I only hope that whoever was about to get the code, he would say that he got it, it would be dull to post a used code on Stronghold Heaven, but I think there's no way to check that other than attempting to claim the product code.

Merry Christmas to you too, dear friend! I am sure I can say in the name of all of us that we hope you'll be coming by more often! :) Or perhaps we could even play few games during these holidays. Whatever suits us. :) I am very happy to see you, Vetka! In my country when your ears are hot, or when your cheek is hot (as if when you come inside from a cold weather), we say "somebody is talking about you". Well, we were mentioning you here, and I am sure that your cheeks were hot. :)

Thank you, Nigel! Marry Christmas, and I wish all well to you too! In the meantime, Santa Claus has come a little bit early this year, and it's bringing some presents from England, and he sends regards from our dear friends Firefly Studios. :) http://forums.stronghold-nation.com/post/13290/#p13290 http://forums.stronghold-nation.com/post/13289/#p13289 He also sends regards from Humble Bundle and Codemasters! https://www.humblebundle.com/store/grid-free-game?hmb_campaign=grid_free_2016&hmb_source=bundle_page&hmb_medium=banner_cross# I realize this last part might be a little bit off topic, there may not be too many of us who would play GRID, but I do like to play it now and then to relax, and if there is somebody else here who also likes to play a racing game from time to time, this is a chance for us to have one game in common. :) NOTE: You have only seven hours to claim this present from Codemasters and Humble Bundle. Now, these are the presents from Santa Claus for us, adults, and later at night he will come back to bring his presents for kids too.

Hey, guys! I have received an email from Firefly, they gave me a code for Research Pack, Premium Token and 200 Card Points as their newsletter subscriber, but I don't play Stronghold Kingdoms, so I decided to share it with one of you. This is the code: 4A95-C099-33A0-EF4F To claim this code, simply log into Stronghold Kingdoms and redeem your code under 'Account Details'. PS. If this is by any mean violating of any rules, moderators, please do remove the code and/or the entire post. In that case I apologize. By I think this is completely fine. :)

Hey, guys! I have received an email from Firefly, they gave me a Steam product code for Freedom Fighters DLC mini-campaign as their newsletter subscriber, but I already have it, so I decided to share it with one of you. This is the code: 7WJXX-PCAFW-P57Y0 To claim this DLC in Steam client click on "+ ADD A GAME", and then chose "Activate a Product on Steam". PS. If this is by any mean violating of any rules, moderators, please do remove the code and/or the entire post. In that case I apologize. By I think this is completely fine. :) IMPORTANT NOTE: This is only a code for DLC, so if you don't have the base game, there may be no point in using this code. In that case, please leave it to somebody who doesn't have this Stronghold Crusader 2 DLC. ADDITION: If you get the code, please let us know in this thread that the code has been used.

Well, the way I look at it - this is not the came you leave aside after each week of playing, but those are games that you always come back to! :D

Hey, guys! I just meant to say to check out this game - Grand Ages> Medieval. I have noticed it quite a while ago, but it is possible that somebody from here actually noticed it and told us about it. I don't know. The game is a lot different from Stronghold. You don't run any micro-economy, you just build your cities across entire Europe, you can trade, care about diplomacy, wage wars to conquer cities... I have never player Civilization, but this one looks similar to me, but it suits me better - at least from what I was able to see from videos. Maybe the best would be to say that the game seem to be something in between Rise of Nations and Civilization. Oh, and yes, I'd say that it might be better if it had some random maps, and not just to play on one same map every time. I'm not sure if this is the case, but it seems to me like it is. Now it is on sale, it's 75% off, so one can get it for 7.49 euro. I bought it for myself, even though I am unsure when I am going to be able to play it, but what the heck. :D Check it out here. Grand Ages: Medieval There are several videos you may find in the description on the Steam Store page.

I see you're in Mount&Blade right now, my friend. :D Glad to hear you're with us. I too play a non-Stronghold game these days. As a kid I used to play Colin McRae Rally 2 a lot, and now I got Dirt 3 and Grid on Steam. I've been enjoying Grid for some time now. :) And of course, that doesn't mean I'm away from Stronghold, but it's just that I'm very busy lately, and I find playing this racing game better for a short brake. :)

Hey, guys, I just meant to let you know that if you want, you may buy Crusader 2 for very little money on Steam. It's 90% off, so it's 3.49 euro, though I don't know for how long is it going to be on sale. Best regards!

You're wrong pal, this game is not archaic, this game is legendary! :D Especially as Stronghold 1 and Stronghold Crusader are in a way almost the same game, only: -Crusader has faster economy, more dynamic multiplayer, awesome skirmish games, etc., while -Stronghold has slower economy, which makes multiplayer less dynamic but still more interesting because players need to be much more careful, and awesome campaign. There are so many young players who like this game, but sadly they just leave their questions and comments in Steam Discussions even though Forums like this are way better. Sadly they don't know because of laziness, it's easier to ask what they want at Steam Discussions, although contributing these places would be way more valuable... Now let's see those questions. 1. I can't say much about what I do in scenarios because it heavily depends of the scenario. In skirmish I start by making few wheat farms (usually two), one hops farm, not so little woodcutters, maybe a stone quarry, and I start weapons production - bows and spears. I may also buy some bows to train some more archers, to have them to defend my castle. Enclosing castle is not a high priority to me, I mostly focus on economy, and having defensive structures on the side from which I expect early attacks, and later I enclose my castle while I build the rest of my economy. For example, as soon as I get some wheat from wheat farms I have a mill built, etc... Oh, and I never build those early defensive structures randomly, I always build them in a way so I could easily finish my castle without changing anything on those early structures. 2. One layer of three layer wall. 3. Usually no. 4. Neutral. 5. I have at least 20 swordsmen on my keep to protect the lord in case of danger, but I often make my troops to collect on my keep so now and then you may find tons of my troops there. :p

Yes, the issue is still present, I have switched back to the default theme since then, but I've checked it now to see.

In case he doesn't reply to you, you may also try sending him a PM and/or an email, you can see the links below his profile picture. You may try with those usual stuff maybe such as compatibility mode, running as administrator, etc... Oh, and one strange thing - when I was trying to make Age of Empires 3 work few months ago, I couldn't do it, and the only solution for me was to copy everything from the games installation folder on one PC, on which the game worked, to the one where the game wouldn't start overwriting the old files there. That fixed the issue with that game, but again - that is another type of issue... Just giving some ideas. :) EaglePrince sends his regards! :D

This is an interesting thing. :) And no, this isn't considered as advertisement, actually this is something that's going to be helpful for many!

OK, I will be somewhat busy these days, but I will try to make some of those. :)

I could make it some time. Please, just let me know which AI would be your priority? Isn't bmp file in your Stronghold Crusader installation folder - in the same folder where is the Stronghold Crusader.exe located? I realized it may not be an .exe in your case, but I hope there is something similar.

I don't know who is Tom Scott, so I had to ask. :D Oh, and Strife, I think that this thing with borders has to be taken seriously. For example, Hungarians have built fences between our border, but that doesn't mean that anybody is going to be isolated. In fact, I can go to Hungary whenever I want, and just a week ago I figured a way how to go to Szeged (a bordering Hungarian city) for only 10 euro. I would only need a passport, and that's all. The issue is about those people who want to pass the border without showing any of their documents. I can't imagine any country imagine to let me in without any papers, cause who knows - I may be a criminal or a psychopath. There are those who fight against those fences in the name of freedom of movement, but that's ridiculous in my opinion. I country shouldn't let anyone in just like I wouldn't let anyone enter my yard. Regarding not wanting to show their papers - they have their reasons. Maybe they hide something, or maybe they simply want to reach Germany or Sweden which are richer countries than Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, etc. Now, I only don't know how it is in the USA, I don't know if that wall between USA and Mexico is necessary, I guess it is not, but what I said above was about refugees from Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.

Hmm, is that you on the video? :D I noticed he has some exact same things which you said now, but of course - that doesn't have to mean anything. And I think that one of us is also named Tom. :)

The map editor needs to be downloaded separately. When you install the game, the map editor is not downloaded too, I think you should be able to find it within tools, or something like that. :) EDIT: Yeah, that's right - in the Library I have a category Tools, and there I can find both Stronghold 3 and Crusader 2 map editors.

Yes, he made a lapsus. :D

Why wouldn't you be able to use it? Sorry if it's a dumb question. :) I think that there was something about changing some numbers, or something like that, but yeah, there has to be some kind of tool for that. EDIT: Now I noticed, you're on a Mac. :) If you find some tutorial on internet which includes some tool, let us know. I may not have the time to research a little, but if you find something - I could try it for you. :)