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Hm, also, you didn't tell what version your friends have? Maybe you are fine - maybe you have 1.4.1, but your friends may have 1.4. Did you try to play with anyone else? I have 1.4.1, if you want, I could come online at some moment, so you could try it with me? You would only need to tell me when - we could meat at 21:00 for example, Central European timezone (Belgrade/Berlin).

Hey, guys, I meant to ask if you have any experiences with edited AI castles in multiplayer? I mean, if the host has edited AI, and the others have original castles on their machines, what would happen? Would that AI build the castle from hosts AIV file, or the game would crash, or something like that? I've been playing few skirmish games, and mother did as well, and what bothers me is that large Lionhearts castle. He has great economy in there, but he also has only two gates - one inner and one outer, and if he has some farms, mines, or quarries on the other side of the castle, those people would have to go all way around the castle, and it is very likely for them to be killed - besides the fact they they need too much time to bring the necessary good to the stockpile or granary. I don't like to mess up with AIV files - I like to play the game the way it was meant to be played, but I still meant to fix only this thing is this looks like an omission of Firefly. I don't want to change entire castle, I would only add two gates, but I am interesting to know what you think about it, and if you have any experiences with this matter (would it work in multiplayer)?

Yes, there are players who play Stronghold 2 on Windows 8. I think Chris is one of them. Maybe running Windows 7 compatibility might help? Whenever I had such problems, I tried all options available.

Haha, that's a good one, Chris! :D I guess I could do something like that, none could beat me than. :D Oh, and Xiimarcleon, I see you have San Andreas map on your wall, if I am not mistaken, really nice. :) Keep up with this stuff, I am getting some great ideas how I could decorate my own room. :D

You are right, only I assumed that, if he has two versions of Stronghold 2, he should be aware of that. I mean, one needs to put some effort to install two versions of any game. And, yeah, GameRanger doesn't care about almost anything. I am able to play Stronghold Europe using GameRanger by "tricking" GR to think it is Crusader actually. :)

That is interesting, if you have 1.4.1, it should be the only reason GR could possibly run. :)

Also, what is interesting here is that, one can see Templars set up on Mathews monitor. :) I didn't want to take a picture of entire desk of mine, but I am keeping this "setupception". :) Oh, and I see that Vetka sent his desk before me, but what the hell. :)

I believe that the best we could do is publish maps in Workshop as well, and put a link "visit Stronghold Nation downloads central for more any Stronghold maps" at the bottom of description. Something like that.

It is very interesting indeed - at least for me whose native language isn't English. :) Thanks for sharing this with us. :)

Well, that happens to me as well now and then, but we all come back to Stronghold at one point. :D The first strategy game I ever played, and the one that has been holding my attention for all this time besides all those newer games. :)

It is no problem, we can play it as soon as you are ready! No need to rush. :)

It looks really good! I hope you won that battle? :) By the way, you are able to post more images here, only you are unable to post more than one attachment. You could upload images you want to show us to photobucket, or you could also upload it to our Photo Gallery. :)

Oh, now I saw it - I didn't notice that the link is different than the real steam communities one. Thanks for reminding us of these things! I did know there are scams like this one - but it is good to be reminded now and then about these - not to be fooled like this.

Thanks for lettings us know! I did come to my mind that stealing those accounts is possible, and that is one thing that could really create some problems considering that you didn't put only time into that - you putted your money as well. By the way, do you know what exactly they need to do to steal an account? Why does adding them to friends helps them? Also, is there a way to verify our accounts in some way in order to secure ourselves? Could recovering by email work, or something like that? I didn't know that one could steal someones account this way, although some other things did cross my mind before...

Sure, I would gladly test how it works if I am available! Thanks! Also, I hope we'll meet on some battleground these days!

Well, if you could be able to play with us, we would be able to put you behind another player which you would be supporting. In online games any support can be really precious. :)

I have added you two guys as known participants in the first message here. Also, both Saturday and Sunday would fit me pretty well, but let me know when you would be able to play? Also, I don't want to push you, Chris - if you can't make it to install Crusader for this weekend, we can play another time as well :)

Well, it would be interesting to play a 2 vs 3 vs 1 game as well. :) Only I think that we should add one more pig in that case, because even though we would be fighting against each other, their attacks would be weaker on each of us. For that reason I could offer you these two quests as well. :) These maps are The Guardians and The Last Stand. The reason for this would be to make it more challenging, but we do can save if for another time - we can go to the Island Blues first, to pay those three guys a visit. :) Also, even though AI's would be weaker if Xiimarcleon follows us into that cruel land, it should be equally difficult to us, if not even more difficult, as Xiimarcleon would be working against us. He might be trying to put our castles to fire, to destroy our economy, of even to kill one of us. Hmm, now when I said it this way - maybe we should save The Guardians and The Last Stand for another day. :)

Sure, I could do that, only I won't be able to do it until evening. That's great to hear! Both Saturday and Sunday would suit me pretty well.

Oh, I'm sorry I forgot to tell that. It's Desert Island Blues map. And, yeah, if/when someone joins my quest, I would add date and description to first message here. Also, I didn't make a standards name for this tread, as I we don't know the date of this event. I am sorry if it should have been named differently, such as "Stronghold Crusader; Call to arms!", or something like that.

Hey, guys! Few days ago Lord Vetka, Xiimarcleon and I tried to play a multiplayer game. In the end we were not able to play all together, so Xiimarcleon and I started a game alone against two Lionhearts and one Pig. We were expecting a swift victory, but they had more gold and they defeated us. To be more precise, we were unable to continue, and we were holding, but their attacks were growing stronger and stronger, while we were going weaker by time. My plan now is to ask one of you guys, to follow me back to those lands, and to avenge that defeat! Who's with me? We must go back to that island, and take it as our own! I tried it by myself, but I failed, and in the end I was overwhelmed by their forces. I could go there with Sir Longarm if none of you is able to join me. I haven't made any precise date or anything now as we can deal about that later. For example, we go pay a visit to those guys on weekend. Also, I have non-HD version of the game. The map we would play is Desert Island Blues, and these are positions we would be taking. AI lords would start with 8000 gold - normal game.

The map looks really good, and considering how great your other maps are, I hope I will be able to try them as soon as possible. :) I hope to see your map on official Firefly / Crusader 2 page. They do often show fun made maps, and this one deserves to be shown there. :) Also, speaking about the map itself - I really like how edged of the map are done in Crusader 2, and you used that pretty well here with that river. :)

That's great to hear, thanks for letting us know, Vetka! Oh, and now those of us who have non-HD version may have learned something from this - don't mess up with HD patches. :)

Thanks, Chris! Also, if anyone faces any problem with Stronghold Europe, he can let us know - I hope we can help with that.

I did notice it. From the minimap, it does look pretty nice. I hope I will be able to get CivCity Rome some time soon to try it. :) It seems like a nice game.