Cav/Machines/Eagle/Chariot designers

[Helliaca]

Last second stuff:

siege tower costs a fraction of a catapult

bonus researches - what are their effects?

Look for bugs and issues on no-dlc build

Note:

• [x] Create designers
• [x] Add chassis
• [x] Add modules
• [x] Designer Graphics for chassis
• [x] Base stats and chassis
• [x] Module Icons
• [x] Module stats
• [x] Module unlocks
• [x] Add Catapult 3D model
• [x] Add Trebuchet 3D model
• [x] I need to fix the Division template designer afterwards because I changed the fonts on the stat-screen.
• [x] Adjust/Set stats on everything
• [x] Ship names
• [x] Tank names
• [x] Change naval designation symbols
• [x] Fix dropdown in naval dasigner
• [x] Buildings changes
• [x] Alternatives for no-dlc plebs
• [x] Option in the game-rules to turn it off
• [x] Set proper upgrades (tank_nsb_engine_upgrade etc.)
• [x] Add Siege Trebuchet
• [x] Fix Lend-Lease
• [x] Implement cap to eagles/fellbeasts cap with a scripted GUI at the top
• [x] Use can_be_lend_leased on eagles/fellbeasts
• [x] Some shit is still bugged with the eagles/fellbeasts (image and cant build bomber)
• [x] images get fucked when I change the template
• [x] light_cavalry_chassis_desc

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• [x] Sailing ships should only be able to have oars in 3rd slot
• [x] Galleys should have oars in first slot
• [x] Add different types of sails and oars

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• [x] Rename sailing_ship -> caravel
• [x] Rename frigate -> carrack
• [x] If Mordor has a trebuchet close to Minas Tirith and GON has suffered at least X causalties, you should be able to launch the heads of the dead into the city and lower their war-support
• [x] Make sure eagles can't be put on the market, and can't be gained from capitulation
• [x] Module unlocks
• [x] Module stats
• [x] Module images

Some place where I could put extra modules:

• [x] Eagle armor
• [x] Eagle weapons
• [x] eagle special
• [x] Siege Storeys (particularly middle) Maybe something with fire? A mini-catapult? Medicine?
• [x] Ship defenses
• [x] Ship superstructure

Stat-related:

• [x] Carracks and Caravels shouldnt have boarding parties (?)
• [x] For eagles: Add some base, required modules that don't change stats
• [x] Buff shore bombardement
• [x] Buff eagles
• [x] Additional modules
• [x] lothlorien defense nerf
• [x] check if nukes still work
• [x] check the land-fort effectiveness modifier
• [x] castle cost up

[Helliaca]

Some ideas for CAV:

Horse Breed: Destrier (expensive and very good) Courser (very fast, not as expensive as destrier) Rouncey (all-purpose, cheap)

Horse Armor: Scale Armor (flexible but expensive) Full-plate Armor (strong but clumsy and expensive) Caparison (cheap but shit)

Rider's Armor: Leather Gambeson Chainmail Plate Armor Scale Armor

Main Armament: Spear (high HA, cheap) Sword (high SA, expensive) Sabre (Sword but even more swordier) Elven Sword (Only for elves, very poggers and expensive) Lance (Spear but even spearier) Flail (High SA and HA, but shit realiability) Shortbow Longbow Crossbow

Harness: (Saddle, Birdle and Stirrup) Basic Saddle, Birdles and Stirrup Reinforced War Saddle Light Riding Saddle Comfort Padded Saddle Heavy Plate Knight Saddle Nomadic Endurance Saddle Decorative Elite Saddle

Special: Javelins (extra SA) Extra Supply Pouch (less supply use) Chanfron (extra armor/hardness) Horn/Bugal (Radio equivalent) Bedroll Medical Kit Torch and Lantern Signaling Banner Shield Side-arm

[Helliaca]

For Catapults:

Projectile: Boulders Incendiary Wildfire Caskets

Launching Mechanism: Counterweight Trebuchet Tension Trebuchet Catapult Mangonel

Construction Material: Wood and Iron Reinforced Steel Lightweight Composite

Loading System: Manual Loading Winch Loading

Special: Adjustable Base Quadrant and Sight Windlass System

[Helliaca]

Eagles/Fellbeasts:

Rider: Riderless With Rider

Creature Armor: No Armor Leather Armor Steel Plates

Weaponry: None Steel Beak and claws Reinforced Steel Beak and Claws

Bombs/Weaponry: Steel ball Spiked steel ball Incendiary Caskets Explosive Caskets

Special: Spyglass Map Rider Weaponry

[Helliaca]

Siege machine module slots:

catapult:

R:

• Projectile
• Launching mechanism
• Loading System

L:

• Construction Material/Method
• wheels

Battering Ram:

R:

• None
• None
• None

L:

• Construction Material
• wheels

Siege Tower:

R:

• First Storey (Drawbridge, Archers, Ballista etc)
• Second Storey (Archers, Ballista, etc)
• Third Story (Battering Ram, extra wheels, Hinge mechanism, etc)

L:

• Construction Material
• wheels

[Helliaca]

On ships:

We've buffed shore bombardement across the board to give navies more impact. We've also changed the ideal screen-capital ship ratio to 3:1 (from 4:1).

We've renamed Light-Attack, Heavy-attack and Torpedo-attack to Boarding-Power (think closer quarter, ship-to-ship combat), Projectile-Attack (think mounted onagers/catapults), and Ballista-Attack (Ballistae and greatbows that can hit nearby targets but not thos far away)

Longships are small, cheap and versatile, but relatively weak in battle.

Galleys are excellent against longships and come with a large amont of boarding power (light attack). They are, however, very slow, fuel-intensive and have a very limited range. If you only intend on bullying smaller navies along a coast, this is the ideal ship-type for that purpose.

If galleys are the counter to longships, then caravels are the counter to galleys. By using mounted ballistas and catapults and a high freeboard they can keep safe from being boarded and attack from afar.

You can counter caravels by either overwhelming them with numbers, clearing their screens or building carracks, which are effectively just better, more-expensive caravels.

[Helliaca]

On Siege Engines:

It always seemed quite silly that slow, clumsy siege machines posessed a lot of armor and breakthrough. In this patch, we're changing this.

Firstly, we've gotten rid of the Siege-machine unit types entirely.

We've also gotten rid of the "Siege Ladder" unit type and replaced it with a general "Siege Unit" support company. These support companies require specialized equipment (siege equipment), but can be extremely versatile and powerful. Think of the "flamethrower" tanks from vanilla, but with a lot more customization. Naturally, Siege Units provide powerful bonuses against forts and cities, but depending on how you customize your equipment, it could be used for different purposes. Got a siege tower? Why not add some spikes to the bottom and use it as a defensive fortification, get some extra entrenchment.

In addition to these support battalions, we're also adding regular line-battalions for catapults. Catapults don't have armor/breakthrough but a large amount of soft-attack. They effectively act as "heavy artillery": Slow, costly but powerful on the battlefield.

You can also branch off and research a trebuchet. If you have the NSB dlc, then trebuchets will act like railway guns. Otherwise, they will simply act as slightly more powerful catapults.

[Helliaca]

On Eagles/Fellbeasts:

Kept mostly as is, but now you can customize them further. We've also made them a lot stronger and more expensive, to keep their availibility and numbers a little more limited, without affecting their power