Screenshots / Empires' Maps Thread

**Jurand of Cracow** · October 22, 2017, 09:37 AM

It's clear and looks really nice! Especially Castille expanding along the coast, Piza south by the sea, Poland to the east, both Rus states elsewhere. I find it as it should be, in general.
Papal States are all-powerful in all SSHIP games, I think.
Have you seen many "civil wars" among the AI factions?
I think you don't see much issues with reputation and diplomacy?

**Justinian Australis** · October 22, 2017, 04:29 PM

I don't believe there has been much in the ways of civil war except for one or two occasions (that I can recall) in the HRE and Hungary, as I saw several monarchs with the 'Usurper' tag roaming about and i think I saw a couple of event notifications pop up.

I am not sure how diplomacy and reputations works in the mod but I guess the Romans reputation may be about right seeing as their was a fair bit of mistrust around this time towards the Empire from the west, so i guess my rating as 'despicable' could be right haha (i suppose that's what happens when you massacre your prisoners too much!). The AI seems really stubborn when it comes to signing even basic ceasefires, particularly when you are stomping them into the dirt, your all powerful and they are a tiny bit of mud on your boots. But I guess that's what happens if your reputation is really poor, nobody wants to deal with you much and will be stubborn at the diplomatic table.

**Dekhatres** · October 22, 2017, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Justinian Australis

The AI seems really stubborn when it comes to signing even basic ceasefires, particularly when you are stomping them into the dirt, your all powerful and they are a tiny bit of mud on your boots.

*vanilla medieval 2 flashbasks*

reason why i will prob play with SavageAI forever

**Lifthrasir** · October 22, 2017, 10:01 PM

^^

After all this time, you haven't realized that MWY has made his own AI for SSHIP

**Dekhatres** · October 22, 2017, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by Lifthrasir

^^

After all this time, you haven't realized that MWY has made his own AI for SSHIP

hahaha... let's first know what we are talking about

i am aware there's a new AI in sship and have been for a loooong time, i cant be bothered to go dig through old posts right now

what i was doing is criticizing sship's AI, it doesnt hold alliances, stabs in the back, unwillingness to accept casefires even while being slaughtered etc etc, just like the vanilla, hence the vanilla flashbacks

**Lifthrasir** · October 23, 2017, 12:54 AM

Well, if you want to criticize SSHIP AI or any other aspect of SSHIP, I suggest you to do it clearly (to avoid misunderstanding) in the General Discussion thread. This is not the right place for such topic

**Dekhatres** · October 23, 2017, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by Lifthrasir

Well, if you want to criticize SSHIP AI or any other aspect of SSHIP, I suggest you to do it clearly (to avoid misunderstanding) in the General Discussion thread. This is not the right place for such topic

yea i know but i just wanted to quickly answer to Justinian Australis comment/criticism on AI and also to let him know there's other AIs to choose from

**Lifthrasir** · October 23, 2017, 04:12 AM

Not with SSHIP as far as I know.

End of the discussion. Further discussion on that topic posted in this thread will be deleted as off-topic. Last warning

**Roma_Victrix** · December 02, 2017, 06:32 PM

I posted these in a preview thread recently, but I might as well share them here as well. NOTE: the Broken Lances seen here have shields, which is a small modification I did for my own aesthetic reasons. In Stainless Steel and SSHIP, however, Broken Lances do not have shields (and in my opinion look way less awesome than my version, hehe).

IMGUR album: https://imgur.com/a/kka01

Longbowmen:

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Welsh Longbowmen:

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Frankish Knights:

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Mourtatoi:

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Pike Militia

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Broken Lances:

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Various Venetian infantry units, including Armored Sergeants, Armored Swordsmen, Sword Mailed Knights, and some Mourtatoi:

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Venetian Feudal Knights, Bodyguard, and some Hospitaller Knights in the background (some Broken Lances poked their faces into the shot as well):

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Italian Cavalry Militia:

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**Roma_Victrix** · December 06, 2017, 07:05 PM

Here is my Imgur album collection of late period bodyguards, knights, and men at arms for various Western/Catholic factions. Although an Orthodox faction, in the future I could even include Byzantium/the Eastern Roman Empire since they have late-period plate armor for Alamanoi (who initially look like dismounted Latinikon in the early period). You guys currently have lots of screenshots of early units, but not many pictures showing how many of the same units look following the armor upgrades of the 14th and 15th centuries. There are also many units here that only appear in the 14th century, long after the 12th-century start date of the Early Campaign.

Enjoy!

CASTILE & LEON
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/4yX5t

https://i.imgur.com/BRClB4l.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/nOFIiZ3.jpg

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DENMARK
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/LNjQI

https://i.imgur.com/Lnmt5mY.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/DTVh3zw.jpg

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ENGLAND
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/fxRSj

https://i.imgur.com/FUueNtx.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/ZDP510O.jpg

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FRANCE
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/giwN2

https://i.imgur.com/At2P0E7.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/sZXsSN3.jpg

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HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/e8VkB

https://i.imgur.com/Q8TXXcD.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/DE0Y3DC.jpg

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HUNGARY
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/0GRw7

https://i.imgur.com/fewLFWU.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/6VMHUTV.jpg

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PISA
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/1suZs

https://i.imgur.com/zZLYL91.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/08gskqo.jpg

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Here's my recently modded Broken Lances for Pisa, now holding shields:
https://i.imgur.com/QBT2kNh.jpg

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PORTUGAL
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/6s5Xa

https://i.imgur.com/m9R3U6x.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/xiZ7eLr.jpg

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VENICE
Full album: https://imgur.com/a/xNUI8

https://i.imgur.com/5rERnrI.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/s1PaOhV.jpg

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Here's my recently modded Broken Lances for Venice, now holding shields:
https://i.imgur.com/Sch8269.jpg

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I'll upload the full Imgur albums soon, which will include both infantry and cavalry. Hopefully these images will provide good illustrations for Stainless Steel fans who are curious about trying this mod but don't yet quite understand just how mesmerizing and gorgeous the new units and mounts look on the battle map. And that they should start playing SSHIP right away.

EDIT: I added the full Imgur album links so that anyone can view more late-period units from each of these factions.

**Roma_Victrix** · December 09, 2017, 12:23 PM

Andalusian infantry with the new Middle-Eastern captain model:

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Middle Eastern huge city with the Great Jama:

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Heavy Turkopole Archers:

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Hand gunners:

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Southern European huge city with the cathedral:

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Full Imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/kka01

**Roma_Victrix** · December 30, 2017, 09:32 AM

More pics!

The Fatimid Egyptian general and bodyguard unit:

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The Golden Horde Mongol captain and Mongol general:

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The Rum Turkish general and bodyguard detail:

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Finally, the Serbian general and bodyguard unit:

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**Ngugi** · December 30, 2017, 11:20 AM

Neato

**Roma_Victrix** · January 06, 2018, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Ngugi

Neato

Bigly.

More stuff!

Abbasid spearmen:

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Byzantine Acritae:

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Canons of the Holy Sepulcher, Kingdom of Jerusalem/Crusader States

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The Republic of Venice, late-period dismounted knights and men at arms marching and fighting alongside armored spearmen, in all their glory:

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The Venetian bodyguard unit after the plate-armor upgrade, running down some fleeing rebels:

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Venice besieging a citadel and huge city of the Crusader States during the late period, full of awesomeness and knights in plate armor on both sides:

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Just for fun, Venice fighting the Mongols of the Golden Horde:

Imgur album:
https://imgur.com/a/kka01

**kostic** · January 15, 2018, 11:16 AM

Cool screen ! Late aera look good !

**Roma_Victrix** · January 20, 2018, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by kostic

Cool screen ! Late aera look good !

Well if you liked those, you'll most likely enjoy these! I just recently added unit models and textures from the M2TW mod Italian Wars to SSHIP, replacing the vanilla models and textures for Renaissance-period/pike-and-shot units. Hopefully I will be able to release a submod about this soon, but I have to gain permission to use Italian Wars' material first. Upon release, I think it might be the very first M2TW mod with Renaissance/pike-and-shot period units combined with a campaign map much larger in scope than just Italy or Germany (i.e. with the massive campaign map of SSHIP including Europe, West Asia, and North Africa).

Here's a taste of what you would be able to see in my submod for SSHIP (I'll put the rest in spoilers and direct you to my Imgur album link below):

Landschneckt Pikemen resting before the fray, waiting for the word of their commander to mobilize:

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Venice on the march, entering a besieged fortress:

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Soldiers marching, officers carrying the vexilla-style military standards of Pisa and Castile:

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Say hello to my fully-armored Swiss Halberdiers and then say goodnight, pal (because you're gonna die):

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Say hello to the Swiss Halberdiers again:

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Soldiers in the streets:

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Swiss Pikemen before the armor upgrade:

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Swiss Pikemen after the upgrade:

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The Serpentine and the Basilisk, ready to fire:

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Pikemen and Dismounted Italian Men at Arms make a deadly combination:

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They no longer fear the bombard, but very soon the enemy shall understand the awesome power of the basilisk:

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Hungary's Royal Banderium just got some new officers:

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The heavy French Lancers ride in style, especially now that they've got a brand new set of officers:

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German/HRE Gothic Knights won't be outdone by the French in that department, though, over their dead bodies they'll let a Frenchman upstage them:

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What's that? The accursed Germans have new officers for Gothic Knights? Italians from Pisa to Venice are outraged. Famiglia Ducale must have them as well:

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The Pikemen know they must protect the artillery from the danger of cavalry charges:

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Musketeers enjoy a relaxing stroll in the flowery meadow before shooting people in the face:

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Vanilla M2TW Mercenary Arquebusiers look so bland and lifeless; these guys, on the other hand, know how to dress with style!

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Here they are again, ready to fire on anyone foolish enough to stare down the muzzle of their arquebus handguns:

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The combined officers, military standards, banners, and drummers of the Late Musketeers, Black Band Arquebusiers, and Mercenary Arquebusiers:

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Now from the front:

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Late Arquebusiers (aka "Portuguese Arquebusiers in export_descr_unit") were wise to wear so much armor, given the armaments of the enemy ahead of them:

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Don't be fooled by their fancy attire. Make way for the Doppelsoldner or prepare to be cut in half by their enormous zweihander swords:

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I thought I told you to stay away from them??!! Run! Run for your lives!

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Black Band Arquebusiers love to taunt the enemy and they most certainly know how to woo a lady by tipping those broad-brimmed hats of theirs, with feathers in their caps:

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For the full album of images, visit my Imgur account page here: https://imgur.com/a/xadBK

**j.a.luna** · January 20, 2018, 03:08 AM

Ooh my god! It is so cool! It is a super improve unita models for sship!i hope that you can release it for the mod and sship team can include it in future release...
Only i saw that banner for Castile have the current banner for Spain(modern country) they should have other banner and of course about Spain history i know a lot of...
Good images!

**Roma_Victrix** · January 20, 2018, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by j.a.luna

Ooh my god! It is so cool! It is a super improve unita models for sship!i hope that you can release it for the mod and sship team can include it in future release...
Only i saw that banner for Castile have the current banner for Spain(modern country) they should have other banner and of course about Spain history i know a lot of...
Good images!

Thanks! I'm glad you like them.

Yeah, I don't have any skills in editing unit texture files, unfortunately. If I did I would happily change this or that for greater accuracy (including the military standard for Castile, as you suggest here), considering how this is a historical improvement project mod. SSHIP team members are more than welcome to fix and fiddle with the new unit textures once I release the submod, which could be soon or a long time from now depending on if the so far unresponsive Italian Wars team responds to my request or not.