Pre-Battle Orders and Deployment v0963 beta

A battle and tactics mod for Native Warband 1. 143 that expands pre-battle tactical options...and includes a number of in-battle optional features.

Now with a real deployment phase - pre-battle positioning of divisions!

Requires Warband Script Enhancer 2. 8. 1, included in the installer

If running Warband 1. 15x, you will also need to download the 1. 15x "compatibility patch" and install that after installing Diplo+PBOD.

An improved version of this patch was uploaded 13 August 2012 that requires no other work than installing it and using the shortcut as normal.

NEW in v0. 96

• []Custom Battles fully functional with PBOD features; Mod Options accessible from the Custom Battle designer screen and a quick tick-box to enable all major PBOD in-battle features

  []New Order: Deploy/Recover Pavise shields.

  Player can deploy/recover a pavise shield by pressing H (configurable in mod options)[]New Order: Crouch.

  Player can crouch by pressing Caps Lock (configurable in mod options).[]New Order: Ignite Fire Arrows.

  Player can ignite arrows by pressing H (configurable, with pavise key, in mod options)[]New Orders all integrated into the Order Panel, under F7 Attack Orders and F8 Special Orders

  []AI Special Order options broken down by each individual order: new options to enable/disable AI to spear brace, skirmish, volley fire, and deploy pavise/crouch (fire arrows are a player team only test at the moment)

  []Bugfixes for timing in the pre-battle positioning/real deployment phase. A configurable time scale has been added in mod options if a player still runs into problems, but they shouldn't.

  []New 'info pages'/in-game documentation for Pre-Battle Planning and In-Battle Tactics. See Notes->Game Concepts

  []Added optional key-controlled rotation for the free mouse-operated DeathCam and new instruction messages when the DeathCam starts

  []A few Native bugfixes are now included--fixing some lords dialogs and a problem with the marshall system

  []Bugfixes for formations, particularly spawning on the player's location and some drifting of player division formations.

  []Bugfix for new division flags: they are reactivated

  []Some code reworking here and there and other minor bugfixes

  NEW in v0. 95:

  []Now with Pre-Battle Positioning/Real Deployment!

  When starting a battle with Pre-Battle Orders or viathe "Take the Field" option, you can place your troops beforethe battle starts by using the "hold down F1 flag" (this canbe turned off in the mod options menu)As instructed in game, give formations orders (such as formation types orstand closer/spread out) before placing the division with the F1 flag forthose orders to be applied when the division is placed.[*]Pre-Battle movement orders (+/- 10 paces, formations, spread out/stand closer)