Kings of War for Battlescribe (free army building software)

[emperorpenguin]

Cheers Scarletsquig, really appreciate the effort you are putting into this

[lord marcus]

Hey SS, copied in the download link to update my repositories with the human list, and it gave me a java error.

[scarletsquig]

Update your battlescribe to the latest version.

New lists once again make use of new features added in the latest version, so you'll need it.

[lord marcus]

Got it. Wierdly, i had a folder seperate from my program files battlescribe folder saved in documents entitled battlescribekingsofwar

Should i delete that?

[lord marcus]

Found a slight bug.

I put two units of mounted scouts into my list (both with bows) and when i went to save it said they had too many bows..

[granan]

Actually it says that on the Messages panel before you save.
The Captain, priest and army standard bearer can have their own stables
They can select more than one horse.
The war engines should have their own category, right?
Edit: All the missile troops have the same problem

[scarletsquig]

^ Thanks, all of that is now fixed, along with a tiny update to fix the TK bolt thrower stats.

Rules summaries are intentionally missing at the moment... will add them in later once the more important stuff is all sorted out.

@LM Yeah, might as well delete that one, it's probably the old version that doesn't get used anymore. Make sure to copy any rosters you have out of it and it should be fine.

[emperorpenguin]

The Mounted Sergeants entry is missing completely.

Also Ogre Troops and Regiments should be listed as Solid Units, not as Units

[scarletsquig]

^ Cheers, will fix that in the next update.

For now though, I've added the Goblin list!

[emperorpenguin]

Bogie Troop in the Goblin list should be a Solid Unit too

[Karanthir]

One thing for Twilight Kin. The Shadows Regiment costs 90pts and has the stats of a Troop, and the Shadows Troop costs 140pts and has the stats of a Regiment.

[bert n ernie]

Hey Scarletsquig, are you intending on doing this for Warpath when it comes out too?

I haven't tried this one yet, but only because of work constraints. Looking forward to it.

[edward3h]

Hi Scarletsquig,
Do you have plans to update for KoW2.0 and add the new armies?

I'm happy to help if you haven't yet.

[scarletsquig]

^ That's already happening! It's just taking a bit longer due to the sheer number of new units, and also the large amount of changes to existing units.

Just uploaded the Orcs 2.0 and Undead 2.0 list, and did a major reformat to change the "Type" stat to it's new "Unit Size" name (had to go back through every unit in the entire game and re-add this stat).

I've also fixed all the errors mentioned so far, thanks for pointing them out. As usual, if you find anything else wrong, post here (probably best not to PM me, it's easier for me to keep track if everything's in this thread).

So, just Elves, Dwarves and Abyssals to finish... it's getting there!

Warpath will be added shortly, too... waiting on the final version of the lists from mantic. I did write a version with the alpha list, but the addition of the speed stat in the beta messed with it a bit. I'll be waiting for the final release in a couple of weeks rather than spending time on the beta lists now only to have to possibly make major changes to them immediately afterwards. It should be ready within a few days of mantic posting the final lists, it only has 2 lists with not many units in them, easy job.

[Llew]

I just tried to DL the Windows setup for Battlescribe, and my Norton AV flagged it as being infected and it ditched the file.

Have you run across this before?

[scarletsquig]

Probably a false positive, antivirus software often tends towards saying no to any .exe file that you download from the internet, unless it's on a specific whitelist of theirs.

You can always use the cross-platform zip, it contains exactly the same thing. All the .exe does is unzip the cross-platform zip into your Program Files/Battlescribe folder.

I'm nearly done with with 2.0 lists, should be finished today, in fact... have just being spreading out the work since I get burnt out on data-entry really quickly. Highly recommend updating to the latest release.

Edit: 2.0 lists are all complete!

Some special rule descriptions are missing currently, I'm aware of this and will be going back and adding them all in.. along with restructuring the Twlight Kin to the newer (and much better) battlescribe standard that means I don't have to create a new profile every time an upgrade modifies the base profile.

Next update will occur whenever the 1.0 Warpath lists are posted, I'll try to get both lists up within 48 hours of mantic posting them. At this point I'll also go back and give a final bit of polish to the KoW lists (the non-essential stuff mentioned above), along with fixing any errors anyone finds in the next 2-3 weeks.

[lord marcus]

Quick question. Should I update battlescribe to the new version, or are you just going to stay with the old one?

[scarletsquig]

Keep regularly updated - if you find something acting weird or broken, time to update, because there are good odds that it's already been discovered and fixed.

I won't be staying with any old version, the lists will always be designed to make full use of new battlescribe features (which are relevant to these lists) as soon as they are added.. the developer recently added the "upgrades that modify profiles" feature which is really useful, and I strongly recommend an upgrade to the latest version, it's a stable version that shouldn't change in any major way for some time.

[lord marcus]

Would i thus have to uninstall and then download/install the new version?

[scarletsquig]

No need to bother uninstalling the old version, you can install the new version right over the top of it, and it will work just fine.