Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

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B.A.R.D. - Vlandian Army Overhaul
   
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Type: Troops
Setting: Native, Medieval
Game Mode: Singleplayer
Compatible Version: v1.0.0
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14 Oct, 2022 @ 11:58pm
1 Nov, 2022 @ 2:14pm
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B.A.R.D. - Vlandian Army Overhaul

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B.A.R.D. - Bannerlord Armies ReDone - AIO
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Description
A complete overhaul of the Vlandian Army with the aim of giving them a unique identity and bringing them up to par with other empires. Extreme care and attention to detail was taken to make them look good, functional, and as historically accurate as the vanilla assets allow. There are also new units, new items and stat fixes/changes included.

TL;DR
  • Awesome reskins
  • New units
  • New items
  • Balanced Vlandia

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Background

Bringing you my fourth mod after finishing the Sturgians, the Empire and the Battanians. I figured I would give them the same treatment as I gave the other factions. The inspiration for the troops are armies of the 10th-12th century Normans.

The mod completely reworks the entire Vlandian troop tree, nobles included.

There are also a lot of balancing changes here to round off the mod.

The units look much better in my opinion, but please understand that this is just my personal taste, and will stay as such. Your constructive criticism is still welcome.

Lastly, this is a work in progress, and there will be a lot of updates and small tweaks as TaleWorlds updates the game and proper modding tools are developed and released. Having said that, I think it's already in a really good place, check out screenshots and see for yourself.

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Disclaimer

As a general philosophy, I'm trying to create a more "grounded" look for all troops I edit, so you won't see full plate and mail armored soldiers on Tier 3 and such. Even on some of the higher tiers you will not see that, as levied soldiers simply didn't have access to that quality of equipment in the time period Bannerlord is set in. In order to keep balance I'll increase/decrease stats and add modded items where needed so the faction can stay competitive with other empires.

Having said all that, I hope you will enjoy the mod.

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Compatibility

Compatible and tested on v1.0.0 & e1.9.0.

Save Game compatible. (If you're adding this to an existing campaign though, it might take a while until the new troops appear for lords and as higher rep village recruits, but they will be available to the player instantly if you're upgrading from the Vlandian Recruit)

The mod is now also compatible with most other troop overhauls, as long as they don't modify Vlandian troops and uses the module system for easy install/uninstall.

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Check out my other mods in this series

Sturgian Army Overhaul
Battanian Army Overhaul
Imperial Army Overhaul
Vlandian Army Overhaul
Aserai Army Overhaul
Khuzait Army Overhaul

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FAQ

The mod is not working?
If you have the latest version of the game, subscribed to the mod, enabled it in the launcher and my mods are below the native modules and you don't crash, the mod is working.

My units don't have the [Bard] prefix as in the screenshots?
Yes, that is how it's intended. I use that prefix for my own testing in my own game, but when I upload to the Steam Workshop I remove it. In your game, the units WILL NOT have the [Bard] prefix

Help, I crashed?
If you think you crashed because of my mod, send me the crash report so I can take a look at it. Otherwise I have no way of knowing why you crashed.

Is it compatible with X, Y or Z
I created this with maximum compatibility in mind, but I can't make it compatible and test it with every mod out there. Please try it out before asking.

Is it compatible with RBM?
Yes, with caveats. It is compatible with their AI and Arena modules. It is NOT compatible with their Troop Overhaul (for obvious reasons) and only semi-compatible with the Combat Module. I would recommend sticking with only AI and Arena. Also, see above.

Balance seems off?
While I do my best to test units one on one to make sure nothing roflstomps other units, I'm just one man, and can't test every unit against every other unit in thousands of scenarios, so I might have missed something. If you think a unit is OP, or a faction's combined arms power is way too strong let me know. Please send me a detailed list of army compositions so I can test that scenario and see what I can do about it.

X unit should use this or that, could you change it?
Please provide your reasoning in the comments, with historical sources if possible, and I'll consider the change if it makes sense.

This mod sucks, I hate it?
That's ok, I can't make it appeal to everyone. No hard feelings.

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Uninstallation

Just click unsubscribe (but see known issues below) or manually delete the "VlandianArmyRedone folder".

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Known Issues

If you uninstall the mod while you have my modded troops in your save (which you will if you use the mod) the game will crash. You'll most likely have to start another save. Sorry about this, but the way troop modding works now, there is no way for me to prevent this. As soon as there is a solution, I'll do my best implement it.

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102 Comments
Sikhi Vortukas ☭☫ 10 Jun @ 2:17pm 
pls update it
JustSomeEggsInAPot 5 May @ 6:47am 
Well he didn't answer the last couple people so I should definitely ask if it is compatible
Mr red spy 20 Apr @ 2:53pm 
is all the mods of B.A.R.D. work 1.2.9
[BRE]Gman/Baudry 21 Feb @ 9:48am 
Neat series of mods! Do all the BARD overhauls still work on the latest version?
Salad 19 Jan @ 1:57pm 
Hope you add em some day! Until then this mod is so much better than vanilla so I'll just eat the wage cost of merc pikemen
Shas'la  [author] 19 Jan @ 3:00am 
@Salad at the time I was working on the mod they were bugged as hell and basically useless, and didn't really fit the vision I was going for. Sorry about that.
Salad 19 Jan @ 12:49am 
kinda sad you removed pikemen it was one of the staples of vanilla vlandian infantry and really nice for stomping cav charges
Shas'la  [author] 30 Dec, 2023 @ 11:54pm 
@LaughingCoffin It's been a while since I played Bannerlord, but if I recall correctly, you can change your banner color (which will change the color scheme for your army) both in the campaign and in custom battles. So no mod is needed to get these colors.
RacistMoose 30 Dec, 2023 @ 2:51pm 
Is the White on red Vlandia colors your own or is that from a mod?
Earl 3 Dec, 2023 @ 5:35am 
Yeah he did