The American Civil War Mod: Revived! Full Release Version 1.6 file

Installation Instructions:

1. Make sure you delete any previous versions of the mod.
2. Download the winrar package called, "The American Civil War Mod Revived v1.6", to your desktop or another preferred destination that you can easily access.
3. Open the package and extract the folder inside called, "The American Civil War Mod Revived", to your modules folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MountBlade Warband\Modules).
4. Start Mount & Blade: Warband, select the mod from the drop down menu, and play!

Voice Commands Instructions (optional):

1. First, you will need to download and install a program called "VoiceBot" from here: Voicebot.net. This program is for free and will be fully functional for this purpose. It can also be used for other games as well. There are some limitations to the free version, but nothing that prevents you from using and enjoying the program with this mod.
2. After installing VoiceBot, you will need to import the voicebot profile that I included in the mod package. This can be done by going to the settings in the program and you will see a button for importing and exporting profiles. Extract the voicebot profile folder to the desktop or your preferred destination, click import in the voicebot program, find where you extracted the voicebot profile and import the profile inside of the folder. I have also included the sound files for the bugle calls, I'm not sure if the sounds will play in the program without them. The folder can simply be placed on the desktop for quick and easy reference.
3. After the profile is imported, I strongly recommend you familiarize yourself with the commands, and if you prefer to use a different voice command to execute an order, you can change it to another word by editing the macro.
4. You should also train your microphone to recognize your voice, if you haven't done so already, because VoiceBot relies on speech recognition software that is used for voice-to-text programs, so it may not always recognize your voice, especially if your computer has never heard your voice before.
5. When using the program, it is possible to use a built in microphone, however a headset or a separate mic is preferred because it picks up your voice more clearly. You should also make sure there is as little background noise as possible so that it does not interfere with the microphone recognizing your words.
6. You can press play to make the program start to listen and press pause to make it stop. You can easily alt+ tab in game to turn it off when you are not in combat or don't want to use it.
7. For more detailed instructions on how to use the VoiceBot program, please refer to their website.

Full Changelog:

• Union Garibaldi Guard, 14th Brooklyn and Iron Brigade units added.
• Confederate Thomasville Zouaves unit added.
• New map icons for locations and parties.
• New uniforms for Confederate Hampton's Legion Cavalry.
• New uniforms for early tier Texas lancers.
• New uniform variants for Union State Militia.
• New Confederate infantry and cavalry sergeant uniforms.
• New Confederate grey kepi.
• Model 1839 wheel forage cap added to early tier Union and Confederate units.
• New Confederate hats with the brim folded up in the front.
• New clothing for civilians, including new dresses for females.
• New clothing and weapons for Native American faction.
• New horses for Native Americans.
• New scene backgrounds.
• New Union cavalry sergeant uniform.
• Confederate mounted infantry uniforms given proper CSA belt buckles.
• Guidon bearers added to both Union and Confederate cavalry/mounted infantry.
• New Confederate battle flag for Hilliard's Alabama Legion.
• New hair and beards to replace some of the visibly medieval/nordic/khergit styles.
• Bare feet models fixed, no more floating feet.
• The color of cavalry boots has been darkened.
• Some more village scenes have been given a visual update and their entry points fixed.
• Battle continuation added, orders can still be given after being knocked out with the backspace key, however the camera is fixed on the spot where you die. A moving camera requires module system and will need to wait. It is also possible to use ctrl + E with editor mode activated to get a moving camera. However orders cannot be given while moving the camera in edit mode.
• Option to force companions to stay in the party added. "We hang deserters in this army".
• Recruits in villages now change depending on faction ownership.
• Players can now control the AI's soldiers in battle, without needing to be the chief of staff (marshall). No more wasted lives and battles lost due to the incompetence of automated generals.
• Player is able to recruit maximum 20 soldiers from the start of the game, instead of the default 7. Helps cut down the need to travel long distances, village to village, just to recruit enough new soldiers to fill up your ranks.
• Increased the default size of AI armies.
• BRF's have been split to ease the strain on the mod, and should result in better performance.
• Firearms skill increased for all cavalry units so they are more effective when using their revolvers.
• Berdan's Sharpshooters accuracy increased to be more effective at long range.
• Changed facial appearance of Native American leaders. Placeholders, not meant to be accurate depictions of reality.
• Union prison guards were wearing Berdan's Sharpshooters uniform. These have been replaced with Union infantry corporal uniforms.
• Tower cavalry carbine removed from markets and Confederate inventories. There is a severe problem with texture.
• Duryee's Zouave's uniform updated. Sash color changed from blue to red.
• Sergeant uniform added to Duryee's Zouave's color guards.
• Straps added to canteens and cartidge boxes on zouave uniforms that were missing this.
• The companion, "Trip", has had his agility and riding skills increased by one, to allow him to ride horses immediately upon recruitment. His starting sword has also been replaced.
• Officer's saber fixed, now disappears when drawn.
• Removed sledgehammer from markets, they were far too common, no matter how much I reduced their market availability.
• Invalid objects in scenes removed wherever they have been found. This will continue until all are found and deleted.
• Ladie's names updated to be more Americanized, instead of their original names from native.
• Native American ladies have had their names changed from default khergit names, to be more appropriate to the culture.
• New props added to the Nashville merchant's house to give it more life.
• New trident model for pitchforks.
• The one Confederate cavalry uniform that had 45 armor has been fixed, and lowered to 14.
• Starting inventory fixed, no more medieval items.
• New names for books.
• Camp follower tree updated to be "Battlefield Nurse/Surgeon/Doctor". Weapons and clothing changed as well.
• Clothing for travellers, poets, and ransom brokers updated.
• Female tavern keepers given new dresses.
• Pretender's clothing and weapons changed.
• Increased the abundance of officer's uniforms in markets.
• Minor dialogue fixes/adjustments. (Some of the dialogue is completely messed up and we have not yet found the source of the problem.)
• Bugle call for cavalry to move at the gallop has been reduced in volume. This was much too loud.
• New alternate voice command for fire at will that comes without the bugle call, to help avoid overlapping sound effects. This is activated by the command "light 'em up". This, of course, can be changed as the player sees fit.
• Cavalry voice commands were missing quick access to the spread out order. This has been fixed by changing the command word for the order, "spread out (cavalry)", to "troopers disperse", and adding a new command to the formation orders category called "disperse (cavalry)", and the command word was set to "disperse". With this change, you can give the order to cavalry to spread out with their bugle call as soon as you select them, by just saying the word, "disperse", rather than only being able to do so through the formation orders menu. To avoid repeating the bugle call sound, use the alternate command word, "spread out", to give the same order without the sound file attached.