EnhancedBattleTest v0.5.1 file

Enhanced Battle Test

A mod for Mount&Blade Bannerlord that can test battle locally.

Features

• Test Battle Mode: You can choose where to spawn troops and they will be all spawned instantly.
• Custom Battle Mode: Use built-in mechanism to spawn troops. Troops that exceeds the battle size limit will be spawned later.
• Map selection. Including sergeant maps, skirmish maps, tdm map, etc. However, I removed siege maps because they are buggy. Custom battle mode contains sergeant maps only, because only sergeant maps contains corrrect spawning positions that custom battle mode requires. If you want more maps, you can edit the config file yourself, details below.
• Character selection. You can specify at most three types of troops for each team. Also you can select perks that is consistent with those in Multiplayer mode.
• Configuration saving. The battle configuration is saved in "(user directory)\Documents\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\Configs\EnhancedBattleTest\". The configuration for Test Battle mode is saved in "EnhancedTestBattleConfig.xml" and that for Custom Battle mode is saved in "EnhancedCustomBattleConfig.xml". You can modify it to add more maps, but if you edit it incorrectly, the configuration will be reset to default, or the game may crash. I don't guarantee anything.
• Switching player's team. You can switch between player agent and the enemy commander to control their troops respectively.
• Controlling your bots after dead.
• Switching free camera.
• Customizing player characters, details below.

How to install

Copy `bin` and `Modules` into Bannerlord installation folder(For example `C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Mount & Blade II Bannerlord - Beta`).

How to use

1. Start the mod by clicking `EnhancedBattleTest.bat` in `bin\Win64_Shipping_Client` that you have copied into Bannerlord installation folder.
2. You can select troops for each side of teams.
3. Press and hold `TAB` key for a while to exit the battle scene.
4. Press `numpad5` key to switch your team.
5. Press `numpad6` key to switch between free camera and main agent camera.
6. Press `numpad7` to disable dying.
7. Press `f` key or `numpad6` key to control one of your troops after you being killed.

How to customizing characters

• You can customize your characters by modifying the xml element with id `player_character` in `Modules\EnhancedBattleTest\ModuleData\mpcharacters.xml`.
• This character is referred in another file `Modules\EnhancedBattleTest\ModuleData\mpclassdivisions.xml`, in which armors, movement speed and other properties of the character are defined.
• However, currently in Bannerlord b0.8.0, merging those two `mpclassdivisions.xml` files (one in `native` and one in this mod), and parsing them is **NOT** correctly implemented: the spaces between xml elements are not ignored, and the game will crash.
  This is a bug in Bannerlord b0.8.0, and the work-around is to remove all the spaces between xml elements in both files. I have done this for you. So you don't need to worry about it if you don't modify those two `mpclassdivisions.xml` files.
  If you need to modify any of those two files, please remember to remove all the spaces between the xml elements just like I do.
  I use vscode with xml extension to remove spaces automatically.
• If you modified those files or the game updated, and the mod could not start, try to reinstall the mod.
  If it does not work, then try to remove the following content in `Modules\EnhancedBattleTest\SubModule.xml`:

  <XmlNode>
    <XmlName id="MPClassDivisions" path="mpclassdivisions"/>
  </XmlNode>

  This should make the game not to load `mpclassdivisions.xml` in this mod anymore, and do not merge it with the one in `native`. So it shound be impossible to trigger the bug mentioned above. However, the characters defined in `mpcharacters.xml` can no longer be spawned in the game.
• Don't blame me, blame the code that TaleWorlds wrote.
• Hope to see this bug fixed soon.

Build from source:

The source code is located in the `source` folder.

1. install .net core sdk.
2. modify 6th line of `EnhancedBattleTest.csproj`, change `Mb2Bin` property to your bannerlord installation location.
3. open a termial (powershell or cmd), run `dotnet msbuild -t:install`. This step will build `EnhancedBattleTest.dll` and copy it to `bin\Win64_Shipping_Client`.

Contact with me:

Please mail to: lizhenhuan1019@qq.com

This mod is originated from mod "Battle Test" written by Modbed. Way to contact him:

• TaleWorlds forum: modbed
• youtube: modbed
• bilibili: modbed帅
• website: modbed.cn