The American Civil War Mod: Revived! Full Release Version 1.6.5 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 v1.6.5", and save it 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.

• New Union regiments. 45th New York Volunteer Infantry "5th German Rifles", 20th New York Volunteer Infantry "Turner Rifles", 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry "Bucktails", 10th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 146th New York Volunteer Infantry "Garrard's Tigers", 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry "Wallace's Zouaves", 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, 19th Illinois Zouaves, 8th Missouri Infantry "American Zouaves", United States Colored Troops Infantry, 1st Minnesota Infantry "The Lincoln Guards", 53rd Ohio Infantry.
• New Confederate regiments. 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry "Clinch Rifles", 11th Mississippi Infantry "University Greys", 31st Alabama Infantry, 17th Virginia Infantry "Warrenton Rifles", 1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment "Orr's Rifles", 8th Alabama Infantry "Emerald Guards", 3rd Mississippi Infantry "Sunflower Dispersers", 10th Tennessee Infantry "Bloody Tinth", 20th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, Hampton's Legion "Washington Light Infantry", 5th Arkansas Infantry "The Fighting Fifth",
  Hagood's 1st South Carolina Infantry "Edisto Rifles", 26th North Carolina Infantry.
• Sharpsburg scene entirely replaced with a model of the Miller Cornfield sector of the Antietam battlefield, made from scratch.
• Siege scene at Fredericksburg entirely replaced with a model based on the assault on Marye's Heights.
• Richmond and Tallahassee town center scenes replaced with a farm town scene.
• Washington D.C. and Richmond siege battle scenes improved. Removed invalid objects, entry points moved, trenches improved, cannon props added, and various scene props removed, added, and moved.
• Multiple village scenes have been tweaked, overhauled, or replaced entirely.
• New fences have begun to be implemented to scenes.
• New ammunition crates and covered wagon props.
• New weapons. Springfield Model 1835 Flintlock Musket, Springfield Model 1835 Percussion Conversion, Belgian Liege Model 1842 Rifle Musket, Sharps Rifle Scoped, Fayetteville Rifle with Sword Bayonet.
• New model and texture for the Springfield Model 1822.
• Texture for Springfield Model 1855 edited to have a more faded brown color, rather than the bright, almost orange color it had before.
• Fixed muskets with bayonets that had broken melee mode functions.
• Fixed the problem with carbines and rifles that would prevent the AI from switching to a secondary melee weapon.
• Shaders for revolvers fixed. This resolves the strange glowing effect they had before.
• Entry point at Santee kidnappers hideout has been moved to a much better spot. Before it was inside a cave, far away from the bandit's spawn point.
• Player entry point at the St. Louis kidnappers hideout scene moved to a better spot.
• Boston tournament scene edited. Removed most buildings so it is more of an enclosed, open area.
• BRF's split into multiple separate files, each no more than about 50-60 meshes each. This will greatly increase performance and may result in less frequent or no crashes.
• Removed duplicate meshes inside BRF's, which was also likely dragging down performance.
• Entries within BRF's renamed to be more organized.
• New Infantry branches, "Union Volunteer Zouave Infantry", and "Union Volunteer Reserve Infantry", made to accommodate the new Union regiments.
• New "Private Militia" mercenary unit with a wide variety of new outfits.
• New bandit parties of Bushwhackers, Jayhawkers, and generic outlaws.
• Problem with gunfire sound effects cutting out has been mostly fixed, but still needs work. Some musket sounds were too long, and needed to be shortened.
• Musket gunfire sound effects made slightly louder.
• Tin cups added to soldier's accouterment.
• Crossbow skill renamed to long arms, and firearms skill renamed to revolvers.
• Default names of groups in battle changed. Archers changed to skirmishers, Infantry changed to First Platoon, unnamed group 4 changed to mounted infantry, and unnamed groups 5 - 9 changed to Second Platoon - Sixth Platoon.
• Cartridge boxes renamed. Instead of infantry/cavalry/pistol cartridges, it is now rifle/carbine/revolver cartridges.
• Ammo count for rifle cartridges changed to be 20 each, so soldiers carry the correct amount of ammunition used historically, which is 40 rounds.
• Ammo count for carbine cartridges changed to 30, which is representative of the 40 rounds carried by a cavalry trooper in his cartridge box, as well as an extra 20 rounds which was typically stuffed into saddle bags and pockets. This also helps keep those armed with carbines and repeaters supplied with ammunition for longer, since the rapid rate of fire of breech loading and repeating weapons will burn through ammunition quickly.
• First Sergeant uniforms added to Berdan's Sharpshooters, along with their own regimental flag and color guards.
• United States Marine Corps Uniforms, kepis, and flags added to markets.
• New meshes and variations for cavalry banners.
• New variations for some Union uniforms with visible sheathed bayonets.
• New Union and Confederate uniform variants.
• Hardee hats made to be slightly taller, to look more close to reality.
• Hair added to zouave fezzes.
• New Confederate butternut hat.
• Buttons added the uniforms of the Keystone Zouaves and the LA Tigers.
• Washington D.C. renamed to Washington. The D.C. wasn't added to the name of the city until 1871.
• Two battle music tracks have been replaced, and one victory track.
• Medieval items replaced at market scenes in Charleston town center.
• Info pages edited to be about the Civil War, instead of about Calradia.
• All loading screen hints changed to quotes or facts from the Civil War, or tips for playing the mod.
• New Confederate infantry flag of the Palmetto Guard.
• Merrill carbine added to the inventories of veteran and battle hardened Confederate mounted infantry, as well as 1st Virginia Cavalry, Hampton's Legion Cavalry, and Sim's 9th Texas Cavalry.
• Melee stats increased for Stonewall Brigade, Hood's Texans, Wheat's Tiger Rifles, the Iron Brigade, and the Garibaldi Guard.
• Ranged stats slightly increased for Union and Confederate skirmishers, marksmen, and sharpshooters.
• Staffs removed from markets. They were taking up too much space that could have been used by proper weapons.
• Requesting peace dialogue option fixed, removed the extra "the".

• Raiding caravans can still cause crashes, for reasons unknown.
• Tournaments are not finished yet, but will be worked on going forward.
• Earning money can be difficult, but there are ways to make enough through the typical methods of selling valuable items, looting villages, owning property, increasing the trade skill, etc. If need be, the player can of course just use cheat mode to give themselves enough money to play as they wish.
• The AI will sometimes recruit abnormal amounts of flag bearers, and this can be a little annoying.
• The Union and Confederate armies will sometimes make peace, but you can essentially consider it a temporary cease fire, because they always go to war again eventually anyway. And you can always just continue hostilities yourself regardless.
• Revolvers don't appear in markets. Still working this one out. Can still be looted though, and you can also take a few different one's from your companions.
• A few of the villages are in exactly same position on the world map. A solution for this will be made available soon. (Fixed! The mod has been re-uploaded with this included).