AoE2:DE - Human vs. AI attack move, part 2 @sn0wsh00

sn0wsh00 0:00 AI vs. AI
0:42 Human vs. AI
2:10 Human vs. Human
2:55 Capture Age comparison

A follow up to my human vs. AI player attack-move video, this time also showing attack-move between two human players. One side pairs together Arbalests and Hussars, while the other side pairs together Arbalests and Halberdier. Post-imperial and all-tech are enabled. Only the scenario editor's attack move was used to get the two armies fighting. The AI uses an immobile AI script, while no microing was involved.

During an attack-move, AI controlled melee units prioritize attacking ranged units, even if they are countered by said ranged units, while player controlled melee units prioritize attacking the closest units. As you can see from this video, this has implications when testing army compositions. Because the AI army's Hussars/Halberdiers prioritized attacking the Arbalest, those melee units didn't initially act as a meat shield for the Arbalests. Some AI melee units eventually do engage with the enemy melee units after a few seconds, but by then, the it's too late for the AI Hussars/Halberdiers to form an effective meat shield.

In contrast, because human-controlled melee units prioritize the closest units, it's able to more quickly form a meat shield. This is probably why the human controlled army was able to win against the AI army regardless of what side it was on. This also why I think if one were to test army compositions against each other, it would be best to have both armies be human controlled.

Unlike melee units, both human and AI controlled ranged units prioritize attacking the closest units.

Part 1:
youtube.com/watch?v=d_NQtQTUS70

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition © Microsoft Corporation. This video was created under Microsoft's "Game Content Usage Rules" using assets from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.

xbox.com/en-us/developers/rules

updated 1 year ago

AoE2:DE - Human vs. AI attack move, part 2

sn0wsh00 2022-12-28 | 0:00 AI vs. AI
0:42 Human vs. AI
2:10 Human vs. Human
2:55 Capture Age comparison

A follow up to my human vs. AI player attack-move video, this time also showing attack-move between two human players. One side pairs together Arbalests and Hussars, while the other side pairs together Arbalests and Halberdier. Post-imperial and all-tech are enabled. Only the scenario editor's attack move was used to get the two armies fighting. The AI uses an immobile AI script, while no microing was involved.

During an attack-move, AI controlled melee units prioritize attacking ranged units, even if they are countered by said ranged units, while player controlled melee units prioritize attacking the closest units. As you can see from this video, this has implications when testing army compositions. Because the AI army's Hussars/Halberdiers prioritized attacking the Arbalest, those melee units didn't initially act as a meat shield for the Arbalests. Some AI melee units eventually do engage with the enemy melee units after a few seconds, but by then, the it's too late for the AI Hussars/Halberdiers to form an effective meat shield.

In contrast, because human-controlled melee units prioritize the closest units, it's able to more quickly form a meat shield. This is probably why the human controlled army was able to win against the AI army regardless of what side it was on. This also why I think if one were to test army compositions against each other, it would be best to have both armies be human controlled.

Unlike melee units, both human and AI controlled ranged units prioritize attacking the closest units.

Part 1:
youtube.com/watch?v=d_NQtQTUS70

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition © Microsoft Corporation. This video was created under Microsoft's "Game Content Usage Rules" using assets from Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.

xbox.com/en-us/developers/rules

Elden Ring - D&D-inspired Spells and Incantations mod

sn0wsh00 2024-05-05 | A collection of Dungeons and Dragons-inspired spells and incantations I created for Elden Ring

Timestamps of spells/incantations, with DnD inspiration in parenthesis
0:00 Fervor of Fia and Glintstone Missiles (Hunger of Hadar and Magic Missiles)
1:29 Eldritch Burst (Eldritch Blast)
2:45 Radiant/Necrotic Spirits (Spirit Guardians, Radiant and Necrotic versions)
5:10 Sun-and-Flame Stance (Sunbeam)
6:21 Assassin's Haste (Haste)
7:55 Dagger Storm (Cloud of Daggers)
10:15 Concentration mechanic demonstration

Spell and incantation description
*Ferver of Fia: Inspired by the Hunger of Hadar spell. Replaces Fia's Mist. Conjure a black cloud that deals frostbite and deadly poison build up. Enemies also move at half speed inside the cloud
*Eldritch Burst: Inspired by Eldrtich Blast. Replaces Frenzied Burst. Fire two (three when charged) beams of magic that can push enemies back.
*Radiant Spirits: Inspired by Radian Spirit Guardians. Replaces Urgent Heal. Create a 3 meter radius aura of holy damage.
*Necrotic Spirits: Inspired by Radian Spirit Guardians. Replaces Cure Poison. Create a 3 meter radius aura that builds up scarlet rot in enemies
*Sun-and-Flame Stance: Inspired by Sunbeam. Replaces Sun-and-Flame Stance. Fire a torrent of holy damage that blinds enemies that hit. Blinded enemies are deaggroed for 7 seconds.
*Assassin's Haste: Inspired by Haste. Replaces Assassin's Approach. +70 more stamina recovery speed, 50% more speed and 12.5% more damage negation for 60 seconds. After 60 seconds, player will go into paralysis for 6 seconds
*Dagger Storm: Inspired by Cloud of Daggers. Replaces Thunderbolt. Conjure a small vortex of slashing damage.

When converting D&D damage into Elden Ring, I decided to Elden Ring-ize the damage. In other words,
*Cold damage, as seen in Hunger of Hadar, was converted into a frostbite build up.
*Acid damage, also seen in Hunger of Hadar, was converted into deadly poison (aka the venomous claw status effect) build up
*Necrotic damage (as seen in Necrotic Spirit Guardians) was converted into scarlet rot build up
*Slashing, force and radiant damages were converted into slash, magic and holy damages respectively

Download (Requires ModEngine2):
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4996

Baldurs Gate 3 - What Happens If You Have No Allies For The Final Battle?

sn0wsh00 2024-04-23 | Thou art alone. Didst thou not make allies?

Showing the cutscenes that play at High Hall when you don't any recruit allies for the Gather Your Allies quest.

0:00 Only party allies
1:46 No allies at all

There are two variations. The first is when the only allies you have are your party members. As seen in this video, Ascended Astarion, Halsin and Jaheira still give words of encouragement. The second possibility is having absolutely no allies at all. In this case, Withers warns you about the difficulties ahead. In both cases, Beorn Wunterbrood, the Flaming Fist who usually speaks to the gathered allies, will be dead.

The flag for the first situation is END_GatherYourAllies_State_OnlyPartyAllies while the flag for the second situation is END_GatherYourAllies_State_NoAlliesPresent. I had a hard time triggering the latter, so I used the following console command to enable the NoAlliesPresent flag:

Osi.SetFlag("fce77c88-3045-4292-9028-079c391d5a19", GetHostCharacter(), 1, 1);

@bouch_ did manage to trigger the NoAlliesPresent cutscene in his 0 stat challenge run:
youtu.be/5Dj37esYcnA?t=1461

Dialogue tree for the allies at High Hall:
drive.google.com/file/d/1nOCeZqqYMoN6vs_ZEwF1rLQEKGxwJwDS/view?usp=drive_link

Elden Ring - Melinas Tree Incantations and Other Modded Abilities

sn0wsh00 2024-04-18 | A collection of custom incantations, ashes of wars and weapons that I've created. These custom abilities were mainly created by editing the SpEffectParam and Bullet parameter tables inside regulation.bin.

0:00 Blessing's Boom
1:26 Blessing of Melina
1:48 Spectral Rejection
3:44 Needle Azur

Incantation descriptions:
*Blessing's Boom: A trap/landmine incantation that replaces Blessing's Boon. Creates a golden sigil that explodes when enemies enter it. Night Maiden's Mist and Roiling Magma do sort of act like landmines, but neither of those abilities go boom when someone enters them.
*Blessing of Melina. Melina's tree healing incantation. Heals everything within a 13 meter radius. Replaces Blessing of the Erdtree. The tree effect is really graphically intense; even at medium settings I was still getting lag.
*Spectral Rejection. The Spectral Lance ash of war modded so that it does the Rejection explosion on impact.
*Needle Azur. Replaces the Frozen Needle. Deals extra damage against enemies below 50% health.

Bullet parameters:
http://soulsmodding.wikidot.com/param:bullet

SpEffectParam:
http://soulsmodding.wikidot.com/param:speffectparam

DSMapStudio (used to edit regulation.bin):
github.com/soulsmods/DSMapStudio

Mod Download:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4996

This file contains not just the spells in this video, but also other abilities I've been working on.

Baldurs Gate 3 - 16 Barbarians Visit Viconia

sn0wsh00 2024-03-28 | Big strength goes bonk in the dark

For this video, I had half the party drink Elixir of Cloud Giant Strengths so that they can throw anyone over a large distance. To prevent the party from being too OP, I only used the starting Barbarian weapons, a common bow and smokepowder bombs in combat. Smokepowder bombs were for umbral form enemies.

Due to performance issues (thanks darkness clouds), I ended up replaying this fight a ridiculous amount of times. When enabling DLSS, I had to disable bloom, or else the blood puddles would start sparkling like crazy. Also, I didn't realize that Vulkan gave a massive performance boost over DX11, especially inside fog clouds, until several replays in.

16 player BG3 is made possible using the Party Limit Begone and Full Custom Companions mods:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/327
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/4928

This video also uses the Dynamic Sidebar UI mod. This mod automatically resizes character portraits when playing with more than 4 players:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2668

I'm also able to replay this fight with honor mode features enabled using the Honour Features Unlocker mod:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/4743

Baldurs Gate 3 - 16 Bards Visit the Githyanki Crèche

sn0wsh00 2024-03-08 | Vlaakith can wait when 16 bards visit your crèche.

0:00 Crèche Y'llek performance
10:45 Encore

16 player BG3 is made possible using the Party Limit Begone and Full Custom Companions mods:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/327
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/4928

This video also uses the Dynamic Sidebar UI mod. This mod automatically resizes character portraits when playing with more than 4 players:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2668

To bring Halsin and Minthara back to Act 1, use the Silence spell on both characters before fast traveling.

Baldurs Gate 3 - 16 Monks Defend the Emerald Grove

sn0wsh00 2024-02-27 | Defending the Emerald Grove from Minthara and the goblins with 16 unarmed monks.

0:00 Intro and battle preparations
3:17 Combat

16 player BG3 is made possible using the Full Custom Companion and Party Limit Begone mods.
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/4928
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/327

This video also uses the Dynamic Sidebar UI mod. This mod automatically resizes character portraits when playing with more than 4 players:
nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2668

Extra companions can appear in conversations if they are far away enough from the conversation (see the cliffs in the background when my half-orc is talking to Zevlor). When it comes to companions near cutscenes or conversations, though, only up to other 4 companions plus you will appear, regardless of how many players you bring near the trigger or NPC.

Elden Ring - Tarnished-sized Bosses

sn0wsh00 2024-02-20 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make various humanoid bosses player-sized.

0:00 Size comparisons
0:37 Cleanrot Knight
1:49 Nox Swordstress & Nox Monk
2:56 Omenkiller and Miranda Flower
3:40 Perfumer Tricia and Misbegotten Warrior
5:19 Crucible Knight duo
7:41 Elemer of the Briar
8:45 Commander Niall
10:38 Night's Cavalry
12:17 Loretta, Knight of the Haligtree
15:34 Rick, Soldier of God (nerfed version)

Size comparisons for Cleanrot Knight:
youtube.com/watch?v=CyHtMBIpIeI

Size comparisons for Nox enemies, Perfumers and Omenkillers:
youtube.com/watch?v=aZlc9p8IpnU

Size comparisons for Soldiers:
youtube.com/watch?v=k0SZNY8aXuQ

Torrent anywhere mod:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/2010

ERSkeletonMan:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

Mod download (also contains the source code):
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4600
drive.google.com/file/d/1F020wEk3lQ8W8BmB4YvmGdRrQtLsnfrl/view?usp=drive_link

DLL requires Elden Mod Loader to work:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/117

Rick, Soldier of God (nerfed edition):
drive.google.com/file/d/1Zc0V83XEcQmb55QaLZS7iLPxx2u0uwEG/view?usp=sharing

This mod also enables Torrent in the Haligtree. Be aware that this mod also buffs the attacks of all Godrick Soldier enemies.

Elden Ring - More Tarnished Sized Soldier and Knight Enemies

sn0wsh00 2024-02-13 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make Exile Soldiers, Banished Knights, Kaiden Sellswords and Cleanrot Knights player-sized.

0:00 Size comparisons
0:25 Gameplay

ERSkeletonMan:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

Mod download (also contains the source code):
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4600
drive.google.com/file/d/1F020wEk3lQ8W8BmB4YvmGdRrQtLsnfrl/view?usp=drive_link

DLL requires Elden Mod Loader to work:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/117

Elden Ring - Tarnished Sized Leyndell and Nox Enemies

sn0wsh00 2024-01-19 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make Pages, Perfumers, Omenkillers and Nox enemies (Monks, Swordstress and Night Maidens) player-sized.

0:00 Size Comparison
0:25 Pages and Perfumers (as well as a random Knight)
2:39 More Perfumers
3:36 Omenkiller
4:15 Nox Enemies

As there are fewer of these types of enemies, I decided, outside the Silver Tear and Night Maiden Fight, to use +9 weapons instead of +25 weapons to fight them, so that the fights will last longer.

ERSkeletonMan:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

Mod download (also requires the Elden Mod Loader):
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4600
drive.google.com/file/d/1F020wEk3lQ8W8BmB4YvmGdRrQtLsnfrl/view?usp=drive_link

Elden Ring - Tarnished-sized Sorcerers, Monks and Prelates

sn0wsh00 2024-01-07 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make all Raya Lucaria Sorcerers, Battlemages, Fire/Blackflame Monks and Fire Prelates player-sized.
0:00 Size Comparisons
0:25 Gameplay

Enemies in this video have been scaled as follows:
*Raya Lucaria Sorcerers: 0.770
*Battlemages: 0.593
*Fire/Blackflame Monks: 0.709
*Fire Prelates: 0.521

ERSkeletonMan:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

DLL Download (requires Elden Mod Loader):
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4600
drive.google.com/file/d/1F020wEk3lQ8W8BmB4YvmGdRrQtLsnfrl/view?usp=drive_link

Elden Ring - Tarnished Sized Soldiers and Knights mod

sn0wsh00 2023-12-30 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make all Foot Soldiers, Soldiers and Knights player-sized, regardless of faction. Foot Soldiers, Soldiers and Knights have been scaled by 92.7%, 80.5% and 78.2% respectively. The factions whose soldiers this mod resizes are Godrick, Leyndell, Raya Lucaria, Radahn, Haligtree and Walking Mausoleum. The resizing only applies to living enemies; if you look closely, you might see enemy corpses snapping back to their original size upon dying.

0:00 Size comparisons
0:25 Gameplay vs. Tarnished sized Soldiers and Knights

ERSkeletonMan:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

DLL download (also contains the source code):
drive.google.com/file/d/1F020wEk3lQ8W8BmB4YvmGdRrQtLsnfrl/view?usp=drive_link

To disable AI using Hexinton's Cheat Engine Table, set All No Update AI to 1. Special thanks to thefifthmatt for telling me that the saddle bone on the horse needs to be resized separately so that the mounted knight will look correct.

Elden Ring - Godfrey, but hes (almost) Tarnished sized

sn0wsh00 2023-12-22 | Using Dasaav's ERSkeletonMan library to make Godfrey, First Elden Lord/Hoarah Loux only 20% larger than the Tarnished.

0:00 Intro
0:14 Godfrey/Hoarah Loux fight
2:12 Grab attack demonstration. Apparently, the death sequence after being hit with the diagonal power bomb is longer than the vertical power bomb one.
2:48 Godfrey/Hoarah Loux with cloth physics enabled. As shown, resizing characters causes cloth and hair physics to glitch.

With the Tarnished being about 1.715 meters (5'7") tall, this mod makes Godfrey about 2.058 meters (6'9") tall, the same height as Lebron James or Hafþór, the actor who played Gregor Clegane in Game of Thrones. This height is also about 52.2% the size as the original Godfrey. Originally, I was trying to go for an Oberyn Martell cosplay, but alas, I suck at using spears against Godfrey. Also, it seems like character resizing does not work in cutscenes, hence the reason for skipping them.

ERSkeletonMan download:
github.com/Dasaav-dsv/ERSkeletonMan

Mod download:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/4600
drive.google.com/file/d/1VlBM2stBQaRFcY4lukv85WcXO-nFo_TQ/view?usp=sharing

Use the Elden Mod Loader to load the .DLL file and use Boss Arena to quickly teleport to Godfrey's arena. This .ZIP file also contains the .CPP file that I used to create my custom .DLL. Visual Studio was used to compile the .DLL.

Elden Ring - Godfrey-sized Tarnished

sn0wsh00 2023-12-19 | Using thefifthmatt's Elden Resizer mod to make the Tarnished be as big as Godfrey/Hoarah Loux. According to Blender, Godfrey is about 2.3 times larger than the Tarnished. Mod also resizes summons.

0:00 Intro
0:13 Godfrey (Golden Shade)
1:13 Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing
2:32 Godfrey, First Elden Lord/Hoarah Loux

Elden Resizer mod:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3813

AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Unique Infantry Units, part 2

sn0wsh00 2023-12-18 | Cosplaying as the Karambit Warrior, Gbeto, Samurai and Chakram Thrower units from Age of Empires II. Armor parts have been modded to make them look more like their AoE2 counterparts.

0:00 Karambit Warrior
2:22 Gbeto
7:00 Samurai
9:00 Chakram Thrower

Mod download:
drive.google.com/file/d/1GzXmE9nXPYjmWu0Iwi5mJS_6jyfoINbq/view?usp=sharing

Boss Arena mod for 1.10:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3811

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with.
* Each build's attack strategy should resemble their counterpart's attack animations in AoE2.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* New Game +1

Karambit Warrior build:
*RH and LH: Blade of Calling
*Helm: Commoner's Headband (altered and modded)
*Chest: Goldmask's Rags
*Gauntlets: Crucible Gauntlets
*Legs: Nox Greaves
*Talisman: Green Turtle, Rotted Wing, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm
* 60 Strength, Dexterity and Faith
*In regulation.bin, uncheck mask 14 for Nox Greaves (290300)

Gbeto build:
*RH and LH: Forked Hatchet
*Helm: Commoner's Headband (altered and original version)
*Chest: Cloth Garb
*Gauntlets: Golden Bracelet
*Legs: None
*Talisman: Green Turtle, Millicent's Prosthesis, Arrow's Reach, Blue Dancer Charm
*60 Strength, Dexterity and Arcane
*In regulation.bin, uncheck masks 07, 08, 09, 10, 20 and 21 for Cloth Garb (160100)

In sprite form, Gbetos in AoE2 wield kpingas or mambeles, curved knives that resemble the Forked Hatchet. However, in their unit icon, Gbetos wield kukris. There aren't throwable axes in AoE2, but there are throwable kukris, hence the reason for using only Kukris in the Gbeto build.

Samurai build:
*RH: Uchigatana
*LH: None
*Head: Land of Reeds Helm. The AoE2 samurai has a larger datemono crest.
*Chest: Land of Reeds Armor
*Gauntlets: Kaiden Gauntlets
*Legs: Omenkiller Boots
*Talisman: Millicent's Prosthesis, Rotted Wing, Carian Filigreed Crest, Shard of Alexander
*Only attacking using the Double Slash ash of war
*85 Strength and Dexterity
*In regulation.bin, uncheck masks 01 and 03 for Land of Reeds Helm (870000)

Chakram Thrower:
*RH: Golden Order seal
*LH: None
*Head: Nomadic Merchant's Chapeau
*Chest: Goldmask's Rage
*Gauntlets: None
*Legs: Brave's Legwraps
*Talisman: Green Turtle, Flock's Canvas, Faithful's Canvas, Sacred Scorpion Charm
*Only attacking using the Discus of Light incantation
*85 Faith and Intellegence
*In regulation.bin, uncheck mask 01 for Nomadic Merchant's Chapeau (250000)

AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Unique Infantry Units, Part 1

sn0wsh00 2023-10-24 | Cosplaying as the Berserk, Woad Raider, Obuch, Serjeant and Teutonic Knight units from Age of Empires II.

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with.
* Each build's attack strategy should resemble their counterpart's attack animations in AoE2.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* New Game +1

0:00 Berserk
3:47 Woad Raider
7:14 Obuch
9:55 Serjeant
13:53 Teutonic Knight

Berserk build:
RH: Highland Axe
LH: Round Shield
Head: Kaiden Helm
Chest: Simple Commoner's Garb (altered)
Arms: Brave's Bracer
Legs: Leather Boots
Talisman: Green Turtle, Rotten Wing Sword, Blessed Dew, Gold Scarab
Hair: Type 1 replaced with Confessor Armor cape. Special thanks to THREE7D for demonstrating this method of modular capes.

Blessed Dew talisman is a reference to the Berserk's regeneration ability, while the Gold Scarab talisman is a reference to the Chieftans unique technology.

Also, in AoE2, the Berserk's axe more resembles a Hand Axe. However, because the Serjeant already used the Hand Axe, I decided to give the Berserk another axe.

Woad Raider build:
RH: Battle Axe
LH: Pillory Shield
Legs: Cloth Trousers
Talisman: Green Turtle, Rotten Wing Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm

Skin texture also has been modified for the Woad Raider tattoo

Obuch build:
RH: Pickaxe
LH: Parry Dagger
Head: Confessor Hood
Chest: Ivory-Draped Tabard
Legs: Old Aristocrat Shoes
Talisman: Green Turtle, Rotten Wing Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm

The Obuch reduces an enemy's armor on consecutive hits. The frostbite status effect most closely resembles this behavior, hence the reason for the cold infusion on the Pickaxe.

Serjeant build:
RH: Hand Axe
LH: Candletree Wooden Shield
Head: Kaiden Helm
Chest: Perceptor's Long Gown (altered)
Arms: Brave's Bracer
Legs: Astrologer Trouser
Talisman: Green Turtle, Rotten Wing Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm

Teutonic Knight build:
RH: Lordsworn's Greatsword
Head: Greathelm
Chest: Tree Surcoat
Legs: Page Trouser
Talisman: Shard of Alexander, Bullgoat, Dragoncrest Greatshield, Carian Filigreed Crest
Hair: Type 1 replaced with Confessor Armor cape

Because Teutonic Knight's in AoE2 attacking with thrusts, only Impaling Thrusts are used in this cosplay.

Mod download (extract DCX files into your parts folder):
drive.google.com/file/d/1C3Rv8RMUZOXX3p8X1YlvQjTlWOysdxmC/view?usp=sharing

Boss Arena mod for 1.10:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3811

Cities Skylines: Piano Tunes Radio blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-10-10 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' Piano Tunes Radio station. The DJ is Kina.

0:00 Blurbs
1:13 Commentary

Cities: Skylines - 90s Pop Radio blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-10-09 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' 90's Pop Radio station. The DJ is Tina.

0:00 Blurbs
1:25 Commentary

AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Militia line units

sn0wsh00 2023-09-30 | Cosplaying as the Militia, Man-at-Arms, Long Swordsman, Two-Handed Swordsman and Champion units from Age of Empires II. Armor parts and shields have been modded to make them look more like their AoE2 counterpart. All weapons have also been given the blood affinity, to simulate the Wootz Steel technology

0:00 Militia
2:43 Man-at-Arms
5:39 Long Swordsman
8:12 Two-Handed Swordsman
11:30 Champion

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with. For all the weapons featured in this video, 50 points were added to strength, dexterity, and arcane.
* Each build's attack strategy should resemble their counterpart's attack animations in AoE2. This is why I attack one-handed as a militia in this video.
* If an AoE2 unit's attack ignores armor, their ER counterpart will be given a blood affinity for their weapon. Otherwise, the weapon affinity will be Quality or Keen, whichever has the higher AR. The Wootz Steel technology in AoE2 make infantry and cavalry units ignore armor.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* Talismen are chosen to maximize damage, unless their AoE2 counterpart has high armor
* New Game +1

Militia build:
*RH: Spike Club
*LH: None
*Helm: Brave's Leather Helm
*Chest: Bandit Garb
*Gauntlets: Vulgar Militia Gauntlet
*Legs: Prisoner Trouser
*Talisman: Lord of Blood Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent Prosthesis, Dragoncrest Greatshield

Man-at-Arm build:
*RH: Short Sword
*LH: Candletree Wooden Shield
*Helm: Iron Helmet
*Chest: Vagabond Knight
*Gauntlets: Knight Gauntlets
*Legs: Prisoner Trouser
*Talisman: Lord of Blood Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent Prosthesis, Dragoncrest Greatshield

Long Swordsman build:
*RH: Longsword
*LH: Eclipse Crest Heater Shield
*Helm: Blue Silver Mail Hood
*Chest: Tree Surcoat
*Gauntlets: Knight Gauntlets
*Legs: Leather Boots
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander

Two-Handed Swordsman build:
*RH: Claymore
*LH: None
*Helm: Iron Helmet
*Chest: Gelmir Knight Armor
*Gauntlets: Brave’s Bracer
*Legs: Leather Boots
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander
In the Definitive Edition, both the Champion and the 2HS swords look like bastard swords. However, before the Definitive Edition, the 2HS sword looks more like a claymore. Because I didn't want to use the Bastard Sword more than once, I decided that I should use the claymore while cosplaying as the 2HS.

Champion build:
*RH: Bastard Sword
*LH: None
*Helm: Vagabond Knight Helm
*Chest: Knight Armor
*Gauntlets: Knight Gauntlets
*Legs: Ronin's Greaves
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander

Download (place .DCX files into your mod's parts folder):
drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9xvL1-AahNXT6qt6JXYaoxEr-by8Ee5/view?usp=sharing

2HS and Long Swordsman Leather Boots (lg_m_1560.partsbnd.dcx) overwrite each other. Textures on the 2HS chest piece (bd_m_2381.partsbnd.dcx) may also overwrite the normal Knight Armor texture. Therefore, I recommend disabling bd_m_2381.partsbnd.dcx if you want to use the default Knight Armor.

AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Spearman-line Units

sn0wsh00 2023-09-16 | Cosplaying as the Spearman, Pikeman and Halberdier units from Age of Empires II. Armor parts and shields have been modded to make them look more like their AoE2 counterpart.

0:00 Spearman
2:36 Pikeman
5:05 Halberdier

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with. For all the weapons featured in this video, 75 points were added to both strength and dexterity.
* Each build's attack strategy should resemble their counterpart's attack animations in AoE2. This is why I attack one-handed in this video, as Spearman-line units attack one-handed (Giant Hunt skill also attacks one-handed). This is also why I don't jump, because none of those three units jump in their AoE2 attack animations.
* If an AoE2 unit's attack ignores armor, their ER counterpart will be given a blood affinity for their weapon. Otherwise, the weapon affinity will be Quality or Keen, whichever has the higher AR. In this video, all spears/halberds have the quality affinity.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* Talismen are chosen to maximize damage, unless their AoE2 counterpart has high armor
* New Game +1

Spearman build:
*RH: Short Spear
*LH: Round Shield
*Helm: Foot Soldier Cap
*Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
*Gauntlets: Traveler’s Manchettes
*Legs: Exile Greaves
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander

Pikeman build:
*RH: Pest's Glaive
*LH: None
*Helm: Raging Wolf Helm
*Chest: Tree Surcoat
*Gauntlets: Kaiden Gauntlets
*Legs: Ronin’s Greaves
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander
*Pest's Glaive only does thrust attacks with running attacks

Halberdier build:
*RH: None
*LH: Halberd
*Helm: Iron Helmet
*Chest: Confessor's Armor
*Gauntlets: Knight Gauntlets
*Legs: Ronin’s Greaves
*Talisman: Spear, Rotten Winged Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander
*The controls to two-hand left-handed weapons in PC is E + Right Click

Modded armor download:
drive.google.com/file/d/1wXVEh90V52q7J9CGIgaRfqNvrsDLYJzw/view?usp=sharing

Tree Sentinel is respawned using the Ultimate Cheat Engine Table:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/48

My tutorial on how I added a scarf to the Confessor Armor using Blender and the FLVER Editor:
sn0wsh00.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/how-to-mix-and-match-elden-ring-armor-parts-with-blender-and-modding-tools

AoE2 Cosplay in Elden Ring - Archer Units

sn0wsh00 2023-08-28 | Cosplaying as the Longbowman, Rattan Archer, Genoese Crossbowman and Skirmisher units from Age of Empires II. Armor parts and shields have been modded to make them look more like their AoE2 counterpart.

0:00 Longbowman
3:05 Rattan Archer
6:12 Genoese Crossbowman
9:10 Skirmisher

Boss Arena mod, with 1.10 patch:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3025
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3811

Elden Ring armor recolor guide:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/1546

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with. For all the weapons featured in this video, 75 points were added to both strength and dexterity.
* A a unit has a shield equipped in front of them when they attack, then shield blocks and guard counters are allowed. This is why you see me blocking with Skirmisher and Genoese Crossbowman but not the Rattan Archer.
* If an AoE2 unit's attack ignores armor, their ER counterpart will be given a blood affinity for their weapon. Otherwise, the weapon affinity will be Quality or Keen, whichever has the higher AR. In this video, all shields and weapons that can get affinities have the quality affinity.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* Talismen are chosen to maximize damage, unless their AoE2 counterpart has high armor
* New Game +1

Builds:
Longbowman
RH: Longbow
LH: None
Head: Foot Soldier Helm
Chest: Commoner's Simple Garb (altered)
Arms: Perfumer Gloves
Legs: Leather Boots
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Shard of Alexander
The AoE2 Longbowman also carries a shield on its waist, but I didn't notice that until I finished editing this video

Rattan Archer
RH: Composite Bow
LH: Scripture Wooden Shield
Head: Iron Kasa
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: None
Legs: Finger Maiden Shoes
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Dragoncrest Greatshield

Genoese Crossbowman
RH: Soldier's Crossbow
LH: Wooden Greatshield
Head: Foot Soldier Cap
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: None
Legs: Aristocrat Boots
Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Dragoncrest Greatshield

Skirmisher
RH: Short Spear with Spectral Lance
LH: Rickety Shield
Head: None
Chest: Ivory Draped Tabard
Arms: Golden Bracelet
Legs: Errant Sorcerer’s Boots
Talisman: Carian Filigreed, Blue Dancer Charm, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield

Modded armor and weapon parts download (extract dcx files to your mod's parts folder):
Longbowman:
drive.google.com/file/d/10ryn6izG7oubp8Zl2Fh-4I9Vc-CvQ7Py/view?usp=sharing

Rattan Archer:
drive.google.com/file/d/1W8yG-eNhh56S3VaZO2OS5AocQy-twM-P/view?usp=sharing

Genoese Crossbowman:
drive.google.com/file/d/1xDYppGsIaYKVxMJq6YqcQ1c_Fv4gMA1P/view?usp=drive_link

Skirmisher:
drive.google.com/file/d/1BQ4Dn5VW1snaz-PmA6qJKavU9o-QTr1Z/view?usp=drive_link

Rattan Archer, Genoese Crossbowman and Skirmishers all overwrite the same dcx file (bd_m_2500.partsbnd.dcx).

Elden Ring - Cosplaying as AoE2 units (Urumi Swordsman, Shotel Warrior, Chu Ko Nu)

sn0wsh00 2023-08-17 | Well, thou art of passing Elo. Fast castling must truly run in thy veins.

Elden Ring and Age of Empires II are probably two of three video games to feature an urumi, a shotel AND a chu ko nu (aka a repeating crossbow). Thus, here's my attempt to cosplay as AoE2's Urumi Swordsman, Shotel Warrior and Chu Ko Nu in Elden Ring. In this video, I test my cosplays out against the Gatefront Ruins soldiers and Margit, the Fell Omen.

0:00 Urumi Swordsman
3:14 Shotel Warrior
5:20 Chu Ko Nu

Rules:
* 60 Vigor, 25 Mind and 25 Endurance, starting from the Wretch class.
* Among the weapon scaling stats, 150 points must be evenly distributed among the stats a weapon scales with. For example, the blood urumi scales with Strength, Dexterity and Arcane, so each of those three stats are given 50 points (60 points total for each stat).
* Each build's attack strategy should resemble their counterpart's attack animations in AoE2. For example, if a unit attacks one-handed in AoE2, then its Elden Ring counterpart will attack one-handed. This is also why I don't jump in this video, because none of those three units jump in their AoE2 attack animations.
* Shield blocks and guard counters are allowed, as most AoE2 units with shields have their shields equipped in front of them while attacking
* If an AoE2 unit has a charged attack, then the weapon skill for their ER counterpart will be Royal Knight Resolve. Otherwise, the weapon skill will be Barbaric Roar. This is a reference how units have battle cries in AoE2.
* If an AoE2 unit's attack ignores armor, their ER counterpart will be given a blood affinity for their weapon. Otherwise, the weapon affinity will be Quality or Keen, whichever has the higher AR.
* All weapons are upgraded to +10 or +25
* Talismen are chosen to maximize damage, unless their AoE2 counterpart has high armor
* The Boss Arena mod for some reason also automatically sets the game cycle to New Game +1

Urumi Swordsman build:
*RH: Blood Urumi with Royal Knight's Resolve
*LH: Blue-White Wooden Shield
*Helm: None
*Chest: None
*Gauntlets: Brave's Bracers (unavailable in base game)
*Legs: Perfumer Sarong
*Talisman: Lord of Blood, Rotted Wing Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm
*In AoE2, Urumi Swordsman attack two handed for their charged attack and one-handed for non-charged attacks. Therefore, its ER counterpart will only attack two-handed after doing the Royal Knight's Resolve skill.

Shotel Warrior build:
*RH: Quality Shotel with Barbaric Roar
*LH: Quality Shotel
*Helm: Gilded Foot Soldier Cap
*Chest: Vagabond Knight (altered)
*Gauntlets: None
*Legs: Queen's Leggings
*Talisman: Great Jar Arsenal, Rotted Wing Sword, Millicent's Prosthesis, Blue Dancer Charm
*Quality Shotels scale only with Strength and Dexterity, so both Strength and Dex have 85 points.

Chu Ko Nu build:
*RH: Pulley Crossbow
*LH: None
*Helm: Kaiden Helmet
*Chest: Snow Witch Robe
*Gauntlets: None
*Legs: Astrologer Trousers
*Talisman: Arrow's Sting, Arrow's Reach, Spear, Blue Dancer Charm
*I attempt to use the Lordsworn's Bolt and Flaming Bolt in equal amounts, as both flaming and non-flaming arrows exist in AoE2.
*All three pieces of armor have had their textures modified.

Mods used
Boss Arena:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3025

Grand Merchant:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/129

Recolor guide:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/1546

Recolored Chu Ko Nu armor (place in your mod's parts folder):
drive.google.com/file/d/1e_UZat3WYBUaworRwjNBTcF9xGa-5ZUb/view?usp=drive_link

Age of Empires III is the other game to feature Urumi Swordsmen, Shotel Warriors and Chu Ko Nu's.

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Elden Ring - Boss Arena mod gameplay

sn0wsh00 2023-08-08 | A video showing off the features of RepO98's Boss Arena mod in ER version 1.10. This mod allows you to fight bosses as many times as you want. Some of the pre-boss areas are also altered, as you can see before the Rannala fight.

As seen in this video, some features such as Merchant Kale do not work properly on patch 1.10. I also don't think the auto-scaling system work. To get items, I used the Grand Merchant mod. Finally, so some reason, the mod sets the game cycle to NG+1.

0:00 Roundtable Hold
1:51 Patches
2:42 Bloodhound Knight Darriwil
3:49 Margit the Fell Omen
5:17 Rannala
7:30 Flying Dragon Agheel
9:49 Elden Beast (Boss Arena allows you to skip Radagon)

Download:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3025
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/3811

Grand Merchant:
nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/129

AoE2:DE - Caravanserai speed bug

sn0wsh00 2023-06-05 | A demonstration of the Caravanserai speed bug that has been present in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition since the Return of Rome update. The Caravanserai speed buff is supposed to only apply to Trade Carts, but since the update, the speed buff has also been applied to most infantry units, with cavalry receiving a significant speed boost. On the other hand, siege weapon now move slower when they pass a Caravanserai.

Ranked match shown in this video (featuring AoE2 Youtubers Saqo and p1xeL):
aoe2insights.com/match/237832767

Saqo's video of this bug:
youtube.com/watch?v=tjErtzzbAd4

p1xeL's channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCTbfG2Y8DxtDoK-pPm6rhyA

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AoE2:DE - Boarding Boat (cut unit)

sn0wsh00 2023-06-04 | Demonstration of the cut Boarding Boat unit from Age of Empires II. The Boarding Boat's internal name is BDGAL and has a unit ID of 535. The Elite Ghulam description is obviously incorrect.

Boarding boats/boarding ships are sort of a naval version of the Monk, with only the conversion and none of the healing or relic abilities. You'll also see that some of the converted Galleys have pathing issues after conversion.

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Cities Skylines - 80s Movies Tunes blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-10 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' 80's Movie Tunes radio station. The DJ is Dr. Zerkus.

0:00 Blurbs
1:53 Commentary

Large Cinema:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=417107136

Cities Skylines - JADIA radio commercials, blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-09 | All the commercials, blurbs and commentary from Cities Skyline's JADIA radio station. Featured artist is Wan Shey.

0:00 Commercials
1:26 Blurbs
1:57 Talk/Commentary

Map (Gambia Estuary):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953934392

Radio Station asset:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=439401712

Cities Skylines - Pop Punk Radio blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-08 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' Pop-Punk Radio station. The DJ is Azatov.

0:00 Blurbs
2:46 Commentary

Rusty Warehouse asset:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=922138318

Cities: Skylines - 80s Downtown Beat blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-06 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' 80's Downtown Beat radio station. The DJ is Lady Azaley.

0:00 Blurbs
3:12 Commentary

Cities Skylines - K-Pop Station blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-05 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' K-Pop Station radio. The DJ is Haley Jay.

0:00 Blurbs
1:43 Commentary

Korean house/villa assets:
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1982637594
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1935377413
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2164714987

Cities Skylines - African Vibes blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-04 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' African Vibes radio station. The DJ is Sikani.

0:00 Blurbs
3:50 Commentary

Map (Gambia Estuary):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953934392

Cities Skylines - Shoreline Radio blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-03 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' Shoreline Radio station. The DJ is Caroline Shine.

0:00 Blurbs
0:58 Commentary

Map (Costa Azzurra):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2849556600

Cities Skylines - Paradise Radio blurbs and commentary

sn0wsh00 2023-04-02 | All blurbs, imaging and commentary for Cities Skylines' Paradise Radio station. The DJ is Miles High.

0:00 Blurbs
1:30 Commentary

Map (King's Bay):
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2929749181

AoE2:DE - Gold-Trash Unit Combination Showdown!

sn0wsh00 2023-03-14 | When it comes to late game army compositions in Age of Empires II, players usually pair 1 Gold unit (such as a Paladin) with 1 trash unit (such as a Elite Skirmisher) as a way to preserve Gold while still covering the Gold unit's weaknesses. Here's a tournament to determine of these Gold-trash combination is the best. Maybe.

0:22 Round of 16
6:29 Quarterfinals
9:30 Semifinals
11:25 Third Place Game
12:34 Finals
13:22 Victory Celebration?

This tournament features the top 16 civilizations by win percentage in 1600+ Elo 1v1 matches for patches 75350 and 73855 on March 6, 2023. For each civilization, 1 trash unit was paired with 1 non-siege Gold unit. To determine pair numbers, resource limits were divided by the cost of a trash/Gold pair, and the resulting quotient was rounded down. Regarding resource amounts, 1 Gold = 1 Food/Wood.

There is re-seeding every round (like the NFL playoffs), where in each round, the lowest seeded civilization always plays the highest seeded civilization. This is why I don't show any tournament brackets in this video.

All the matchups in this video was between two human controlled armies in the post-Imperial Age. This is because in an AI controlled army melee units prioritize attacking ranged units, while in a human controlled army, melee units prioritize attacking the closest units. In other words, if I wanted melee units to form a meatshield for ranged units during an attack-move, both players have to be human controlled.

List of civilizations (all unique units are the elite versions):
#1 Franks: Paladins & Elite Skirmishers
#2 Hindustanis: Hand Cannoneers & Hussars
#3 Huns: Heavy Cavalry Archers & Hussars
#4 Berbers: Camel Archers & Hussars
#5 Teutons: Teutonic Knights & Halberdiers
#6 Gurjaras: Charkram Throwers & Hussars
#7 Portuguese: Arbalests & Halberdiers
#8 Celts: Woad Raiders & Halberdiers
#9 Spanish: Conquistadors & Hussars
#10 Mayans: Plumed Archers & Halberdiers
#11 Lithuanians: Leiciai & Hussars
#12 Mongols: Mangudais & Hussars
#13 Turks: Heavy Cavalry Archers & Hussars
#14 Chinese: Chu Ko Nu & Light Cavalry
#15 Vikings: Berserks & Elite Skirmishers
#16 Khmer: Ballista Elephants & Hussars

Except for Celts, Teutons and Spanish, army compositions were taken from Hera's Ideal Unit Composition video. Celts and Teutons compositions were taken from Hera's Deathball Composition video, while the Spanish composition was decided by me.

Links:
Human vs. AI attack move:
youtube.com/watch?v=d_NQtQTUS70
youtube.com/watch?v=gnP8oozJ_nw

Hera's Best Deathball Composition video:
youtube.com/watch?v=88CbKXXHyRQ

Hera's Ideal Unit Composition For Every Civilization video:youtube.com/watch?v=3C6tQOW0MbE

Shamburger extended:
youtube.com/watch?v=gLQULdYOYi8

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CS:GO... IN SPACE!

AoE2:DE - You Got Douched vs. Arena

sn0wsh00 2022-12-22 | You Got Douched (dehcuod tog uoy) is known for his Persian Town Center drops. But how will his Persian Douche strategy fare on Arena, when there's a wall between him and the enemy... and when he's AFK for the first two minutes of the game?

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Planet Zoo - Shop Opening Vendor Animations

sn0wsh00 2022-12-10 | You gotta do what you gotta do.

A video showing the three potential vendor reactions when you open a stand.

0:00 Happy vendor opening
0:31 Neutral vendor opening
1:01 Angry vendor opening

AoE2:DE - Human vs. AI player attack-move

sn0wsh00 2022-11-05 | 0:00 In-game footage
1:21 Side-by-side comparison in CaptureAge
2:00 Halberdier tracker

Only the scenario editor's attack move was used to get the two armies fighting. No microing was involved.

Red's army consists of 14 Arbalesters and 14 Paladins while Blue/Green's army consists of 20 Halberdiers and 10 Heavy Scorpions (both armies are resourced balanced). The purpose of the Halberdiers is to serve as a meat shield to stop Paladins from getting too close to scorpions. If they belong to a human player (Blue), melee units appear to prioritize attacking the closest enemy units when an attack-move effect is triggered. In this specific example, the Blue's Halberdiers focus on attacking Paladins first, and will try to chase down any Paladins that have gone around them before focusing on the Arbalesters. This in turn forces Red's Paladins to fight back against the Halberdier, creating the aforementioned meat shield for the Scorpions.

However, when controlled by an AI player, melee units seem to focus on attacking ranged units first. This is fine for Red, because Paladins counter siege units. For Green, though, Arbalesters have an attack bonus against Halberdiers. So having Green's Halberdiers ignore the Paladins on their way to the Arbalesters is absolutely disastrous on Green's parts, as there is now no meat shield to protect the siege weapons from the Paladins. Some Halbediers may eventually start engaging the Paladins, but by then, it's usually too late to save the Scorpions.

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AOE2:DE - A Very Even Matchup

sn0wsh00 2022-11-01 | It comes down to the last bolts and arrows.

This replay was recorded while I was testing resourced balanced army compositions against each other with all-tech enabled; in this case, I was testing a Heavy Scorpions & Halberdier army vs. an Arbalest & Paladin army. I used Heavy Scorpions instead of Siege Onager to prevent friendly fire, and used the scenario editor's attack move effect to get the armies to attack each other. UnitVsUnit is the name of the AI script I used for these. I (blue) did not get defeated because I had a living King in another part of the map.

Siege & Halberdier usually won against Arbalest & Paladins... if the Siege & Halberdier army was controlled by a human player instead of an AI.

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30 Minutes of Mass Mannrobics

sn0wsh00 2022-08-31 | 30 straight minutes of TF2 mercs performing the Mannrobics taunt, rendered in Blender (Eevee). Did you find all the Easter eggs?

BGVC*'s VHS effect for Blender:
youtube.com/watch?v=n-zZMiMCTYo

Source Engine-style shaders taken from hsianimations' TF2 Blender Port:
youtube.com/watch?v=7rH6_eq-I0c

The Mannrobics looping animation is 7.5 seconds long, while the Mannrobics song is 53.3 seconds long. In turn, the Mannrobics song is played 34 times, while the Mannrobics animation is looped 242 times.

GO Work it Out (Blender)

sn0wsh00 2022-08-17 | When Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists work it out. Rendered in Eevee.

Dance animation (Work It Out emote) taken from Franc1sco's Fortnite Emotes Extended SourceMod plugin:
forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=318981

CS:GO agents imported into Blender using
io_import_vmf:
github.com/lasa01/io_import_vmf

Animations imported using SourceIO:
github.com/REDxEYE/SourceIO

Floor/background textures taken from ambientCG:
ambientcg.com/view?id=Paper001
ambientcg.com/view?id=Plastic010

Mass Mannrobics (Blender)

sn0wsh00 2022-08-17 | 225 blank-faced TF2 Mercs performing the Mannrobics taunt. Rendered in Eevee and re-uploaded because the video did not originally process in 2K.

Source Engine-style shaders taken from hsianimations' TF2 Blender Port:
youtube.com/watch?v=7rH6_eq-I0c

Models and animations imported into Blender using SourceIO:
github.com/REDxEYE/SourceIO

30 Minutes of Mass Mannrobics:
youtube.com/watch?v=H67HkPk7vHI

AoE2:DE - Rajendra the Giant

sn0wsh00 2022-07-25 | Can a giant Rajendra chola his way through sacred waters?

--Notes--
Relic cart objective bugs quite a lot, so that's why I did not try completing that objective in this video.

Tutorial on how to create giant unit mods with SLX Studio:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/creating-giant-units-mods-with-slx-studio-and-age/207070

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AoE2:DE - Babur the Big

sn0wsh00 2022-07-21 | Babur is big, but is he big enough to defeat the nosy Uzbeks?

--Notes--
You can't edit DLC campaigns with the scenario editor, as those files are encrypted. However, you can play those campaigns with data mods.

Babur the Big's sprite is 4x larger than the normal Babur/Imperial Camel sprite. However, he attacks at half the speed and moves only twice as fast compared to the default Babur unit.

Creating a giant unit mod with SLX Studio and Advance Genie Editor:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/creating-giant-units-mods-with-slx-studio-and-age/207070

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AOE2:DE - Douglas Gyasi: Golden Chancellor custom campaign trailer

sn0wsh00 2022-07-11 | Trailer for my custom campaign Douglas Gyasi: Golden Chancellor.

Mod download:
ageofempires.com/mods/details/94518
aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=13831

Story:
In an alternate future, the lands of Ghana lay divided among numerous city-states. But Douglas Gyasi, mayor of Accra, has ambitions beyond just reuniting the country under a single ruler. How far can Gyasi take Ghana as the Golden Chancellor? And will he be able bring greatness to his empire without provoking his Nigerian neighbors?

This campaign is set in the same alternate future universe as my custom campaign The Rise & Fall of General Posada.

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CS:GO Agents shaded Comics Style (Blender)

sn0wsh00 2022-07-05 | CS:GO agents in 4 different shading styles. All clips were rendered in Eevee.

0:00 Patch hatching
0:12 Dotted line shader
0:23 Screentone
0:35 Hard shadows

Shader download (created by Kristoff Dedene):
kdedene.gumroad.com/l/tcKOI

Tutorial on how to create Comics/Manga-style hatching in Blender:
youtube.com/watch?v=2ZR5XIjBmho

Tutorial on porting CS:GO models into Blender:
youtube.com/watch?v=UlEHG5gjYas

Music - Kevin MacLeod - Rising Tide (faster)

AoE2:DE - Crossing the Pyrenees with a Big Bombard Cannon

sn0wsh00 2022-06-24 | Crossing the Pyrenees scenario from the Tariq ibn Ziyad campaign, but now there's a Big Bombard Cannon.

Stats:
*Civilization: Berbers
*Damage: 640
*HP: 320
*Speed: 2.8

Mod download:
ageofempires.com/mods/details/94026

My tutorial on creating giant units with SLX Studio and the Advanced Genie Editor:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/creating-giant-units-mods-with-slx-studio-and-age/207070

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AOE2:DE - Big Bombard Cannon

sn0wsh00 2022-06-23 | A Bombard Cannon that's really big. 4-times larger than a regular Bombard Cannon, in fact.

Stats:
*Civilization: Berbers
*Damage: 640
*HP: 320
*Speed: 2.8

Mod download:
ageofempires.com/mods/details/94026

My tutorial on creating giant units with SLX Studio and the Advanced Genie Editor:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/creating-giant-units-mods-with-slx-studio-and-age/207070

Also, it seems like the game will sometimes stutter when you raze bunch of buildings at the same time.

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AoE2:DE - 1 AI vs. 7 AI, but that 1 AI can train cheat units.

sn0wsh00 2022-06-20 | 1v7 Regicide with ultra-high resources and extreme difficulty. Cobra Cars replace Knights, Sharkatzor replaces Hand Cannons, Photonman replaces Skirmishers and Alfred the Alpaca replaces Spearmen.

Also, more than half of player 1's deaths was caused by friendly fire.

My thread on how to trick the AI into training custom units:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/getting-the-ai-to-recruit-custom-units/206409

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AoE2:DE - AI training Cobra Cars

sn0wsh00 2022-06-15 | When the AI knows how to turn this on.

By default, the official AoE2:DE AI is not able to train Cobra Cars, even if you make them available in a building such as a Stable. However, by using the Advance Genie Editor, you can trick the AI intro treating the Cobra Car as another unit, such as a Knight-line unit (as seen in this video).

My thread on how to do this:
forums.ageofempires.com/t/getting-the-ai-to-recruit-custom-units/206409

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