Author |
File Description |
Andy Baz |
Posted on 11/13/05 @ 10:41 AM
File Details |
Map Size: |
300x300 (Medium) |
Difficulty: |
Hard |
Minimap:
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‘Shadow of a Saint’ has yes finally arrived to the shores of Stronghold Heaven (yippy) after being lost at sea for more than a quarter or a year!
So to delay no further here’s a little back ground, ‘Shadow of a Saint’ is a tough eco invasion with I’d say the emphasis on ‘eco’, savvy castle building will also be crucial for success, therefore structural decisions might make the difference. There are aggressive bears and wolves to fend off, nasty roaming hunters to deal with and of course invading armies – it could be a great year for wheat but the orchards may suffer. Plague and fire may show there ugly head but with traveling fares, reinforcements and the odd jester there is enough nice things to keep you smiling and hopefully playing :O). All in all a decent challenge awaits.
Back when I was making the map I was delighted to call upon the services of Brave Sir Robin to add much needed polish to the map, he was able to play test and include in game messages at the right times. The small well written story was also penned by him and for his contribution I thank him!
Before I started I wanted to include things that I personally hadn’t seen before in maps and also wanted to incorporate ideas that I had but were still original. One of these was an idea taken from Lord Ako’s map ‘Ice Age’ there he uses enemy hunters as an effect nuisance to the player and quite frankly it works! I liked that idea so much i adopted it into ‘Shadow of a Saint’ hopefully to cause as many problems as they did in ‘ Ice Age’ :)
An idea that is unique which is included in the map is ‘timed bear attacks’. In this map there are 2 attacks that get triggered to cause more havoc. Simply put the bears get released after a tree disappears and when an invasion occurs – by this method the bears offer I think an enhanced game, they play a better role than the free roaming ones and will if you haven’t read this message surprise you :)
Anyway I hope ’Shadow of a Saint’ is the map for you, at best you’ll find a tough, challenging and fun game to kill a few hours with. Good luck Andy.
PS. Again big thanks to BSR who had to endure the word ‘Saint’ in the title… apologies go out…As a huge Portsmouth fan he pretty much loathes anything to do with Southampton FC otherwise known as ‘the Saints’ It was a testing time for BSR but judging by his quality contribution on ‘Shadow of a S*$%t’ he was able to step over his pride. :)
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lollard97367 |
Posted on 11/13/05 @ 10:54 PM
Map awesome, just playing it now. Have to say brilliant work so far. I just had my first armory destroyed by bandits!
There is no lord killed lose condition. Intended?
Lollard[Edited on 11/13/05 @ 11:00 PM]
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Dougleass |
Posted on 11/14/05 @ 10:35 AM
Seems cool. I have no idea what you mean with being "lost" lol. But i will play it. |
lollard97367 |
Posted on 11/14/05 @ 12:56 PM
Still playing...
Lollard [Edited on 11/15/05 @ 11:42 PM]
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Andy Baz
File Author |
Posted on 11/25/05 @ 08:04 AM
Hi there Lollard thanks for the comments posted, I’m pleased you’re enjoying the map and that it’s a good challenge. As for the King, I double checked the problem and when he dies the map seems to end ok (on my computer anyway) – although try and keep him alive for his sake :) Good luck. Andy. ….PS. Hope you can tell me what you thought of the map when you’ve finished it.
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Bismuth |
Posted on 12/10/05 @ 08:37 PM
Andy - hey this is one difficult map! I worked and worked with many restarts and thought I was finally getting ahead - then came the attack around Sept 1075 and I was nowhere near strong enough to defend myself.
Has anyone defeated it yet? |
Andy Baz
File Author |
Posted on 12/11/05 @ 08:45 AM
Hi there Bismuth, to my knowledge only Brave Sir Robin has completed it, and i think this was on normal. I really hope you can make it to the finish line because i know how it feels to start a map and not to finish it. :)
I'm unable to offer any tips right now, but what i can do is send you the .sav file BSR sent me, maybe you could take some tips from his performance. Hope it helps. Andy |
Andy Baz
File Author |
Posted on 12/14/05 @ 07:40 AM
Thank you Jasper for such a tremendous review. I'm so pleased you liked Shadow of a Saint and ultimately found it good fun to play. To be honest i distinctly remember i totally struggled eventually winning on 'normal', and it was me who designed the damn thing! :)
Well anyway i'm really happy you gave it such a great score, thank you once again. Andy |
Andy Baz
File Author |
Posted on 12/16/05 @ 08:21 AM
Fantastic comments Lord Ako. I'm very pleased to hear your personal reflections after playing 'Shadow of a Saint' and i appreciate everything you've said. - For what it's worth after playing your map 'Ice Age' i was very much inspired to use hunters as recycable enemy just as you experimented in your classic map. With now 2 brilliant reviews i'm chuffed to bits, :) thank you once again Jasper and Lord Ako for the time spent playing and rating my map. Andy |
Futzy |
Posted on 01/07/06 @ 12:21 PM
Hi. After reading reviews, I tried play this scenario on "Easy". Very playable, creative and interesting scenario! I "won" without special effort, but can't acomplish this game, however I have the keep TWICE enclosed by walls and gates, tehere is still not fullfilled the request "Complete castle". Any idea, what's wrong? (Stronghold 1.0 without any patches). Thanks.
Futzy |
Andy Baz
File Author |
Posted on 01/08/06 @ 07:51 AM
Greetings Futzy, this sounds a little strange to me :) If i get it right? You've enclosed the keep but the 'box' isn't ticked. TBH i'm confused myself. Have you done it right?...i'm sure you have. Try rotating the map when you are 100% sure the keep is enclosed, this might help. I remember something similar happend to me once upon a time. I'm sorry i haven't offered any great help here. What i want to do is replay this map and iron out any problems that crop up. You do know there is a win timer soon as you've attained the goals? As for trying this Shadow of a Saint myself i have about 5 maps i'm working my way through at the mo. Maybe anybody else can help here?
Andy |