Stronghold 2 mapping tricks in high advance

Thanks Eagleprince for your reply.

I have submitted 4 maps under my username!?

The tutorials ?for all that stuff :)

And it would be great if anyone here could Support my YouTube channel (tokamaps)?

Videos in german, but the soon ? maded tutorials will have english Texts :)?

I assume those are waiting to be approved, and that we will have them soon? :)

I took a short look at your channel. Unfortunately for me, all, or most, of your videos are in German, like you said, while my German is pretty bad. :( I can read it, and understand some of it, but when someone speaks in German I understand almost nothing. :(

Be sure its the Same thing for me with english speaking people just that i understand a Bit, surely Because the 4 english lessons in school every week and Because of me watching ebglish youtubers :)? i would like to know wether my channel is good or worce from the Videos :)

Actually german is a very Hard language

And many germans has Problems with IT too!

The Most pupils Do have Bad Grades in german dictations :/

I've tried the lowered towers trick and this is very impressive! I've written a tutorial on it here: http://www.stronghold-nation.com/article/206-making-lowered-towers

I've expanded an a few points you made, which is why the tutorial is written under my name. But I have given full credit to you. On the previous page of this thread, you added a single image that looked like the finished result. Did you mean to add more steps to your last post?

: If you go to the main site and search in the box on the left, you will be able to find all files by a certain user, in this cae [user]tokamaps].

Looking forward to see what else you have to show! =)

@ lordchris i hope IT wasnt much work too fix that picture Because its the wrong step something in the middle but the others will come in the next days :)

Aotumn holidays :)

Means much time!

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Thanks, Chris. I did before what you described now, but it seams that I misspelled his name there... Now I see the four maps. I stand with Chris's statements regarding them, and I hope I will play them too as well. Unfortunately I get to play very little these days, but these are going to be great for when I want to relax with Stronghold and enjoy some great landscapes. :)

I am surprised to hear that about dictation in German, that was the easies part to me while I was in school. I learned German for eight years by the way, two lessons per week. My biggest problem with German is actually knowing words, while I was handling grammar and writing quite well. All TV shows that were in my country were in Serbian or in English... There was only one short period while your show Medikopter was shown, and while I was watching it I started to understand German better, but later I lost that... :( Now I don't speak, listen, read nor write German, and I was thinking about joining some German community such as Strategie-Zone just so I would force myself to remember those words I have forgot by now, and so I would learn some more... Right now I still don't have the time, but at some moment I would start visiting some of those communities. I could also watch some shows (with subtitles) but being forced to think about words is most effective way to remember them in my opinion. :)

That's great to hear :)

In my opinion the mistake lies in the Main Page i can visit this forum throw the link

But going to Main site Do an error ?

Should have fixed the error - thanks.

That's fine, it wasn't any work really. =)

Any word on when the next tutorial will be out? :D

Today!!

Great. :)

Tutorial for Single campfires:

Step 1:

Choose a large map make it to a small one, for to know were you can place your campfire! Note:if you want your campfire as deco please

make the area you want for the campfire in a estate colour which hadnt been used for another estate, then will peasants

spawn out of the map which will look weird!

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-24%2012-10-18-89_zps5wpz9tl1.png[/img]

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Step 2: (optional just needed for placing campfires on higher heights than ground level)

relarge the map and place our wanted height.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-24%2012-10-39-85_zpsznxfkoih.png[/img]

Step 3:

make the map small and place your Keep (any will do)

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Step 4:

your campfire is ready :)

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Interesting effect, Tokamaps. Never would have thought of this.???? :D

Be prepared in the next Minutes will come another tutorial

Great! Looking forward to it!

Tutorial for Tunnels:

Step 1:

Place your line of wooden Towers you want for the tunnel.( you can do the tunnel on every level but it isnt a real tunnel if the spears and other weapons look out of it :). )

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-24%2012-33-20-50_zpsd9we3w4x.png[/img]

Step 2:

place a one-level-higher-plateu from the terrain you have builded the wooden towers on!

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-24%2012-33-42-93_zps7yjeomcc.png[/img]

Step 3:? (OPTIONAL)

adjust the terain to get lowered ways

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Step 4:

place a Plateu (3 levels higher than towers placed on)

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Step 5:

go to the birds view and choose the adjust tool on its smallest brush size

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Step 6:

adjust the terrain

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Step 7:

place river water over everything

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Step 8:

delete the water and edit anywhere on the map the terrain

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Step 9:

testing :)

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Exceptional! I will definitely try this tunnel trick.....REALLY good!? :)

This is another incredible trick! I'm going to try it too =)

Here is the article I wrote for the lone campfire trick. That's really neat!

Nice stuff. :)

Thanks for this Eagleprince :)

I hope someone is planning an eycandy map for stronghold 2 :)

I ?Do!!?

Hey guys, i would like to tell you, that i had on tuesday this week founded out, that changing the Players colour in stronghold 2 is possible and easy in maps!! picture

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2013-34-40-39_zpskeroq2sk.png[/img]

the lord:

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2013-34-51-56_zpsvn6k2xlo.png[/img]

Hope you like it :)

this is a thing which ou do for a map and not for the entire game.

it is done without coding:)

i give a tutorial by request.

Ahh one more thing: i had placed a Square tower in this mission while i had 51 stones :p

And recruited balist a firering at will:)

Iam so happy, that i had been founded that out !!

Tutorial for changing the Players colour:

Step 1: (optional)

Build a Keep on the map, there were your castle should stand in future.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-22-09-13_zpskhoixb5f.png[/img]

Step 2:

Place an Village estate marker.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-22-18-29_zpstisjmmtf.png[/img]

Step 3:

place a mainimum of 3 several coloured estates with a minimum value of 4 tiles.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-22-37-14_zps86ldxtmi.png[/img]

.....and give all a castle estate marker, except the one with the keep.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-22-40-39_zps18q08ieb.png[/img]

step 4:

give the castle estates to the Lord whose coulor you want, one for our enemy and one one for the player.

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Step 5:

save the map

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step 6:

Start the map

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Step 7:

save the game and leave stronghold 2.(Before you save please check wether there is a estate Flag) .

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Step 8:

Go to user/OwnDocuments/Stronhold 2/saves:

Put your saved game of the estate flag on your desctop and raname its ending(.sh2) into .s2m

There will come a warning ignore it, it works :)

Go to user/OwnDocuments/stronghold 2/maps:

drag your Test.s2m file in it.

Step 9:

Launch stronghold 2 again and open your "test" map in mapeditor.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-28-46-59_zps3lrkhgaq.png[/img]

Step 10:

Give the estate with the estate flag a castle marker.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-29-12-88_zpsdtsmvypi.png[/img]

Step 11:

make the Castle estate to be yours.

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Step 12:

Place 110 units (armed peasants) from the lord you want to play as(there is needed to be aa castle estate for the lord you want to play as and ancastle estate for each of your opponents.

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http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-29-36-40_zpsnyrktpdv.png[/img]

I had chosen to play in cyan and have sir grey as opponent.

Step 13:

Set ally`s:

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Step 14:

Set troop retreat

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http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-32-16-67_zpsis0jptmr.png[/img]

Playing:

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-29%2014-36-30-20_zpsxv54kfvn.png[/img]

Hope you Like it and its doable for everyone ;)

Tokamaps :)

Sorry the writing is in german.

Just for that you Know it:

Der Falke means The Hawk in english :)

Tutorial for Stairs:

note: by doing stairs i do not have any matter in what direction or length or height differences build your stairs.

Part 1:

Step 1:

Place a Wooden Tower ,there were you want to have your stairs later, but one lever lower as the level you want for the Stairs.

Iv'e chosen in the Picture below the lowest level.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-38-33-74_zpsncsk8iw5.png[/img]

Step 2:

Drop up the terrain a bit around the tower(with the first tool choosen in the nature menu).

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Step 3:

Place two more Wooden Platforms in that direction.

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Step 4:

Do once aggain a drop up of the terrain.

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Step 5:

narrow up the terrain next the wooden towers.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-39-56-17_zpsynjxatpn.png[/img]

Step 6:

Place water over everything

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-40-15-22_zpsj3w3bnut.png[/img]

..... and delete it aggain.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-40-27-07_zps7ptaf80l.png[/img]

Step 7:

go on buildiing your wooden pathway.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-40-46-50_zpsyqaim2sk.png[/img]

Step 8:

turn the terrain to the next higher level (shouldnt be too far)

and narrow it next to the wooden towers.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-41-33-50_zpszdf42o9b.png[/img]

Step 9:

Place water over all you had been done( river water )

remove the water and change somewhere on the map the terrain (no interest how much)

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-41-45-95_zpsrinvqnhc.png[/img]

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-41-52-25_zpsxmpqkspu.png[/img]

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-41-59-42_zpsnhnxmrwi.png[/img]

Tutorial for stairs:

Part 2:

Step 10:

Go on with the stairs/wooden walkways/or whatelse you do with this technique

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-42-16-05_zpstymynvc1.png[/img]

Step 11:

Here ive ended up with the Stairs themselfes.

but let us add some details too.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-42-24-95_zps62fhfsan.png[/img]

Step 12:

Choose a one level higher level than that one on that your stairs ends up.

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Step 13:

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Now we need to place a one level higher land strip, there were the stairs are beginning.

the stone walls arent intersting.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-42-58-50_zpsh2hct3n1.png[/img]

Step 14:

narrow the terrain up, exactly at the lower end of the stair.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-43-37-10_zpsslbmrsmn.png[/img]

Step 15:

now you need walls, were they are placed in the picture.

choose the tool we had been used for

narow down buildings, but on an larger brush size.

http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t452/tobikanne01/Stronghold2%202015-10-14%2016-44-00-43_zpsa2oytevh.png[/img]

Step 16:

narrow down the other end of your stair.

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Step 17:

place water and remaove it again.

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Step 18:

decoration:

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Step 19:

testing:

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