
Because smacking an armored warrior twice with a wooden stick to completely knock them out makes no sense and isn't historically accurate anyway blunt weapons were indeed used in medieval tourneys. ~Fixed tournaments so that they will use blunt steel weapons instead of wooden ones. ~ Added actual rain and fog, features that were in the vanilla game but never implemented. ~Added the overhauled HDR lighting mod, enhancing atmospheric graphics during night, dawn, sunset, etc.

You can actually very often win by routing everyone instead of killing every last person, like real battles. In fact, routing has been completely overhauled and is MUCH better now. ~Finally fixed the premature routing bug. ~Added coastal battles, where the ocean is included in the battle scene when fighting near the sea ~Included and tweaked many of the below resources to fit seamlessly into the vanilla game ~Many items added, but only ones that fit perfectly into the vanilla game. ~Increased number of mercenaries available to hire ~Reduced village/town improvement build times (it shouldn't take 4 weeks to build a watchtower after all)

~Increased number of waves and reinforcements, making battles possibly go on indefinitely ~ Vastly increased the battle size to match that of Viking Conquest ~Increased betting amount for tournaments

~Changed equipment of troops to resemble the original troops ~Added the old warhorses as a variant along with the new ones ~Re-textured several existing items to resemble the originals ~Added several items which were removed in early versions of the game ~Lords now use the correct banners that were intended for them and their culture in M&B ~The original map restored and an area added for the sarranid desert
