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(RBM) Realistic Battle Mod

This version of the mod is for live version of the Bannerlord 1.2.12 live.
Experimental version with glancing blows and critical strikes can be found here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/791?tab=files

This mod makes combat more realistic. Armour values are based on experimental data. Armoured units are more resistant to damage depending on weapon type used vs armour. Each weapon type has different effect vs armour. All units defend themselves more, units with shields actually use the shields. All projectiles now cause damage based on their kinetic energy. Kinetic energy of projectiles is result of simulation based on real life experimental data. All battles are significantly longer now. Damage of horse charge is physics based, couched lancing is scientifically accurate. AI armies use more tactics. Spears are buffed in melee in comparison to vanilla and much more. Arenas are more fair, more rewarding and have multiple stages of progress. Many castles and towns have improved defender positions. Units fight in formations instead of messy clump. Your weapon type affects general behaviour such as armour penetration, weapon quality affects properties such as sharpness. Your raw damage is primarily determined by your character combat skill, relative speed and body part you hit. Hitting armour weak-spots have huge impact.

Features:
The mod contains multiple modules (Combat, AI and Arena) and settings (active only if their respective module is active which can be toggled on / off in the game main menu.

If you want to understand more about weapon damage in RBM please see articles section https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/791?tab=articles.

If you want detailed description of the mod features and systems, again read the description and article or even discussion section on Nexusmods. If you want to make sure you have latest version, again check the Nexus. If you want other minor mods that come with RBM - Nexus. If you want version of the mod for previous versions of the game - Nexus. If you are interested in detailed changelog - Nexus. If you want to comment, you will probably get faster response from us on Nexus, or you might find actual answer there.

https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/791?tab=description

If you want to support us, you can do so here https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RBM.Team
or consider downloading the mod from Nexusmods or donate there to us there via Paypal. Or here via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Philozoraptor

Our discord channel is here: https://discord.gg/59rMXRJ

If the game does not load / crash on startup try going to "\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\261550\2859251492\bin\Win64_Shipping_Client" and enable (right click, properties) all .dll files in that folder, Windows can sometimes disable them.

If you struggle with battle loading screen on linux, just install dotnet472 via protontricks (wine and winetricks are also required). just find app id with protontricks -s bannerlord and install it like this:
protontricks 123123(appid) -q --force vcrun2017 dotnet472 gdiplus