Prauge?
Lets go listen to Jan Huss preaching in the Bethlehem chapel.
I’d pretty much love that.
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I can’t image a 40 000 population city in game… no with details they have. That would take years and years to make in my opinion.
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There could be only parts of the city availible or it could be only a part of a main quest.
Just a quick tour through medieval Prague.
compromises
But you are right.
Well Kutná Hora would be large enough to make it really interesting and yet small enough to be doable.
Not to mention that in 1420 Kutná Hora was the first place in the world where field artillery and firearms were used during the battle. I don’t know how fast forward the team wants to move in history with Act 3, but having the battle of Kutná Hora re-enacted in the game (also with the previous Žižka’s feats elsewhere) would be quite something.
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Not to mention that in 1420 Kutná Hora was the first place in the world where field artillery and firearms were used during the battle
Can you provide a source? I have hard time believeing it.
Guys, you may have seen the town of Rattay in the vertical slice. Counting citizens within and near the walls we plan to populate it with some 150 people, not counting bypassers, guards and other variable whatnot. We have 2 more similarly large urban areas in Act 1. Indeed, you are right, if all goes well in Act 3 we plan to have one of the major Czech cities in the game (and no, it’s not Prague, that’s a too big a bite). However it may end up being just a section of it. It depends on future performance tests (or design requirements).
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150 inhabitants, with daily cycles?
Damn guys.
You could live your whole virtual life in that town.
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The whole map has daycycles! 
(and no, we are not using the ultimate powa of clout to compute all that)
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its like Teletubbies come alive!!!
Jokes aside.
When you say that there will be 150 people in the town plus bypassers and guards (and others.)
What does it mean? that guards will not have a place to sleep?
That bypasser will just spawn somewhere and dissapears when he passes through the town?
Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1975), A History of the Crusades: The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Univ of Wisconsin Press, p. 604
Dig around a bit more and you will find plenty sources. Why do you think that English words like pistol and howitzer have Czech origin?
The artillery and firearms of the era were too heavy, cumbersome and slow to operate for use in the open field warfare. However, adding them to the wagon fort strategy made them very much usable since wagon fort moved very slowly and wasn’t likely to being overrun by enemy cavalry.
Previously, the artillery and firearms have been used merely during sieges (both by attackers and defenders).
i see, that makes more sense.
I thought that by battle you meant also sieges.
thanks for clear up.
They have. It just means their numbers will change significantly (from initial 8-10 to 30).
Nobody will disappear in midst of the map (even out of your sight) that’s all I can say 
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The war is comming.
Also, thanks for the info.
This was one of my biggest concerns. So many games nowadays have issues with NPC pop in. I like the idea that the NPCs exist and live and breathe in the world, whether I watch them do it or not.
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On the other hand as I read it second time.
It almost seem that @MadSmejki is implaying something.
Especially “that’s all I can say” part is very suspicious.
I sense a chatch somewhere.
But where?
The big cutscenes are a problem.
They must save the position of the NPCs and after the cutscene, restart on the old postition.
Maybe some disappear in this time… 
[quote=“MadSmejki, post:15, topic:22938”]
that’s all I can say
[/quote]without going into details of the tech
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yep, sure, we “believe” you
Historically authentic Prague would be cool and all, but the population was around 40 000 and the city was large already. Good luck simulating that in the game. 
Kutná Hora still had something like 4000… Of course I know that the number of people could be lowered significantly in the game. I think a town like Kutná hora would be doable for future acts with maybe 400-800 NPCs and it would still feel very accurate? I’m sure nobody will go around counting 100s of NPCs to see if the population is right. 
Rattay looked pretty big in the videos and if there are two other locations like that that’s impressive!
Didn’t Crecy 1346 also feature early cannons? I know they had them along on the campaign but not if they were used on the field.
These early Pot de Fer initially used arrows which makes me doubt they were used for sieges that much.
The Loshult gun which also predates 1420 fired shot but the caliber seems way to small to be used for anything other than anti-personal purposes.
PS, I found it.
At the battle of Beverhoutsveld on 3 May
1382, Louis II’s force outnumbered the rebels by at least five to one, so the
army from Ghent took up a defensive position with a pond on one flank and
artillery on the other. Their artillery consisted of ribaudiaux – wheelbarrows
mounted with three or more small cannons, protected from attack by long
iron spikes on the front. Ribaudiaux provided both mobility and
concentration of fire. Seeing the Ghentenaars’ strong position, Louis II
wanted to wait them out, but his allies (militiamen from Bruges) got drunk
and charged the rebels in contradiction to orders. The militia had several
handgonnes of an indeterminate type, but in their intoxicated state they failed
to use them or any other weapon effectively. As they stumbled forward, they
were met with a volley of 300 barrels from the ribaudiaux, followed by a
flanking manoeuvre by the Ghentenaars around the pond. A second volley
from the ribaudiaux sent the Bruges militia fleeing in panic and their fear
spread to the rest of Louis II’s army. The Ghentenaars moved in and
slaughtered their foes, winning what might have been the first battle in which
a concentration of fire from black powder weapons played a significant part.
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