Bakumatsu: Modernization Period

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Author: bajiwolf

Last revision: 28 Jul, 2025 at 11:42 UTC

File size: 20.97 MB

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Description:
The Age of Peace is over, the western powers have returned, the shogunate and emperor clash, and our nation is officially at war

Bakumatsu: Modernization Period is a mod that seeks to overhaul the gameplay of Fall of the Samurai by creating a bigger highlight on the usage of new gunpowder weapons and the phase out of most melee.

To do this, the mod increases the massive capabilities of the new weapons, and increase their melee, making melee units mostly obsolete

General Units

– Most unit sizes have been increased
– Walkspeed decreased but run speed increased

Modern Units
Times are changing, we must keep up less we fall behind and suffer like others before us

+ INCREASED RELOAD RATE FOR ALL GUN UNITS
+ Bayonets implemented (Thanks to Lordrodjx11’s mod)
+ Increased melee stats for lines with higher charge bonuses making them much better in melee combat
+ Tighter Formation for Line Infantry
+ Price and upkeep changes for most line units
+ New Modern Units to replace your levy and line infantry after getting modern rifles
+ Range increased to 150, 200 for sharpshooters

Melee Units
The way of the sword and spear are over. It’s time to set them aside

+ Spear Levy now use long yaris and are given the spear wall ability
– Relatively unchanged but the new Gunpowder buffs should make them entirely obsolete, especially with line infantry having higher melee stats now

Cavalry Units
The State of Cavalry is now declining, but perhaps they’re not entirely useless

+ Massive increase to charge bonus
+ Massive stat increase to sabre cav
– Mostly smaller unit counts, making them very weak to gunpowder units

Modern Line/Levy Infantry
With access to new weapons, these soldiers have been equipped with more modern rifles

+ Modern Lines get breechloaders while modern levies get the rifle of regular line infantry
+ Meant to be a cheaper and easier alternative to SIR infantry.
– Mostly Identical to their counterparts with added reload skill and accuracy
– Higher Upkeep than regular

Breech-loading Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters using the new and improved breechloading rifles for improved rate of fire

+ Sharpshooters with the new breech-loading rifles, with higher accuracy and reload skill
– Higher Upkeep

NOTE

Rifle sounds may be buggy by not having any sounds while shooting. I do not know how to fix this unfortunately and haven’t tested any soundfix mods, so you may have to try those out yourself

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