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« on: December 06, 2008, 10:02:20 PM »




Celtic Hordes is a mod for Barbarian Invasion which allows the Celts to form a horde. The idea came from a post on TWH, where someone said that the Celts should be able to form a horde. From there on, the mod quickly took shape, and was released soon after. I mainly did it to take a quick break from Britannia BC, which I then ended up doing hardly any work on for ages.

In the future, I intend to add more units to the Celts, both horde and non-horde. For example currently I have added Ireland as an AoR, to try making one before I need to make them in Britannia BC. Basically, this mod is what I will use to try things out that I may end up including in Britannia BC, to make sure that I can get them to work, and to learn how to do certain things, like make the damned campaign map work.

Features:
  • New region, Wales, and settlement, Deva (now Chester).
       
  • New region, Northern Ireland, and settlement, Cruacou.
       
  • Celts have the ability to form a horde when reduced to one settlement.
       
  • Horde Transport Ships so that the Celtic Horde has a means of getting off the British Isles. However, these ships are very weak in battle and will need an escort if travelling through dangerous or hostile waters.
       
  • New UI cards for Celtic horde units.
       
  • Provincial Campaign allowing Celts to horde from the outset of the game, by giving them only one starting settlement.
Current Celtic horde units:
  • Horde Gallowglasses
       
  • Celtic Horde Spearmen
       
  • Horde Chariots
       
  • Horde Kerns
       
  • Horde Crossbowmen
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Version History

v1.0.1:
  • Moved Celtic Faction Leader from Wales to NI
  • Deva owned by Western Roman Empire
  • Added new region (Northern Ireland) owned by Celts
  • Fixed balance issues with boats
  • UI cards for all new units
  • Changed Dal Raida to Dunadd
  • Added provincial campaign in which Celts start with only one settlement so they can horde immediatly
v1.0.0:
  • Initial Release

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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 12:59:27 PM »
Screenshots added.

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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2008, 01:57:31 PM »
lookying good.
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 05:47:34 PM »
Fixed the screenshots so they aren't breaking the forum layout. ;)                                                         

Yep, looking very good.
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2008, 09:56:38 PM »
Uploading to TWH now.

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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2008, 06:39:24 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2008, 09:20:26 PM »
- Do you want a subforum?
- Would it be possible for you to write a little piece for the website about this?

Great work.
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2008, 11:27:18 PM »
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Do you want a subforum?

Yes please :).

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Would it be possible for you to write a little piece for the website about this?

I'll put something together. Do you want me to PM it to you?

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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2008, 05:13:19 PM »
Yea, PM be good.
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2009, 10:46:45 PM »
I've done a bit more on this now, and will release an updated version later in the week. There is now a new unit, Gaelic Spearmen, which I added in as an excuse to make an AoR to check I could get them working properly...

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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2009, 11:55:15 PM »
Fixed OP and added sexy download button. Should probably make it green though... Might make a banner sometime too if I'm bored enough.

Edit: Decided I was bored enough and made a banner as well as greenifying the download button.
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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2010, 07:33:44 PM »
Added a poll, since I'm thinking of maybe expanding this/releasing what I have so far. Responses would be appreciated :) .

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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2010, 08:42:21 PM »
Of course you should continue with this. I was actually looking at it the other day thinking: he should continue with this.  B)

Voted hell yes.

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« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2010, 12:13:03 AM »
Right, I've decided. I'll be messing around with this adding stuff to get my head back into modding, then working on Britannia BC. However I won't be doing anything until Friday at the earliest since I have to get my computing project done by then, and I'm not exactly on schedule.

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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2010, 12:37:20 AM »
Computing is done at long last. Was up to 4 last night doing it :( . Tomorrow, I return to RTW modding after too long of an absence. Now where did my BI disc get to...