Exilian

While playing through RTW one night the idea suddenly hit me that it would be interesting to play RTW in an earlier era, while keeping the fundamentals and feel of the vanilla game. The idea was quite appealing because I was able to mod at about 90% or more in solid text, the rest being necessary graphical work to match faction colors and such. I like the feel that comes with the vanilla units and gameplay, and in this way I can use the existing factions, with some tweaks to unit rosters and banners, and transform them into the factions of this era. The mod takes place in the year 549BC and includes the following factions:

Phoenicians
Carthaginians
Greek City-States
Persian Empire
Chaldean Empire
Egyptians
Lydian Empire
Roman Kingdom
Etruscans
Celts
Illyrians
Scythians
Thracians
Iberians
Numidians
Britons
Germans

This includes complete reskins, text changes, UI's, selection map screens, a reworked campaign map, faction banners/symbols for those that are changed, plus many other minor tweaks and alterations to enhance gameplay.

Version 1.1 now contains fixed religious buildings for certain eastern factions and new unit Immortals for Persia.

Version 1.2 is now available as a seperate download and includes the following fixes/additions:

- fixed religious buildings for the Etruscans
- new faction Gauls that own only Central Gaul
- Britons reduced to 1 settlement
- Germania reduced to 2 settlements
- fixed 'marian' reforms
- Macedonia gets Phalangists and Companion Cavalry when the reforms occur (they get Early Companion Cavalry before the reforms)
- Elephants removed by request for historical accuracy
- Chaldeans get Chariot Archers in place of elephants
- fixed Phoenician agent skins
- altered some province names to remove duplicates


Screens:
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat5.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat5.jpg) (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat6.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat6.jpg) (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat3.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat3.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat4.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat4.jpg) (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat2.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat2.jpg) (http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/th_eat1.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/EaT/?action=view&current=eat1.jpg)
   

Download 1.1 HERE (http://rtw.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=4477) (size approx. 32mb)
Download 1.2 HERE (http://www.moddb.com/games/rome-total-war/downloads/empires-and-traders-total-war) (size approx. 33mb)

Extract to your desktop and follow the readme.
This is modfoldered and will not affect your original game files.

You can run both versions at the same time if you change the name of one of the mod folders (i.e. from 'EAT' to 'EAT2') and the corresponding shortcut directory (i.e. 'mod/EAT' to 'mod/EAT2')


Merry Christmas!  :flashy:

I keep meaning to download this, it looks really stunning. Great job!

Thanks, Jubal.

Also, the download link has been updated to version 1.1

I completely failed to notice this I'm afraid, but will try it out if I ever get RTW reinstalled. Looks good. :)

Quote from: "Marcus"I completely failed to notice this I'm afraid, but will try it out if I ever get RTW reinstalled. Looks good. :)

Thanks  :)

Version 1.2 has been released!

Check the OP.

You has new page. Enjoy. (http://exilian.co.uk/empires-and-traders-total-war.php)

i downlad this mod and i follow instructions and when i start the game and go to play campaing it back me to previous screen

when i start the campaing it backs me on previous screen.can anybody help me?please

I didn't make this mod, but that's not an uncommon bug. I'm sure comrade_general will be around to help you, but he lives in the USA so you're unlikely to get an answer until tomorrow. Just wait around though and I'm sure someone can help.

Oh, and welcome to Exilian.  :D

Welcome to Exilian kosta.

Can you tell me exactly how you installed the mod, stage by stage? You say you followed the instructions, but you probably got something wrong along the line.

Also if you could post a screenshot of the inside of your RTW folder that would be great, kosta. :)

first i copy data folder into rtw main folder,then i made a copy from original shortcut and change it.and i rename shortcut into eat -tw and start the game and when i start the campaing it back me on previous screen.

please help me!!!

You should have moved the whole "eat" folder into the RTW folder, not just the data folder. I hope you didn't replace the RTW data folder.  :o  It didn't ask you to replace anything did it? If so then you will have to reinstall the game.

And you added " -mod:EAT -show_err" after the quotes in the target line of the shortcut yes?

Also, please don't double post. You won't get a response any quicker.