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Game Design and Project Resources: The Workshops Quarter => Mods, Maps & Game Add-Ons - The Bazaar => Total War Mods - The Engineer's Shed => Topic started by: Son of the King on April 01, 2008, 10:49:57 PM
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(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/bannerv2.jpg) (http://britanniabcmod.bravehost.com/)
Britannia BC is a mod for Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion. It covers the Iron Age period in Britain. The main campaign will begin in 270 BC, the late Iron Age and last until the Romans finally conquered Britain in 43 AD.
Britannia BC is not intended to be historically accurate in any way at all, and the main reason for its development is that I want to, and always have wanted to play as the British Tribes in RTW, and conquer all of Britain in the name of the Iceni. Slowly, this vision is becoming reality.
My thanks go to PrivateClark for helping me with models because of my expensive-software-phobia. Also, thanks to SrJamesTyrrel for his gift to this mod, the La Tene captain. More thanks to Andalus, for allowing me to use his Gallic Cavalry texture, and PC's model.
Factions
The following factions will be represented in this mod:
- Iceni
- Trinovates
- Brigantes
- Catuvellauni
- Ordovices
- Dumnonii
- Cornovii
- Silures
- Belgae
- Regini
- Atrebates
- Attacotti
- Picti
- Scoti
- Gaels
- Aedui
- Independant Gallic Tribes
- Germanic Tribes
- Romans
- Independant Cities (Rebels)
There is one faction slot free. Anyone got any ideas?
Map
The campaign map is intended to cover Britain, Ireland and North-West France. However, CaesarVincens was making the map for me, but I haven't heard from him in a long time so I don't know at the moment since I can't get it to work at all :-/ . Anyone here a mapper?
Unit Showcases
Iceni:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_RoyalChariotBodyguardShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/RoyalChariotBodyguardShowcase.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_IceniSwordsmenShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/IceniSwordsmenShowcase.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_IceniNoblesShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/IceniNoblesShowcase.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_IceniGuardsShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/IceniGuardsShowcase.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_DismountedRaidersShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/DismountedRaidersShowcase.jpg)
Trinovantes:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_HeavySpearmenShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/HeavySpearmenShowcase.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_LightSpearmenShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/LightSpearmenShowcase.jpg)
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Looking good... PM me if you think you're ready to have a subforums sorted fo this.
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Thanks :)
I have a question though... Do you think the helmets look too Eastern?
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No, but I'd colour them bronzey/gold or darker iron coloured.
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I thought so... Too much Dodge...
The region map is almost done btw, and I'm not looking forward to the height map :blink: .
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Iceni Swordsmen
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_IceniSwordsmen.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/IceniSwordsmen.jpg)
Still need to fix the unaligned shield and the helmet colour properly though...
Also, can RTW models be edited in Gmax?
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Looks pretty good, putting an insignia on your shields would look nice
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Light Swordsmen
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_RomeTW-BI01.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/RomeTW-BI01.jpg)
They will probably be recuitable to numerous factions, but this texture is for the Trinovantes.
PC, I'll email you the shield and the texture for this unit, can you please work your 3ds magic on them? :lol:
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errr, for some reason i cant see photobucket images or reach the photobucket website, i sent you an e-mail about your model.
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Here is the latest draft of the unit roster for the Iceni. Tell me if you can see anything that should be changed, or if you have suggestions.
Iceni Units
Government Building
Lvl 1:
-Peasants
-Diplomat
Lvl 2:
-Peasants
-Diplomat
Lvl 3:
-Peasants
-Heavy Spearmen
-Diplomat
Lvl 4:
-Peasants
-Heavy Spearmen
-Royal Chariots
-Diplomat
Barracks
Lvl 1:
-Light Swordsmen
-Slingers
Lvl 2:
-Light Swordsmen
-Spear Warband
-Slingers
-Skirmishers
Lvl 3:
-Swordsmen
-Spear Warband (exp 1)
-Slingers (exp 1)
-Skirmishers
Lvl 4:
-Swordsmen
-Iceni Swordsmen
-Spear Warband (exp 2)
-Iceni Guards
-Slingers (exp 2)
-Skirmishers (exp 2)
-Archer Warband
Stable
Lvl 1:
-Light Cavalry
-Light Chariots
Lvl 2:
-Light Cavalry
-Heavy Cavalry
-Light Chariots
-Chariot Archers
Lvl 3:
-Light Cavalry (exp 1)
-Heavy Cavalry
-Iceni Nobles
-Light Chariots
-Chariot Archers
-Chariot Nobles
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Looking good, again, the archers at Tier 4 feels somewhat strange...
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Here are the Light Swordsmen.
<img src='http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia BC/th_0019.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'> (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/0019.jpg)
<img src='http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia BC/th_0020.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'> (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/0020.jpg)
Thanks to PrivateClark for attaching the shield model, and for fixing the UVW map. :).
EDIT: No thanks to InvisionFree for breaking any links with spaces in :angry: :angry: :angry: .
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Hmm, the shoulder is sorta poking through the shield in one of them. Not very hard to fix id imagine, let me know if you want that changed ;) .
Also, you should probably take the helmet texture i made and put it on those retextured saxon keel in the OP, their helmets are a bit flat white as well.
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Yay Link! (http://britanniabcmod.bravehost.com/)
I know its pretty crap lol.
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New banner :lol:.
<img src='http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia BC/bannerv1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'> (http://britanniabcmod.bravehost.com/index.html)
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Nice work, SotK!
Any idea when this will be out?
And may I call you Fitzroy?
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Any idea when this will be out?
No idea sorry.
And may I call you Fitzroy?
Why? lol.
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obviously because of the awsomness of the name ;)
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Fitzroy is Latin for son of the king. Hence why Henry VIII's bastard son was called Henry Fitzroy.
I always have a strong urge to call you it, Fitz.
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wow that's a nice piece of off topic info
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Is this going anywhere?
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Well CaesarVincens from RTWH was supposedly making the base map for me, but I haven't heard anything from him. And tbh recently I've been busy with the AoMH Silver Trident competition.
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But I have just sent you my Gallic Cavalry you requested. ;)
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And I have just recieved that now :). Thank you Andalus :).
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Finally some progress lol.
Many thanks to SrJames for his gift to this mod, a new officer, seen here leading Iceni Guards to battle.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_0044.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/0044.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_0043.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/0043.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_0042.jpg) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/0042.jpg)
Texture and model by SrJamesTyrrel
Thanks also go to Andalus and Private Clark for letting me use the Gallic Cavalry model and texture from AUP in this mod. I have yet to put them ingame yet though, thats tomorrow's job :).
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(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/LightSpearmenShowcase.jpg)
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Fitzroy is Latin for son of the king. Hence why Henry VIII's bastard son was called Henry Fitzroy.
I always have a strong urge to call you it, Fitz.
A bit of topic but I think you may be wrong there. Becuase the latin for king is rex (filius could be the fi part but where the :) does the roy come from?)
t' mod looks good, is there any progress on the map?
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the roy come from?
Well French for King is Roi, so I'm guessing somewhere similar to that. The Fitz part is the "Son of" bit.
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In fact it would be truer to say that Fitzroy is old french for son of the king.
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Any idea when this will be out?
I am planning to release a demo in early 2009.
SEE HERE FOR MORE DETAILS (http://britanniabcmod.bravehost.com/news.html)
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Shockingly, I have poked this mod with the fire poker that I didn't bring back from my holiday. In other words I have actually made progress for the first time since what seems like forever. I've done nearly all the Iceni missile units, and so now only have their variation of Heavy Spearmen and their chariots left to do. So much for a demo early in the year :$ . At the rate I'm going the demo will be early 2100 lol.
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New banner
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/bannerv2.jpg) (http://britanniabcmod.bravehost.com/)
Loading Screen
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_loadingscreen.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/loadingscreen.jpg)
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Been doing UI work recently as you can probably tell. Got unit cards for all the Iceni units I have created so far as well. I hope to have the Iceni finished soon (read in a few weeks). Should be able to get a good bit of work done soon since I've nearly finished with exams and stuff.
Also, yay quadruple post :blink: .
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May I take this moment to say: "YAY!"
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Royal Chariot Bodyguard (General's Bodyguard):
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_RoyalChariotBodyguardShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/RoyalChariotBodyguardShowcase.jpg)
I've also done the Fenland Cavalry today, not taken a screenshot yet though.
EDIT: Also made the OP actually up to date and un-broken.
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To Do List
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Units
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-Peasants
-Spear Warband
-Slingers
-Skirmishers
-Chariot Archers
-Chariot Nobles
Got to do these 6, then more for the Trinovantes. Then I will release what will be more of a teaser than a demo featuring these two factions in custom battles. Then I will get to work on the Catuvellauni and the Ordovices, although I will definitely need the help of someone with 3d Studio for the latter, and possibly for the former as well.
Anyways, onto the Slingers :D .
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Before I go to bed,
Fenland Cavalry:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/th_FenlandCavalryShowcase.jpg) (http://s124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/RTW/Britannia%20BC/FenlandCavalryShowcase.jpg)
By the way, anyone know if it is possible to unarchive the thread on TWH or will I have to make a new one? *looks towards Andalus*
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So you're thinking about continuing with Celtic Hordes, how about this one as well? :D
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Maybe if I can find the time and/or motivation. I probably will if messing with Celtic Hordes gets me back in the mood for modding.
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Maybe if I can find the time and/or motivation. I probably will if messing with Celtic Hordes gets me back in the mood for modding.
Let me know, I can probably do a map for ya.
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I'd love to see this done, since playing as the Iceni would be raaather cool (my local tribe, here in Norfolk).
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Well I took the liberty and spent the afternoon taking the Kingdoms Britannia map and adding northern France to it.
Here are the results:
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/th_britannia1.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/?action=view¤t=britannia1.jpg)(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/th_britannia2.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/?action=view¤t=britannia2.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/th_britannia3.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/?action=view¤t=britannia3.jpg)(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/th_britannia4.jpg) (http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z217/comrade_general_2007/?action=view¤t=britannia4.jpg)
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Good job !
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comrade_general I think I love you aha. Seeing that has literally made my night :D . Granted previously it was made up of computing coursework but seeing the map I have wanted for so long actually working has made me rather happy.
Thank you lots :D . I'll be messing around with Celtic Hordes after this Friday (project hand in day) to get my head back into modding, then I'll set to work on this :) .
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No problem, it was my pleasure. ;)
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'Tis a joyous day, as I have long wanted to conquer Britain with the Dumnonii! (No prizes for guessing why them. ;) )
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Nice work comrade, you should make a Warhammer map sometime - then I might be spurred back to RTW mod work. :P
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comrade_general - The Great Motivator!
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Hey SotK what would it take for you to start this up again?
Cause if its coding or texturing I wouldn't mind helping. This looks good.
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Hey SotK what would it take for you to start this up again?
Cause if its coding or texturing I wouldn't mind helping. This looks good.
I only just saw this post...
Anyway about what it would take, finding this (http://students.autodesk.com/) is a good start! Also time. I may start doing some stuff on this in the summer/after my exams.
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I just did something. Here is a screenshot:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/th_0005.png) (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p9/Son_Of_The_King/0005.png)
Incidentally, its the screenshot which hasn't worked, rather than making an actual campaign map work (I still love you for this CG). If anyone knows why all my screenshots are black screens then I would be happy to know.
Also for some reason the last letter of the settlement name doesn't appear (Londinium in the region names file, Londiniu in game).
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Incidentally, its the screenshot which hasn't worked, rather than making an actual campaign map work (I still love you for this CG). If anyone knows why all my screenshots are black screens then I would be happy to know.
It has something to do with one of the visual effects options (anti-aliasing maybe?), the easiest solution is to push prtscr then alt-tab out of RTW, open up an image editor and paste.
Also for some reason the last letter of the settlement name doesn't appear (Londinium in the region names file, Londiniu in game).
Enter a new line at the end of the file or the game will ignore the last character.
[/RTWgenius] ;D
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Incidentally, its the screenshot which hasn't worked, rather than making an actual campaign map work (I still love you for this CG). If anyone knows why all my screenshots are black screens then I would be happy to know.
It has something to do with one of the visual effects options (anti-aliasing maybe?), the easiest solution is to push prtscr then alt-tab out of RTW, open up an image editor and paste.
I tried that, also a big block of black :( . I'll try without AA tomorrow.
And thanks for imparting some of your RTW genius ;) . I call shoddy coding from CA
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If only I'd known that when doing WHTW's settlements, might have saved me putting a space after every name. :P
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Since I finally have the means to, I have got rid of the weird helmet from the Raiders and Dismounted Raiders, and also given them a shield thats not the alpha channelled one from the sea raider model. Will provide screenshots when I can take screenshots of something other than the desktop behind RTW or a black screen...
I'm planning to somewhat unify the shields across the faction, rather than the mish mash of different styles there currently are. I also plan on redoing a few of the textures (I'm looking at you Saxon Hearth Troops but blue), and generally making the stuff I have better, before finally doing some work on a different faction. I have 3 or 4 months free until uni starts again so might actually get some proper work done this time round.
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Sounds good, if you need any help just let me know. :)