Exilian

Hello! I bring to you the first version of my mod that will enhance the vanilla experience!
My goals for this mod are:
1) Keep vanilla look and feel intact
2) Keep Vanilla factions, but enhance them and fix historical inaccuracies
3) Make a better, well rounded game
4) Add immersion without killing original feel.

1.0

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The main things added in this version are:

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An extended east map, so that Parthia, Seleucid and Scythia can have a better starting position.
(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Parthia.jpg)

The Bugfixer mod by player1, located here (http://rtw.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=3991)
All Factions mod by Hader, located here (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=1013)
Elements from Darthmod such as formations and unit stats
New Animations by Signifierone, Prometheus and Alin
Formatted to work on the Alexander expansion to incorporate all of it's features
Many small fixes found in the credit list!
(https://button.moddb.com/popularity/medium/mods/37613.png) (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod)



Installation
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW
v1.0 Features and Credits
-Vanilla map extended east to incorporate Parthia and Persia. Better starting positions for Parthia and the Seleucids. Also two regions, one in Caledonia (Scotland), and the other in eastern Arabia are included.
--10 Regions Added in Total, complete with resources, and mercenary pools.
-Darthmod Unit Stats and Sizes
-Darthmod formations
-Got rid of Wardogs, Incendiary Pigs, Screeching Women and Arcani
-Added officers and standard bearers to all eligible units, including cavalry. Complete with new animations.
- Fixed Grain Bug
-Added Bug Fixer mod by player1
-Added All Factions mod by Hader
-Added the following fixes to units from Medusa0
--Cilician Pirate throws Harpoon
--Town Watch Shield Bug fixed
-- Julii Hastati & Principes have Shoulder Pads like other Roman families
-Added new animations made by Signifierone, Prometheus and Alin
--Roman Infantry fight properly
--Phalangites use two hands
--Hoplites fight overhand and use different formation
--Cavalry have different poses depending on their weapon
--Archers and horse archers use bows correctly
--Javelinmen fire at a faster rate
-Fixed Rebel Strat Banners so they reflect the correct culture
-Made mod compatible with Alexander.


Thank you for helping me:
-Suppanut
-Robbe
-Lanjane
-comrade_general
-uanime5
-countberengar
-saul_tyre
-texoman
-mausolos

2.0

Spoiler

Tired of playing vanilla with Bronze Age Egyptians? Well, the problem has been solved!
In this edition of my enhancement mod, I focused almost exclusively on remaking Egypt into the Ptolemaic Empire. It is a must when you are trying to enhance the vanilla game, and quite frankly I'd like this to be pretty historical, not a blend of fantasy and history, or a time-warp.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Phalanx_Ready.jpg)
The Ptolemaic Phalanx awaits orders

With this version, you will receive the following:
-ReallyBad AI script for battles (this is largely untested, but it has popular demand in the community, because apparently it does a good job of making battles harder. I'll be testing myself, but please give feedback on it!)
*To activate the script, when the campaign starts, select a settlement, then click on the advisor. Then check your treasury to make sure that 1 denarius has been added to your treasury. If you exit out to start/load another campaign, before you do, click the '?' button in the menu and it will terminate the script. Otherwise you'll need to restart the game!* - Egypt completely overhauled to Ptolemaic Empire. From the units, to the culture, names, sounds, and icons, there is nothing 'Egyptian' about this faction other than the location it starts in.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Egypt_with_new_Strat_C.jpg)
Ptolemaic Egypt with new General/Captain designs

- 3 New Settlements: Hippo Regius, Aleria, and Iconium. The first two are for Carthage and the latter is for the Seleucids.
- New Greek Officer for all Greek factions, including the Rebels.
- Rebels now have a Greek Standard Bearer
- Militia Hoplites now have shirts!
- Historical Battle of Raphia updated to accommodate Ptolemies

THE NEW PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE FACTION ROSTER & RECRUITMENT

Spoiler

Example: Vanilla Unit - New Unit
BARRACKS
Tier 1: Nubian Spearmen - Militia Hoplites
Tier 2: Nile Spearmen - Levy Pikemen
Tier 3: Desert Axemen - Phalanx Pikemen
Tier 4: Pharaoh's Guards - Royal Pikemen
RANGE
Tier 1: Slingers & Skirmishers - Peltasts
Tier 2: Bowmen - Archers
Tier 3: Pharaoh's Bowmen & Onagers - Onagers
Tier 4: Heavy Onagers - Heavy Onagers
STABLES
Tier 1: Desert Cavalry - Militia Cavalry
Tier 2: Nubian Cavalry - Greek Cavalry
Tier 3: Nile Cavalry & Camel Archers - Companion Cavalry & War Elephants
SMITH
Tier 1: Egyptian Chariots - N/A
Tier 2: Egyptian Chariot Archers - N/A
PORT
Tier 1: Bireme - Bireme
Tier 2: Trireme - Trireme
Tier 3: N/A - Quinquereme
GENERAL
Pre-Marian: Egyptian Chariots - Greek Cavalry
Post-Marian: Nile Cavalry - Macedonian Cavalry
OTHER
Tier 1-6 Peasants (Egyptian) - Peasants (Greek)
(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Faction_Roster.jpg)
The new Ptolemaic Unit Roster (excluding Peasants, who are campaign only)

CREDITS
My main source for unit textures and unit cards was from the mod 'The Hellenic States (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?408453-The-Hellenic-States)' or 'THS' made by comrade_general. Other units were redone by my good friend Lanjane. The officer, is from a Russian mod, Barbarians Revenge (https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.internetwars.ru/Rome/Barbarian2/ToThelastSea.htm&xid=17259,15700022,15700043,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700186,15700191,15700201&usg=ALkJrhilo8g9zmF8HA0Om_TAEj60TPtQRQ), they have done an amazing job with their units.
The 3 new cities were taken from the Vanilla Balance Mod (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/79547-Vanilla-Balance-Mod-v4-for-Rome-Total-War-and-BI), made by Barbarossa82 on totalwar.org
The ReallyBadAI (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=3350) Script was made by Germanicu5 and it was intended for M2TW. Again, this is experimental, I am not sure how it will work with RTW.
I want to thank uanime5 for everything he does to help, Lanjane for his amazing art skills, suppanut for his mapping genius, comrade_general for all things re-coloring, and my friends on slack who give feedback, advice and ideas.
Download (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v2-egyptian-makeover#downloadsform)

To Install:
One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder.
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW


Features listed in the forum or the latest article, once approved!



Enjoy!

3.0

Spoiler

The Gauls were always a pushover in  vanilla. They had hordes of shirtless warriors who'd rout as instantly  as they'd charge. Those units  still remain. However, vanilla never  really gave them any support.  Historically the Gauls had a  sophisticated society and civilization,  based off status and nobility.  In this version of my mod, I wanted to  give more immersion to the Gauls  and their military, as well as upgrade  their building tree for the  late game. Lanjane was crucial  to their development, I was  just the one adding files in, so please give  credit to them, for the  best Gallic representation that a vanilla mod  can offer!

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Awaiting_Germanic_Horde.jpg)

The New Look Gauls Await the Germanic Horde

Here are the list of features in v3:


- Barbarian UI from BI added to barbarian culture
- New Strat Map Captain for Gauls
- New Barbarian Officer and Carnyx Musician attached to Barbarian Units
- BI buildings added to campaign and battle map. Only Gaul has access to all of the buildings though.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Barbarian_UI.jpg)

New UI, Captain and Buildings

- Gallic Roster completely overhauled

- Battle AI script activated on battles (including custom battles!) instead of campaign. It actually works now, check it out!
*TO ACTIVATE BATTLE SCRIPT, CLICK THE BATTLE ADVISOR ONCE THE BATTLE BEGINS
- Druids available at all lvl3 Temples for Gauls
- Naked Fanatics changed to Gaesatae and now available only to Gaul as a mercenary unit. No other factions can hire them.
- Around 14 new units for the Gauls total.

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Gallic_Army.jpg)

New Gallic Roster

I know the features list is sort of small, but the Gallic Roster is a lot larger and more complex, and it took a lot of time to make it.



Here is a look at the Gallic Roster in Detail:

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GOVERNMENT

Tier1 - Warband & Gallic Levies

BARRACKS

Tier1 - Spear Warband & Sword Warband
Tier2 - Spearmen & Swordsmen

Tier3 - Veteran Spearmen & Veteran Swordsmen
Tier4 - Chosen Spearmen & Chosen Swordsmen
Tier5 - Gallic Champions

RANGE

Tier2 - Slingers & Skirmisher Warband
Tier3 - Archer Warband
Tier4 - Forester Warband & Ballistas
Tier5 - Onagers
STABLES
Tier2 - Gallic Light Cavalry
Tier3 - Gallic Cavalry
Tier4 - Gallic Heavy Cavalry

Tier5 - Gallic Noble Cavalry

Again, the main credits go to Lanjane for helping me  create the roster on paper and then edit/make all the units and  graphics. Other credits go to: Macedon Expansion, Barbarians Revenge,  Rise of Empire, Extended Greek Mod and Extended Cultures Mod.

Download (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v3-gallic-pride)

For more visuals, check out the screenshots area on my moddb (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod) page!

To Install:
One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder.
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when making  a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch options and  include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW


Features listed in the forum or the latest article, once approved!

Looks great man, nice work!

Neat :) Are you keeping the vanilla three-family system for the Romans intact on this one?

Good stuff on a first release. HRTW still lives!!  ;D

@jubal I initially wanted to yes.. but my original plan back in 2011 was to have one Roman faction which was a combination of all families so they'd still be a powerhouse, and then turn the Brutii into Nabataea, Scipii into Illyria and Senate into the Bosporan Kingdom. That original plan is starting to sound really good again haha

Did those images work ok for you then, howler?

Yes sir! I readjusted the peasants a bit but yes they are great especially the Royal Pikemen

ahowl11's VE Mod v2 - Egyptian Makeover
RELEASE

Tired of playing vanilla with Bronze Age Egyptians? Well, the problem has been solved!
In this edition of my enhancement mod, I focused almost exclusively on remaking Egypt into the Ptolemaic Empire. It is a must when you are trying to enhance the vanilla game, and quite frankly I'd like this to be pretty historical, not a blend of fantasy and history, or a time-warp.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Phalanx_Ready.jpg)
The Ptolemaic Phalanx awaits orders

With this version, you will receive the following:
-ReallyBad AI script for battles (this is largely untested, but it has popular demand in the community, because apparently it does a good job of making battles harder. I'll be testing myself, but please give feedback on it!)
*To activate the script, when the campaign starts, select a settlement, then click on the advisor. Then check your treasury to make sure that 1 denarius has been added to your treasury. If you exit out to start/load another campaign, before you do, click the '?' button in the menu and it will terminate the script. Otherwise you'll need to restart the game!*

- Egypt completely overhauled to Ptolemaic Empire. From the units, to the culture, names, sounds, and icons, there is nothing 'Egyptian' about this faction other than the location it starts in.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Egypt_with_new_Strat_C.jpg)
Ptolemaic Egypt with new General/Captain designs

- 3 New Settlements: Hippo Regius, Aleria, and Iconium. The first two are for Carthage and the latter is for the Seleucids.
- New Greek Officer for all Greek factions, including the Rebels.
- Rebels now have a Greek Standard Bearer
- Militia Hoplites have shirts!
- Historical Battle of Raphia updated to accommodate Ptolemies

THE NEW PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE FACTION ROSTER & RECRUITMENT

Spoiler

Example: Vanilla Unit - New Unit
BARRACKS
Tier 1: Nubian Spearmen - Militia Hoplites
Tier 2: Nile Spearmen - Levy Pikemen
Tier 3: Desert Axemen - Phalanx Pikemen
Tier 4: Pharaoh's Guards - Royal Pikemen
RANGE
Tier 1: Slingers & Skirmishers - Peltasts
Tier 2: Bowmen - Archers
Tier 3: Pharaoh's Bowmen & Onagers - Onagers
Tier 4: Heavy Onagers - Heavy Onagers
STABLES
Tier 1: Desert Cavalry - Militia Cavalry
Tier 2: Nubian Cavalry - Greek Cavalry
Tier 3: Nile Cavalry & Camel Archers - Companion Cavalry & War Elephants
SMITH
Tier 1: Egyptian Chariots - N/A
Tier 2: Egyptian Chariot Archers - N/A
PORT
Tier 1: Bireme - Bireme
Tier 2: Trireme - Trireme
Tier 3: N/A - Quinquereme
GENERAL
Pre-Marian: Egyptian Chariots - Greek Cavalry
Post-Marian: Nile Cavalry - Macedonian Cavalry
OTHER
Tier 1-6 Peasants (Egyptian) - Peasants (Greek)
(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Ptolemaic_Faction_Roster.jpg)
The new Ptolemaic Unit Roster (excluding Peasants, who are campaign only)

CREDITS
My main source for unit textures and unit cards was from the mod 'The Hellenic States (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?408453-The-Hellenic-States)' or 'THS' made by comrade_general. Other units were redone by my good friend Lanjane. The officer, is from a Russian mod, Barbarians Revenge (https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.internetwars.ru/Rome/Barbarian2/ToThelastSea.htm&xid=17259,15700022,15700043,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700186,15700191,15700201&usg=ALkJrhilo8g9zmF8HA0Om_TAEj60TPtQRQ), they have done an amazing job with their units.
The 3 new cities were taken from the Vanilla Balance Mod (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/79547-Vanilla-Balance-Mod-v4-for-Rome-Total-War-and-BI), made by Barbarossa82 on totalwar.org
The ReallyBadAI (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=3350) Script was made by Germanicu5 and it was intended for M2TW. Again, this  is experimental, I am not sure how it will work with RTW.
I want to thank uanime5 for everything he does to help, Lanjane for his amazing art skills, suppanut for his mapping genius, comrade_general for all things re-coloring, and my friends on slack who give feedback, advice and ideas.
Download (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v2-egyptian-makeover#downloadsform)

To Install:
One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder.
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW


Features listed in the forum or the latest article, once approved!



Enjoy!

Hey you didn't put in those radar maps. :P

Those Ptolemaic units are looking good!

CG, there's a lot of stuff needed to be done for the map.. so I'm waiting on that. I didn't wanna aka you to change them after every map edit lol so when the map is where I want it to be I'll probably need the radar maps and faction selection maps.

Really nice work on the Egyptian makeover :)

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Awaiting_Germanic_Horde.jpg)

The New Look Gauls Await the Germanic Horde

Here are the list of features in v3:


- Barbarian UI from BI added to barbarian culture
- New Strat Map Captain for Gauls
- New Barbarian Officer and Carnyx Musician attached to Barbarian Units
- BI buildings added to campaign and battle map. Only Gaul has access to all of the buildings though.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Barbarian_UI.jpg)

New UI, Captain and Buildings

- Gallic Roster completely overhauled

- Battle AI script activated on battles (including custom battles!) instead of campaign. It actually works now, check it out!
*TO ACTIVATE BATTLE SCRIPT, CLICK THE BATTLE ADVISOR ONCE THE BATTLE BEGINS
- Druids available at all lvl3 Temples for Gauls
- Naked Fanatics changed to Gaesatae and now available only to Gaul as a mercenary unit. No other factions can hire them.
- Around 14 new units for the Gauls total.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Gallic_Army.jpg)

New Gallic Roster

I know the features list is sort of small, but the Gallic Roster is a lot larger and more complex, and it took a lot of time to make it.



Here is a look at the Gallic Roster in Detail:

Spoiler

GOVERNMENT

Tier1 - Warband & Gallic Levies

BARRACKS

Tier1 - Spear Warband & Sword Warband
Tier2 - Spearmen & Swordsmen

Tier3 - Veteran Spearmen & Veteran Swordsmen
Tier4 - Chosen Spearmen & Chosen Swordsmen
Tier5 - Gallic Champions

RANGE

Tier2 - Slingers & Skirmisher Warband
Tier3 - Archer Warband
Tier4 - Forester Warband & Ballistas
Tier5 - Onagers
STABLES
Tier2 - Gallic Light Cavalry
Tier3 - Gallic Cavalry
Tier4 - Gallic Heavy Cavalry

Tier5 - Gallic Noble Cavalry

Again, the main credits go to Lanjane  for helping me  create the roster on paper and then edit/make all the units and  graphics. Other credits go to: Macedon Expansion, Barbarians Revenge,  Rise of Empire, Extended Greek Mod and Extended Cultures Mod.

Download (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v3-gallic-pride)

For more visuals, check out the screenshots area on my moddb (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod) page!

Superb!

In case you didn't see, I featured this in the newsletter:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5747

:)

Very nice Jubal, I appreciate it!

Not many mods gave the Britons a chance.. forums everywhere debated  on what factions to replace them with. EB gave us the most accurate representation about 10 years ago, but no other mod tried. My own beloved RTR even scrapped them, and no vanilla mod did anything for them except maybe give them a few anachronistic units. That has all changed,  in v4 of my mod, you will find the Britons to be exceptionally well  done, all thanks to the wonderful and expert help of lanjane.
In vanilla, the Britons were a bit of a mysterious faction, until we all saw them destroying the Germans on every play through. They like the Gauls were a simple faction with chariots of death, in this mod much has  changed.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Britons_ready_for_the_Fray.jpg)

Britons ready for the Fray!

Here's the list of features in v4:
- Britannic roster completely overhauled
- Veggiemod by Robbe Aerts implemented (his work is amazing!)
- Higher Level Buildings available for Britons
- Grain Resource re-added as it's not a bug, take advantage of it in the 6 regions it is located in!
- Phalanx bugs fixed.. they are more cohesive and men don't slide backwards and glitch out
- Redid Fatigue.. All heat modifiers based on the vanilla -2 - 5 scale, and all units have either hardy or very_hardy. This is a better solution to turning fatigue completely off
- Mercenary Peltasts now have Peltast skin in mercenary color. Illyrian Mercenaries are back to the way they looked in vanilla.
- New Transparent bases under settlements.. No more white patches!
- New Strat Map Captains for each faction, thanks to crazyroman!
- Culture Specific Battering Rams, from tutorial made by Seasoned Alcoholic
- Towers rate of fire reduced, thanks to Robbe!
- Peasants in Settlement viewer don't have the faction colors anymore.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Britannic_Roster.jpg)

New Britannic Roster

The Britannic Roster in detail:

Spoiler

GOVERNMENT

Tier 1 - Warband & Youths
Tier 2 - Levies
BARRACKS
Tier 1 - Spear Warband & Sword Warband
Tier 2 - Spearmen & Axemen
Tier 3 - Swordsmen and Fanatic Spearmen
Tier 4 - Chosen Spearmen & Chosen Swordsmen
Tier 5 - Champions & Sword Masters
RANGE
Tier 1 - Slingers
Tier 2 - Skirmisher Warband
Tier 3 - Ambushers
Tier 4 - Archer Warband
STABLES
Tier 1 - Britannic Light Chariots
Tier 2 - Britannic Heavy Chariots
Tier 3 - Light Cavalry
TEMPLES
Tier 2 - Woad Warriors & Wolfhounds
Tier 3 - Druids
GENERALS
Barbarian Warlord (Chariot)
Barbarian Chosen Warlord (Heavy Cavalry)
The roster is a bit backwards in some regards but that is because the Ancient Britons were not as developed as the Gauls, they were somewhat behind the times. As the game begins in 270 BC, we didn't want to have a time warp, so the Britons will have a really weak roster to begin the game and later on develop into a very strong roster. This should change game play in that area of the map drastically.

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Chariots_charge_in_with_their_ja.jpg)

Chariots charge in with their javelins hurling!

DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION

DOWNLOAD HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v4-way-of-the-woad)

One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder.
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW

Features listed in the forum or the latest article, once approved!
For more visuals, check out the screenshots area on my moddb (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod) page!



CREDITS


Lanjane - Thank you for for the careful precision that you put into the units and their detail
crazyroman - Thank you for letting me use your mod!
Robbe Aerts - Thank you for all of your work with Veggiemod and allowing me to use it, as well as your advice on the phalanx bugs and fatigue, and finally slowing down the rate of fire of towers

Saul_Tyre - Thank you for testing and putting my mod into the youtube world!
EB - For the inspiration especially on Sword Masters and woad tattoos.
Suppanut - for explaining to me the secrets of the Grain Resource and how it's not a bug, but misunderstood and misused
Quinn_Inuit - for helping me with fatigue
BHL_20 - for testing and helping with the battle script
Seasoned Alcoholic - For tutorial regarding culture specific rams
webbird - For some elements of the new Woad Warrior model
Rise of Empire - Champions unit
comrade_general - Skin & UI for Barbarian Chosen Warlord from THS mod



Finally, thank you all for downloading and making this mod happen!
~ahowl11

Ooh, that's really cool :) As a Brit myself from Iceni country, I approve!

Who are the Britons?

The Germans have a few representations in the RTW modding world.  Realistic mods like EB, RS2, RTR and Res Gestae all have very nice  rosters. However for fans of a more simpler vanilla fee, they are lacking. XGM has a decent roster, but there still felt like a lot was lacking. In this mod, they finally got their overhaul.

The Germans are a hard faction to approach when modding. There is not  a whole lot to pull from and look at to get an accurate idea, but after some research, discussion and viewing other mods from other games, we came up with something that we believe really enhances the German faction. This is not aimed at historical realism, but more game play driven with a historical flavor to it.. With that being said, don't expect any mythical or fantastical units either! In this installment, you'll receive a brand new German roster and building tree, as well as night battles and some traits and ancillaries from BI. Other features and fixes will be listed below!

Here's the list of features in v5
- Germanic roster completely overhauled
- Bugs from Veggiemod fixed (no more random crashes from weather, climate or day types)
- Internal feature, but we saved over 30 unit slots. Lanjane has made  a few 'shared' models that each barbarian faction can use and still  have the unit look distinct based on culture. Kudos to him for this  idea, it was a lot of work, but it paid off! (This will allow for more  units in future releases)
- BI traits and ancillaries from BI that fit in the RTW timeframe  have been added. More will be added in future releases. Included are the  UI and sounds for messages.
- Night Battles from BI have been added fully. Some characters can fight night battles from the beginning, check it out.
- Britons have a small shakeup to their roster.. They lose Youth Slingers, but gain Britannic Slingers.. they will still have regular Slingers, now available in their government building. This was done mainly due to us wanting to conserve unit slots.
- Britons also lose their chariot general sadly :'(. They were not working well at all and I was getting a lot of negative feedback. Historically, chariots were just transportation service for nobles, so don't think that they were used like they were in vanilla! Britons now have standard Barbarian Warlord for an early general.
- Mercenary Peltasts have correct UI
- All units have working sprites, this took awhile and we had an entire day worth of CTD's but it was fixed and everything runs smoothly. If you have any issues with the sprites, please let me know.
- Teutoburg Forest Historical Battle updated to be playable with new Germanic roster.
- New Mercenary unit exclusive to the Germans, Harii Warriors. Look around to see where you can recruit them!

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Germanic_Roster.jpg)

New Germanic Roster

The Germanic Roster in detail:

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GOVERNMENT

Tier 1 - Warband
Tier 2 - Levies
BARRACKS
Tier 1 - Spear Warband & Clubmen
Tier 2 - Spearmen & Axemen
Tier 3 - Veteran Spearmen & Swordsmen
Tier 4 - Pikemen & Chosen Swordsmen
Tier 5 - Chosen Spearmen & Chosen Axemen
RANGE
Tier 1 - Slingers & Skirmisher Warband
Tier 2 - Archer Warband
Tier 3 - Forester Warband
STABLES
Tier 1 - Light Cavalry
Tier 2 - Heavy Cavalry
Tier 3 - Germanic Noble Cavalry
TAVERN
Tier 1 - Night Raiders
Tier 2 - Berserkers
TEMPLES
Tier 2 - Wolf Warriors
Tier 3 - Bear Warriors
EXCLUSIVE MERCENARY
Harii Warriors
GENERAL
Barbarian Warlord
Barbarian Chosen Warlord
The Germanic roster starts off very weak, you'll find it hard to sustain minimal casualties in the early game as nobody has armor and you basically have spears, clubs, javelins and slings. Germania is also a tough location to start in due to lack of population growth. If you can expand though, you have a lot of great warriors available that do AP damage and strike fear into their enemies. I broke down recruitment to also include the tavern, as vanilla uses it, I thought I would expand on that. So you have multiple ways to supply your Germanic raiding party!

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Romans_running_for_their_lives_a.jpg)

Romans running for their lives as the Harii give chase!

Download and Installation:

Download v5 HERE  (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v5-germanic-mystery)

One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder. *If Downloading v5 and you had v4 installed, delete your HRTW/data/world/maps/campaign/Alexander folder before installing v5.. it got cleaned up, and if not deleted your  campaign map will look a bit different than intended!*
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW


Credits:

- Lanjane for awesome unit detail, as well as a few ideas for internal benefit.
- Crazyroman for testing and support
- Robbe Aerts for willing to fix some bugs
- RTRPE for the Harii Warrior model, and parts of Veteran Spearmen Skin
- EB for hair and leather helmet, as well as inspiration
- Res Gestae and RS2 for inspiration
- Barbarians Revenge for Bear Warrior model
- ME and Lanjane for Chosen Axemen model
- XGM for Club model
- comrade_general - Skin & UI for Barbarian Warlord for Britons from THS mod


Finally, thank you all for downloading and making this mod happen!


~ ahowl11

Looks awesome, nice work on the britons

Shared models are so useful - I wish I'd had more for some of my mods. Good to see you managing to squeeze more from the engine! :)

Thanks Tusky! Jubal, yeah we are trying to really maximize the potential this time. I have downloaded and installed just about every mod, pack, feature, tool etc and I have combed through the RTW universe many times to find things that I like. I am hoping that this mod will be my grand finale and exit from the RTW modding scene. A lot of planning has gone into this mod and I learned a lot from my RTR journey so hopefully this can really make a lasting impact for RTW fans.

Nice :) Any ideas what you'll do after that, do you have any other games you might have a crack at modding or any other projects lined up? :)

Well this is going to be a lengthy project but hopefully unlike RTR not all spent on a main campaign. I'm hoping to make a lot of separate campaigns within this mod like Caesar or Hannibal. Doing it with vanilla should make it easier and quicker too.

Hopefully my work will slow down considerably this winter so I can help you more effectively. I kinda want to get back into some modding but perhaps not another full blown project of my own.

Ooh, I'd love to see a good Hannibal campaign.

CG that'd be great, its been a lot of fun so far. Jubal, yeah I have a ton of ideas so I'm trying to zoom through the grand campaign as quickly as possible.

Ahowl - sorry, side question, but does the RTR project still have a website? I noticed that the link from the Exilian frontpage is now broken.

I do not think it does anymore

Yet another faction that has not received a ton of love in the RTW modding community (aside from realistic overhauls). Dacia is a very interesting and diverse faction. Historically, they were located in modern day Romania, and were known as the Getae to the Greeks. A large debate has existed between scholars on whether the Dacians were actually part of the Thracian culture. Since RTW features both Dacia and Thrace I  thought I'd simply expand on that feature instead of merging them into  one faction like other mods.

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Veteran_Swordsmen_waiting_for_th.jpg)

Veteran Swordsmen waiting for the Romans to advance

The Dacians are more barbaric than Thracians so they keep the Barbarian culture, but we did majorly overhaul the look of their units.  Here are the features:
- Complete overhaul of Dacian Roster
- New Barbarian City models on the map, made by Lanjane
- New Bastarnae Mercenary unit model and texture
- Macedonian Cavalry units have normal unit sizes instead of unusually large sizes
The thing that bugged me about vanilla Dacia is that they were basically the Gauls in brown with a falxmen unit, and it was pretty boring. Now they have a full fledged roster full of unique units. Even the common units don't look like Gallic copies. See for yourself!

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Dacian_Unit_Roster.jpg)

The Dacian Unit Roster

The Dacian Roster in detail:

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GOVERNMENT

Tier 1 - Warband
Tier 2 - Levies
BARRACKS
Tier 1 - Spear Warband & Sword Warband
Tier 2 - Spearmen & Axemen
Tier 3 - Veteran Spearmen, Veteran Swordsmen, & Pikemen

Tier 4 - Chosen Spearmen & Chosen Swordsmen
Tier 5 - Chosen Pikemen & Champions
RANGE
Tier 1 - Slingers & Skirmisher Warband
Tier 2 - Archer Warband & Chosen Skirmishers
Tier 3 - Chosen Archers & Ballistas
Tier 4 - Onagers
STABLES
Tier 1 - Light Cavalry

Tier 2 - Heavy Cavalry & Dacian Horse Archers
Tier 3 - Dacian Noble Cavalry

TEMPLES
Tier 2 - Falxmen
GENERAL
Barbarian Warlord
Barbarian Chosen Warlord
The Dacian Roster is one of the most diverse, and the largest roster that we have formulated so far. They have a lot of heavy infantry, as well as good missile units and a diverse cavalry selection. They even have some siege units for the late game. All in all, this should make one of the more boring factions one of the most interesting factions in the game!

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Barbarian_Settlement_Models.jpg)New Barbarian City Models by Lanjane

Download and Installation:

Download v6 HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v6-sons-of-zalmoxis)


One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

If you have the last version of the mod, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder.
If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:
To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW




Credits:
- Lanjane for unit work, ui cards and new settlements, as well as fixing some sprites
- Kirilakristi for expert advice and analysis on Dacia
- crazyroman for testing
- Diadochi Total War for the Veteran Swordsmen, and Veteran Spearmen models as well as a texture
- Barbarians Revenge Mod for Dacian Noble Cavalry, and Dacian Horse Archer base models
- Macedon Expansion Mod for Chosen Skirmisher and Chosen Archer Warband base models
- Rise of Empire Mod for Chosen Spearmen, Pikemen, Chosen Pikemen, Champions and Heavy Cavalry base models
- 77 BC mod for Axemen base model


Finally, thank you all for downloading and making this mod happen!



~ ahowl11

Goddamnit, I'm going to have to rewrite a whole segment of tomorrow's newsletter on this now :P

Nice work!

Haha yeah I am trying to release something every 2-3 weeks

Those Dacians are looking good!  ;D

Got this in Updates again anyhow:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5792.0

:)

Thanks Jubal, Thrace is being worked on now, followed by Scythia.

Ooh, looking forward to seeing Thrace. Always one of my favourites :)

Thrace is by far the most obscure faction in Rome Total War. It seems like the devs had originally planned for an Illyrian faction when at the last minute, they decided to make Thrace instead. Why? Every faction in this game that is non roman had a significant war or series of wars against Rome. Thrace had some minor altercations it seems. I was so perplexed by the idea of this faction that I almost turned them into  Illyria. However, this is a vanilla enhancement mod that is supposed to  add some historical flavor, not a realism mod.. so I left them in, and  made them as interesting as possible!

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Thracian_Infantry.jpg)Thracian Infantry

Thrace is a weird faction to mod in game terms as well. They are 'greek' in culture but historically they seemed to be a mix of Greek and Barbarian. The engine doesn't allow us to do much with that, and I didn't want them to seem 'barbarian' so I kept them as Greek, but made their units wild and fearsome. This faction is extremely unique compared to some of the others, and they should be a lot of fun to play with!

Here is a list of all the features in V7:
- Complete Overhaul of Thracian Roster
- New Feature: Culture. This is based off the BI religion feature and heavily influenced by XGM
- Thracian 'Faction Destroyed' video now properly appears
- Two new music tracks added to non roman and non barbarian campaigns. They are the Greek and Eastern intro tracks
- Mod now runs with -noalexander. This enables intro videos to run again, so make sure you put that in your target line or the mod won't work!
- Thrace has an exclusive Mercenary Unit to recruit in it's homelands: Bastarnae
- All sprites are corrected, so there shouldn't be any missing anymore.
The Thracian Roster is large and diverse, a far cry from the vanilla faction that seemed so bare. Check it out!

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Thracian_Army.jpg)Thracian Army

The Thracian Army in Detail:

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GOVERNMENT

Tier 1: Peasants
Tier 2: Hillmen
BARRACKS
Tier 1: Swordsmen & Spearmen

Tier 2: Thracian Infantry & Thracian Spearmen
Tier 3: Veteran Infantry & Pikemen

Tier 4: Thracian Heavy Infantry & Royal Pikemen
Tier 5: Thracian Noble Infantry & Noble Falxmen
RANGE
Tier 1: Peltasts & Slingers
Tier 2: Archers and Thracian Peltasts
Tier 3: Heavy Peltasts & Ballistas
Tier 4: Noble Peltasts & Onagers
STABLES
Tier 1: Militia Cavalry & Thracian Lancers
Tier 2: Thracian Cavalry

Tier 3: Thracian Noble Cavalry
Tier 4: Thracian Heavy Cavalry
GENERAL
Thracian General
Thracian Armored General
MERCENARIES
Bastarnae
This was one of the most fun rosters to make, and it should make for a very interesting campaign. As a player, you have multiple strategies to choose from. There are strong infantry and skirmishers as well as cavalry. There are also pikemen, so a smart general will use his selection wisely!

Spoiler

(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/New_Feature_Culture.jpg)
New Feature: Culture!

DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION:
Download here (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v7-rise-of-the-serpent)

To Install:

One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.
READ CAREFULLY: If you have the last version of the mod, you must first go to HRTW/data/world/maps/campaign and delete the Alexander & Battlefields folders. Then, simply extract into the same location and overwrite your files. Make sure to delete the map.rwm file  in HRTW/data/world/maps/base folder. THEN in your target line, make sure to add -noalexander to the end of it.

If this is your first crack at my mod then follow these instructions:

To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!

Features listed in the forum or the latest article, once approved!



Credits:

- Lanjane for amazing unit cards and some model/texture edits as well as his own creations
- BHL_20 for his awesome work on culture. He gave it his own flavor, and it fits in perfectly!
- kirilakristi for analysis on Thracian Roster
- Mausolos for letting me not forget about the Bastarnae
- crazyroman for testing
- XGM for Noble Falxmen Model & Culture idea
- ME mod for some models & textures
- Barbarians Revenge Mod for some models and textures
- Rise of Empire mod for some models and textures
- webbird for Thracian face skin
- Everyone who's following and supporting this mod on moddb, Exilian and TWC
- Everyone on Slack who keeps the community alive

Finally, thank you all for downloading and making this mod happen!
- ahowl11

Very nice! The eye-shields are a fun touch :) I always loved Thrace as a faction, not sure why exactly.

Thanks Jubal, Scythia is next!

Any news on the Scyths? :)

If you follow the mod on twcenter.net you would have seen that yesterday I posted news of a Grand Christmas release...
Alrighty, this is slightly embarrassing but everything has changed.
Lanjane, the magnificent unit maker and ui creator, is no longer able to help the mod due to the fact that he needs to take care of things in RL, and he doesn't know if he will come back.. if he does, he doesn't know when. I want to personally thank him on all of the great things he has done for the RTW community, as well as my mods. I have known him since 2011, and I hope he can come back some day. Until then, I wish him the best of luck going forward in his life.
Now, the problem with him leaving is the mod now needs to change course in direction. There is absolutely no way I can continue with this mod and keep it consistent with what we have done with the previous releases, beginning with v3 Gallic Pride. I have to revert unit rosters to v2 Egyptian Makeover. Now, notice how I only said 'unit rosters', that means that all other features from v1-7 will stay in, as well as the intended features I had for v8..

Why am I going back to the old unit rosters?

I first need to provide a short backstory of why I am reverting:

In August I released the 2nd Version of the mod, making over Egypt. My plan was to then enhance all of the barbarian factions, by giving them some units to fill some holes. These were not going to be new units, but reskinned vanilla units. For example, Swordsmen for Germania, Archer Warband for Gaul. It was going to be it's own release, and I started with Gaul. One of the researchers who is no longer on the team convinced me to be more in depth with the rosters, and Lanjane also wanted this and offered to make the units. At first, I did not want to, I simply wanted vanilla style, with maybe some tweaks. However, Lanjane created some very beautiful units, and I could not resist.. thus Gallic Pride came about. However, I wondered if he would have enough desire and energy to continue with me on EVERY faction.. he seemed like he did, so we pressed on. The researcher left, and so the unit roster forming took a hit.. then around the Thracian release Lanjane became very busy and had no motivation to mod.. Then just today he gave me the news. With him gone, I see no need to continue with creating new units for every faction, as it's almost suicidal for the mod.. the mod simply WILL NOT live to see it's final state going in that direction. I have to go back to my original plan for units for this mod to succeed. Maybe when I am done, I can be more detailed with unit rosters.

So, why am I just not going with what I have, and making due with what is out there to continue?

It's simple: I want my mods to be consistent.. and by Lanjane leaving, his unit making and unit card making are no longer in the mod... There is no way the other factions will look or feel like the ones he worked on. The mod would be lopsided. Also, if I did continue in the same direction, it'd take me years to finish this. Even with Lanjane, we were not going to be finished until next fall as every faction is slowed down by the fact that units and their cards (and implementing them in general) are not easy or quick to make. It's a lot to implement a full unit, let alone a ton for each faction!
Put more simply: creating/editing units is hard and takes a long time, time that I do not have, or am willing to give. I am thankful that Lanjane did what he did, as it was not easy.

I will keep the old releases up and running, so you will always have access to the cool looking units, however I cannot continue in that direction.

The plan moving forward, and what you can expect?

I'll get all units and unit rosters reverted back to v2, where Egypt is a Hellenistic Kingdom. All other features will stay the same, so gameplay will remain..

For units going forward, I will first stick to vanilla units and reskins, to keep the original theme. I have a lot of other things that I would like to add into the mod to make the game balance complete, and by having units take a back seat, I can finally focus on finishing the mod.

Also, a map is in the making.. it is nothing crazy, but it will add more regions. We will see how far we get with that, and how it will effect the mod.

Units and unit rosters will eventually be reworked and may include Lanjane's works again.. but it will be different from what you have seen as of late. There are many mods out there that have many units that would fit into this mod.. I just want to finish the actual mod and worry about units later.

Finally, since I will be finishing the mod much more sooner than expected, this will allow me to have time to create separate mod campaigns that will give the game better immersion.

I hope this all has made sense.. I will try and get a pretty finished and stable product out for Christmas. If you have any questions, just ask. Just know that this mod is not dead, and that I am here to stay but I have to operate to my own accord and not rely on others.. because of this, expect a fully polished mod to be released much sooner.

Also, again many thanks to Lanjane, he is a dear friend of mine, and I wish him the best of luck.

~ahowl11

Hello and Merry Christmas!

It has been awhile since a release, but if you have not been following (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?791848-Some-Bad-News-but-it-s-also-Good-news), a lot has changed. In this version, all of the units that had been previously made are not included. Don't worry, eventually most of them will make it back in, and they are still available for download here if you want them.
This version seeks to pick up from where I left off in Version 2 (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/features/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod-v2-egyptian-makeover) but also retaining all of the features that were included in versions 3-7, except Barbarians getting 5 tiers of recruitment.

Here is what is included in v8.


Nomadic Culture:
This was ported straight from Barbarian Invasion, including all of  the traits and ancillaries that made sense for this time frame. It was given to Scythia only, and includes a new rebel banner, new city models for the map, and new portraits.
Vanilla Balance Mod:
This mod is located on totalwar.org (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/90798-Barbarossa82-s-Gold-Mod-Collection-Vanilla-Balance-Mod-VBM-for-BI-Alexander-Reborn) and I have taken most of it's features and added them to v8.


LANDBRIDGES
New land bridges - narrow stretches of water which  can be passed by both ships and armies - have been added to the campaign  map to compensate for the poor Naval invasion AI, and to promote the  growth of realistic-looking empires that straddle bodies of water. The  new landbridges are:

* Strait of Gibraltar, between Baetica and Mauretania.

* Strait of Messina, between Sicilia Romanus and Bruttium.

* Hellespont, between Propontis and Phrygia

* Dardanelles, between Propontis and Bithynia.
You can now expect to see empires that take in both Greece and Asia Minor, while Carthage sometimes invades southern Italy from Sicily if the Scipii are defeated.


* The game no longer revolves entirely around Rome, so factions' victory goals are individually tailored to their likely real-life ambitions. Whilst every faction must still conquer 50 provinces, the specific territories that must be included in those 50 now vary from faction to faction. For example the Spanish must conquer 50 provinces while ensuring that their empire includes Baetica, Taranonenis, Hispania and Celtiberia. Victory goals for the Roman families, the Gauls, the Germans and Carthage still include conquering Rome. The Successor kingdoms represented in the game - Macedonia, the Seleucid Empire and Egypt - share the goal of reuniting Alexander's empire by taking Pella, Antioch, Seleucia and Alexandria.


* Completed text for victory and defeat screens for every faction. No more lame generic "You have won, all your people celebrate" text when playing as Numidia, Dacia etc., the victory text for these is now just as specific and stirring as for the main factions!


* Capital of the province of Macedonia is now Pella, not Thessalonica


* There is a bonus cheat/feature, enabling the "perfect spy". This allows the player to see details of army composition and city details as if you had a spy right next to them, no matter how far away they are. To activate, press F1 while on the campaign map to bring up the keyboard  shortcuts scroll. Click on the question mark and when the advisor  appears, click the "show me how" button to activate the script. You can  deactivate it at any time by repeating this process. For best results,  use with the fog of war off.


* There is a bonus cheat/feature, enabling the "perfect spy". This allows the player to see details of army composition and city details as if you had a spy right next to them, no matter how far away they are. To activate, press F1 while on the campaign map to bring up the keyboard  shortcuts scroll. Click on the question mark and when the advisor  appears, click the "show me how" button to activate the script. You can  deactivate it at any time by repeating this process. For best results,  use with the fog of war off.


* The range of names for women in the Pontic, Armenian and Thracian factions has been increased to reduce the problem of repetitive family names. In pure vanilla it has been known for a general from one of these cultures to have a wife and three daughters all with the same name! Thrace and Pontus have gained some carefully-selected and appropriate names from the Macedonian list, while Armenia has received a small number of names from the Parthian list. These are culturally appropriate and historically justifiable (at least no less historic than pure Vanilla).


* All factions now have a public order bonus attached to the  Government building in any settlement, ranging from 5% for a Governor's  House to 25% for an Imperial Palace.


FACTION REBALANCING

* Summary: Various factions have been  strengthened and weakened by having their starting denarii, starting  provinces, armies, and sometimes units tweaked. This has been pretty  successful in generating a balanced campaign. Carthage, the Gauls, the  Germans and the Seleucids - the four big losers under pure vanilla - now  usually survive to 200BC at least, and will expand to powerful empires  in 30-50% of campaigns.


Britons

* Eburacum & Deva are now ruled by rebel Britannic tribes at the start of the game. (ahowl11's version)


Spain

* Carthago Nova lost to Carthage


Carthage

* Carthaginian empire now larger at game start, with Carthago Nova gained from Spain.
* Starting denarii increased
* Forces on Sicily slightly rebalanced
* Carthage can now recruit Scutarii at a City Barracks.
* Carthage can now recruit Archers at Lvl 2 Range
* Carthage can now build the top level of temples (Temple Complexes) in Huge Cities.
* Carthaginian Paved Road building card no longer shows pyramids in the background!


Roman Families

* Praetorian Guard now only recruitable in Rome,  reducing the unrealistic Praetorian-dominated armies often seen in late  game. (ahowl11's Version)
* First Cohorts can now be recruited in  each Roman family's starting capital, as well as Rome. Early Legionary  Fist Cohorts can be trained at an Army Barracks and Legionary First  Cohorts at an Urban Barracks in Arretium, Capua, Rome and Tarentum.


Greek Cities

* Diplomat moved from Sicily to Aetolia
* Pergamum gets an extra Militia Hoplite


Pontus

* Scythed Chariots can now be recruited only from a level 2 smith and above instead of level 1.
* Pontus can now build sewers and paved roads.


Seleucid Empire

* Starting denarii slightly increased
* Sidon gained from Egypt with modest garrison
* Some other starting garrisons increased, with a unit of cataphracts in Hatra (most nations get a "bonus late military unit" which they can't recuit, the Seleucids originally didn't).
* Better walls around Antioch and Hatra
* Scythed Chariots can now be recruited only from a level 2 smith and above instead of level 1
* In one of the most successful bits of modding, removed the river crossing from the river between Armenia and Assyria, ending the Armenians' manic obsession with Hatra and greatly improving the chances of the Seleucids surviving the first 50 years.


Parthia

* Parthia can now build sewers and paved roads.


Egypt

* Shrines removed from all cities to make presence of garrison more necessary at start of game
* Sidon lost to Seleucid Empire
* Base farming levels of Nile provinces very slightly reduced. They still collectively constitute the world's most fertile region though.


Armenia

* Armenia can now build sewers and paved roads.


Rebels

* Garrisons of Petra, Bostra, Ancyra, Nicomedia and  Apollonia increased, within reason, along with a small Judean Army near Jerusalem.


EVENTS

Quite a few of the historical events found in the campaign  don't actually happen as no date had been set for them. With a bit of historical research to find out when they happened, they are now back in the game. Look out for espionage in carthage and the completion of the great library at Alexandria. These have no effect on gameplay, they just  restore a little flavour that CA put in and then took out for some reason.


New Units:

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/HRTW_v8_Units.jpeg)

The New units in v8

Okay so they aren't exactly 'New Units' as they are all vanilla  units. However, they are all units that I felt should have been on their factions in vanilla. I also removed some units, here is the Log:

Armenia - Gains: Eastern Light Cavalry (renamed Pontic Light Cavalry), Eastern Heavy Cavalry (renamed Pontic Heavy Cavalry) Imitation Legionaries (Armenian Legionaries name changed) *Post-Marius Unit


Britons - Gains: Axemen, Naked Fanatics, Skirmisher Warband, Archer  Warband, Barbarian Cavalry, Barbarian Warlord, Barbarian Chosen Warlord;  Loses: Head Hurlers, Britich Light Chariots, Barbarian Warlord (Chariot); Changes: Woad Warrior now at lvl 2 recruitment, Naked Fanatics at lvl 3 Andrasta


Carthage - Gains: Scutarii, Archers


Dacia - Gains: Axemen, Bastarnae, Slingers, Skirmisher Warband, Barbarian Noble Cavalry (renamed Gothic Cavalry - Barbarian Noble Cavalry from vanilla now known as 'Barbarian Heavy Cavalry') Loses: Naked Fanatics; Changes: Bastarnae available from lvl 3 temple


Egypt - Gains: Heavy Peltasts, Macedonian Cavalry


Gauls - Gains: Slingers, Archer Warband, Barbarian Noble Cavalry


Germans - Gains: Warband, Swordsmen, Chosen Swordsmen, Slingers,  Archer Warband, Barbarian Noble Cavalry; Loses: Spear Warband, Naked  Fanatics, Chosen Archer Warband


Greek Cities - No changes


Macedon - Gains: Heavy Peltasts, Militia Cavalry


Numidia - Gains: Town Militia, Elephants, War Elephants *Numidian Legionaries Post-Marian unit now


Parthia - Gains: Peltasts (Eastern), Cataphract Archers; Loses: War Elephants, Cataphract Camels


Pontus - Gains: Imitation Legionaries  *Post-Marius Unit; Loses: Chariot Archers


Roman Families - Gain: Samnite Infantry; Lose: Roman Archers, Urban  Cohort; Changes: Town Watch is now Post Marian, Cavalry Auxilia is now  Post Marian. Triarii is now available at tier 3 Barracks. Also, changes  from VBM mod implemented.


Scythia - Gains: Warband, Skirmisher Warband


Seleucids - Gain: Heavy Peltasts, Macedonian Cavalry


Spain - No Changes


Thrace - Gain: Levy Pikemen, Heavy Peltasts, Light Lancers, General's  Bodyguard, General's Armoured Bodyguard; Lose: Thracian Bodyguard,  Barbarian Chosen Warlord


Other Features:

-All Nomad Ancillaries & Traits added from BI
-Warlord Trait Added from BI and given to each Barbarian/Nomadic faction
-Spear of Wotan Ancillary added from BI and given to the Germans
-Added Greek and Eastern Advisors & UI from BI and Alexander

Download and Installation:

DOWNLOAD HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v8-nomads-on-the-horizon)
-If you have an old HRTW version, delete it as this will not work with it.


-One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

-To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory, or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander


IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!

CREDITS:

crazyroman - Support, testing and fixes
bhl_20 - Deleting a river crossing to prevent Armenian swarm on Hatra
xeofox - Nomad Settlements, Portraits
Barbarossa82 - Vanilla Balance Mod
comrade_general - Textures and unit cards from THS mod
xcmhx - Textures, models and unit cards from Rome: Total War Enhanced
Barbarians Revenge Mod - Textures and unit cards
Macedon Expansion - Textures and unit cards
Guerro Sabino - Textures and unit cards
Lanjane - Textures and unit cards
Extended Greek Mod - Some descriptions, textures and unit cards
All of you - For Helping, testing and playing this mod, thank you!

Pity to hear about the modelling problems - it's always been one of the limiting factors on TW mods in my experience. The new set of changes sound good, especially the land bridges - the lack of decent naval AI is really frustrating with the RTW engine at times.

Yeah but it's the reality and I'll have to make do with my limited abilities. Luckily there are so many mods out there and I can reskin pretty well, so I think I'll be okay.
Regarding Naval AI, we are actually discussing how to further improve it.

Any news on this?

It has been awhile  since I released Nomads on the Horizon. Life endeavors and  responsibilities definitely take priority sometimes. In this release, I  mainly focused on the Rebels and Mercenaries. However I also gave a lot  of attention to the AI and it's expansion patterns. There are many path  finding issues in vanilla that have been fixed thanks to a very thorough  research thread on totalwar.org also some bugs with the Nomads have  been fixed and a few scripts were fixed and added.

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Spain Can now have a more direct line of attack to Numantia

Here is a full list of map edits and other features:
* - Fixed all Clipping/Distance issues on map from this thread:
Forums.totalwar.org (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php/63614-Game-AI-stuff-)(1-5)/page3
- Sardis to Ancyra
- Ancyra to Mazaka
- Patavium to Salona
- Apollonia to Segestica
- Cirta to Tingi
- Armavir to Mazaka
- Armavir to Sinope
- Phraaspa to Hatra
- Phraaspa to Seleucia
- Larissa to Athens
- Narbo Martius to Lugdunum
-Sautes of Thrace now is unstuck and goes for Byzantium
-Vindex of Gauls now is unstuck and goes for Massilia
-Officers, Musicians and Standard Bearers added to Mercenary units
-Fixed Nomad Routing Banner Glitch
-Fixed Nomad Settlement UI Glitch
-Fixed Perfect Spy Script
-Added Control Faction Script

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Pontus and Armenia now have a direct connection

Units:
I have added 19 mercenary units and 17 Rebel units to the map. This adds the same amount of diversity to the game as in v8 when I added specific units to each faction. This should conclude the reskins that seem reasonable to include in the game. However I might still have a few in the future.

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New Mercenaries

The New Mercenaries:
Eastern Heavy Cavalry
Eastern Light Cavalry
Eastern Slingers
Mercenary Phalangites
Eastern Skirmishers
Hillmen
Illyrian Cavalry
Numidian Javelinmen
Mercenary Peltasts
Germanic Axemen
Scythian Axemen
Gallic Swordsmen
Woad Warriors
Numidian Archers
Iberian Light Cavalry
Iberian Infantry
Iberian Cavalry
Eastern Archers
Cappadocian Cavalry

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New Rebel Units

The New Rebels:
Libyan Spearmen
Eastern Light Cavalry
Slingers (Carthaginian)
Hillmen
Skirmishers (Eastern)
Slingers (Eastern)
Archers (Greek)
Light Lancers
Desert Infantry (only will appear in Arab lands)
Samnite Spearmen
Scutarii
Axemen
Swordsmen
Warband (Replacing the round shield warband)
Skirmisher Warband
Slingers (Barbarian)
Archers (Carthaginian)


Sprites are included with all units!


DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION:

DOWNLOAD HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v9-rebels-mercenaries)


-If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save compatible.

-One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.


-To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War Directory,  or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory. when  making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch  options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander


IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!


CREDITS:

crazyroman - Support, testing and fixes
bhl_20 - Fixing Perfect Spy Script and Adding Change Faction Script
comrade_general - Textures and unit cards
xcmhx - Textures, models and unit cards from Rome: Total War Enhanced
Barbarians Revenge Mod - Textures and unit cards
Macedon Expansion - Textures and unit cards
Guerro Sabino - Textures and unit cards
Lanjane - Textures and unit cards, new mercenary officers
Extended Greek Mod - Textures and unit cards
Michael333 - Some Unit Cards
Gigantus - Helping me with some mapping tricks
PJW6 - Testing
Foxcon - Testing

All of you - For Helping, testing and playing this mod, thank you!

~ahowl11

Nicely done! Good range of additional mercs as well :)

It has been about 3  months since I released v9. I hope you all have enjoyed it because a new  version is now here to take up your time! Being busy with a career and  social life is the main reason why it's taken awhile to get this release  out, but also partly because as this mod gets more polished and  detailed it requires more attentive care and time. I like to make sure  that what I am putting it works properly. I hope you all can understand,  and can appreciate the versions I release, whenever I find time to do  so.

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Romans Storming Segesta

So what's new in v10? Well, a lot to be honest. First and foremost I  have made the culture mechanic more immersive by adding a Native Culture  building and Colony building. Those who have played Extended Greek Mod  (XGM) and it's spin offs know what I am talking about.

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The New Colony System

For those who have not, basically in the Ancient world there were  many cultures. These have been condensed into 3 main cultures based off  the BI religion feature. There's Tribal, Greco-Roman and Eastern. Each  settlement has a native culture attached to it via an indestructible  building. Native culture is not changeable and remains a constant  throughout the game. The second building is a colony system that has 4  levels and also represents each culture. By building a colony that  differentiates from the native culture it will bring unrest, however it  is needed if you want to recruit. A new wrinkle to this system is the  third new building, which is the Recruitment Center. This building  requires the colony to be built before it can be built, and requires an  upgrade in the colony before it can be upgraded. The recruitment center  is the building in which you can recruit units based on what military  buildings are present. If no military building is present (barracks,  range, stable) then no units can be trained. Basically it's vanilla  recruitment with two added steps. The reason for all of this is to slow  the game down and make it more strategic. Historically factions were not  able to pump out their homeland troops in foreign territory right after  conquering it. It took some assimilation before anything could be done.  The assimilation process in the VE mod is by building a colony,  withstanding the unrest, and then building a recruitment center along  with the 3 military buildings.

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The New Recruitment System

Here is an example. If you are playing as the Julii and you conquer  Segesta you'll be dealing with a Tribal culture. If you don't build a  colony, the populace will be happy, but you will not be able to recruit  any units, so you can let it be an economic hub that has it's population  grow quickly. Your other option is to build a colony, and a recruitment  center. This will convert your populace but they won't be as happy.  Segesta is small enough to manage without issue. However, other cities  later in the game might be a lot more unhappy and possibly revolt  against you, so be wise as the game goes on.

Okay, so obviously we don't want this to ruin the game right? Having revolts left and right just because you want to build an army isn't fun. So, a major change has been made in addition to these new buildings. It  is now possible to build multiple temples in a settlement once the settlement reaches the city size. The way is works is if you have Arretium, you have your choice of 3 temples. Choose one to be your main deity in the city. Once you upgrade it to a city, you can then build the  shrines of the other temples. Not only will these give the small happiness bonuses but they will also give off their original bonuses as well (pop growth, trade increase etc depending on the temple). These shrines will not be able to be upgraded as you will have one main temple to upgrade. The reasoning behind this is populaces worshipped multiple deities, so it's a way to simulate that, and also, the happiness bonuses  will offset the unrest as your city continues to grow. Normal overpopulation unrest applies as well, so managing cities isn't going to be as easy as in vanilla. To balance further, I have removed the law bonuses from the Governors palace. I don't want this to be too easy!

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Multiple Temples can be built Immediately in Sparta

A few smaller but still significant changes in the campaign are new  ai personalities, that should serve the purpose of each faction better  and gladiators are no longer recruitable but they'll still pop up in the  Gladiator revolt. Also, temples are no longer required to train units.  This should help the barbarian factions have some more diversity in  their recruitment. Finally, the Britons have had their starting generals  adjusted to different locations so they can actually expand and not get  stuck all game.
Next, some changes to battles. The main thing I worked on was Hoplite warfare. It was a bit annoying and buggy with the old formations (short_pike) but after testing the Diadochi TW mod I think I have found the solution without having to do anything drastic. Hoplites now have a normal fighting animation and no longer have the bugged short_pike phalanx. Instead they are very compact in formation, and stay together in a fight instead of moving around independently. The battle results are better and it looks accurate.

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Hoplite_Battle.png)

Hoplites fight in cohesive groups and don't get jumbled together

Along with hoplites fighting better, are more accurate formations.  These are still works of darth, but they were specifically made for XGM  and they seem to work very well!

Finally, there wouldn't be a release without some new units right? I have added 13 new units, changed models of a few more and adjusted stats to fit in with the original unit roster. All of these units were either  unused or I simply mounted or dismounted current units to make new  ones. Spear Warband and Pikemen will fight uniquely, adding some flavor  to the barbarian armies.

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The New Units

The list of new or edited units:

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- Spear Warband (britons, dacia, gauls, germans, slave) - this unit  uses short_pike and fights differently than a typical Warband

- Chosen Spearmen (dacia, gauls, germans, slave)

- Pikemen (dacia, germans) - this unit has phalanx but no unique pike
- Scythian Horse Archers (dacia)
- Iberian Spearmen (spain, slave)
- Iberian Light Cavalry (spain, slave)
- New Peltast model & texture (armenia, pontus, slave) -old one remains with Parthia and Slave
- Heavy Peltasts (armenia, pontus, slave)
- Elite Archers (armenia, parthia)
- Persian Light Cavalry (parthia, slave)
- Persian Cavalry (parthia, slave)
- New Horse Archer model & texture (armenia, parthia, slave)
- Kinsmen (armenia, parthia)
- Slingers (egypt, greek_cities, macedon, seleucid, thrace, slave)
- New texture for Rhodian Slingers
- Sprites are included for all units!

Here is the full list of features:

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- New Native Culture building

- New Colony building
- New Recruitment System and Building
- Multiple Temples able to be Built
- Temples not required to train units (other than Sacred Band for Carthage)
- New AI Personality combinations, unique for each faction
- Gladiators no longer recruitable, but still appear in revolts
- Law bonus removed from Governors building
- Britons unstuck
- New Hoplite Warfare mechanics
- New formations from Darth's XGM version
-13 New units with 40 different skins

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION:

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DOWNLOAD HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v10-colonies-temples-and-recruitment#downloadsform)

- If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save compatible.
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

- To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War  Directory, or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory.  when making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander


IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!
Want to follow this mod more closely and be more involved? Then join the Rome Total War Community server on discord here! Discord.gg (https://discord.gg/XCAkrBx)

CREDITS:

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- Suppanut for all of his advise and helping me figure out buildings and temples

- XGM for the base of my ideas

- XC for some building cards
- Lanjane for some excellent UI's (hidden since 2011)
- Andalus for his Additional Unitpack which inspired me to do mounted and dismounted units. Also some Unit cards
- RedFox for his DTW mod which has very accurate Hoplite warfare
- Darth for his XGM specific formation files
- Aradan for his knowledge on the EDB that makes this recruitment system possible
- The New Discord community for testing and giving feedback (crazyroman, BHL_20, foxcon, PJW6, Crysix, Lanjane, Suppanut, Robbe, Saul_Tyre, Mausolos)
All of you - For Helping, testing and playing this mod, thank you!

Agh, I never replied to this!

I really like the look of this - the colony system is a fun way to do things. Though part of me always wants to just accept all the other peoples I conquer as equal citizens and keep training all their local units, though I guess that's not so much in the spirit of a Total War game :P

New units look nice too! Hope you're doing well gnerally.

Haven't checked back here in awhile, my apologies! Yeah the colony system is used to slow down expansion a bit. Also, another release is right around the corner!

No probs, nice to see you when you get here :) Look forward to seeing what's next!

Well, looks like I am  following a three month trend when it comes to releases! In May I  focused on some inner mechanics to the game that would make the campaign  a bit more complex and harder. This time around my focus has been on  two things: Adding regions to the map to make it more historically  accurate and fun, as well as getting all BI and ALX units in that fit  the time frame. The map is largely untested, and you will notice some  cookie-cutter garrisons and settlements. This will all be updated to be  more unique in time, but I really need to have testing done to see what  is working well, and what isn't. The economy has not been touched, and  neither has population growth, so I expect some wacky test results  coming up! The good news is the campaign should not CTD hardly at all.  Multiple tests have gone deep into the game without issue. Also, battle  CTD's should be taken care of since I have fixed the few sprite and DMB  issues that were occurring from the last version. Finally, a few small  but quite significant changes have been added. First is a revolutionary  formations system, crafted by Suppanut. Him and I went through every mod  and combined all unique formations that were applicable to this mod. So  now players will be able to play with unique formations from Darth  Vader, Sinhuet, Marcus Camillus, RedFox and more! Second is Robbe's  continued work on the environments and map. In this mod you will find  better looking farmland on the battlefield, new noises in the battle  map, as well as better coastlines and features on the campaign map.

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The Roman Manipular Formation

The first order of business in this mod was the map, and it took  about two months to finish as I went area by area, carefully adding in regions and garrisons. Over the 8 years of modding and reading books as well as having conversations online I have a pretty good grasp of what cities were prevalent at the time of Rome Total War. So I whipped up a list, and went from there. Mapping actually is something I have learned recently, at least the basics. It is quite fun if you know your way around the files. Anyways, the map is pretty evened out at first glance, but as I said, I really need a lot of testing and feedback to see how it really works and what adjustments need to be made.

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Antigonos sits on his throne in Pella, planning on making Greece his own

A few things you will notice in the mini-map above are the fact that the Gauls and Greeks have been altered the most. Both of these factions were 'super-factions' in RTW and my intent here was to stay with that theme. The Greeks portray the Chremonidean League as well as Syracuse and Massilia in the west. The Gauls now are severely split to prevent a Gallic Kingdom from forming. They represent the Arverni, Insubres, Boii,  Tylis and Galatians now. I also moved the Germans a bit east to Maetonium to represent the Bastarnae. The reasoning for some of these moves were to keep Dacia in check, which seems overpowered in early testing. The Romans still expand, but they aren't the unstoppable force we are used to seeing in vanilla. I will continue to work on balance in the next release. For now, please give me as much detailed feedback on the map as possible!

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The Roman Families are poised to strike in every direction!

The second part of this release is all focusing on units. This took  me about a month, and a lot of work was put in to get to the point of  release today. Basically, I wanted to include every single unit from  Barbarian Invasion and Alexander that made sense for the RTW timeframe.  Most units were added with appropriate reskins, but a lot of the  'Steppe' units in BI I had to look elsewhere, or make to have them fit  in with the other units. Many thanks goes to the Barbarians Revenge Mod,  that was made by Dick and Alexander. It's a Russian mod, but it has  many good looking units. Also, as you'll see, a few units from previous  versions when Lanjane was helping have made it back in!

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Factional Units

From Top Left to Bottom Right:
Hounds of Culann, Kardakes (Pontus), Britannic Light Chariots (stats based off Scotti Chariots), Hypaspists, Kardakes (Armenia)
Parthian Cataphracts, Thracian Cavalry, Scythian Mounted Archers, Steppe Warriors, Steppe Horse Archers
Herdsmen, Steppe Lancers, Steppe Nobles, Steppe Raiders, Steppe Spearmen

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Rebel Units

From Top Left to Bottom Right:
Arab Raiders, Arab Axemen, Desert Archers, Arab Hillmen, Arab Lancers/Desert Chieftain
Desert Cavalry, Peasants, Tribal Slingers, Barbarian Spearmen, Javelin Skirmishers
Thracian Cavalry, Barbarian Archers, Barbarian Cavalry, Barbarian Horse Archers, Barbarian Sicklemen
Barbarian Swordsmen, Steppe Horse Archers, Steppe Lancers, Runaway Slave Spearmen, Steppe Raiders
Steppe Spearmen, Steppe Warlord, Herdsmen

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Mercenary Units

From Top Left to Bottom Right:
Cretan Archers, Greek Cavalry, Agrianian Javelinmen, Paeonian Cavalry, Phrygian Infantry
Bosporan Infantry, Thessalian Cavalry, Thracian Cavalry, Illyrian Skirmishers, Thracian Infantry
Sarmatian Noble Cavalry, Dahae Mounted Archers, Barcanian Cavalry, Scythian Mounted Archers, Mardian Archers
Cyrtian Javelinmen, Hyrcanian Cavalry, Median Cavalry, Median Infantry, Median Skirmishers,
Mountain Men, Mountain Slingers, Persian Archer Spearmen, Persian Cavalry, Sarmatian Armoured Archers

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More Senate offices to reflect the Roman Senate more accurately

As the map and units were being worked on a few miscellaneous changes  were also made. Some by me, and some from the help of the community.
- Since many units were added to Scythia, they have an almost completely different roster. Most of the old units have been removed
- Robbe made a better farm look on the battlefield
- Robbe updated his veggie mod to include sounds from M2TW
- Robbe made parts of the map more geographically accurate
- crazyroman added in an Eastern Officer from Barbarian Invasion
- suppanut added in his brand new formations system which combines every formation system in existence into one large immersive one
- After reading a small article from a blogger, I increased the amount of Senate Offices to best reflect the amount of Senators.
- I also gave been toying around with the Senate as a whole, there is not much to change.
- All BI/ALX units have their stats taken from Darth's BI and ALX mods, to go in line with the Darth Stats of Vanilla
- All Roman units have more secondary HP's than other factions as it makes them more powerful on auto-resolve. The goal is to make the Romans that terrifying force that you will inevitably fight, just like in vanilla.
- Made Pirate Ships very weak
- Gave Officers to All Roman units and made them all very_hardy
What I'd like from anyone downloading this and playing is to give me as detailed as reviews as possible when it comes to the AI on the campaign map and battle map.
I need to know about how the formations are working, how much population growth is, how easy is it to make money, and how quickly does the AI expand, particularly the Romans.
DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION:
DOWNLOAD HERE (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v11-map-overhaul-bialx-units-formations#downloadsform)
- If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save compatible.
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

- To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War  Directory, or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory.  when making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander

IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!
Want to follow this mod more closely and be more involved? Then join the Rome Total War Community server on discord here! Discord.gg (https://discord.gg/XCAkrBx)
CREDITS:
- Suppanut for his formations
- AqD for Bosporan Infantry model
- Barbarians Revenge for Scythian/Steppe models and textures
- Lanjane for Hounds of Culann, Britannic Light Chariots and Barbarian Sicklmen Sica fix
- Michael333 for some recolored unit cards
- comrade_general for some reskins and recolored unit cards
- Robbe for the farms, M2TW sounds and map changes
- crazyroman for his BI officers
- The New Discord community for testing and giving feedback (crazyroman, BHL_20, foxcon, PJW6, Crysix, Lanjane, Suppanut, Robbe, Saul_Tyre, Mausolos, Kazan)
All of you - For Helping, testing and playing this mod, thank you!

Well, as you can see  it didn't take me long to follow up on my last release! Things are  really picking up steam now as the grand scheme to this mod is starting  to come together. Starting with this version, my mod will become  increasingly more diverse, immersive and fun! I have always intended to  keep the vanilla looks and feel, but make the game harder, more complex  and in the end more realistic and historically accurate. In the last  version, you received a pretty map, but with an easy economy that was  over inflated. After a few turns you could purchase a huge mercenary  army and then have some left over. To me, this makes the game way too  easy and eventually boring.

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Like this captain in Carthage, I too wanted economic peace

So, In the footsteps of my friend Quinn_Unit from TWC, I decided to use the economy he made for Extended Realism Mod (ExRM). This economy focuses on farming for income. Here, I will let him explain it:

Quote

QuoteFarming and Growth:
Income  from farms was historically the major source of income for most states,  yet the RTW engine heavily privileges trade (especially sea trade). As a  result of this, in a well-balanced mod, you won't be able to recruit  and sustain a major army from inland regions. If you could, then you'd  have to be able to recruit huge armies from the coastal regions.

We've  fixed this by leveraging the game's "tax income" feature into a  farm-based income system. Regions are given tax income multipliers based  on both their base fertility and the level of farming improvements  there. Many improvements also give minor income tax penalties to  represent maintenance and/or pollution costs, but they always make up  for it in other ways. This forces players to be careful to build  infrastructure only where they actually need it.

This ensures that farming (in most regions) is a more important source of wealth than trade, but that trade remains important to your overall income stream. This system allows inland regions to support troops just as well as coastal ones, or at least nearly as well. (A new "river ports" system that increases trade bonuses in regions with great rivers also helps.)

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You now generate income from farming

Now that farms are at the heart of the economy, what about the crazy population boom that comes next? All veteran RTW players know what building too many farms can do! Don't worry, Quinn explains:

QuoteAs you can imagine, this system  required us to tackle growth, as well. Astute players will have noticed  that growth in most RTW mods (to say nothing of the unmodded game) is  heavily weighted toward the early game, since a base fertility level of 6  is equivalent to L2 farms + L2 sewers + L2 trader. We thought this made  games too quick while simultaneously deprecating the importance of  proper region management. So we set up a system of slow, balanced growth  that relies more on buildings and less on base fertility.

This allows for the measured growth of regions, and rewards careful management by players. It should also reduce the occurrence of population-growth-induced rioting, since such growth cannot get out of control now. Your people may still have reasons to riot, but displeasure at ahistoric population growth rates will no longer be one of them.

We've also added a Herding building tree  for nomadic cultures that they can choose instead of the agricultural  tree. This allows them to develop their populations in a more realistic  fashion.

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Herds can be built by factions who historically were nomadic and lived around poor farmland

Okay, farming income - check. Population Growth - check. Trade?? - Check!

QuoteYou'll see a few new trade  resources in the game, such as salt and fish. We thought these were more  important than some of the existing ones, and allowed us to more  accurately portray the strategic significance of some cities.

Much  more has changed "under the hood" with the trading system. Fewer  buildings provide trade bonuses now, and many of those that do provide  such bonuses only boost land trade. This allows us to keep trade income  from become the main source of income for almost all factions, like it  is in the unmodified game, and it also prevents the income from sea  trade from completely overshadowing land trade income. Trade is still  very important, of course, but it's now just one part of a balanced  budget.

We also went through and carefully documented the major trade routes and centers of the time, then added them to the game with an eye to making in-game trading behaviors map as closely as possible to real-life ones. For instance, the amber resource is placed in-game such that the Amber Road will replicate itself as you  play.

Here are the rest of the changes:
- Grain is a powerful resource, and thus has been strategically  placed in the world based on historical accuracy. Every region that  borders a region with grain, gets a grain import boost to the economy.
- Not every city with a port generated lucrative trade.. Now only major historical ports will be able to have trade fleets
- River ports have been added to generate more trade income for regions that were on the large navigable rivers and that had no access to the sea.
- A new Vineyard building has been added to generate income based off of Viticulture and the Wine resource.
- Last but not least, sea trade has been cut back by 60% or so. This means that you won't generate enormous amounts of denarii just because you built a few ports. It's going to take a lot more than that to get your finances to where you want them to be.
The last feature from ExRM is not only a trade resource, but a new wrinkle into recruitment by limiting the amount of regions that can recruit heavy cavalry. Quinn explains in detail:

QuoteHeavy shock cavalry are well-known  to us now, but at the time this game takes place they were still a  relative novelty in the world. These men and their trained mounts were a  valuable resource, warriors more grown than made. A key factor in the  decline of the Seleucid Empire's dominance was its access to the great  cavalrymen of Media, Bactria, Cappadocia, and Syria, and its gradual  loss of those possessions rapidly accelerated the decline in its  military fortunes. However, the basic game gives us no way to replicate  the strategic significance of such major sources of cavalrymen.

As a result, we've added a "horses" resource to the map. Wherever this resource is visible, you'll be able to train heavy cavalry. Elsewhere, you'll only have access to your generals' bodyguards, to represent the relatively few nobles in these regions that could be called upon to act as heavy cavalry.

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If a Horse is present, you'll get minimal trade but be able to recruit heavy cavalry

Once all of ExRMs economic features were added, I looked at the  Mundus Magnus mod made by ngr. Luckily enough, he also had Fish, Salt,  Horses and Ivory that tied in well with the ExRM economy.
The other cool feature that I had never really paid attention to, was the fact that he added other models to the settlement viewer. I decided to add Generals, Captains, officers and militia to each settlement view to give it a more lively look. Little things can make a difference!
The main thing I wanted (and many of you have been asking for, for months now) were the faction symbols. I took them all, and they really do spruce up the game! Gurrerro Sabino is responsible for the Macedonian symbol.

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New Faction Symbols from Mundus Magnus

Mundus Magnus also had a few units, but after some snooping around I  found that the units came from a little known mod called Ptolemaic Egypt  Mod. This mod was made by Titus Andronicus and sleighr back in 2005 and  had some amazing units. I added most of them, as well as a unit made by  Tulius Hostilius.

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Syrian Archers, Bowmen, Neo-Cretan Archers, Auxiliary Pikemen,  Skirmishers, Greek Lancers, Machimoi Pikemen, Ptolemaic Cavalry, Judean  Zealots, Aetolian Cavalry, Mauri Archers, Nubian Archers, Nubian  Infantry

Finally, I went through each settlement and region and gave as accurate as cultural ownerships as possible. When playing as the Seleucids and Ptolemies some of your cities won't start as Greek, but instead eastern or something else. This better replicates the difficulties these Kingdoms had with the local populace.
Oh, last but not least, Spain has finally been renamed to Iberia! Yay!

Full Features list:
- New Economic System from ExRM - new farming buildings, port bonuses, river ports, accurate resources, herds, and vineyards.
- Grain distributed strategically and historically to provide population boosts
- Sea Trade Reduced by 60% and no more pirates! (For now)
- Heavy Cavalry recruitment dictated by Horse resource
- Ivory now tradeable
- New faction symbols from Mundus Magnus
- More enhanced Settlement View with more models being shown
- New units from Ptolemaic Egypt mod and Tulius Hostilius
- Cultures of regions and settlement updated to reflect accuracy and the difficulty of managing multiple cultures across a Kingdom.
Also, a few CTD's were fixed!
- Fixed CTD fighting rebels in Italy by adding a rebel version of a Centurion and Signifier
- Fixed CTD when besieging Olbia and Tyras, it was a vegetation issue, fixed by Robbe.


To finish, I am very excited for this release. I think it's kind of like pandoras box in how it will open up this mod to be multi-dimensional going forward. Please give feedback, it is much appreciated!


DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION:



DOWNLOAD HERE

 (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/ahowl11s-ve-mod-v12-economy-resources-population-growth#downloadsform)

- If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save compatible.
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

- To Install, simply extract HRTW into your Rome Total War  Directory, or if you use steam, your Rome Total War Alexander Directory.  when making a shortcut, use the Alexander.exe or in steam go to Launch options and include this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander


IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS, NOTHING WILL WORK!




CREDITS:
- Quinn_Inuit for his entire economy that he worked hard on. You  truly set an amazing standard for RTW research and modding, and I am  happy to call you a friend.


- ngr for his Mundus Magnus mod. It's features are now fully utilized, and the symbols are a perfect upgrade.


- Titus Andronicus and sleighr for their Ptolemaic Egypt mod.


- Robbe for fixing the CTD around Olbia and Tyras


- Tulius Hostilius for the Judean Zealots model


- Gurrerro Sabino for Macedonian Symbol

Okay, after the last release I thought to myself "Wow, the basics and  base of this mod are almost finished. This is the period where this mod  evolves from a small enhancement mod to it's own unique entity." Even  with that being said, I have no plans on straying from my mod name, or  the overall mission.. which is to simply make the game better without  getting rid of the vanilla feel. When I speak of 'vanilla feel' I speak  of the looks. Unit design and uniformity, environments, campaign map  aesthetics etc.. As far as the ai, the difficulty and the complexity of  the game itself, I would say this is a mod that will be historically  accurate and also a very hard game to play. Finally, my aim is for this  mod to delve deep into immersion, not just for the campaign but for the  battle and overall feel for the game.

With that all out of the way here is what v13 has to offer! One thing  I didn't think was necessary for v12 but found out after release that  it was, was costs. Units, buildings and mercenaries were still vanilla and even though it was a bit harder to make money, you could still rake in cash pretty easily. So, I went back and edited the costs of all units, mercenaries and made sure the buildings were also in line.

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Units won't be super cheap anymore, so learn some money skills!

The model for costs is pretty simple, and this isn't something that  totally wrecks the ai from what I saw in testing. However, you should  see less death stacks roaming around, and instead some balanced armies.  For the player, going into the red at game start won't be rare, but a  smart player will be able to do just fine.
Here is the model:
Skirmishers, Slingers, Archers: 1000-1400
Basic Line Infantry: 1500-2000
Cavalry: 1400-2000
Elite Infantry: 2000-2300
Elite Cavalry: 2000-2500
Siege: 2000-2500
Elephants: 2000-2700
Generals: 3000
Ships: 1800-3200
Basic Mercenaries: 1400-1600
Professional Mercenaries: 1700-2300
Elite Mercenaries: 2400-3000
Okay, some may be wondering "But ahowl, why? This totally ruins the game for me!" Does it? I am sorry. Unfortunately, I don't think it is fair to the majority for the game to be super easy. I am making this mod based on what I like and what I want first, and for me, having a ton of  money and just training elite units and building all buildings everywhere without having to do much management is a waste of time and frankly extremely boring. So, in the future I might make a super easy version, but for now it will be based on trying to make the game hard and realistic. I hope most of you can enjoy it like I have in testing!

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Finally! The Greeks have better bodyguards instead the men with hats!

Some of you might have been around 2005-2009 when a mod called  Extended Greek Mod or XGM for sort was in development. Others might have  come across it later and played it. If you don't know what it is, it's a  mod that focuses on giving the Greeks just as much immersion as the  Romans. From there it expanded and became for a long time, the 'go-to  mod' for vanilla fans. I did some digging and found old versions of the  mod and then dove deep into it's history, features and everything about  it. There are a lot of things that I will be adding from it. In this  version, you'll come across features from it's inception until the final  version of XGM3 which was released in 2007. Below is a list of  features, as well as units inspired or taken directly from it.
- New General's Bodyguards for Greek Factions: Macedonian Cavalry for Early and Companion Cavalry for Late
- Removed Heavy Onagers, Scorpions and Repeating Ballistas from mod
- Gave all Greek factions Ballistas
- Gave Biremes and Triremes exp if recruited by Greek factions
- Added 2 new Naval units: Syracusan Quinquireme and Heptere
- Greeks can stage races and hold games
- GCS has highest stables
- Greek Ports now show Greek Walls
- Moved all Naval recruitment from temples to Ports
- Greeks have different Sub factions instead of all being 'of Sparta'
- Recruitable Generals.. for civilized accessed at Academies.. for barbarian, accessed at Taverns
- Royal Barracks for Carthage, Egypt, and GCS
- Caravans limited to Eastern Regions
- Caravans can be built by all civilized factions
- Silk road requires silk, and can be built by all civilized factions
- Civilized factions can build Highways once Silk road is built
- Blacksmith buildings require Iron to be built
- Eastern factions can build Sewers and Baths
- Carthage can build Aqueducts
- Some Javelin units now fight with spears (Iberian, Greek, Eastern, Numidian)
- Restricted Recruitment of Elite Phalangite units to Greek or Hellenistic settlements only (Royal Pikemen, Silver Shield Pikemen, Basilikon Agema)
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New Units in v13 based on XGM

What would a release be without units right?
Here are the units added:
Thureophoroi: Greeks, Macedon, Egypt, Seleucid, Slave
Mercenary Thureophoroi
Thorakitai: Greeks, Macedon, Egypt, Seleucid
Spartan Phalangites: Greeks (only available in Sparta)
Athenian Marines: Greeks (only available in Athens, needs dockyard and Archery Range)
Thracian Peltasts: Thrace, Slave, Merc
Galatian Mercenaries
Italic Infantry (Mercenary)
Civic Levies: Carthage (only available in Carthage)
Slingers: Armenia, Pontus, Slave
Funditores: Romans
Ballistas: All Greek factions
Also some units had a makeover: Neo-Cretan Archers, Armoured Hoplites, Greek Cavalry
OTHER FEATURES & FIXES
- Replaced formations files with ones from v10. Suppanuts' hasn't  been fully tested and has some game breaking bugs. Will add his back in once tested and bug free.
- Fixed Pontic Recruitment so they could train their phalangite units
- Removed bp and area attributes from units, as it would make battles weird (men floating in air bug)
- Moved Heavy Peltasts to tier1 recruitment for the Greek Cities
- If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be  safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save  compatible.
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a.  (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe  file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line  after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
CREDITS
- Quinn_Inuit for ExRM and the costs for buildings, units and mercenaries
- DimeBagHo for XGM (literally he did just about everything I added)
- Zarax for XGM ideas
- Barbarians Revenge for the Athenian Marine, Thracian Peltast and Neo-Cretan Archer files
- webbird for the model that made the Spartan Phalangite
- RTR6 for the models used for Thorakitai, Italic Infantry and Galatian Mercenaries
- comrade_general for some UI
- Lanajane for some UI and textures
- Everyone in the Discord Community that gives feedback and tests!

Nice :) I like the improved trait range, I think diversifying the characters can be a really fun thing to do (I wish RTW allowed some visual variation in the generals too, but alas...)

Thanks Jubal! More will come in time.
For anyone who had a CTD at game launch, this should fix it!
Here is the patch so everyone can play now. For some reason non steam exe's need these files to process correctly.
https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/v13-patch#downloadsform

It took almost two  months this time, but v14 is here! I worked really hard to incorporate  everything I possibly could from Extended Greek Mod (XGM). Also, I  worked a lot on the starting positions of every faction. Many were  almost impossible to play as, but this has been fixed. Does this mean  it's going to be super easy? No. However you're not going to be -30K in  debt (unless you are very foolish in your spending!) I am not opposed to  changing things based off of accurate feedback, so don't hesitate to  let me know about issues, difficulty or inaccuracy and we can discuss a  solution.

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The Seleucids now have the lands in the East to represent their expansive empire

Now to the fun parts. XGM is a very light mod, but is also very complex. It's main priority was to give Greek factions the same unique immersion as Roman factions. However over time it expanded upon that and  touched on other factions as well, creating a balanced game. The mod  ended up having a lot of new units, new buildings and a much more immersive trait and ancillary system. It also had many new factions and extended east to India. I have included most everything that doesn't deal with the following: Garrison Scripts, Area of Recruitment (AoR), Sabaea, Bactria, India, Ethiopia, Caesars Campaign, Specific Greek campaigns. What I did include were: most new units, new trait and ancillary system by Suppanut, new buildings, a few minor helpful scripts as well as my own balance work.

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Athens was a very important city to the Greeks, and the Acropolis will help any Greek Ruler!

First the Buildings. There are very specific monuments, schools, and  temples or sites scattered throughout the map. When you conquer a region, look at your buildings to see if you have any of them! These buildings not only provide small bonuses, but they also are triggers for new traits and ancillaries for your Generals and Governors. Here is what the XGM readme had to say:

QuoteThere are now significant virtues associated with all temples, and  the vices associated with some temples have been toned down. So, if you have a governor in a settlement it is safe to build any temple type, and it is a good idea to build at least a second level temple to take advantage of the positive effects that this will have on your governor.
All temple types can now be upgraded by all factions, and all of the Olympian gods are now represented. In vanilla RTW it was usually a good idea to demolish existing temples in captured settlements, and to start building your own. In XGM you should always consider whether upgrading might be a better option.
Schools also have a strong positive effect on governors, so it is a good idea to build them anywhere that you expect to have a governor for long periods of time.

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Send your Governors to Academies and Libraries to become well Educated

Next is the expansive trait and ancillary system that Suppanut of  Extended Cultures (XC) incorporated into XGM. The most important feature  is the Ethnic traits. Your characters ethnicity will determine cultural  conversion and if he is of a tribe, he will have a specific bonus based  on the tribe in which he comes from. Here is the main feature list from  Suppanut himself:

Quote- 27 Ethnicities featured to enhance game play
- Many subgroups of clans, tribes, and city-states to give a more in-depth experience
- New imperial titles for faction leaders who are accomplished in power and glory
- Every temples' priest available to all factions
- New traits and ancillaries which give more depth to Barbarian and Eastern Factions
- Health system, now family members can fall ill.
- Supply system, now fighting in enemy territory will be harder than before
- Mentor system, now ancillaries will influence what traits your character gains in the same way as academies do
-  Ancillaries weight system, Now characters will have a limited amount of  space for ancillaries and could prevent characters from gaining new ancillaries once retinues are full
- New governing system which make the same action give different outcomes based factions and cultures
- Vice from becoming an empire, outcomes differ via cultures
- Leadership bonus from faction leader to effect overall faction's generals
-->Management will have an affect on family members tendency on corruption
-->Influence will have an affect on family members tendency to be bribed
- Harder to gain Main 3 attributes, Command, Management, Influence. Now characters will become specialized in their roles.

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An Example of how Ethnic Traits Work

And of course, units have been added. This version will probably add  the most units. Many came from XGM itself, but I went ahead and made  most of these. The main feature here is the new look for Roman units.  They are from Ferres' Modding Legions Pack 1.3b, and I simply recolored  them to fit the vanilla look. Also, except for the Marian Legionary  units, I removed all post-marian units because they are representing the  Imperial Roman era, which I am not representing in this mod. Enjoy!

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New Look for the Romans, from Ferres' Modding Legions Pack 1.3b

Next are the Barbarians. Thrace and Iberia got the most love here as  they had some weak and small unit rosters when it came to unique units.  Thrace in the game is Greek, but they are close to barbarian as well.

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Scythian Cataphracts, Ambakaro, Heavy Spearmen, Heavy Scutarii,  Iberian Lancers, Spear Warband, Thracian Thorakitai, Heavy Swordsmen,  Skirmisher Warband (Gallic/Germanic), Thracian Noble Falxmen, Falxmen  (Thrace)

Carthage also received a slight overhaul, but not completely. They should look less Iberian now!

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African Infantry, Numidian Archers, Liby-Phoenician Infantry,  Libyan Skirmishers, Libyan Infantry, Sacred Band, Punic Thureophoroi

Next the Eastern factions. Over the last few versions I have been  trying to separate Parthia from Pontus and Armenia. Parthia still retains the Persian looking units, while Pontus and Armenia have a new set depicting a more hellenized culture from Anatolia and the Caucasus. With this version, that transformation is complete.

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Kardakes Swordsmen, Archers, Cataphract Archers, Kinsmen, Heavy Spearmen, Horse Archers, Hillmen, Kardakes Spearmen

The Greeks have had a lot of unique units added to bring immersion  (what you'd expect from a mod focusing on the Greeks) Phalangites are  now a unit for the Greek Cities, but they are a reform unit, so you can  experience the shift from Hoplite to Phalangite.

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Machimoi Cavalry, Xystophoroi, Basilikon Guard, Machimoi Pikemen,  Epilektoi Phalangites, Argyraspid Legionaries, Phalangites, Kestros  Slingers, Agema of The Peltasts, The Peltasts, Syracusan Hoplites,  Perioikoi Hoplites, Athenian Epilektoi

Many new mercenaries have also been added!

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Gallic Swordsmen, Caucasian Cavalry, Caucasian Infantry, Illyrian Infantry, Italic Infantry, Italic Skirmishers, Nubian Cavalry, Peloponnesian Hoplites, Nuragic Warriors, Italic Spearmen, Asturian Axemen, Nuragic Skirmishers, Tarentine Cavalry, Hillmen, Caledonian Highlanders, Caledonian Skirmishers, Numidian Archers

Last but not least, some rebel units to give you some issues in your campaign!

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Horse Archers, Heavy Spearmen, Phalangites, Numidian Archers,  Libyan Skirmishers, Hillmen, Libyan Infantry, Heavy Scutarii, Archers

Finally, I have been working on a small homeland feature. It is not  finished, but it works. Basically, you and the ai factions will all get a  small monument at the start of the game. This will provide significant  bonuses to keep your faction alive and prosperous (especially early on!)  if you lose your capital, you will be in severe trouble. However,  taking AI capitals will also deal a crippling blow. Also, recruitment is  much more expansive in your homelands. You will be able to field a  professional army early on if you can manage your resources properly!

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You can train every part of your army from your homelands

QuoteForce Diplomacy Script This allows you to force any faction to accept any diplomatic offer you make to them. You can access this by clicking on the help button on the diplomacy scroll (the question mark in the top right corner) and then clicking on the "show me how" button when the advisor comes up.
This option is included so that you can correct for certain  weaknesses in the AI. Here are some suggestions for how this option can  be used to make the game more realistic and more interesting:
(1) The AI doesn't know when it's beaten. You can use this option to force a faction to accept a ceasefire or protectorate status when they have been beaten down to the point where you could crush them easily. My own house rule is that I can use this option when a faction has been reduced to three regions, I have their capital under siege, and I have enough forces available to crush them easily within a few turns.
(2) The AI often doesn't know a good deal when it sees one. You can use this option to force the AI to accept an offer that is clearly to their advantage.
(3) The AI won't keep an alliance, even with a reliable ally, and  even when breaking the alliance would be foolish. If you want to role  play a lasting alliance, you can use this option to keep the AI from  staring wars that don't make any sense.
If you do use this option it is a good idea to come up with sensible house rules, at the start of your campaign, that govern how and when you can use it. Your game will be a lot less fun if you use this option as a  cheat to make the game easier.
Peace with the Dead Script A faction will not form an alliance with you if you are at war with one of its allies. Unfortunately, due to a bug in RTW, this is true even if the ally has been destroyed. This script allows you to make peace with the dead, so that you can form alliances with the living.
To activate this script (1) open the overview scroll, (2) go to the diplomacy tab, (3) click on the help button, and then when the advisor pops up (4) click on the show me how button.

Other Features and Fixes
Robbe fixed the radar map to look cleaner as well as some bugs in his vegetation.
New Greek Standard Bearers
Barbarians & Nomads now have recruitment up to level 4
Forest Elephants only recruitable in African regions
Night Raiders throw an Axe before charging
New Cognomen traits for Roman Generals
Naked Fanatics renamed to Gaesatae
Iberian Infantry renamed to Caetrati
Armored Hoplites renamed to Epilektoi
Hillmen throw Javelins before charge
Martial Law Building - helps improve public order, but at an economic cost
Grain Imports and Exports - Boosts income, Exports can't be built and are in only settlements with the Grain resource
All slingers are Ap
Hepteres given to Carthage
Gauls have a unique officer
General Units have 0 upkeep
Scythian Horse Archers fight with an axe instead of a knife now
New General model for Scythia
Updated Pontic General Skin
Imitation Legionaries removed from Pontus and Armenia

New Iberian barbarian standard
Eastern Officers redone to look better
Parthian Cataphracts have a better animation
Legionary First Cohort now is better than Legionary Cohort

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One of the new buildings, Grain Exports are rare and can't be built, but they do wonders for your economy!

A lot has been put into this version so I would really appreciate it  if I could get some detailed feedback on how the game plays. I will be  testing and playing a lot over this next month, so the next release will  contain many balances and adjustments.. as well as, New units!
Thank you all who have been following this mod up until this point. It's been a lot of fun creating this!
- If you have an old HRTW version, you can try overwriting, but to be  safe, delete it as this will not work with it. This version isn't save  compatible.
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a.  (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe  file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line  after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
CREDITS
Dimebagho - for the XGM mod, you not only enhanced the RTW game, you created a new one, developed a fun community and had fun doing so.. thank you!
Suppanut - for your Ethnic Traits mod, it is so immersive and there are so many little details that enrich the game
Robbe - for your constant support on your veggie mod
BHL_20 - for your help with adjusting the traits to fit factions that weren't in XGM
Korsakoff - for recoloring some really tough shields!
RTRPE - for some amazing unit models

Barbarians Revenge - for unit models
Extended Cultures - unit model for Asturian Axemen
AqD - for Hillmen model
Europa Barbarorum - for inspiration on the Caledonian units
Ferres - for the Modding Legions 1.3b pack (originally included in XGM)
Paeninsula Italica - for the Punic Thureophoroi model
unDa - Thracian Falxmen UI
Lanjane - for some models, skins and UI (Iberian Spear Warband, Noble Falxmen, Thracian Thorakitai)
Crazyroman - for feedback and testing

Saul_Tyre - for feedback and testing
Mausolos - for advice, historical research
The Discord Community - for constant support

Well, in case any of you were wondering.. yes, this mod is still alive. I simply was burnt out after v14 and wanted to take a few months off to enjoy other things in life. However, about midway through January, the itch to mod came back and I decided to kick off 2020 with a bridge release for the VE mod. In this mod, you will find about 30 amazing units between 3 different creators. Also, many if not all of the bugs and issues from the last issue have been addressed. With that, the AI have been balanced a bit better on the campaign, and units are a bit better in battle. Finally, (and we will see how this goes) units are going to be a bit cheaper (take vanilla prices and add $1k) with less upkeep and Mercs won't be as easy to hire! Before I get into everything with more detail, I just want to thank everyone who posted issues, questions and suggestions in the comments here, twc or in discord! I am very lucky to have you all following and assisting in development!

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Samnite Infantry are just one of many units who had price and upkeep adjusted!

I will start off with the main topic: prices and upkeep! I actually had a few reports that many liked it, however I think I went a bit too extreme and it made for the following: small garrisons that would lead to revolt, tiny ai armies, ai sitting back, a somewhat boring campaign. Now it's fun to micromanage your campaign, but when the enemy is stumbling aimlessly with small armies of skirmishers and militia, it becomes frustrating! So I heard your cries, and I witnessed the issues myself. Upkeeps are doubled from vanilla, and unit prices are vanilla but with $1k denarii added to keep it difficult. I experimented with peasants, putting them back to normal pricing, and the map was crawling with them! So they are back to 30 turns and 34k denarii to recruit!
Another thing that was noticed and alarming, was 1) The amount of mercenaries available for hire and 2) how cheap they really were in comparison to factional units. They were basically equal in price, could be used immediately and sometimes were better units! Both player and AI had full stacks of mercs, so something needed to be done. What I did, was take out any 'generic' mercenary unit, that could be recruited by a faction. So only unique and powerful units remain. Also, they have been raised in price by 1k denarii, so none of them are equal to or cheaper than factional units!
A small breakdown:

Cheapest Factional unit: 1150; Most Expensive Factional unit: 2250; Lowest Merc: 2400; Highest Merc: 4000; Elephants: 1300-3900 (based on size of Elephant)

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There now will be some thought before purchasing these Italic Mercenaries

Next was the AI. There is a building, Martial Law, that caused many issues. Martial Law and Pacification are buildings that you can build that will basically take away any unrest in a newly conquered settlement, but at a steep economic cost to your nations economy. The AI isn't smart enough and just sees that it makes the local populace happy. So they build it everywhere, but it puts them in debt. The player then conquers their settlements and realizes he isn't economically gaining, but lacking. Even trade grinds to a halt! This has been fixed. You can still build Martial Law, but the initial building now takes 4 turns, costs 10k denarii, and won't yield the results it used to.. Pacification however still yields amazing results if its needed so it's worth getting to. The AI should be totally turned off from it, but if you happen to see it in your campaign 1) delete it as when it's present, you can't build temples and 2) report it to me, as my goal is for the AI to never build it!

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Carthage won't be stuck in Africa anymore

There were two factions who struggled in most campaigns, and they shouldn't as they were main players historically. First is Carthage. They will always handle Numidia, but get kicked out of Iberia and Sicily very qucikly and then just sit in Africa doing nothing until the Scipii start invading them. I made two small changes: 1) a landbridge is now present in the Gibralter so Carthage can effectively reinforce their Iberian settlements (AI resorts to naval transportation almost never). Also, Punic Thureophoroi join Town Militia in Tier1 Barracks recruitment. I was so sick and tired of fighting or seeing full stacks of Town Militia! My only concern now is Numidia, and if they can hold out. I basically let them have Desert Infantry at Tier 1 Barracks, and from T2-T5 give them and Numidian Javelinmen +1 exp. Let me know if they can resist, or if they still need help! Carthage hopefully will do much better.
Second were the Gauls. Yes they are majorly spread out, but I want them this way as they really represent all of the Celtic nations. For them, I simply gave them 3 more settlements in Gaul to hopefully wake them up (before they would sit and do nothing) Bibracte, Avaricum, and Cenabum. Please give feedback on how they do!

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This version, should hopefully see the aggressive Gauls of vanilla, instead of the passive Gauls of VE

Battles have also been altered and adjusted. First, Hoplites no longer are cannon fodder, they instead pack a punch and aren't easily beaten. There were some stat issues that made them incredibly weak against swords. Second, most skirmishers won't destroy cavalry units, they had some bonuses that they shouldn't have had. Third no more weird charges from forever away. Vanilla charges are back in place for all infantry and missile units. Cavalry still charge from a long ways out. Cavalry should also lower spears, but I need feedback! Last, I have re-added the AI formations from Suppanut. These formations are Darth+Sinuhet, two innovators from back in the day. There shouldn't be any bugs, and I've heard great things about this AI!

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Units Added from Rise of Empire

Now for the units! I have been a fan of a small and relatively unknown mod since 2011, and I have never been able to officially release any of its content until now! The mod is Rise of Empire, and it was made by HK_Mars, a modder from China. It's in chinese and very buggy, but it has awesome looking units. I was able to go through it and pair it's units with historical units. Mausolos was very helpful in writing some descriptions. Here's a list of the new units! (In order in image above)

- Thracian Kleruchoi; Numidian Legionaries; Numidian Noble Cavalry; Cretan Archers; Thracian Noble Cavalry; Persian Archer-Spearmen; Persian Axemen; Falxmen; Chosen Falxmen; Dacian Champions; Britannic Champions; Dacian Bodyguard; Gallic Bodyguard; Dacian Spearmen; Roman Deserters; Agrianian Javelinmen; Allied Phalangites; Hoplites; Illyrian Cavalry; Companion Cavalry; Syracusan Cavalry; Thracian Infantry; Trallian Guard

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Units added from Medusa0 and Lanjane

[/center] These next units are done by a very well respected member in the RTW community who released a cumulative patch of his works in January. His name is Medusa0 and I have always liked his works. Most of his works are unit enhancements, which have also been added. Also, some of these units you might recognize from the early days of VE. They are original VE units made by Lanjane that I have brought back. Slowly but surely they are all coming back! Here are the units:
Agrianian Archers (uses old Cretan Archer model); Pikemen; Scythian Chosen Archers; Sword Masters; Gaesatae Mercenaries; Celtic Axemen; Scythian Cavalry; Night Raiders
Unit enhancements by Medusa0 (pictures included in image gallery):
- Cilician Pirates wield Dual Axes and throw Harpoons
- Cataphracts have updated look, longer lances (that aren't blue!) and maces
- Chosen Archers (Dacian) have longer bows and longer swords
- Scythian Nobles have a longer Kontos lance
FIXES AND CHANGES
Finally, here is a list of all the fixes. Thanks to Nicosar and Kaiser from the discord for their amazing and detailed feedback, as well as everyone else in the comments from twc and here at moddb!
- Sprite issues checked, confirmed and or fixed (no more random ctds with Gauls)
- Roman General confirmed to be recruitable
- Martial Law fixed and tamed (hopefully)
- Upkeeps all fixed and made new
- Britons Temples confirmed to be working
- No errors when facing Parthia or Pontus, playing as Armenia
- Landbridge added between Spain and Africa
- Greek Pikemen for Egypt have texture now, no more CTD
- Spear units (mainly hoplite style) fixed and made to be as they should
- Marian infantry can now be recruited
- Illyrian Cavalry given proper texture
- Halicarnassus, Corduba, Atuatuca and Orestia shouldn't have a missing port anymore (Orestia landlocked now)
- Romans now are not severely OP in auto resolve
- Gauls given Bibracte, Avaricum and Cenabum to last longer and be more aggressive
- River Crossing added between Vienna and Massilia
- Peltasts tier1 for Greek Cities, Heavy Peltasts tier2
- Heptere/Decere have stats that make their recruitment more reasonable and accurate
- Paeonian Cavalry now have proper unit size
- Environment fixes and enhancements from Robbe
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a. (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander

CREDITS
- HK_Mars of Rise of Empire for the units and unit cards
- Medusa0 for his units and unit cards
- Lanjane for his units and unit cards

- Mausolos for unit descriptions

- Suppanut for coding advice and his ai formations
- Robbe for continual work on the environments to make sure there aren't bugs and crashes
- Nicosar, Kaiser and everyone else who follows this mod for the bug reports, suggestions and questions!
- Discord Community for continually growing and showing us that RTW is still alive and well!

This will probably be one of the smaller releases that you see me put out. This release is necessary though in a few ways.

First, a lot of time was taken figuring out an Area of Recruitment (AoR) system for the mod so that you could recruit local units in your foreign settlements. All of my efforts ended with me being unhappy, or with the game having limits that would make things look and feel very strange. The quality of the mod would have definitely taken a big hit if I were to have given in.

Every major or even decent mod has some sort of AoR system where you can conquer a foreign land and recruit the local Warbands, Horse Archers or Hoplites. I personally like the concept, but I do not like the results: Armies full of random warriors from various locations. As a player when you face a Diadochi army, you want to face Phalangites, but when you get a horde of Celts and Thracians, it is disappointing. Same if you were to face the mighty Roman Legion, only to face a mob of Gauls, Iberians and Greeks.
So, I dared to be different. There will be no AoR and the standard recruitment remains. However, I decided to take advantage of a rare feature in the Alexander engine, and that was to customize and restrict the mercenary pools based off factions.
If you are playing as the Ptolemaic Kingdom and your general is outside of Alexandria he will find an assembly of Greeks that are only able to be hired by Diadochi. Meaning, when Rome comes, these Greeks will not be available to them. This is in alpha stages so if you notice anything weird please let me know. However, if you are the Gauls, don't expect to be able to hire Gallic mercenaries!

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Only the Diadochi can hire these troops here

The next important thing that I wanted to focus on was Martial Law.  This has been a thorn in my side for 3 releases now, but thanks to  BHL_20 and Suppanut, it has finally been tamed to where the AI will not  build it and the player can't take advantage of it. First you cannot  build it if a recruitment center is present. Once built, you can then  build your colonies and recruitment centers. However I would not keep  the building for long as it will cripple your economy!
I then started focusing on RTR 5.4.1 and it's mysteries. I have  wanted to implement this forgotten mod for a very long time, but I had  to be patient. The features of this mod were relatively small, but I  made due and integrated them in. The most important feature from RTR  5.4.1 was it's new Egyptian roster, based off of Egyptian Locals and  Greek Elites. I have integrated this by reintroducing some vanilla  Egyptian units: Peasants, Bowmen, Skirmishers and Slingers. I have also  added a new Egyptian Militia unit and the Rebels will have Mounted  Skirmishers.
However, the Ptolemies still keep their basic Greek troops, the recruitment has just changed. If you are in Egypt or anywhere else, you can recruit Egyptian Auxiliaries (this represents the lower Machimoi who  served in the Ptolemaic armies as auxiliaries and garrison duty troops.. this was before Raphia where the Machimoi were trained to be professional soldiers). In Greece though, you can only train Greek local troops such as Militia Hoplites, Peltasts, etc.
Militia Cavalry - now renamed to Prodromoi - can be recruited  anywhere as they represent the Thracian and Galatian cavalry that the  Ptolemies used.

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The New Units of v16

The rest of the features in this version are smaller, but still significant. Here they are in detail:
- Changes to General's Bodyguard Units: Each faction no longer has a bodyguard upgrade, as I wasn't seeing a good use for it. All early bodyguards have been removed and replaced with the later bodyguards to add a bit of flavor. Also just about every faction has a unique bodyguard except for a few
- New Historical Battles by NinjaCool: Bibracte, Camelodunum, Pydna, Pharsalus, Silarus River, Ilipa, Zama, Mons Graupius, and Watling Street. These battles should offer some fun game play, but don't expect them to be narrated or anything.
- Italic Units: one small feature from RTR6 that I added before I  work on it, is the Italic units for the Romans and Rebels. Italy was desperately lacking units for the Rebels so I figured I'd get them in sooner. I've added Italic Swordsmen, Skirmishers, Spearmen and Cavalry.
OTHER NEW UNITS FROM RTR 5.4.1
-Ubii Cavalry, a unit specific to the Germans available in Treveri. An upgrade from Barbarian Cavalry
-Veneti Raiders, a unit specific to the Gauls available in Condate. Similar to vanilla Night Raiders
- German Spear Band - a unit specific to the Germans. Upgrade Spear Warband
- Iberian Tribesmen - a unit specific to the Iberians. Militia unit
- Gallic Light Cavalry - a unit specific to the Gauls. Skirmisher Cavalry
- Cantabrian Cavalry - mercenary unit in northern Iberia. 'Cantabrian Circle' came from them
- Arab Infantry - mercenary unit in Arab regions.
- Gallic Cavalry - mercenary unit in Gaul. Widely used by Carthage and Rome in history
- Indian Elephants - for Seleucids only, replacing the African Elephants
OTHER FEATURES FROM RTR 5.4.1
- Boats and Large Boats renamed Warships & Large Warships
- Barbarian unit names changed to Gallic, Germanic etc
- Imperial Palace now requires a Great Forum to be built
- Germanic Skirmishers renamed to Germanic Frameamen
- Carthage & Numidia start allied with very good relations. Hopefully it keeps Numidia alive longer
- New Blood Soaked and Tattered Routing banners
- Militia Cavalry renamed to Prodromoi
- Irrigation and Latifundia now require and Academy and Scriptorium to be built
- Army Barracks and Royal Barracks now give a Law Bonus
OTHER FEATURES
- New Forts from the SPQR mod for Romans, Easterners and Barbarians
- Germans have access to 3 new temples
- A few new ancillaries from the GAFH mod (Genetics, Aging, Family, Health)
- Vanilla Historical and Quick Battles updated to be playable
- Bug Fixes: sprite issues, texture issues and Armoured Elephants aren't immortal
- Vegetation update by Robbe: Grain fields shouldn't be so large now

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- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.

1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a.  (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe  file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line  after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
CREDITS
- The RTR 5.4.1 team lead by Gaius Julius through 4.0 and then the infamous Tyr the rest of the way
- tommh for many of the ideas in RTR 5.4.1
- Lt_1947 for his Roman Fort mod
- NinjaCool for his Historical Battles pack
- RTR6 for Italic units and Sacred Band Cavalry
- BHL_20 for all the help with Martial Law
- Suppanut for coding assistance
- XGM for Egyptian Militia
- Lanjane for Indian Elephant UI
- Everyone on the discord, moddb and twc for testing and feedback!

Well, I must say that these have been some crazy times on our planet. Everyone is home, in isolation and we have no idea what will happen in the future. Trying times for sure. Thankfully for all of you that follow this, that means I have more time to focus on the mod. Yes, until things get better here in our world, I will be treating this as a job of sorts (to keep me sane) and I hope to really speed up the progression during this free time.

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Spartans... I saw the requests, and I came through. I hope you like them!

Now, onto v17! This has been one of the most exciting, yet one of the most tedious and frustrating versions to work on. In this version, you'll find that I have integrated RTR 6 into the fold. RTR6 came out in the summer of 2005 (not even a year after RTW released!) and it offered the player a brand new game almost. Complete new unit rosters, two new factions, realistic looking units, a new soundtrack and longer battles. It went down as a classic, being one of the most memorable mods out there. Since then it has taken a back seat but it's still a gem. I have included just about everything unique about it into v17, adapted to fit the style of this mod. This means a ton of work reskinning and coding in units was done. This also means that recruitment needed to be revised. On top of that the RTR6 soundtrack from Vlad Kuryluk is included as well as Sinuhet's 7.0 battle ai formations. I have also fixed some bugs and balanced out the battles a bit. This will be a lengthy article so buckle up and enjoy!
First we will get the main event out of the way.. the units! A few factions weren't really touched due to them either not being in RTR6 or RTR6 giving them generic rosters that didn't add anything special. Other factions on the other hand will get a complete overhaul, even if just in appearance!
Carthage got a few new units and a few new reskins. The main things are the new elephants.. they have a better 'African' look and they lose their huge Cataphract elephant and have the War Elephant replaced with a smaller version. This is more accurate, and still lethal! They also have a better cavalry representation. With this being said, Carthage now has two areas of recruitment: Africa and Iberia. Basically, you won't get Iberian troops in Africa and vice versa. Finally, the starting units have been changed to make it more accurate for Carthage as well as making them more of a force in Sicily.

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The New Carthaginian Units

Staying in the same area, Numidia got a brand new look to their skins. They now look Numidian instead of Iberian. They also gain the Cataphract Tower Elephant which should serve them well in the long run.

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The new look Numidians

Moving north across the Strait of Gibralter, the Iberians have had a bit of a boost. They gain a few new units, two noteworthy ones being the Edetani Devotio and Lancers. These are two Elite units only available in Arse. They receive a Heavier Skirmisher as well.
The Gauls will get a new Heavy Spearmen unit, the Romans will get an elite cavalry unit in Extraordinarii Cavalry. Finally Thrace gets a Warband, and can only recruit Militia Hoplites in Greek regions now.

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Iberian, Gallic, Roman and Thracian Units

Further north are the Germans, and they will end up getting a major upgrade, including many AoR units that will represent some of the major Tribes. The Chatti, Batavi and Semnones are just some of the few tribes that you will see being represented.

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The New German Units

Now, going southeast, we encounter the Antigonids of Macedon and the Greek Cities. Both factions will get considerable upgrades. Macedon now has it's own line of phalangites as well as some awesome cavalry. The Greeks finally get their Spartan upgrade as well as a few other upgrades.

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The new Greek & Antigonid Units

Staying in the Hellenistic realm, the Seleucids will receive one of the biggest updates. Not only are their Elephants amazing, but they also get a Phalangite line of their own, new cavalry and even new skirmishers and a camel unit!

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The New Seleucid Units

Finishing up the Diadochi is Egypt, and they finally have a truly unique roster now instead of a copy of Macedon. They get their own phalangite line, extensive Elephants, and some great cavalry!

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The New Ptolemaic Units

Now heading east and north, we will get small updates to Pontus, Parthia and Scythia. For Parthia and Scythia, they now have a small AoR system where you can train your units based off of what regions you occupy.
Now, the most immersive addition in my opinion are the mercenaries. There are a ton of mercenaries and they cover every part of the map. I won't list them out here but maybe you can guess who's who?

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The many new mercenaries available for hire!

Finally, what would this game or mod be without the Rebels? I have included many rebel units, especially in the Balkans area to make it more interesting!

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The New Rebel Units

Now, moving on from the units, there are a few other things that I want to showcase. First is the music, composed by Vlad Kuryluk. This is one of my favorite soundtracks and it was for the RTR6 mod. I hope you all enjoy the new music!
Also, recruitment has been broken up again. Iberian, Balkan, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern, Carthaginian, Numidian, and Nomad are the different recruitment centers now and so it should definitely offer a better sense of realism in that regard. Also, each faction has it's units spaced out better in the 5 tiers, so things won't seem so off balanced.
Thrace got a minor rework for it's culture. It now is predominantly Tribal and can build Taverns and Bardic Circles. However, they are a major WIP and they will be a fun faction to tackle.
Battles should also be a bit different. First, Roman infantry won't have the AP ability and massacre anything they face. Second, Greek and Eastern Psiloi won't be lethal against cavalry anymore. Third, cavalry won't have super long charge distances which means YES, they finally lower their spears when charging! Finally, I have yet again included a new formations file. This one is Sinuhet's AI formations 7.0 which was the one used by RTR for years, so hopefully it works well while the main file is being worked on.
Last but certainly not least, I have updated diplomacy and core attitudes. Some factions will start off as allies and some as enemies. Will this make a big difference in how the AI operates? I hope so!
To finish this lengthy post off, I always would be highly appreciative of feedback from the game. Every time some posts about an error, bug or weird occurrence it helps this mod get better and better. So please don't hesitate to comment! Also, for this version I'd really like it if I could hear from you all on how your campaigns are going. It always excites me to read your stories and see your screen shots!


Before I get into the credits, just know that Historical Battles and Quick Battles HAVE NOT been updated to v17. This is because until my unit rosters are final, I don't want to have to commit to doing those battles time and time again. I hope you can understand, and just know that you can always create your own custom battles!
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.


  1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a. (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander

CREDITS
- The RTR 6 team lead by Caius, after taking it over from a scandalous Tyr.. Quite the story. Anyways, this mod is one of the best and mine wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for you guys, wherever you may be!
- Vlad Kuryluk for his amazing RTR6 soundtrack
- webbird and warspite for many of the skins and details
- Sinuhet for his formations
- EB for their Spartan Hoplite Model
- Kaiser for his patience

- Ariaces for his good heart and attitude (and constant praise on every little update haha)

- Lanjane for some of the units and teaching me many valuable lessons on 3dsmax
- Suppanut for coding assistance
- BHL for assisting in the Recruitment Centers

- Mausolos for his nagging.. I mean for his historical knowledge and wonderful descriptions! You are a great friend.

- jorellaf for his historical knowledge
- Everyone on the discord, moddb and twc for testing and feedback!

I really should get round to testing a Carthage campaign on this sometime :)

I released a patch that should fix the annoying CTD when loading into battles. A ton of sprites were missing, but no longer! Also, in case you have not hear already, this mod is being put on a  hiatus as I am working on a new mod for Rome Total Realism. However this  mod is not finished and I will be back to work on it again! To install:
Overwrite your current HRTW folder with this folder. Should be save game compatible!

https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-...#downloadsform (https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-vanilla-enhancement-mod/downloads/v17-patch#downloadsform)

A lot has changed in the past 5 months, but one thing that stayed  with me after a long summer is my passion to make this mod. In this  version, it will be a bit different. There are zero new units, and only a  couple were re-worked and the changes were so minuscule, that only the  most detail oriented players will notice! Instead I focused on balance,  game play, historical accuracy, and general updating and fixing from all  of the excellent reports I have been given since April. Let's get to  it!

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A new recruitment system, streamlined for both player and AI!

The first major change is recruitment and how it is intertwined with culture and colonies. In the older versions, you had to build a colony, then build a recruitment center and then build your military infrastructure. That frankly, was a lot of waiting and building.. too much if I am being honest with you. So instead I got rid of the recruitment centers, replacing them with nothing. Now all you need to do is build the colony of your factions' culture and the rest is vanilla from there. All infantry are now tied to the barracks, all cavalry to the stables, and most missiles (excluding some light skirmishers) to the ranges.
On top of this, thanks to the genius of my friend BHL_20 the Colonies have been vastly expanded. You still will have a base native culture in every region (eastern, western and barbarian) but every faction has a separate colony that needs to be built. They are: Roman, Greek, Punic, Numidian, Pontic, Armenian, Parthian, Scythian, Thracian, Germanic, Celtic, and Iberian. Building a Celtic colony on top of Barbarian Natives will be harmless and even helpful, but building it anywhere there is western or eastern will cause the same unrest as before.
Keep in mind that this feature is in a very early alpha stage.. completely game ready and not a drawback from the last versions, but very raw and ready to be molded into something very unique and crucial to this mod. For now, it's a simple feature that will get the job done.

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Dacia is just one of many areas of the map to receive a facelift!

The next big thing in this version is the map, and the many changes made to it. There were a lot of inconsistencies and historical inaccuracies that bugged me for a long time, so I finally made things more accurate. I focused on trying to make every region useful as far as balance and game play. Overloading in the middle for historical accuracy or spreading regions into weird areas just for game play was avoided. Instead I took the middle ground, achieving the best of both. There is a full, in-depth synopsis in the change log, but the major areas that were affected are: Germania, Dacia, Scythia, Parthia, Armenia, Numidia, and Gaul.
On top of this, I added a few land bridges that should help game  play. The Britons will no longer be destined to be stuck on their  island, they can hop off and anyone else can hop on! Also, Corsica and  Sardinia are connected.. I always see one island taken over, only for  the other to be forgotten about. On top of this I added a few crucial  river crossings that severely changed factions' movement strategies.

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Britannia now is accessible from Land for the AI

Finally there was a ton of help from an unexpected source! Leeroy9000 from TWcenter appeared on the forums with many suggestions. After talking to him further I invited him to apply his ideas. He tweaked many stats for units and made some adjustments to population growth and income for many factions. A few key things for you all to know:
1) Generals will no longer be OP, they aren't heroic bodyguards anymore.. keep them alive!
2) Phalangite & Hoplite warfare redone
3) Missiles redone
4) Romans are not the OP machines they were before
5) In the campaign, expect a better army composition from your enemies.. the AI will also advance quicker with their settlements instead of being stuck with 400 pop and being in the red.
A full change log of all of his work will be in a text file, included in the download!
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.


  1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a.  (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe  file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line  after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
CREDITS
- Leeroy9000 for all of the work you did to make the game a better experience, I will be eager to hear your thoughts on this version!
- BHL_20 for chatting with me almost daily with ideas, you inspire a lot in this mod
- Suppanut for always willing to help when I have an error or question, you are a very good friend. Also for XC4 and the colony system
- Lanjane for always challenging me to do better and managing the discord.. you are a huge reason for it's growth and success!
- BlackKnight, Kaiser, Ariaces, milkerman, and all the other players who follow along in the Discord.. whether it's giving feedback, advice or praise, I really owe a lot to you all!
-Drtad (GudeaTW) for giving historical advice as well as  collaborating to do some Youtube show casing of the mod! You have helped  a lot!
-Mausolos of Caria for always putting up with me, correcting me and being a great friend
-El Santo Padre for map advice when I need it in a pinch
-Solon de Atenas for all of your ideas and wisdom regarding tw modding
-Everyone else at the discord for making this community something wonderful to be a part of!

A small hotfix! Includes a few changes I had forgotten to add:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/ahowl11s-...ads/v18-hotfix

Change log!
https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?807389-v18-Change-Log-amp-Leeroys-Work

In July of 2011, I  was in between high school and college. I had just got a brand new  laptop and I decided to install my favorite pc game, Rome Total War. It  wasn't long before I became bored with the same old campaigns and play  styles. I wanted something different, something more historical. I knew  of mods, playing RTRPE and EB before, but I wanted to make my own little  mod. This prompted me to join twcenter.net and I started posting my  modding ideas with no idea of how to actually mod. About a month later I  had a vision, and an entire team working with me on a new mod called:  Historical Rome Total War (HRTW). The mod focused on keeping the vanilla  feel but making it as historically accurate as possible. The initial  version was to have a unified Rome, with 3 new factions: Illyria,  Nabataea & The Bosporan Kingdom. Unfortunately, I was young, lazy  and arrogant. The team fell apart, and the mod was never made.

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Finally, the Romans are as they should be

Fast forward to 2020 and here I am, still modding RTW. Nowadays I  work alone, but others help me when they want to, or sometimes I might  need to outsource some work to make my life a bit easier. However, even  though VE mod is made by me, I kind of consider it a community project  that you all get to be a part of. v19 is a version to be celebrated, as  it marks a checkpoint or half way mark in the mods progress. Essentially  this mod is completed, but I can't stop now. Anyways, enough of the  sentimental ranting, it's time to talk about the new version!

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Remaking a scene from the original CA dev promotional shots, thanks Lom1138

As I finished v18 I realized the map just wasn't cutting it. I love  maps, and am a huge nerd when it comes to atlas' and historical accuracy, so I decided it was time to make a big change. That change was present with the Roma Surrectum 2 map, a map for one of the most played  and iconic mods ever made. It encompassed the same area, expanded the  scale, and had much more detail.. it was perfect!! However, it was a ton  of work. First stripping away all RS2 work, then one by one adding  settlements from the VE map. I made many changes, some cities are new,  some are still there but in much more accurate places. Every city was  carefully researched, and I focused on including every major region,  tribe and nation that were relevant from the time of 270BC-117AD. Some  areas like Greece aren't as region heavy to give a better balance along  the entirety of the map. Also, every trade resource was also ported over  to keep that aspect in play. Last, we as a community decided after  testing that certain factions should start off with one region, as the  Gauls, Germans, and other factions were never unified kingdoms. So:  Gauls will represent the Arverni, Germans the Suebi, Dacia the Getae,  Thrace the Odrysian Kingdom, Britons the Iceni, Iberians the  Celtiberians, and Scythia the Siraces Sarmatians. Also, the Greek Cities  have been condensed to represent the Chremonidean League, a league that  opposed Macedon and allied with the Ptolemies at this time. Rhodes was  thrown in for balance purposes.

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(https://media.moddb.com/images/members/4/3699/3698580/profile/Greece.1.jpg)

Argos & Megalopolis were removed for balance purposes

Next was unifying Rome. This was a fun process because I am a Roman  player usually, so I am excited to get my own campaign going! The Romans  will have all of the land that the former 3 families and senate owned.  Their cities were repurposed to give more balance, as well as their  starting armies. However I was able to merge all 4 family trees into  one! So your favorite characters will still exist, and you can still  simulate the rivalry between Patrician families. We also worked hard in  monitoring their strength and expansion, and we believe Rome will be one  of the most powerful in the game.

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It's one huge & happy Roman family now!

With the 3 remaining faction slots, it wasn't hard to choose the new  factions after 9 years of doing nothing about it. In actuality these 3  factions are the best candidates to the mod because they not only will  occupy dead spaces of the map where no other faction existed, but they  all provide an interesting element for units, temples, names and  cultures. None of these are copies of the original factions, they are  unique in their own right.
The first faction was Nabataea, a nomadic group of Arabs near the Sinai that developed themselves into a wealthy kingdom centered on the incense trade at their capital of Petra. Based off of the Berber faction from Barbarian Invasion, they will have light desert units, camel units  and some cavalry, and will face a huge test going up against the juggernauts of the Ptolemaic & Seleucid Kingdoms. Diplomacy and shrewd planning will need to be had to win this campaign, and when played by the AI they serve as a small buffer zone between the two powerhouses in the east.

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The Nabataean Roster

The next faction implemented was Illyria. This faction will be  focused around the Ardiaei Kingdom that provoked the first Illyrian wars  against Rome in between the Punic Wars. They were based off of the  Illyrian faction from RTR6, which is a mod I have already implemented so  the units were already in as rebel units. They have a very nice  starting position, able to expand in all directions. In the north they  will have access to some more barbarian Pannonian units. Their other  units are hoplite style infantry, light infantry and skirmishers. This  should be a fun campaign that will get difficult as you begin to fight  Macedon and even Rome!

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The Illyrian Unit Roster

Last but not least, and probably the most interesting faction added,  is the Bosporan Kingdom. This was a mysterious Hellenistic Kingdom in  modern day Crimea. They blended Greek culture with Thracian, Scythian  and Sarmatian, and they lasted well into the Roman Empire as an  independent Kingdom and Client state of Pontus or Rome. They fought many  battles against the Nomads, and gameplay it adds a lot more intrigue to  that area of the map! Their units are a solid blend of Scythian &  Greek, with their own unique infantry unit: Bosporan Infantry.

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The Bosporan Unit Roster

After the new factions some more work had to be done. The Post Marian  campaign was severely lacking for the Roman factions, and now unified  needed to be changed. So I re-added the post Marian units that made most  sense, using the Ferres models to stay consistent with the current  style. This should make the later game a lot more interesting when  playing as or against Rome.

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The New Post Marian Units

Lastly, I wanted to improve the immersion of the rebels in barbarian  lands. All of the units were very generic, so I made a ton of internal  fixes to make it so that you will fight Gauls in Gaul, Germans in  Germania etc instead of 'Barbarian' units. With this, the Dacian unit  roster also received a small makeover. They now showcase the units from  the Dahae faction of the Alexander expansion game.

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More Diverse Rebel units for Barbarian Regions, and Some new Arab Rebel units

A few other features to mention:
- Movement points for ships increased, also Brigands & Pirates will appear but not as often
- Leeroy has edited the unit descriptions so missile units show range and ammunition
- Robbe has updated the vegetation, climates and geography to continue his veggie mod
- One thing that I need to be clear on, is this mod runs on the Alexander.exe not the regular Rome Total War exe. Please make sure you use an Alexander Install.


  1. Download the mod
2a. (Steam) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Alexander directory
2b. (Disc) Extract the files to your Rome Total War Directory
3a.  (Steam) go to your library.. right click RTW Alexander.. select properties.. select launch options.. put in this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
3b. (Disc)Create a shortcut of your RTW Alexander exe  file.. right click the shortcut.. select properties.. in the target line  after everything insert this: -show_err -mod:HRTW -noalexander
CREDITS
- Leeroy9000 for continually updating stats with new units, and helping balance out factions on the campaign map
- El Santo Padre for cutting the map so the north wasn't so expansive and buggy
- Robbe for helping with the new map, giving climates to it and editing some issues, also for new splash screen and loading screens
- Solon de Atenas for help with fixing a huge CTD involving Geography and battlemap files
- jirysis, El Santo Padre, Mausolos, Drtad & Suppanut for Map expertise on the regions
- Igorche81, Lom1138, Kaiser, ghostbuster, mart br, overlord, Kotjan Khan, Necroticwill, Roman, Berber-Polak, SPQR, SexTv, Paul308, Milkerman, MinorityWesterner, Black Knight, and others in the VE community on discord for testing, helping and assisting make this version!
-Igorche81 for the new symbols, banners and other artwork entailing the new factions, as well as new faction selection maps
- Korsafoff for 2D & UI help with banners and unit cards
- DTW for the Roman faction symbol
- ferres for the post marian units
- XGM for Nabataean and Illyrian (previously never used) temples and descriptions
- Lanjane for some UI and textures
- comrade_general for some UI and textures
- A special thank you to the old HRTW team and everything they did to help inspire me and teach me. I made many mistakes with you all, and I am very grateful for the lessons I learned in working with you. Thank you: Asgaroth, hameleona, El Santo Padre, twoknives, korsakoff, primo, skull, and all the others who were part of that team, 9 years ago.

As i said in moddb, congratz, sir!