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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: March 10, 2012, 10:59:27 PM »

I will let you know by Sunday night! hopefully I can have the descr_strat finished by then

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: March 09, 2012, 06:09:04 PM »

Yup, exactly. I love pitching

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: March 08, 2012, 03:22:24 PM »

I probably will use that. And it's something that i needed to do, haha.

I'm a pitcher. It's my freshman year so I rarely see the field or any at bats but I see a lot of time on the mound. In fact, I'm pitching today!
But if I do get to play the field it's the outfield

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: March 07, 2012, 06:59:41 PM »

Quick Update:

The Mundus Magnus Map is relatively new to me. I have played on the vanilla map so much that I have been able to memorize the starting positions of each faction, and each settlement name etc. So when I have had free time from studying for school, playing in the middle of a baseball season, and living the average social life of a college student I have been in the process of making a chart on a sheet of notebook paper. It lists each region, the city attached to it, the current owner of the region and the owner that I will be having in charge of the region. Here is an example:

City     Region     Current Owner     Future Owner
Roma             Latium                Senate                           Rome

So far I have completed All of Europe and Africa. I have the steppes, and all of Asia to finish, then I will use the settlement locator tool to help me with coordinates while I assign settlements to the right faction.

As I have been studying the map I have taken a liking to it. The maker did an excellent job of evenly distributing the regions across the map. There are not many huge regions like we see in vanilla, and there aren't areas of the map that are stuffed with regions while other areas are left spotless. After assigning the settlements to each faction I will be excited to add an AOR system. The AOR system will be cool because I want to divide regions into the specific areas and then assign units to those regions. A few examples would be Eastern Infantry and Spartan Hoplites. Eastern Infantry will now be changed to Persian Sparabara, and will be able to be recruited in the homeland provinces of the Persians. The Spartan Hoplites of course will only be available to the Greek Cities faction, and only recruitable in Sparta (vanilla already has this implemented) Now, one issue is shouldn't any faction be able to recruit Spartans? My answer is no they shouldn't, I really do not think that would be a good thing. So certain unique units will only be available to certain factions.

So there is an update, I'm also excited to revamp Egypt, making them into the Ptolemaic Empire. Their base units will be from THS made by comrade_general, and I will also include some units from XGM etc. If anyone is aware of vanilla looking units let me know. Maybe some of you have made some for personal use or mini-mods? I would love to include them in this mod if they meet what I'm looking for.

I will update again soon.

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Persian Invasion / Re: !! Complete Edition Release !!

« on: March 05, 2012, 02:06:37 AM »

Looks great! I'm glad it has a finished version

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 29, 2012, 03:34:30 PM »

Ok, quick change. After looking at what the Mundus Magnus Map had for cities I have decided that I will use that ,map instead of creating my own. I simply do not have time to make a new map. I will begin assigning each faction their regions soon

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 28, 2012, 12:56:39 AM »

It has to be the first one. However I ran it on BI and it didn't even load the campaign before a CTD. I'm guessing that I need to add more regions

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 27, 2012, 06:26:57 PM »

I checked and there was nothing relevant but when I posted the problem on twc someone gave me this link
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?58801-A-modder-s-guide-to-CTDs

I cannot figure out which one it is though as I switched the mod to run on BI and it crashed after I started a new campaign.

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 27, 2012, 02:42:47 AM »

No, as I checked both entries have macedon. Sould I send the files back to you? Also, how can I run the mod on BI? I want to run it on BI before I continue

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 27, 2012, 02:27:27 AM »

Ok, I have tried to add a region to the map. I added Tarentum. The game works but whenever I try to move the mouse over to where Tarentum is, the game has an errorless CTD. What am I doing wrong?

Some Text files still have all the settlement names and region names from the mundus magnus and vanilla maps. Is that ok?
 

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 27, 2012, 12:03:55 AM »

@comrade_general, skull is doing the opposite of what I want. He is creating a region based radar map for RTW vanilla. I'm wanting a geographically based radar map for Mundus Magnus. I'm sure I can find someone who can do it though.

@Phoenix, you have a good proposition but I couldn't do the Celtic faction, it just doesn't go with my idea. For the units? I'll think about it ;P

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 26, 2012, 09:58:07 PM »

Thank you very much, it works! I am probably going to start adding regions to the map. Hopefully I can follow the tutorial correctly. I will start with Italy. Before I start there are a few things to mention:

1. Should I start adding regions first? Or should I focus on the structure of each faction? Meaning the culture, military units, etc.

2. There are 3 faction slots available for new factions. I'm thinking of having Epirus, because of Pyrrhus and the impact he had at the time, Illyria, as they are a unique culture that I believe should have been included in the RTW game. I would like to add Sparta since they had a Renaissance period around this time but I won't because they were not very powerful. Same can be said for Aetolian and Achaean Leagues. I believe the Greek Cities faction does a well enough job simulating the various Greek factions. Also, Pergamum would be interesting but still, another Greek faction? I have been interested in the Bosporans being in the mod but again, they are Greek, even though they have Scythian ties and would make the game more interesting in the north. Same could be said about Bactria, a nomadic, greek, and persian faction. So what about the Mauryan Empire? It would be easy to just port the Indian faction from ALX, but there are no "quality" indian portraits, I would use the eastern portraits and their buildings would have to be eastern as well which I don't think resembles them very accurately. Well, what about the Nabataeans? They were just nomadic herders around this time, so it would not e very relevant to add them, but so were the Numidians right? Plus Arabia will need some sort of action.

3. Building off point #2 is this: are the factions in vanilla RTW accurate? I mean, what should Thrace resemble? The Lysimachean Greeks or the Odrysian barbarians? Are the Dacians or Britons needed? What about Spain and Scythia? Spain could be Iberia but who are they resembling? All Iberians or a specific tribe such as the Luistani? Should they Scythians stay as Scythia or should they be changed to Sarmatians? Or could we have both factions? There are so many options!

Here is what I have for set factions:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1. Rome
2. Carthage
3. Macedon
4. Seleucids
5. Ptolemies (formerly Egypt)
6. Pontus
7. Armenia
8. Parthia
These factions are for the most part fine. They will all be altered but as far as being a faction? They are in for sure.

Now it gets interesting:
9. Gauls
10. Germans
11. Britons

Problem with these factions is that they were never unified in reality but they have to be due to hard coding. With that being said I am probably going to set it up so some settlements go to the factions with the others going to the rebels that way it can simulate the disunity in a simple fashion, and so that these three factions don't start fighting each other until later in the game.

12. Iberians (formerly Spain)
13. Sarmatians (formerly Scythia)

These two factions are similar to the factions above but will not be AS divided. The Sarmatians will start off near the Caspian Sea as the Scythians were still around the Black Sea (cause to maybe keep Scythia as a faction). The Iberians will be centered around the Luistani tribe but will own some other settlements as well. The Celt-Iberians (another worthy cause for a faction) will probably be rebels but strong. They will provide the Iberians with some challenges.

14. Dacians
15. Thrace

Dacians could be a bubble faction due to the fact that well, there is not much about them. However I believe that I can make them into a stronger faction and really emphasize the falx for their unique units. Plus they have an interesting starting position. For Thrace it is tough because of the Greek and Barbarian influences. I will stick with the vanilla idea of them being a Greek culture but having very unique units that blends the Greeks and Thracians together.

16. Greek Cities

Will probably be the toughest faction to give settlements to. Sparta, Athens, Rhodes, Syracuse, and maybe a few minor cities will probably make the cut. Pergamum will go to Rebels as Pergamum was a Hellenistic Kingdom. Also this faction will not be representing the Achaean or Aetolian Leagues as they are being represented by Rebels as well.

17. Numidia

The main and ultimate reason why the Numidians will be included is the fact that they can check Carthaginian power, and they can ultimately become powerful themselves. If you think about it, with an AOR system Numidia can be just as powerful as Carthage.

Now for new factions!

18. Illyrians

I think they are a must. I'm looking for them to have a strong navy and will add another barbarian faction. They will have some Greek elements as well. Playing as them will be a challenge because they have the Dacians to the north, Greeks to the south and Romans to the west. I'm hoping though that they do not get crushed when being controlled by the AI.

19. Bosporans

Almost didn't include them, but I did for a few reasons. First, I believe the North black sea area needs some more settlements and action and having them all owned by rebels would be pretty pointless. Second the Bosporans could accurately represent the Scythians once they get a hold of certain settlements. Third, the Sarmatians need competition and a reason for people to play as them or against them. The Bosporans make that possible. They will be similar to Thrace but I will make it so they are unique in their own way.

20. Nabataeans

First, why I didn't choose the following factions.
Epirus: Yes people like Epirus but other than Ambracia what do they own? I could give Southern Italy to them but still I feel like they could be defeated easily. I'm not making this game historically accurate at game start so there would not be Pyrrhus of Epirus with a huge army in Italy. Plus the Greeks can be represented by the Greek faction and Rebels in Italy.

Mauryans: Remember one of the reasons I started this mod? It was to give the Seleucids the rest of the territory they owned. If I included the Mauryans then I would have to add the Indian sub continent for the rest of their empire. Not happening. Plus they are a different culture which makes my decision easier.

Bactria: How similar would this mod be to RTR if I included them? What about XGM? Enough said, they can be easily represented by Rebels and they would be on the same level as Pergamum.

So, why Nabataeans?

First, I cannot let all of Arabia be owned by the Rebels, it would just be strange. Second, people like the idea of the Nabataeans. Third, even though they were not really a force at game start, neither were the Numidians. Fourth, they can check Ptolemaic and Seleucid power. Enough said. They will be an extremely tough faction to play as but Petra will be a great city to start with.

4. Can someone make a radar map that is similar to the RTW vanilla one but fits the Mundus Magnus Map that I have? By similar I mean the texture like the geographical texture instead of political regions like what Mundus Magnus has.

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 23, 2012, 04:24:05 PM »

Yes, I have -show_err enabled and it's a CTD without any error messages whenever I try to play a campaign. The only factions are Egypt, Seleucids, Gauls, and Rebels. Each owning just one city. Only four cities on the map, as I checked the map_regions file. I do not know what could cause the CTD except when I open the radar map files nothing shows. comrade_general, I will send you an email of the files because my school does not permit me to use file sharing sites. Sorry for taking so long to respond

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 19, 2012, 06:11:55 PM »

Thank you for the tutorial, SubRosa explains herself well. However I'm having an issue with installing the empty mundus magnus map. Could some one message me their email and I can send the map to them and they can explain what I need to do to get it working? I cannot upload files because all file sharing sites are blocked by my school.

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Extended Rome: Total War / Re: Expanding Rome: Total War

« on: February 17, 2012, 05:07:48 AM »

If you guys could help me, it would be amazing. I might have some time to add a few cities to Italy this weekend if I can understand your tutorials. Being busy in real life really makes it difficult to mod.