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Total War Mods - The Engineer's Shed / The Additional Unit Pack

« on: August 10, 2008, 03:34:20 PM »

Though I say so myself, the new skin for Poeni Legionaries is wonderful...

 


There was a slight problem with the 1.1 upload, so I have now put up 1.1b, which should work fine.

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The Great Baths - RTW Discussion / Favourite Faction

« on: August 09, 2008, 12:41:42 PM »

Wrong, all wrong! All of you.

It is obviously Parthia. The harsh men of the east know no bounds.

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Total War Mods - The Engineer's Shed / The Additional Unit Pack

« on: August 09, 2008, 12:31:52 PM »

I bring greeting from the heavens, my brethren.
I also brought my little friend...

That's right, the Additional Unit Pack Version 1.1 is now available for download.

This mod for RTW 1.5 adds 23 new units to the game, using mostly original textures and models. It aims to fill gaps in unit rosters, giving factions access to units they did not have before. It uses mod:switch so it will not affect your original game files.
The excellent unit cards were made by Private Clark.

1.1 is only being released as a patch which fixes bugs, adds a few new skins, and tweaks a few units. If you have not downloaded version 1.0, you must do this first.

Note that this is version 1.1. Another version with plenty more new units may be up soon.

I am open to any feedback, on faults, balancing, suggestions, even spelling mistakes. Just do not come blabbering to me about historical accuracy. As a historian myself, I am aware of how apocryphal most of these units are. AUP presents a 'what if' situation.

What if the Parthians had developed an elite core of heavy infantry?
What if the Britons had utilised cavalry to a greater extent?
What if the Greeks had used horse archers as a counter to those they faced?

But enough of my rambling, you can download this at Filefront with the following link:

http://hosted.filefront.com/Andalus

Or take a look at these screenshots:

Soem of the finest archers in the known world: Poeni Archers.


Poeni Legionaries (Old skin) taking on Roman Elephants.


Macedonian Hypaspists, waiting...


...for the clash.


The Thracian Swordsmen move on to the Numidian Spearmen and Royal Guards.


Gothic Spearmen in the thick of it with Noble Spears (Old skin).


We are Borg Cataphract Spearmen!


Backed up by the doughty Persian Archers.


Here come the Romans! Equites Patricii chase down Heavy Spearmen, with Auxiliary Cavalry in the background.



Oh, is that all? Well get on and download it then, lazy, and see them for yourself!

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Stories and AARs / The Parthian Uprising-An AAR

« on: August 08, 2008, 08:08:49 PM »

Sure, go ahead. I'll be interested to see how it affects your game.
There's only so much testing I can do!

Edit: I've just realised, because I edited the Roman Generals, the game will have no files for the existing early generals in your campaign. I will email you a new file with the old general.

DO NOT start using AUP for this before then or it will be unfixable!

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The Great Baths - RTW Discussion / Whats the best unit type?

« on: August 08, 2008, 07:58:57 PM »

I'm going for missile cavalry, specifically horse archers. There is no joy that transcends winning multitudes of heroic victories with not a cratch on your good self.

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Stories and AARs / The Parthian Uprising-An AAR

« on: August 07, 2008, 06:28:38 PM »

Interesting AAR you have there. Parthia have always been my favourite faction, so I like seeing them conquer!