Celtic Hordes

[Son of the King]

Celtic Hordes is a mod for Barbarian Invasion which allows the Celts to form a horde. The idea came from a post on TWH, where someone said that the Celts should be able to form a horde. From there on, the mod quickly took shape, and was released soon after. I mainly did it to take a quick break from Britannia BC, which I then ended up doing hardly any work on for ages.

In the future, I intend to add more units to the Celts, both horde and non-horde. For example currently I have added Ireland as an AoR, to try making one before I need to make them in Britannia BC. Basically, this mod is what I will use to try things out that I may end up including in Britannia BC, to make sure that I can get them to work, and to learn how to do certain things, like make the damned campaign map work.

Features:

• New region, Wales, and settlement, Deva (now Chester).
     
• New region, Northern Ireland, and settlement, Cruacou.
     
• Celts have the ability to form a horde when reduced to one settlement.
     
• Horde Transport Ships so that the Celtic Horde has a means of getting off the British Isles. However, these ships are very weak in battle and will need an escort if travelling through dangerous or hostile waters.
     
• New UI cards for Celtic horde units.
     
• Provincial Campaign allowing Celts to horde from the outset of the game, by giving them only one starting settlement.
  

Current Celtic horde units:

• Horde Gallowglasses
     
• Celtic Horde Spearmen
     
• Horde Chariots
     
• Horde Kerns
     
• Horde Crossbowmen
  

Screenshots:







Version History

v1.0.1:

• Moved Celtic Faction Leader from Wales to NI
  
• Deva owned by Western Roman Empire
  
• Added new region (Northern Ireland) owned by Celts
  
• Fixed balance issues with boats
  
• UI cards for all new units
  
• Changed Dal Raida to Dunadd
  
• Added provincial campaign in which Celts start with only one settlement so they can horde immediatly
  

v1.0.0:

• Initial Release
  

[Son of the King]

Screenshots added.

[Jubal]

lookying good.

[Andalus]

Fixed the screenshots so they aren't breaking the forum layout.                                                          

Yep, looking very good.

[Son of the King]

Uploading to TWH now.

[Son of the King]

Download Here

[Jubal]

- Do you want a subforum?
- Would it be possible for you to write a little piece for the website about this?

Great work.

[Son of the King]

Do you want a subforum?

Yes please .

Would it be possible for you to write a little piece for the website about this?

I'll put something together. Do you want me to PM it to you?

[Jubal]

Yea, PM be good.

[Son of the King]

I've done a bit more on this now, and will release an updated version later in the week. There is now a new unit, Gaelic Spearmen, which I added in as an excuse to make an AoR to check I could get them working properly...

[Son of the King]

Fixed OP and added sexy download button. Should probably make it green though... Might make a banner sometime too if I'm bored enough.

Edit: Decided I was bored enough and made a banner as well as greenifying the download button.

[Son of the King]

Added a poll, since I'm thinking of maybe expanding this/releasing what I have so far. Responses would be appreciated .

[comrade_general]

Of course you should continue with this. I was actually looking at it the other day thinking: he should continue with this.  B)

Voted hell yes.

[Son of the King]

Right, I've decided. I'll be messing around with this adding stuff to get my head back into modding, then working on Britannia BC. However I won't be doing anything until Friday at the earliest since I have to get my computing project done by then, and I'm not exactly on schedule.

[Son of the King]

Computing is done at long last. Was up to 4 last night doing it . Tomorrow, I return to RTW modding after too long of an absence. Now where did my BI disc get to...