RAN no Jidai

[PROMETHEUS]

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Hello all ,About the Project called Ran no Jidai , Times of Chaos is quite some time that we are working on this .... here is a brief description of the mod.....

1
It is a full conversion from BI expansion game based in the time of the Feudal Japan , named Sengoku Jidai ....

2
There will not be hoards of units , I am more for few but good than many but repetitive or similar , also this would just confuse players on my opinion...but every unit is highly detailed and historically precise , if you are expert of Japanese warfare , you will be able to recognize every single type of armour or equipment piece ...

3
Multiplayer oriented , this means that the multiplayer will be one of the main aspects and gameplay balance will be particularly taken care of ...

4
Historicity , all units will be remade in historical way , of which u will be always able to find the sources used and documentated , mainly information taken from osprey books , the several books about uniforms and reconstructions of Japanese era , with the help from several experts on the period...

5
New map ,made by BDH will span from northern Japan to the southern island with an incredible level of detail based on real topographical maps ....

6
some other scripting will be present ,like four seasons or respawining armies etc...

The Name is inspired about the purpouse of rewriting history in a time of turmoil for the Japan .....

7
New Animations made to depict at the best the Japanese style of fighting ....

the list of factions is ...

Kyushu:

Shimazu
Otomo


Shikoku:

Chosokabe
Miyoshi

Honshu:

Ouchi
Mori
Amako
Urakami
Hosokawa
Ashikaga(Senate)
Asakura
Oda
Imagawa
Takeda
Hojo
Satomi
Asai
Uesugi
Mogami
Date

rebels(other Daimyos)

total of 20 factions +rebels
So there will be big easy Clans and some little clans, very hard to play.


here is a fine example of the splendid works that are created by Tomte of Doom wich is also our main advisor for historical armour reconstructions ....

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And Finally now some Screenshots of the Game .....



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We have to also thank the huge work made by Kagemusha in the not as visible but eextremely important work on the text files without wich nothing would be showed here ...her an example of his work....that allowed New videos to be part of the events that will happen during the campaign ....


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Here instead you can admire the splendid map made by BDH that with the help of Wild bill is being adapted to the Sengoku era mod ....you can notice the high precision in the reproduction of the actual Japanese territory ....

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And new Strategical units too of course ...


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[caio giulio]

Non vedo l'ora!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :charge:

When it will be released??
It's only a question so please do not answer: when it's done!:embarassed:

[Balrog7567]

Ya I agree, this mod looks amazing, and I'm spending my time doing this:wall: till it comes out, so just for some piece of mind :help: me out and let me know when its coming out:dizzy2:

[Patricius]

Will the mainland have any faction or just be empty territory like northern France on the MTW:VI map?

[Kagemusha]

The mainland is old news sorry.In the current map there is no mainland.:bow:

[palissa]

Ehm, can you give us a preview of the building tech tree?
I love build town and everything, so i love alot of building to build and economy to improve.
Bye

[Otomo, Tetsuo]

HOLYSHImazuThis is an amazing string of screenshots! Very well done.

[MorgTzu]

:laugh4: Yep...I know several of the ol vets that are very much looking forward to this masterpiece...keep up the great work team!

I am one of those that loved the old more compact maps like VI and probably won't even fire up RTW again until this is ready, just wish I had any skill sets to help it along, but it looks like the team has it covered.

One thing I've noticed is that this team has some great dedication...a lot of mods and modders have slowed down or stopped with recent developments but it looks like if anything the great Ran team is doing more and of course Prometheus seems to have the energy of at least 2 or 3 normal modders.:2thumbsup:

-MorgTzu

[][GERUDO][Mojoman]

this looks goddamned AMAZING!
keep up the good work guys, cant wait :2thumbsup:

[Ossie The Great]

This Mod looks so Cool !!!!!!!!

[Nom]

is it alive?

[ByzantineKnight]

is it alive?

Ya, it is getting updates, it is just losing (public at least) momentium.

[Ossie The Great]

It is great this mod is still alive:yes:
i was fearing the worst for a moment:juggle2: :juggle2: :duel: :duel:
u c i am studing the samurai now so it would be a shame for it not to
relesed

[Kagemusha]

Yep.We are quite alive. Il take some screenshots this weekend to show it to you guys also.~;)

[Ossie The Great]

hi there. thanks for taking your timeout to do this mod all you guys involved .
it is truly an amazing mod:pleased: :pleased:

[Nakamura Lobato]

Cool, can't wait for the latest screenshots. 'Been checking nearly every hour to see them. I'm like a kid counting the hours till Xmas morning.

Nakamura

[deurknop]

hi guys. im new here so i want to ask a few questions,
is this mod voor rome total war or rtw:barbarion invasion?,
and wich patch do i need,1.5 or something?,
im about to buy barbaion invasion. i already got rtw itself.
and to all who are making it, it looks good so far so keep up :P

cya

[ByzantineKnight]

hi guys. im new here so i want to ask a few questions,
is this mod voor rome total war or rtw:barbarion invasion?,
and wich patch do i need,1.5 or something?,
im about to buy barbaion invasion. i already got rtw itself.
and to all who are making it, it looks good so far so keep up :P

cya

Its for Barbarian Invasion 1.6 I think, And welcome to the org!!

[~Isabella of Castile~]

yuuryou!! waga furui shuzoku! sono Tokugawa ^_^
yes, I'm Japanese. born in Osaka. I used to be Takeda Itetsunaba on here until I lost my pass XD
excellent mod, can't wait

[Taneda Santôka]

Its for Barbarian Invasion 1.6 I think, And welcome to the org!!
Haï, yôoukosso!
:bow:

[deurknop]

wakarimau =p.
and what are there gonna be costum battles?,or just campaign,
and historical battles?

[deurknop]

edit: wakarimasu =p,

[~Isabella of Castile~]

1) awe no mainland. it would be fun to be able to invade Korea and China, but oh well. still a great mod.

2)when the map is done can someone release a screen of it so we can see where the Rebels and clans start out?

[Kagemusha]

Here is the campaign mini map.Starting date is 1524.~:)

https://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3368/mapge7.jpg

[Aturus]

looking good Kage, looking real good.

[~Isabella of Castile~]

awe so small :( I wish I could get a bigger version, sorry for the hassle, and it looks great

[Atterdag]

Kage that is so nice.

[Atterdag]

Wtf this board hasn't an edit button?

Anyway, Kage what about the top of Honshu?

[Kagemusha]

Atterdag.You will get your edit button,when you are full member,which should happen soon. About the Most Northern parts of Honshu,those had to be cut out becouse of the land mass water ratio CTD.We had too much water on the map compared to land before the cut.:shame:

[Atterdag]

Ah, that dastardly landmass thing!
Nah I didn't do much campaigning as the Uesugi in Shogun anyway.
Anyway, when are you going to be on MSN again Kagemusha?

[Taneda Santôka]

:coffeenews: Yea, Im waiting for a big RNJ grouphug! ~:grouphug:

[~Isabella of Castile~]

this will be an excellent and one of the best mods ever IMO

[Incongruous]

I'm going to shoot myself out of desperation to play this soon.

[Taneda Santôka]

Good! We planed to release the mod as soon as a desparate fan decides to shoot himself; so for all the others, do it fast and they'll enjoy it soon. Just tell yourself you're doing it for the good of others, you'll be their RNJ martyr!
;)

[~Isabella of Castile~]

lol, I second that.. sad that there is no mainland though :(

[Ossie The Great]

I am checking this forum everyday :computer: untill you relese ran no jidai :japan: :japan: :juggle2:
can not wait :bow: :bow: :bow: :knight:

[Incongruous]

You will be pleased to know, I have infact, killed myself...

Urrrhuuurmm...
So...
Sticking to you're promise...?

[~Isabella of Castile~]

I am checking this forum everyday untill you relese ran no jidai
same here :P can't wait for it

[Ossie The Great]

any more screens shots Kagemusha


can not wait for ran no jidai to be relsed :bow: :bow:

[Dexter]

Lord Dexter is Dead ... bow down before the new master of the Clan Dexter 2

Some questions ok ?

1. 66 "provinces" ? c`use there were 66 "provinces" ... ore more `cause there were lot of them devided between warlords ...
2. All the clans will be included ? There were a lot of them ... but many did perish ...
3. ... still thinking .. - warning you are working overtime GO HOME !!! -

Ok have fun guys ...
Hope to see the mod ...

[Atterdag]

:sweatdrop:

1) are you asking for more provinces?
2) are you asking for more factions?
3) :inquisitive:

[~Isabella of Castile~]

yeah.. I have no clue what you're saying Dexter.. that was just weird

[Dexter]

ok ... so to clear up my wierd post .. originally there where 66 provinces in Japan - i think province is the proper term - but as i have written there were a lot more warlords around than provinces .. ok some became wassals .. others did join the ancestors and so on ...
1. so nope i`m not askin` for more provinces i`m just askin` how many will there be in the mod 66 or 60 as in the original Shogun ?
2. if i`m not mistaking there were some 160 clans that had some importance in feudal japan, so will the mod include them all ? i dont think thats possible, or will the rebels be the so called small clans and behave like in the original game ...

sorry for my spelling , hope now it`s better

[Atterdag]

There's no way that 160 clans could even fit on that map, it's not lile Europa Universalis unfortuatnely :laugh4:

Seriously though:

20 playable factions + 1 unplayable faction the rebels/ minor daymio.

[Taneda Santôka]

Here is the campaign mini map.Starting date is 1524.~:)

https://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3368/mapge7.jpg

Clans are Amako, Asai, Asakura, Chosokabe, Date, Hojo, Hosokawa, Imagawa, Miyoshi, Mogami, Mori, Oda, Otomo, Ouchi, Satomi, Shimazu, Takeda, Tokugawa, Uesugi, Urakami and Minor Clans (rebels).
Fortunately, all those informations, and more, are in the first post of this very thread
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[~Isabella of Castile~]

NICE! now I'm in even more suspense! :D hopefully it'll be ready soon! :D

[Dexter]

:book: wow ... nice
:bow: :bow: :bow: this is awsome ...

[Kdar]

Nice work!!!

[Vlad The Impaler]

this mod is still in work?
is there a date when it will appear?
i loved shogun and i am looking forward for another sengoku game

[Taneda Santôka]

The mod is still in work, yes, as you can see, but also, as you probably can't see, there isn't much of us working on it. Dont get over excited, it'll be done ... once it's done! ;)

[~Isabella of Castile~]

:( in other words it'll be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time :(
that or it's failed :(

[Quintus Of Pompeii]

:bow: :bow: This MOD looks stunning quike question. Will this be easy accessable for people who own Gold Rome?
BTW If u have mentioned stunning. Great work!!:bow: :bow: :bow:
Cant Wait for release :bounce:

[ByzantineKnight]

Guys, you could ask if they could use your help to get the release out earlier.

And if they accept you can have the current version (mabye)...

Something to think about...

[Ossie The Great]

um........... I know how to mod desc_strat but that is all, is there any lessons on how to change text files in the game ( i want to learn how)

[Nakamura Lobato]

This is not meant to be a criticism, but wouldn't the community be best served by having only certain moderators able to post to stickies. This post is getting filled with criticism about the release date but that's not its intent. It's meant to give us new information on it's release, is it not? In general, stickies should be clutter free areas so the developers could publish info about their new mods, rather than areas of general conversation. Otherwise, stickies are no different than other topic areas.

So far Ran no Jidai looks good. It's being freely distributed right? The people working on it are working for their pleasure, and have invited us along for the ride. We've all worked on projects before to simply help others. Bugging people about completion date does not contribute to accelerating its completion. We all want it to come out, help with the mod, contribute in some way, cheer people...but we should stay on topic and post in an organized way. :idea2:
Nakamura

[Atterdag]

^What he said^

[Ossie The Great]

What he said^

[~Isabella of Castile~]

Guys, you could ask if they could use your help to get the release out earlier.

And if they accept you can have the current version (mabye)...

Something to think about...
I HAVE asked if I could help, being Japanese and a Tokugawa descendant I really wanted to yet. the person I PM'd about it did not reply although the PM system said he read the message..

[ByzantineKnight]

um........... I know how to mod desc_strat but that is all, is there any lessons on how to change text files in the game ( i want to learn how)

There is guides in the Scriptorium (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=77), you can look there.


I HAVE asked if I could help, being Japanese and a Tokugawa descendant I really wanted to yet. the person I PM'd about it did not reply although the PM system said he read the message..

Sorry, my fault... :shame:


@Ran No Jadai Team: I wasn't criticising, just offering a suggustion...

[Kagemusha]

I HAVE asked if I could help, being Japanese and a Tokugawa descendant I really wanted to yet. the person I PM'd about it did not reply although the PM system said he read the message..

Hi! I guess that person would be me.I remember aswering to your pm, but im sorry if i have missed one.:shame: As bysantine Knight sayed.Best way to help is to learn a modding skill and then tell what you can do.That already shows that the one proposing means business.As we are just few,it is hard to incorporate people to the mod,since it takes time from the modding itself to tell someone how to do something,specially when from my personal experience i have been through with lots of people that we have tryed to get into the mod and spent time teaching them what to do and then they have just vanished or lost intrest.We want people ofcourse,but we want people who are then ready to start taking tasks immediately.:bow:

[Ossie The Great]

Ok I have started to learn the basics

i think it will take about two weeks to get to grip with things
then i will tell what i can do :rolleyes4:

[M.Cornelius Marcellus]

Keep this up guys

great to see you making progress

I know form my own experience that it takes LOT of work

go for it! this is going to be a great mod in the end

皆さん頑張ってください!あきらめない

[~Isabella of Castile~]

Hi! I guess that person would be me.I remember aswering to your pm, but im sorry if i have missed one. As bysantine Knight sayed.Best way to help is to learn a modding skill and then tell what you can do.That already shows that the one proposing means business.As we are just few,it is hard to incorporate people to the mod,since it takes time from the modding itself to tell someone how to do something,specially when from my personal experience i have been through with lots of people that we have tryed to get into the mod and spent time teaching them what to do and then they have just vanished or lost intrest.We want people of course,but we want people who are then ready to start taking tasks immediately.
answering? you didn't I never got a reply, just saw that you read it due to what my PM box said. and also I won't try and waste your time by trying to ask if I can help anymore, I'm obviously not good enough to help. oh well :P
PS. I don't think this mod is going to make it anymore, sounds like you've lost the people you need to make it..

[Kagemusha]

answering? you didn't I never got a reply, just saw that you read it due to what my PM box said. and also I won't try and waste your time by trying to ask if I can help anymore, I'm obviously not good enough to help. oh well :P
PS. I don't think this mod is going to make it anymore, sounds like you've lost the people you need to make it..

Im sorry if i missed replying to you,but i get quite few pm´s and sometimes i forget to answer all. If you take that as personal insult,its your choice.

[Ossie The Great]

kagemusha if you could tell us what needs doing then we can say what things we can do , for i have started to know how to do quite a lot of scripting

[Kagemusha]

kagemusha if you could tell us what needs doing then we can say what things we can do , for i have started to know how to do quite a lot of scripting

oscarreeve you have been pm´d.~:)

[a view of my back]

WOW,im sure the mod will give us a big or normal surprise in the remainder of R:TW's life.:yes: :yes:

[Ossie The Great]

WOW,im sure the mod will give us a big or normal surprise in the remainder of R:TW's life.:yes: :yes:

yer, think it will be the best mod ever...... and welcome to the org

[a view of my back]

yer, think it will be the best mod ever...... and welcome to the org

thank you and nice to meet everyone :2thumbsup:

[Caius]

Will RNJ be for RTW 1.5

[ByzantineKnight]

Will RNJ be for RTW 1.5

No, BI 1.6 I think...

[Kagemusha]

Yep.It will be for Bi 1.6.:yes:

[Ujio1710]

and if you have alexander,too,there will be unique generals or?

[Ossie The Great]

Yep.It will be for Bi 1.6.:yes:

I can remember when I first saw this mod was for bi, I went and brought bi straight away on ebay :grin:

[~Isabella of Castile~]

Im sorry if i missed replying to you,but i get quite few pm´s and sometimes i forget to answer all. If you take that as personal insult,its your choice.
nah, I'm not offended, I was in a bad mood that day and I assumed you just ignored my PM because you didn't want to read it - my bad. and also, I think I wouldn't have reacted as so if you'd even said "no we don't need you" or something of the like. man, I hate it when I let my moods get control of me, sorry.

is it just me or do the girls here seem to get ignored?

[ByzantineKnight]

nah, I'm not offended, I was in a bad mood that day and I assumed you just ignored my PM because you didn't want to read it - my bad. and also, I think I wouldn't have reacted as so if you'd even said "no we don't need you" or something of the like. man, I hate it when I let my moods get control of me, sorry.

is it just me or do the girls here seem to get ignored?

Not just girls, people usually ignore my posts in mafia threads...

[~Isabella of Castile~]

is this mod still ongoing? I'm just curious

[Gaddis]

That's a big 10-4! The team just have a habit of focussing more on the actual making of the mod than constantly posting on the forum. It's no biggy really.

[Taneda Santôka]

But I did post updates twice this week...

[Gaddis]

Yes you did. I just mean in general.:yes:

[Dermeister]

im glad to see the mods progressing :)

[Ujio1710]

but it seems that ran no jidai is like duke nukem forever....whent it´s done x)
dermeister,you should know what I mean cause you are german or?

[Dermeister]

german living in canada mooved few years ago i havent played dnx i liked iron storm tho :) and the rainbow six colection

[Suraknar]

Cant Wait !! It looks amaising :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

[Vlad The Impaler]

I am waiting for this mod from more than one year.
can u provide a date or something?
:help:

[Gaddis]

Hey is there a hidden sub-forum that you guys on the Ran no Jidai team use for communication? I need somewhere to post the work I've done on Character Traits so far.

[Atterdag]

Just pm them to me :book:

[Gaddis]

I don't think you quite grasp how many there are. I can't fit them all into a PM.:eeeek:

[Atterdag]

That's just great :2thumbsup:

Smack them up on an email and send them to atterdag_twc@hotmail.com

[Gaddis]

Will do that.:yes:

[Atterdag]

wooops and then I realised my email was spelled wrongly :idea2:
Tjeck the post again.

[Dermeister]

anny news on the progress? like do they know about how long? anything ? just curious for an aproximate time shouled we expect a release this year? this summer? thanks

[Ossie The Great]

I aslo want to know weather it will be done by this summer

[moomo]

Hi everyone, modders and fans.

I too greatly expect this mode (recetly found out about it) as I hope it will revive the interest for Japan, samurai and the specific samurai warfare in TW community. I found myself very attracted to all the above and Ran no Jidai is a new way to experience those legendary times.
Maybe this will be a push for the "Shogun 2" idea.

I have a problem: for my taste the units moving speed in RTW is not appropriate or realistic. Things are happening too fast. There should be a realistic corelation betwen unit's size/type, terrain, distance in order to have a good gaming and the feel of a real battle in medieval Japan or Europe, or ancient Europe. You understand I go for realism.
Have you considered slowing down the game, that is the units speed in walking, running etc.?

Screenshots look just great. I read it will probably be the best modd in TW history and I hope it will. It is one of the most expected for sure.

I'd be happy to help but I don't have any modding experience or particular skills of interest. I think I'll be a beneficiary.

Keep up!

[LennStar]

Sorry for not reading everything ;)

Is the current version playable? Seems not.. Is there a buildings (and depended build units) -map?
Arigato!
(btw: Is japanese working in this forum?)

[ElFenix]

Man, I've been waiting for a mod like this for years! Maybe I'll retire my old Shogun soon! But I've got a question for you: I've seen several mods that worked fine in the UK/US versions of the game, but I'm spanish and those mods didn't fit well with my version of the games. The question is: will Ran No Jidai work properly with my spanish edition RTW Eras? If it's possible, I'd like to offer my help translating from english to spanish all the text you use in the game. I have to say that I have no idea of modding, but if you send me the text on a Message, I'll translate it, so you can release a spanish version of this fantastic mod.
Anyway, keep working like that, guys! You seem to be doing an amazing job with the conversion!

[ElFenix]

Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask you one more thing: Are you planning to make a M2TW version for Ran no Jidai?

PD: Sorry for the second post, i forgot to ask it on my previous one :P

[Seijitai]

Hi, sorry for the late answers, I joined the team only a few weeks ago and discovering the beauty right now :laugh4: ... Here we go for the questions :

Answer to moomo : there will be modifications to play in a more realistic way, but don't forget we're retrained but the game's core...

Answer to Lennstar : a part of the mod is already "part-playable" :laugh4: In fact, you can already play some custom battles, and the campaign map is really beautiful... I have an old "work in progress" version and I'm waiting for the latest one to give more news...

Answers to Elfenix : Can't tell. I have the french version of RTW/BI, and didn't encountered any problems until now... Our coders are focusing on the english version of the mod (which is already hard sometimes, as that english is not always their "mother language", and it's not mine either :beam: ). So I don't think the team will focus on a multi-language mod by now... The goal is primarily to have the best playable version as soon as possible... ~;)

[moomo]

Thanks for the answers. I'm glad the team considers changing the gameplay for a more realistic performance. Some old Shogun players argued that the speed in RTW is not realistic (Puzz3D). Maybe you'll consider that.
Keep up the good work. Thanks for doing this.

[Vlad The Impaler]

I am drolling when i read this section for quite a time. i know it's a redundant question but...there is any term available? when this mod will be ready?

[Seijitai]

No problem Vlad, questions nicely asked always receive an answer :laugh4:

No release date now... There was a lot of progress in the last weeks, as you saw in the screenshots thread... :beam: And the new searchers/translators are also doing an amazing job... But there is still work on some parts of the mod, especially on the buildings modelling... So, in a few words... Release : sure ! When : don't know ! :laugh4:

[Nom]

:balloon2:
we stay waiting again:book:

[Seijitai]

Keep faith guys...

https://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7638/leader17tu.jpg

[Ujio1710]

even if I don´t belong to the mod team,I think I can give an concrete answer to elfenix:
as far as I know,there is only one difference between the eras versions:the booklet
in my german version I have the choice which language I want,so there shouldntm be any problems with the versions

[Seijitai]

Oups, thanks Ujio, I missed Elfenix questions... :sweatdrop: Well, I can't be sure, but as I know, most of the team members have different versions of the WIP mod and it works well for all of us with our different versions (Eras, RTW+BI, english, french version...)

For the MTW2 version... Why not... But first objective is to finish BI version :laugh4:

[Ujio1710]

I have an idea:when Ran no Jidai is released,people from different countries could translate the texts and so on for their languages
If you use sound files and texts from shogun it would be much easier for them
They made it this way in the "lord of the rings" mod for r:tw:fans translate the version for their countries

[Seijitai]

Good idea ! But be aware that translators will have tons to do... All the clans descriptions (a lot, as even the "rebels" clans have their history), traits, units description and so... For the RNJ team, I think we will only take care of the english version... As the team already spoke half a dozen language :laugh4:

[Ujio1710]

yeah,I know,but I think it could be a tribute to the team to translate their mod...when its released,fans with much time could do this...I think I could translate the hole texts into german,but sure,it needs some time

[Ijontichy Watanabe]

Hi, I just want to say that this mod is the best gaming news I've read for quite a long time, I've been waiting for something like this for years!!! Bravo and thank you!

Some questions: To what extent are inspired by STWE? How is the 4tpy system going to work, that is, differentiated seasons, tax income only in autumn, etc. like in STW? Are you going to reinforce the terrain and weather effects as in old STW?

Thank you and keep on the good work. I'm quite sure a lot of the vets will be quite happy about this mod.

[Seijitai]

Hi, I just want to say that this mod is the best gaming news I've read for quite a long time, I've been waiting for something like this for years!!! Bravo and thank you!

Thank you very much and welcome in our forum ! :bow:


Some questions: To what extent are inspired by STWE? How is the 4tpy system going to work, that is, differentiated seasons, tax income only in autumn, etc. like in STW? Are you going to reinforce the terrain and weather effects as in old STW?

Thank you and keep on the good work. I'm quite sure a lot of the vets will be quite happy about this mod.

The main fact I heard for years about STW is that people really felt being in Japan Sengoku Era (and it was my feeling as well)... Find a veteran player of Total War and ask him about Shogun, you will nearby always see a small mysterious smile on his face... We want to re-create this... :beam:

For the 4TPY, it will be 3 normal season layout and 1 winter layout in the campaign map... There will be tax income every turn (to reflect commercial taxes, frontiers taxes and so...) maybe with one major income at the end of the "fields collect"...

For the terrain/weather, do you mean the famous "Hurricane in Totomi,... no tax income this year..." :laugh4: If so, yes there will be major disasters... And we'll code them on the year and place they happened... Like "1596 - Earthquake in Kyoto - 50000 deaths...

:2thumbsup:

[microhenry]

I know you must get this from everyone but this mod looks absolutely incredible. I started with shogun a few years ago but went back to playing it the other day and I just didn't get the rush that I used to when i massacred an army of heavy cavalry...I'm looking forward to that rush again, especially with all those meticulously designed samurai, they look incredible! I'll be checking the site every day until it's released...then no-one will se me for a few weeks as I remain locked up in my room conquering Japan!

[Seijitai]

I know you must get this from everyone but this mod looks absolutely incredible. I started with shogun a few years ago but went back to playing it the other day and I just didn't get the rush that I used to when i massacred an army of heavy cavalry...I'm looking forward to that rush again, especially with all those meticulously designed samurai, they look incredible! I'll be checking the site every day until it's released...then no-one will se me for a few weeks as I remain locked up in my room conquering Japan!

Thank you very much !!! You'll love it, for sure ! There should be a really good news (not a release, but a major problem solved) this week, so stay focused ! :2thumbsup:

[microhenry]

Any news on how the team is getting over that huge problem? Enjoying Europa Barbarorum at the moment, just discovered the wonders of mods :2thumbsup: Argh, waiting for this mod is like waiting for Christmas.....c'mon santa, bring me RAN no Jidai this year! lol. Keep up the good work!

[Seijitai]

Any news on how the team is getting over that huge problem? Enjoying Europa Barbarorum at the moment, just discovered the wonders of mods :2thumbsup: Argh, waiting for this mod is like waiting for Christmas.....c'mon santa, bring me RAN no Jidai this year! lol. Keep up the good work!

Yeah, a major problem is solved... We have a 3D building modeller fro Ran no Jidai... :beam: Wundai is now working on the various buildings for the mod...:whip:

[Gaddis]

Okay I need some info from the guys who did the majority of the work on converting the factions to clans so that I can develope some of my ideas for Character Traits. I need to know about how we handled cultures with relation to each clan and how rebels are done (are they all Ikko/are they all minor clans/ a mixture?). From what I've seen from my time following and working on this mod it's a mixture but I want to be sure about it. Post here or PM me, I'm not bothered but I need to know for definate.:yes:

[Intrepid Adventurer]

Who-frickin-a. I accidentally stumbled over this sub-forum and I so glad I did. I am a huge fan of feudal Japan. Great looking mod!

[microhenry]

oooooooooo 3d models!!!!!! I'm expecting great things for the siege battles then :) how large can the cities get? up to citadels? and will the sieges be more like in RTW or Shogun.....I enjoyed running spartans through the streets of Rome but charging Yari Samurai through the streets of Kyoto would be much more fun :yes: keep going guys!

[Seijitai]

charging Yari Samurai through the streets of Kyoto would be much more fun :yes: keep going guys!

And that's exactly what you 'll do... :2thumbsup:

For the city size, I don't know it yet (didn't saw the map settlement) but they should have enough place to have a close streets-fights... :laugh4:

[microhenry]

coolio, looking forward to it :) and how about the awesome units, like Urban Cohort in RTW, Spartans, Armoured War Elephants...what will the battle winners be like? Will we see the return of the incredible bridge holder, unit decimator, and general killer more commonly known as the Kensai? And gunpowder units, arquebusiers? Canons?

And one final thing...the Ninja...assassination videos?

At boarding school atm...RTW and this forum is just about keeping me sane in the week after exams :wall:

[Vlad The Impaler]

what about the castles and fortress?

in feudal japan, there was numerous fortifications. in RTW every province has a single castle. it is any possibility to have more castles per province or will use the construct fort ability from rtw?

[Seijitai]

To microhenry :

Sorry no Kensai... This unit was too powerful and no accurate at all... But you'll have some others powerful units like the No Dachi and so...

Also, no cannons, but a few different units with arquebuses...

For the ninjas... Yes ! There is a limitation on the number of different videos to show, but they'll be ingame... :2thumbsup:

To Vlad:

Correct, 86 provinces so 86 castles/cities... About the forts, we are looking on it... But a part of the forts are harcoded limitations... If we can do more than the RTW forts system, there will be some surprises... It will all depend of the limitations Kagemusha encounter while coding...

[jonfitt]

This looks like an very well done mod. I have been yearning for an updated Shogun:TW for a while and this looks excellent.

Is it nearly ready apart from the buildings?

[Seijitai]

Just a few units 3D models to do, some coding, units cards (400 out of 900 done, arghhhh) and so... So, close, NO, but well progressing ? DEFINITELY YES :2thumbsup:

[eldariasis]

hi from an old fan, I won't ask you the "when will it be ready?" question, 1 year and half i'm witing, 2 months more won't kill me...
But i wondered what you have got left to do... I fought it could be cool if one of you just posted a list of what's left. Just to know, so as we won't go wondering if it will be alive one day but just look at the percentages growing...

Lol, keep up the great work, We trust in you guys!

[Intrepid Adventurer]

Wouldn't the fortress issues be solved if you made Ran No Jidai for MTW2? ;D

[Gaddis]

...but that would mean a whole lot more work for us to do and, given that this project has been going for two years or something, I think really we just want to focus on getting a playable version out on BI before we consider anything else.:yes:

[Graphic]

If I had a first born I would sacrifice him to play this. I absolutely cannot wait.

[Akeichi Mitsuhide]

Ive been looking at Battles of Asia and they have a sort of roster which says how many percent is ready of that faction. Could you do that sometime perhaps?

[Seijitai]

Difficult as there is more parameters than in BoA (I'm talking about their first release project) We concentrate on both battles and campaign map... So there is parameters like the map, traits, ancillaries, history, diplomacy, trade,... that we have to look into... But the mod is definitely progressing really well right now... :2thumbsup: :beam:

[Hayabusa Tenshin]

Seijitai you forget sounds.:sweatdrop: :yes:

[Eufarius]

Seijitai you forget sounds.:sweatdrop: :yes:
yes true.:yes:

[Seijitai]

Seijitai you forget sounds.:sweatdrop: :yes:

Of course, huge job and really important part of the mod too ! I wanna hear the "hey hey oh" battlecry ! :2thumbsup:

[Graphic]

Are you going to include original music, the Shogun Total War music, or "other" (movies or something) for Ran No Jidai?

[Eufarius]

im not in the team but ive read that yes they will use the YO HO HO YO HOOOO!!!!musice part

[Dermeister]

If I had a first born I would sacrifice him to play this. I absolutely cannot wait.
BAD MAN!! lol BAD BAD MAN :P!

[Seijitai]

Hayabusa just joined us to take care of the musics/sounds and SFX :2thumbsup: ... Shogun sounds and music will be included... For other musics and so, we have to watch over the copyrights for these musics... If we can find a free of rights traditional music, like the music of a No Theater or so, maybe will we put it in game... :beam:

[Arioh]

i am one of the oldest players and funs of this game ,and ofc STW from its beginning ..And im happy to see that this project didnt die.Nowdays i play MTW2 and waiting the release of RNJ , that will be along with my 1st child born, the 2 most long expecting loves in my life.
:oops: sorry if my english are poor ,but im only greek...:sorry:

[Kagemusha]

i am one of the oldest players and funs of this game ,and ofc STW from its beginning ..And im happy to see that this project didnt die.Nowdays i play MTW2 and waiting the release of RNJ , that will be along with my 1st child born, the 2 most long expecting loves in my life.
:oops: sorry if my english are poor ,but im only greek...:sorry:

Thank you for your kind words Arioh.:bow:

[Graphic]

im not in the team but ive read that yes they will use the YO HO HO YO HOOOO!!!!musice part

Sweet.

Shogun music is fine, I just hope the voices for the units will be new. The old Shogun ones are too lo-fi.

[Kazuma]

I think all the music and sounds of the original Shogun was awesome. Effects sounds could be polished to increase overall quality though.

[Eufarius]

I think all the music and sounds of the original Shogun was awesome. Effects sounds could be polished to increase overall quality though.
yeah. Also are the commands, you know in the battle map going to be in Japanese?

[Sysyphe]

:2thumbsup:
Hi, just for you to know. Many people are reading these thread as I did and never post.
But I can assure you that I am following this thread for more than a year. I am very glad to see that you are developping Shogun 2 total war, my favorite ones in total war eras regarding the background. The work you've done is huge and looks great, I hope that this mod will be out after the rugby world cup, when my wife left for a month, :inquisitive: , so I will be able to play all night long without any shame. Or just a little...:sweatdrop:

Keep on this amazing work and domo aligato gosai machita...
:2thumbsup:

[Seijitai]

yeah. Also are the commands, you know in the battle map going to be in Japanese?

Most of them, yes... We are also planning to have the soldiers shout "ROMA VICTOR" but with a japanese tone :laugh4: . No, seriously, most of the sounds present in Shogun will be present in RNJ... :beam:

@ Sysyphe : thanks for your comments... We'll do our best for it... :smash:

[Eufarius]

Oda Nobunaga"ROMA VICTOR"


hahaha that'd would be funny and thanks for answering my posts.


@ :yes: Sysyphe : welcome to the forums mate!

[aimlesswanderer]

The only complaint, if it can be called that, is that the Maeda Clan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeda_clan) aren't a playable faction. Other than that, everything sounds GOOD!

[Akeichi Mitsuhide]

Well, if you look at historical lists of Oda officers, they were filled with Maeda members like Toshiie.

[Dexter]

RAN no Jidai - Thousands of brave samurai (and ashigaru) fighting for there great lord ...

Since my new pc does not run Shogun properly i`m forced to play on the old pc ... well when this mod comes out there will be a lot`s of red fields in Japan again .. on the new pc ... can`t wait

by the way thanx for making this mod !
:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

[aimlesswanderer]

Well, if you look at historical lists of Oda officers, they were filled with Maeda members like Toshiie.

Yeah, they did get their start as Oda vassals, but they are my favourite clan, and they were even the second largest by income during the shogunate, when most of the previous prominent clans got cut down drastically.

[raikage666]

When is this mod going to be released?

[Vlad The Impaler]

When is this mod going to be released?

I think absolutley everybody from here, including modders, are curious about that:clown:

[raikage666]

Is it DEAD?

[Wundai]

Man am I glad I'm not the PR Guy, Seijitai my respect for you grows almost each time I open the forums:laugh4:

[raikage666]

But seriously, is this mod dead? I just want to know so I'll keep looking back here if ever its still on-going.

[Kagemusha]

But seriously, is this mod dead? I just want to know so I'll keep looking back here if ever its still on-going.

No.:smash:

[Helgi]

If and when Ran No Jidai comes out, Like EB0.80/EB0.81 and Vlad Total War which took awhile, are still great, Ran No Jidai has the same potential given the work done on it, let's see what happens in a couple months. Plus with possible Vista issues that might come up, let's see what happens?

[raikage666]

Good! I thought the mod was dead.. Well, patience is a virtue. I'll just hope that the wait will be worth it. :D

[Selenus Marcus]

wow, looks like this mod's got quite the load of dust on it. any idea of the release date?

[Xiahou Liao]

wow, looks like this mod's got quite the load of dust on it. any idea of the release date?


I haven't seen one, or heard one...but I still stand by word.

I haven't played RTW since...lol.

and I won't play it again until this mod is finished.

The only total war I will play is Shogun and Medieval...VI of course, I love the Forge of Destiny III. :)

[antisocialmunky]

Go play EB.

[dansei]

I´m looking forward to the modification "Ran no Jidai".

[Raz]

^

What a formal post. :book:
Almost.... robotic.

[Wundai]

Nah I would call it more mature :)

Thnx Dansei good to see the fanbase growing, good thing also there are more people then whining children who ask for release dates all the time ;)

[Vlad The Impaler]

Nah I would call it more mature :)

Thnx Dansei good to see the fanbase growing, good thing also there are more people then whining children who ask for release dates all the time ;)


I think you are overreacting. in this rhytm we will have the mod when empire tw will be realeased:p

[JediDarkLord]

excuse me i'm nude oops new j/k

Have this mod finished yet? I can't find the download link. If not when will it be?
Thx

The Force Uses All!

[Eufarius]

First Welcome to the forums, secondly this mod has been in production for two very long years and they are almost done ( I hope) and that is why you don't see a link, hope that helped you.

[Xiahou Liao]

Still standing by my word strong. I haven't touched Rome: TW since I posted. :)

[English Patriot]

I wish they'd say something, I've been checking this forum for months

[Eufarius]

I wish they'd say something, I've been checking this forum for months
They do just randomly.

[Wundai]

Still standing by my word strong. I haven't touched Rome: TW since I posted. :)

WoW! Respect!

[olly]

As I have not posted here for a while I just thought I'd say I am still really looking forward to this mod.

Thanks

[Paradox]

No release date yet?

[Eufarius]

Nope.:shame:

[Wundai]

Lol Eufarius I like the smiley :P

[Eufarius]

Thnx How are the buildings going?

[Arioh]

:pirate2: i hope my net connection will not runs out before downloading this awesome mod:thrasher:

cool it out u there

[Wundai]

Going very nice :)

[HKagemusha]

And that's exactly what you 'll do... :2thumbsup:

For the city size, I don't know it yet (didn't saw the map settlement) but they should have enough place to have a close streets-fights... :laugh4:

Hehe thanks to Wundai we know there are 5 levels of the castle, which probably corrolates to 5 settlement levels (Well 6 for towns without castles XD )

[thebigbossnahhh]

Going very nice :)


Love to see a list of all the Buildings your doing.

I saw your Market, Castle and Gun Powder building. My eyes are literally bonging out lol.

[Wundai]

Heh there isn't a buildings progress thread for nothing :2thumbsup:
The List is in there.

[Harkonnen]

I have a problem: for my taste the units moving speed in RTW is not appropriate or realistic. Things are happening too fast. There should be a realistic corelation betwen unit's size/type, terrain, distance in order to have a good gaming and the feel of a real battle in medieval Japan or Europe, or ancient Europe. You understand I go for realism.
Have you considered slowing down the game, that is the units speed in walking, running etc.?



Answer to moomo : there will be modifications to play in a more realistic way, but don't forget we're retrained but the game's core...

By Seijitai.

Well, i read in other post that the years is probably that have four turns (seasons), but with this system the unit moviment is big in a map so small.
Wouldn´t be more logical make each turns of two months? then you reduce the moviment of all units (to make it real), and in one turn an army will not cross the middle of the map.
Will the game´s core allow it?.

I hope that you understand me, thanks and sorry for my english.

[Taneda Santôka]

Hello Harkonnen :) Sorry to disapoint you but the timescale will say as it is and movements to, Japan is a small country and army movements were quick and sometimes unpredictable. If it turns out unplayable, it'll be tweaked, but that's not an issue now. I also think writing a 6turns per Year script will be more complicated, as unlike M2TW, RTW you can't easily change the timescale. I hope you understand. :bow:

[Harkonnen]

Ok, I understand you perfectly. With four turns per year (as in EB mod) will be ok (only you need take more care with your far neighbors (because is possible that their armies can take your cities with more movement in one turn) this will extend the strategy in the game (more factions can make you damage in the game). Good, it like me.

[moomo]

Is this mod gone come out anytime soon, cause I know lots of people that were waiting for it but their patiente is really put to a test here.

[Wundai]

Going to have to ask those people to have more patience then, there are enough things to do on this beautiful earth while waiting for RNJ, and in that time we will be continueing our work on the mod :smash:

[Raz]

Going to have to ask those people to have more patience then, there are enough things to do on this beautiful earth while waiting for RNJ, and in that time we will be continueing our work on the mod :smash:

One might say however, that there are more things to do on this beautiful earth than to work on RNJ! (and thus you lot would be living it up on a tropical island whilst we are stuck here waiting for RNJ) :wink2:

[Wundai]

Heh that could well be so, since we do this project in our free time:yes:
So that means when we're busy we can't work on it, and when we just want to play games like you lot we have the right to play them too :laugh4:

But in essence there are many ways to wait, I'd say just check the forum from time to time since there won't be many updates coming in the near future, reason: (read the buildings thread)

Oh yes and ofcourse enjoy the sun when it shines in your area :clown:

[Wundai]

Hmm this is good as place as any for this:

A Progress Update: (couldn't put this in the buildings thread cause they're not :P )

Wlesmana has made some awesome Japanese Ship Models for the mod, that we are showcasing today :) with his permission:

https://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6605/rnjshipej9.th.jpg (https://img362.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rnjshipej9.jpg)
A Japanese Warship.

https://img146.imageshack.us/img146/909/rnjkentoshicu2.th.jpg (https://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rnjkentoshicu2.jpg)
A Kentoshi ship.

This is what the ships look like in campaign map:
https://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8889/rnjstratship2ra1.th.jpg (https://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rnjstratship2ra1.jpg)
https://img217.imageshack.us/img217/80/rnjstratship1bn8.th.jpg (https://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rnjstratship1bn8.jpg)

[Raz]

Awesome, I suppose there's going to be more than just two warships though, yeah?

[Wundai]

Oeh such late answering on my part. I suppose so mate, but not in the first beta :)

Hey, another update from another front I kept from you, since I waited for Maxmus to finish the last model, but because of 'communication' not much happening there.

So here you have it, now we have all seen the lords who were struggling for the rule of Japan (Takeda,Uesugi,Tokugawa etc.)
But ofcourse there was also need for Daimyo's to control the provinces of Japan.

And so 8 Daimyo Models were made by "Maxmus" and now displayed here with his permission :) (and one more to go)

1.
http://s58.radikal.ru/i161/0808/da/dc49f07bdd58.jpg

2.
http://s47.radikal.ru/i118/0808/a5/a10a5ebf085f.jpg
3.
http://s60.radikal.ru/i169/0808/0c/2e74f47a1a76.jpg
3,5.
http://s40.radikal.ru/i088/0808/5f/1b4bc437d62a.jpg
4.
http://s41.radikal.ru/i093/0808/f5/ec7bcae26fe0.jpg
5.
http://s60.radikal.ru/i170/0808/18/e4a9fb7e6f9c.jpg
6.
http://s41.radikal.ru/i091/0809/e2/82c437743215.jpg
7.
http://s47.radikal.ru/i117/0810/7c/dcdcceead24b.jpg
8.
http://s52.radikal.ru/i138/0811/88/49ba1eba452c.jpg

[Harkonnen]

Ooohhhh yes, it´s very good :2thumbsup: . Now we can see our daimyo in the battle... and make a duel with another daimyo.

[Vlad The Impaler]

thank you very much Wundai!

those looks awesome! :bow: can we have something more? like a bigger screenshot from the map? :bounce:

[Wundai]

Afraid not my RNJ install is corrupted so I cannot make screens from ingame, only my buildings which are on a seperate feature :P

[Paradox]

For some reason, I can't see the images you posted. All I see is "."

It's no problem though, I would rather be surprised when I install this game.

[Wundai]

Thats odd, the spoiler dont seem to work in the Guild, but the pictures are still displayed for the others, and me just now, odd that you cant see them :inquisitive:

[Wundai]

Hey everyone, I have to be honest with you we would have liked to release this mod in 2009, that time has passed now(good thing we didnt set a release date ey :P )

At least I can assure Ran No Jidai WILL see its release in 2010

Happy New Year Everyone!

[Raz]

Wow... an official release date. *sarcasm*

Sorry, but skepticism is the first thing that comes to mind with Ran No Jidai. :laugh4:
Haha, jokes. I'm glad that is confirmed Wundai. Thanks so much for relaying info to the org, I assume most of the news is at the center, correct?

[Wundai]

Well... its more active around there, so when people ask question out there and I answer, there might be more information available over there :)

I understand you skepticism by the way, its been 5 years. I would feel the same ;)

At least we're moving ahead now with the Beta :)

[aimlesswanderer]

Well, it is good to hear about progress!

[Wundai]

Thanks ;)

[Wundai]

Hello Guild Fans, there is news concerning the mod in the Progress List/Thread.

You can discuss the news here if you like, I've closed the Thread itself, reasons are stated.

Check it out :beam:

[Pranas]

Oh man, great updated... with this progres, soon we will see the campaign itself... no doubt.
Keep up the good work. ;)

[Wundai]

Campaign might take a little longer, but the rest of the elements are coming along nicely :)

Btw check the forum a bit more frequently this/next week ;)

Reason: "unspecified"

[Helgi]

Like the Beta, played the Takeda, looking forward to the campaign mode when it comes out. I have waited a long time as have we all...:2thumbsup:

[Wundai]

:beam:

[aimlesswanderer]

Wish my brother hadn't absconded with my RTW and skipped town. Hopefully I can get it back soon so I can play RnJ!

[Wundai]

Long time since anyone posted here, I actually thought this forum dead, which is why all the news happens over at TWC. heh

[Hida Kuon]

My kingdom for anyone who can tell me how to get Ran no Jidai 2.0! No download mirrors work for me!

[Ludens]

Welcome to the .Org ~:wave: .

I am afraid that the .Org's Ran no Jidai forum has been abandoned. Try the TWC one (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?92-Ran-no-Jidai-%28BI%29): it's still active, so the download links are probably up to date.