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caius britannicus
11-08-2006, 23:39
Over a year of blood, sweat, and tears the development team behind The Crusades is ready to unleash the beast. The Crusades V1.0 is a hefty product that is a nearly complete version of the mod. However, to get the mod out earlier several features have been left out and will be patched at a later date. Currently there is only one download link, I would ask that people be patient, I am working at getting mirrors up. However, at 250+MB it takes a while to upload.


THE CRUSADES

Can't wait for Medieval Total War 2? Just don't have a machine that will be able to play Medieval Total War 2? Do you want EPIC battles fought across sweeping campaigns in the holy land? Then The Crusades is for YOU!

The Crusades is a total conversion mod that brings the player back to the time of Salah al-Din, Richard the Lionheart, the Kingdom of Jersualem and the Third Crusade. It offers the player a chance to relive two famous campaigns of the period, the campaigns of the third crusade and the conquests of Salah al-Din. At the players disposal in both campaigns are over 100 unique units (roughly 50 for each faction), a host of historical characters (Salah al-Din, Fredrick Barbarossa, Richard the Lionheart and many more), as wells a several unqiue buildings and settlements.

Outside of the campaign the player will be treated to 12 brand new custom battle locations to do battle against the crusaders or saracens. All the units for each faction as well as rebel units are available for custom battles, including byantine, cilician armenian, and county units. So you may not get to play as the byzantines in the campaign, but that doesn't stop you from forming a byzantine army in a custom or online battle.

***AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS***
TotalRealism.net - The Crusades v1.0 (http://www.totalrealism.net/developers/caius/The%20Crusades%20v1.exe)
FileFront.com - The Crusades v1.0 ( http://files.filefront.com/The_Crusades_v1exe/;6154050;;/fileinfo.html)
FileFactory.com - The Crusades v1.0 (http://www.filefactory.com/file/d2ed31/)
FileFactory.com 2 - The Crusades v1.0 (http://www.filefactory.com/file/b74f91/)
MegaUpload.com - The Crusades v1.0 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8K3VQPCD)
MegaUpload.com 2 - The Crusades v1.0 ( http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P1N0V2JU)
SendSpace.com - The Crusades v1.0 ( http://www.sendspace.com/file/bc8cgz)

***INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS***
- Install a CLEAN version of either ROME TOTAL WAR GOLD EDITION or ROME TOTAL WAR: Barbarian Invasion PATCHED TO 1.6

- Download the exe above.

- Install the mod using the install program to the correct directory. The install program is defaulted to the Gold edition directory. Make sure that if you have another version you select the proper directory

- play the mod!

***FEATURES LIST***
- TWO seperate campaigns!
- 52 Turns per year script brings the campaign to life
- Over 150 UNIQUE units and officers
- BRAND NEW MUSIC
- NEW mounts, including covered horses for crusaders and mailed horses for saracens
- NEW battle user interface and campaign user interface for each faction
- NEW event pictures
- NEW loading screens
- Updated stone walls for the crusader faction
- Stronghold Settlements - walled fortresses where knightly orders can recruit troops
- Massive Map - 4x the size of the original RTW map with historic locations such as Karak or Hattin
- New Strategy map characters - gone are the single characters of Vanilla RTW.
- Updated Traits and Ancillaries
- All new portraits for Generals, family membres, agents and ancillaries
- New UI cards for all units
- New seige weapons - Catapult and Siege Bow
- New formations thanks to Darth Vader and Darth's Formations v16.2
- Darth Vader's stat charge and stat fire delay changes implemented for more realistic AI behavior
- New special purpose units - Naffatin Fire Throwers and Priests of the True Cross
- Unit descriptions and names explain the role of each unit in the game and how to best utilize them.
- Sprites for all units so even people with low end machines can play the mod
- Palm Tree forests
- New stats system utilizes moral and stats to bring new challenges to each battle.
- Brand new menu art
- new quotes from the period of the crusades

***SCREENSHOTS***
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***GAMEPLAY TIPS AND TRICKS***
- When using lance armed cavalry always attack with alt-right click. This will make the cavalry charge with their lance (higher charge bonus) then draw their side-arm weapon which has a lower charge but more powerful attack
- European units are recruited via the top level ports. However, it takes a little longer for them to be trained than the local Latin troops
- Turkish, Syrian, and Arabian units are trained through the caravanserai.
- Spys and Assassins have low upkeep and are really cheap to recruit. Use them alot. Before invasions or planning any incusions always have at least a 1 spy screen infront of your army.
- You don't need a spy to see the general strength of an army. Simply double click the army to see how many units it has.
- Richard the Lionheart is on Cyprus and Barbarossa is in Asia Minor, don't forget about them in the Crusader campaign. They have powerful armies and are your best generals.

***CREDITS AND SPECIAL THANKS***

Major Contributors

Chris "Caius Britannicus" Janssen
Reiksmarshal
Uranos
Isnogood
Meothar
Daud.fr
Lacademon

Special Thanks to

Def
Nzike
Myrdraal
Alpaca
Chigga
Don_Achilles
Lord BDH
Darth Vader
Laca
Kscott
Brandon M
Dark89
Desertfox
The Chivalry Total War Team
The Rome Total Realism Team
The TotalWar.org Community
The Rome Total Realism Community
The Total War Center Community

caius britannicus
11-08-2006, 23:58
This isn't a joke :)

caius britannicus
11-09-2006, 00:07
BUMP, so it gets noticed!

lionskin
11-09-2006, 00:24
Awesome, and congrats Caius. :2thumbsup:

Uranos
11-09-2006, 00:44
~:thumb: and congrats Caius.

Announcement made to the Polish Community ~;)

satanea juda
11-09-2006, 00:49
Fantastic news, congrats to all the team especially Cb, awesome. i'm getting a good dl speed off of mega upload 225kbs.

Glaucus
11-09-2006, 01:25
Yes!!!!!!!! Does this replace the normal campaign, or does it use the mod-switch function thing?

ignacius_magnus
11-09-2006, 01:40
allrighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht

thank goodness it really did came out before Md2tw yes!!!!!!

my eyes are watery of joy thanks cauis and forgive us for the non believers
hassling u about when it was going to download im already at 10%
but whats a couple of hours of waiting??

thanks maaaaan!!!!....cant wait to play it!!!!

daud.fr
11-09-2006, 01:47
***AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS***
TotalRealism.net
Crusades v1.0 (http://www.totalrealism.net/developers/caius/The%20Crusades%20v1.exe)
FileFront.com
Link 1 (http://files.filefront.com/The_Crusades_v1exe/;6154050;;/fileinfo.html)/Link 2 (http://files.filefront.com/The_Crusades_v10exe/;6154194;;/fileinfo.html)
FileFactory.com
Link 1 (http://www.filefactory.com/file/d2ed31/)/Link 2 (http://www.filefactory.com/file/b74f91/)
MegaUpload.com
Link 1 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8K3VQPCD)/Link 2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P1N0V2JU)
SendSpace.com
Link 1 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/bc8cgz)/Link 2 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/9vi5va)

Yun Dog
11-09-2006, 01:54
GOD WILLS IT!!!!!


:2thumbsup:

therussian91
11-09-2006, 01:56
Bravo man. Good job, i've been waiting for this for a long time. It's one of the most anticipated mods in the community (well, it is for me at least).


It just couldn't have come at a worse time. My computer is screwed up.......sigh. Time to wipe the hard drive

polak966
11-09-2006, 03:54
//edit
question answered in diff thread

Shishan
11-09-2006, 05:07
M downloading it now :dancing:

Fondor_Yards
11-09-2006, 07:16
OMG You just gave me a heart attack! Between this and when M2TW coming out, I'm not going to get any work or homework done for months.

Shishan
11-09-2006, 07:52
B4 i install..wanna ask some info 1st..can i still play RTW? or need to uninstall TC 1st?:sweatdrop:

Epistolary Richard
11-09-2006, 09:09
Congrats, caius! Excellent work!

Cesare diBorja
11-09-2006, 09:49
This is quite literally the best mod I have ever played. Itstoo badallofthe Europe-Mediterranean theatre cannot be included. Completely awesome! Thanks, Crusaders!

CdB(GH, P)

Shishan
11-09-2006, 13:33
ITS A SUPERB MOD!! with the soundtrack from KOH..the units..oh oh the gameplay..OMG..Respect to all the Major Contributors of The Crusade:bow:

Subedei
11-09-2006, 14:19
Good job....so 2 Medieval releases i:2thumbsup: n one week....who would have guessed that.....:knight:

BaldwinIV
11-09-2006, 15:16
Only one word - BEAUTIFUL!!!

Geoffrey S
11-09-2006, 16:13
Hey, great news! Been looking forward to this for a while, the production values look fantastic.

But I'm not entirely certain, is RTW Gold equivalent to 1.5; does Crusades run on 1.5?

Modestus
11-09-2006, 16:50
Well done congrats to everyone involved.

caius britannicus
11-09-2006, 17:08
Hey, great news! Been looking forward to this for a while, the production values look fantastic.

But I'm not entirely certain, is RTW Gold equivalent to 1.5; does Crusades run on 1.5?

Gold Edition is equivalent to 1.6, the game REQUIRES Barbarian Invasion patched to 1.6. If you own Rome Total War GOLD EDITION then you already have BI 1.6 and you don't need to do anything except install the mod and run the Barbarian Invasion exe.

Ujio
11-09-2006, 17:55
I love you,guys^^thanks thanks thanks....you filled the heart of a poor german player with happiness :2thumbsup:

CrownOfSwords
11-09-2006, 20:41
Great mod ive been playing it all morning, I love the quality of the skins they look great and the wide variety of units is cool too. But ive been having alot of CTDs ill get u some more info later about it.

beauchamp
11-09-2006, 22:27
A Sincerest Shokran Ghazilan, Sayyid Caius.
Your mod shall be played much over this weekend.

Ma'Salema, and may your next modding experiences be blessed.

Mithradates
11-09-2006, 22:51
Before i mop up the drool what are the best settings for the Crusades ie hard medium etc?

caius britannicus
11-09-2006, 23:17
I play on hard myself.

Mithradates
11-09-2006, 23:29
Okay then i will rise to the challange congrats for all the hard work :)

Geoffrey S
11-10-2006, 00:12
Gold Edition is equivalent to 1.6, the game REQUIRES Barbarian Invasion patched to 1.6. If you own Rome Total War GOLD EDITION then you already have BI 1.6 and you don't need to do anything except install the mod and run the Barbarian Invasion exe.
Thanks. Guess I'll have to wait a while then.

The Spartan (Returns)
11-10-2006, 01:17
yes! ill download tommorow!

Baron von Manteuffel
11-10-2006, 02:07
Excellent! I believe you've succeeded in capturing the feel of "Kingdom of Heaven". Superb quality with attention to detail. Love the music, love the screens, and the battles are very intense. Overall a very well done, unique mod. :2thumbsup: ~:cheers:

Shishan
11-10-2006, 02:54
i played it and at that time my friends with me..they say "Hey where did u get this Kingdom of heaven game?" they were stunned and thier jaw :jawdrop: ... and i juz smile..:beam:

Helgi
11-10-2006, 03:43
I can smile once more,

GOD Wills It!!!!!!!!!
:2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

Kierkegaard
11-10-2006, 03:44
download fineshed, thx, :)

wraithdt
11-10-2006, 05:16
Caius, I can't believe the amount of effort you guys put into it even with M2TW just around the corner. The quality of this mod is truly a testament to your skill. You've really captured the atmosphere of the Crusades as depicted in the Kingdom of Heaven. Congrats to all who were invovled and I salute you for a job well done.:bow:

KARTLOS
11-10-2006, 08:56
has anyone playing it mangaed to get a viable economy?

i read that it was originally intended that there would be trade caravans to attack for money- but that doesnt seem to be in this

i have nearlly completed it, but i did cheat by ading money regularly. if anyone manages to have a sustainable economy with this game then please let me know.

saladin came and besieged acre earlly on and i massacred him and his massive army against the walls. following that i didnt realy encounter that much serious opposition, i.e no full stack armies.

i tried to convert every village/town i conqured as it felt apropriate, but i am sure it is unecessary and just makes things difficult for you. if the earliest chisitian building was 1 or 0 turns to build rather than 2 it would be alot easier.

overall i really enjoyed it, its been very stylishy done and the battles are fun, im a bit worried that i reduced the fun by cheating with the money- i would be intersted to no other peoples experiences

Fate
11-10-2006, 09:53
I cant wait to download this game :D
It looks like you guys have put a hell of a lot of work into it, and i cant wait to check it out

KARTLOS
11-10-2006, 11:57
one small thing is that the strongholds have too low a population so you cant actually build troops in them - they should be upped to over 1000 to get around this. If you were concerned about populations in strongholds getting unhappy too easy then maybe give them all an executioners square.

Ulfang
11-10-2006, 13:04
I got MTW2 yesterday but will still be getting this! I've been looking forward to this mod for quite some time!

Marshal Murat
11-10-2006, 14:43
This was a visual orgasim.
No, really. I couldn't stop playing, this is such an improvement over the RTW and BI models, I just wanted to keep going.
The campaign is great, massive map, new army model, and very challanging play. You could really sink your teeth in.
The recruit times were long, which is good and bad. It's historically accurate (instead of -poof- trained horse and rider for you sir). It forced me to conserve my troops. In RTW, after you got ten cities, you could churn out thousands of soldiers. This one, if you got a cavalry unit, you KEEP IT. The bad part is that you can't really get to the swirling cavalry battles until later game.

What is it with Barbarossa and Richard? Do you find their massive armies, or do you explore that area, and then they appear in trickles, you have to train them, what???

lionskin
11-10-2006, 15:54
I Played a few turns last night. I must say this is beyond a Mod, its a Epic Production. Awesome work Caius and the team.

Got attacked by the Saracens from 3 sides. Guy deLusignan was killed in that battle, so early too :embarassed:

caius britannicus
11-10-2006, 17:02
What is it with Barbarossa and Richard? Do you find their massive armies, or do you explore that area, and then they appear in trickles, you have to train them, what???


Richard and Barbarossa are ready to serve you from the start of the crusader campaign. When you select your campaign the picture that shows the map has three shields on it. A yellow one with the Holy Roman EMpires black eagle on it, a red one with the three lions of Richard, and a blue one with a gold fleur de lies. Those shields indicate the location of the three european armies on the campaign map. So in the areas of those shields to find Richard and Barbarossa. Richard has a sizable army that you can conquer Cyprus with (if your good) and Barbarossa is old and wilely but has a powerful army as well.

Ciaran
11-10-2006, 20:04
:laugh4: Trust my I-net connection to fail on the day this much anticipated mod comes out. My congratulations, and great thanks, for sharing your work with us, you just made my weekend. A bright star in a real dark world, indeed, thank you so much. I´ll download immediately, Chrismas in June :2thumbsup:

ivoignob
11-10-2006, 20:14
Hi! This mod seems to be very interesting... Just one question: Is it possible to take prisoners during battle in the mod?

Marshal Murat
11-11-2006, 03:05
Aww darn, found the cheap way to win (hint, involves 5 0-turn spearmen and overwhelming numbers)

Fondor_Yards
11-11-2006, 07:06
How's this for ironic? I utterly crushed Saladin's army and killed him while he was in Hattin. I didn't even do it on purpose, just followed the little bugger and he went there. But he killed stupid Phillip in the battle before hand, so he really did deserve it.

BTW Is it just me or do knights need to be toned down? Like 4 Knights can destory whole Sacren armies without any losses...theyr 6/7/8 turn recruitment doesn't make up for that.

KARTLOS
11-11-2006, 07:45
opinions on the economy anyone?

and stronghold population

Bohemond
11-11-2006, 13:00
Since the times of STW I am waiting for the total first Total War game about the Crusades.

I was very dissapointed when in 2002 CA dropped the title 'Crusader Total War' and renamed the game 'Medieval'. It was to be seen that they were aiming for maximum scope, but sacrificed detail. The game was of course very successful but I never really liked it. I still think STW was the best game in the series, among other things because it had a small, detailed map instead of the huge, abstracted one we got in every game since then.

I was so desperate that back in 2002, I did a small Crusader mod for MTW, which was called 'Outremer'. Maybe someone has played it or my Teutonic Knights Mod. I don't think they had very long lasting appeal, but I believe they were the first crusader campaigns ever done for TW.

Alas, I have downloaded and will try this weekend. MTW2 is coming monday but I expect this to be much better from the serious games point of view.

Awesome job so far. Let's hope this won't get overlooked because of MTW2.

meconicuk
11-11-2006, 15:55
Thanks to Caius and everyone who had a hand with designing this Mod.

I 've only recently bought 'Total War:Eras' and was under the belief that it wouldn't accept Mods.
I downloaded Crusades last night and it installed smoothly: no glitches at all.

Have played some Custom Battles and had a quick look at the campaign game.
I'm very impressed with the units and gameplay.... but the use of music (noticed a track from Stronghold 1) and the 'Kingdom of Heaven' theme which runs throughout; makes the Mod outstanding.

Thanks again for all the time and effort you obviously put in.

Mac.

beauchamp
11-11-2006, 23:12
Ive been playing for three days straight! Its been awsome, so far, I lost the "main campaign" (I assume it is take Jerusalem before a certain date). I now own all lands up to Sidon. I have had some epic battles, and im talkin' battles that I have never had in any other RTW game. I would have to say that the main reason for victory is the Sibyan al-Rikab, they are invincible. But, just as I saw before in an earlier post, I cannot seem to stimulate the economy, even though I have a multitude of slaves. Al-Misr and Al-Qahira have basically become money suckers, with 2000 dinars worth of debt. Otherwise, Im still having a blast. Again, Shokran Ghazilan Sayyid Caius. Mabrouk!

Ps. Im playing as the Fatimids (obviously :beam:)

Just one more question, in any later versions will their be wonders and relics included? I was hoping to see the great mosques of Al-Qahira and Al-Dimashq as well as Medina and Jerusalem.

NONOPUST
11-13-2006, 01:14
Awesome looking mod, I am so amazed at the detail put into it.

This also lessens the grief i have about not getting M2TW till tuesday lol

:2thumbsup:

satchef1
11-15-2006, 02:34
Cant wait to play this! Looks like it will be the best Total War mod ever! ~:)

Will download in the morning, 1:30am is a bit late to start messing around with RTW installs

WTFM-GzZ
11-15-2006, 06:17
hope The Crusades V2.0 hurry Release:2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

hope have new Catapult unit:juggle2:

http://wtfm.exblog.jp/i23

Aragorn1963
11-19-2006, 09:41
Outstanding work. I've played this mod yesterday almost all day and couldn't drag myself away from it. Well done, Gaius and all who helped you!

Is anybody working on a similar mod for the Teutonic Knight Order perhaps? Or are there any plans in that direction?

Pewe
11-22-2006, 17:18
This mod really brings the crusader era to life. But I don't understand, And it's the same with all mods, You guys spend a lot of time and really hard work on your free time and get no money for it so lazy people like myself can enjoy it for free. But I thank you from the bottom of my heart. :bow:
Deus Vult!

TosaInu
11-26-2006, 16:05
http://www.mizus.com/files/files/RTW/TotalConversions/The%20Crusades%20v1.exe

redriver
12-21-2006, 17:03
darn! I only have Rome v1.5 and no I won't buy BI just to play this mod... :/

guess me stick with Chivalry all the way.
from what I've seen here this is a must have mod.. too bad.

anyhow, outstandin' effort guys!

Cangrande
12-25-2006, 21:49
Barbarossa is old and wilely but has a powerful army as well.

But no water wings :laugh4:

ortegapararrato
12-30-2006, 14:32
Over a year of blood[/CENTER]

you are gay?? lord cacadura?? i´m spanish, thank for all

The Blessed Squidy
01-03-2007, 06:33
:dizzy2: This is the Best Game Ever!:dizzy2:

:knight: Very Nice Work Lord Cauis.

~:cheers:

DOWNLOAD IT NOW!!!

GOD WILLS IT!!!
:2thumbsup:

Tiberius maximus
01-03-2007, 19:38
GOD WILLS IT!!!!!


:2thumbsup:
exactly congrats to cb :yes: :yes:

clairvaux
01-19-2007, 02:55
OMG I THINK I JUST PISSED MYSELF... SO AWESOMEKICKASSEDNESS PACKED INTO ONE GAME... AND ITS FREE!!!

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

Since, I got the patch for Medieval II, I can't play without a CD anymore and I can't find my disc anhwere, so this basically saved me.

Kenchi_Shaka
02-19-2007, 06:06
very good job!
the atmosphere is very authentical.
nice map, nice units.

does the campaign script activate the 3rd crusade at some point when playing as the saraceans?

shaka

Quintus Of Pompeii
02-21-2007, 00:26
Downloading now..
Looks GREAT!!! :bounce:

Quintus

AdamtheGreat
05-12-2007, 14:05
First of all I just want to say that I enjoy this mod very much, I just have one small complaint. Maybe its my computer.

But anyway, when I play this mod as islam the only units the crusaders build are maronites, and when I am playing as the Crusaders, the only unit islam builds are the sissy archer guys that I can't remember the names of.

Any way you can fix that soon.

King Baldwin IV
06-10-2007, 05:29
hello, i just reinstalled rome and wanted to try this cool mod. but most of the download links, totalrealism, filefactory, FileFront arent working anymore. i can download from sendspace but it doesnt let me resume, i'll need a few days to finish it due to slow speed. i've also downloaded from megaupload but the exe file is corrupted when i finished. :sweatdrop:

is there other sites i can find this mod on? or i'll redownload from megaupload again and hope it works.

Eduorius
06-20-2007, 04:54
Excellent mod Caius :applause:

Nelduin
06-23-2007, 13:22
Yeah, very good mod, with the Kindom of Heaven's music, it's really awesome...

Knight-Kostya
06-27-2007, 22:19
Exelent mode!!!!!

Marcus Furius Camillus
07-30-2007, 10:54
there is only one thing I can say about this MOD : DEUS VULT - ( pope Urbanus II )

christof139
08-19-2007, 02:45
Hi, This is a great mod!!! Too bad not anyone supports it anymore.

I get a CTD rarely when I have played the game for some tme, but that is my standard CTD I occasionally get with my compooter due to some unknown software and/or hardware issues and maybe conflicts.

I notice that my Assasin's portraits in the city info pic scroll usually appears as a unit icon pic, another character portrait or parts of 2 portraits, a building or part thereof, other textures and unknowns, and sometimes as its own actual portrait. Very odd.

Anyone make any tweaks to tone down the number of Rebel Pirates and the costs of buildings and units and unit upkeep?? Also some unit info pic (and possibly buildings) descriptions seem to need to be completed.

Don't know if this is necessary but with the 52-turn/year script (I think that is right, hope I read this here about this mod, but I may have it confused with another one), it may not be necessary, but I am playing without the script and it seems like 2 to 4 turns per year.

Great music, gameplay is hard, its hard to hold onto cities and make a profit from them, and the models, sprites, and Review and Info Pics are great!!!

Thanx, Chris

PS: I went back and activated the 52-turn/year script in an already started campaign and I went bak from 1200-something to 1187, no biggie. Also, using that script rather than the regular 2-turn per year vanilla game script, you are indeed able to improve your cities and armies considerably. May tweak some unit stats and cost etc. though. Plays great and the music etc. are great.

christof139
08-23-2007, 09:57
Just got a few turns into 1188, and i am finally making some $$$. I destroy all the Military Academies and other buildings in a town if I do not intend to stay there so gather $$$ that way. Also, playing as the Crusaders, I destrpy the mosques and usually immediately build a Christian Shrine in the town. Then as my front is pushed forward, the captured towns in the rear areas gradually and sometimes fairly quickly convert to Christianity, although there are riots and an occasioanl rebellion, but I just repair damged Shrines and upgrade them to Chapels and Churches, until I actually have towns without garrisons and from 75% - 100% Happiness. I've also had towns with 0% Happiness have only occasional riots and rare rebellions.

The coast is controlled byt the Crusaders from St. Symeon in the north along with Antioch all the way to Arsuf and Jaffa in the south, jerusalem is also takes, as is the Hospitaler Krak des Chavaliers and the Teutonic Bueafort or Belvoir. Tarsus in the far north in Cilicia, Anatolia just rebelled with an about 80% Happiness (wierd) so I moved northwest to Koryrus (sp?) and took that but will soon evacuate my little army u their for pleasanter realms farther south, if any survive.

Have to tweak this to lessen the amount of roaming Rebel/Slave/Brigand Armies and especially Fleets, as ther were never that many Pirate Fleets of that great a strength continually popig up to harass the Crusaders. Some Moslem and even Christian Pirates were around then, but not at the strength and frequency they appea in the mod. An English Pirate, Gundemejer (sp?) with his Pirate/Corsair fleet of Britons, Danes, various French and Italians, etc. actually helped the Principality of Antioch during its initial founding, and of course this was done to make a profit, but there were some 'spititual' or other reasons, but mainly profit. So, since the Crusaders have very limited sea strength since they can't afford the upkeep with all their troops and building and rebuilding using most of the $$$, a slight lessening of the number and rate of appearance of these Rebels might make things a slight bit more historical.

I think a 30 to 50% reduction in the appearances and number of ships in a Pirate fleet and the same for Land Rebels/Brigands would be good, for me anyway.

Now, to discover how to mod the files to do this. Have to find the right thread, any help on this from anyone please!???!

Anyway, good mod as it is.

Thank you again, Chris

Ludens
08-26-2007, 20:39
Now, to discover how to mod the files to do this. Have to find the right thread, any help on this from anyone please!???!
I think this thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=40326) contains the answer you seek. If it doesn't work, ask you question in that forum. Don't forget to back things up though.

christof139
08-27-2007, 17:00
Ludens,

Yes, and thanx for the link!!!

Unfortunately, now I also see that Brigands are not rebels so I have to determine what the DRF file is, or maybe there are entires concening brigands in the Descriprtion files mentioned in the other thread.

Also, seems that the castle of Montreal is in the wrong place, and should be east of the range of hills rather than west. Have to double check, but that is a simple matter of changing the map cooridnates, as long as one simply knows what files the map cords. are in, but that is here in some thread or other. Some troop etc. into. pic descriptions aren't finished either.

Does anyone want to finish this mod??

It's a good mod, detailed, accurate, and fun.

Chris

PS: I have Runciman's 3 Volumes on the Crusades plus a decent Atlas dealing with them, and the info. in Runciman's work is very, very detailed and superb. It uses many original primary sources, both Christian, Jewish, and Muslim, plus he draws on the works of many very good modern authors. Runciman published in the 1950's. There are scads of peoples' names in Runciman's books, including many Christian ladies' names. It is amazing at how many and how quickly the crusaders built their castles, both large and small (stone from Roman ruins were reused to a great extent). The many alliances between Moslems and Christians is also amazing and described in detail. Great books if anyone is interested and doesn't have them, and they are available used and in paperback at Amazon.com and sometimes on Ebay etc.

Gebeleisis
09-13-2007, 21:55
This looks EXtraordinary


*downloads*

Ibn-Khaldun
12-22-2007, 11:09
It looks like a good mod but i can't download it :embarassed:

Filefront and other sites do not let me download and they are sayng that the file is not available ...

EDIT: Found a filelink posted by TosaInu .. so .. i will load it ~:)

Paradox
01-04-2008, 19:07
Can someone upload the links again? Really looking forward to playing this game!

Old Nick
01-12-2008, 14:09
I did the sensible thing and checked,if all the links were dead and found that these links still appear to be working:
http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=8K3VQPCD
http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=P1N0V2JU
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bc8cgz

and of course I took this sensible,obvious and intelligent step after uploading it myself... :shame:


http://rapidshare.com/files/83179432/The_Crusades_v1.rar.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/83196195/The_Crusades_v1.rar.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/83203147/The_Crusades_v1.rar.003

You'll need alot of time (or a premium account),HJ-Split and WinRar (both available as free-/shareware so google it).

I included a hotfix and the new models from over here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136523
(where all Crusades-fans should pay visit and hommage).

Baltic Hunter
01-28-2008, 14:23
need to free disc space on hard drive quickly :2thumbsup:

Armour144
02-22-2008, 05:32
wow looks great.... only 1 hour of downloading left...

Romavictor12345
03-10-2008, 04:06
in the new update i think that u should seriously tone down recruitment times for the crusaders armies most knights an heavy troops take 4 to 8 years to make lol wtf

Darkarbiter
11-07-2008, 01:48
I've also re uploaded it http://www.filefactory.com/file/20b04e/n/The_Crusades_v1_exe

It appears the other guys link is still working anyway.

Theif55
11-11-2008, 18:22
IS THIS MOD Folder or Overwrite the game ?

im not going to play it if it need to overwrite

Flavius Etius
11-18-2008, 16:19
Normally it overwrites it, but you could make a copy of the bi folder!ß
NOTE: It will install it into the bi folder, so you should first copy the folder,
then you have "bi" and "bi(2)" and after the installation rename "bi" into "crusades"(or something like this) and "bi(2)" into "bi". Now you only need a shortcut on desktop(add " -enable_editor -mod:crusades")

Finch
02-17-2009, 15:51
this is still one of the best mods ever of high quality/epic proportions

GustavusAdolphus
03-02-2009, 04:33
I don't have BI, only RTW 1.5, can I still play this mod?

Flavius Etius
03-11-2009, 19:51
No, you'll need Barbarian invasion

xiandaxxx
07-12-2009, 08:12
Umm.. how do you uninstall?

jamies
02-08-2013, 00:17
I have one question I want to know why i can't get main campain to work with this mod playing Franks as Crusaders in Mian Campaign when i click it, it load up to pick your faction so i do that and i click start it just goes back to Main menu is there a way to get Main campaign working again so you can fight with Franks/Crusaders Vs Rome and or factions ? IF so great tried Many thing i know about this so far deleting BI-option on descr_strat when we install this mod is changes some of the Units I was wondering do i got to Change the start of units for the franks in main Campaign to make it work or is there something else i do to do?

Ludens
02-08-2013, 10:48
Hello jamies, welcome to the .Org ~:wave: .

It's been a while since I played this mod, but if I recall correctly the main campaign isn't supposed to work: you need to select either the Saladin or the Third Crusade scenario.

It's not possible to play a standard campaign in this mod anyway: a number of factions and units had to be removed to make space for the Crusades stuff.