BROKEN CRESCENT: Total War in the Middle East

[mirage41]

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I would like to announce, detail and recruit for a new M2TW modification centred on the mid east. Before you sigh and go "Oh no, not another soon-to-be-failed mod" please check out the screens of my in-progress campaign below.

FEATURES
- 1175AD to 1400 AD. Basically from the rise of Saladin to the Timurids
- 2 turns per year
- Religions will be Islam, Christianity (no sects), Paganism or perhaps Hinduism if someone is willing to help me make a Hindu "Rajput States" faction.
- Will have brand new units for the eastern Persian, Afghan and Indian factions.
- Will focus heavily on mercenaries, I want to have mercenaries of high yields all throughout the map of every ethnic and tribal persuasion.
- Estimate the release will be middle or end of this summer.

CAMPAIGN MAP

The game world will span from Constantinople and Egypt all the way east to Afghanistan and Northern India.

https://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4365/scextentsip9.th.jpg (https://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scextentsip9.jpg)

Here are some screens of the Campaign Map I have completed so far. Note that some regions (afghanistan, india) still have their climate and ground types in progress.

EGYPT
https://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8869/egypt1kt9.th.jpg (https://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=egypt1kt9.jpg) https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9335/egypt2wn1.th.jpg (https://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=egypt2wn1.jpg) https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3909/egypt3ti5.th.jpg (https://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=egypt3ti5.jpg)

ANATOLIA AND THE CAUCUSUS
https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9520/anatolia1br9.th.jpg (https://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=anatolia1br9.jpg) https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4531/armenia1ak5.th.jpg (https://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=armenia1ak5.jpg) https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4972/armenia2pi8.th.jpg (https://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=armenia2pi8.jpg)

THE FERTILE CRESCENT
https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6598/levant1oa5.th.jpg (https://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=levant1oa5.jpg) https://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7079/levant2nw7.th.jpg (https://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=levant2nw7.jpg)

PERSIA
https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5818/iran1ms3.th.jpg (https://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iran1ms3.jpg) https://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5660/iran2ce9.th.jpg (https://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iran2ce9.jpg) https://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4921/iran3id5.th.jpg (https://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iran3id5.jpg) https://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4194/iran4vy2.th.jpg (https://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iran4vy2.jpg) https://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9656/iran5lq9.th.jpg (https://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iran5lq9.jpg)

AFGHANISTAN
https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3483/afghanistan1wd0.th.jpg (https://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afghanistan1wd0.jpg) https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3483/afghanistan1wd0.th.jpg (https://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afghanistan1wd0.jpg)

HIMALAYAS
https://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3360/india1uq3.th.jpg (https://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=india1uq3.jpg)

The map is still in progress and will be completed soon. I would appreciate info on medieval provinces around Persia, India and Afghanistan.




FACTIONS

https://img258.imageshack.us/img258/500/scextentscopyuq7gz2.th.jpg (https://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scextentscopyuq7gz2.jpg)

[Muslim]
- The Sultanate of Egypt:
Your first faction leader will be Saladin, historically representing Egypt after he seized it.

- The Abbasid Caliphate:
Represents the Caliphate under An-Nasir, the first and last strong and independent Caliph that overthrew the Seljuks

- The Great Seljuks:
Represents the nomadic turkish empire that took over the mid-east but will be very large and unweildy at first (like the Seleucids from RTR)

- The Turkish Sultanate
They are the Turks of Anatolia, from the Rum Turks all the way down to the Ottomans, I expect them to be a clone of current vanilla Turks.

- The Shahdom of Khwarezm
They are the ascendant Persian kingdom starting in northern Iran. They will be a very important faction and the centerpiece of the this mod.

- The Sultanate of Ghazni
They are basically the Afghan/Turkish faction that was based in the valleys of Afghanistan.

- The Sultanate of Delhi
They are the Indian Muslim faction that will start in north India.

- The Volga Bulgars
They are the Muslim faction of the far north. They will basically be a hybrid of mongols and turks and have mainly cavalry units.

[Christian]
- The Byzantine Empire
Basically a clone of the vanilla one

- The Kingdom of Jersalem
Represents the latin crusaders kingdom that will start completely surrounded by Egypt under Saladin.

- ***The Kingdom of Armenia *** [CONDITIONAL]
Basically Cilician Armenia, will start with Adana. ***I can include them only if someone is willing to help out.

- ***The Kingdom of Georgia *** [CONDITIONAL]
They will start at the Caucusus with Tbilisi, freshly independent from Seljuk rule. ***I can include them only if someone is willing to help out.

[Emergent]

- The Crusaders
They will be scripted to enter the map from either Constantinople or at Acre when Jerusalem is captured by a Muslim faction. They will have 1 to 3 super experienced stacks and will attack egypt. Of course thats if these things can be scripted.

- The Mongol Empire
The same as the vanilla except worse. They will spawn north of Samarkand and will come in more than 6 stacks. They will be very very tough and will be worst for the Khwarezm. This will be softened by the fact that the faction has plenty of lands in India, south Persia, and the Caucusus to fall back on.

- The Timurids
The same as thye vanilla except not as bad. They will spawn in the middle of Persia and will have 2 or 3 stacks at most. But will have a super duper general named - you guessed it - Timur the Lame.

[Hindu]

- ***The Rajput States *** [CONDITIONAL]
They will start south of the Sultanate of Delhi and will be a formidable faction to that will seek to retake India from the invading Muslims. Will have their own Hindu priests too. ***I will include them only if someone is willing to help out.




!HELP WANTED!

- I need creative skinners who are interested in making new and unique eastern units.

- I need battle historians that can tell me what units, banners and geneological names I can use.

- I need creative, artistic dudes that can make banners and faction symbols.

[Eastern Red]

Hi mirage41,
Nice and a pleasant surprise to see you here. I like the idea of Boken Crescent and hope to play this mod in a couple of months time. Sorry that I can't help for I know nothing about modding but I'm sure to be a faithful fan. Eastern factions and especially the Turks are my favourites. Good luck and regards!

[mirage41]

Hi mirage41,
Nice and a pleasant surprise to see you here. I like the idea of Boken Crescent and hope to play this mod in a couple of months time. Sorry that I can't help for I know nothing about modding but I'm sure to be a faithful fan. Eastern factions and especially the Turks are my favourites. Good luck and regards!

Hey man, thanks for the interest.

We won't let you down! If you wanna do something for this mod I would appreciate it if you just advertised - just maybe a little linky to out TWC thread. If you want :beam:

[Goatbuster3000]

Hey Mirage! Nice to see you here! I'm glad to see you're back! Once again, this looks to be a very promising mod!

[Eastern Red]

Hey man, thanks for the interest.

We won't let you down! If you wanna do something for this mod I would appreciate it if you just advertised - just maybe a little linky to out TWC thread. If you want :beam:
Will definately do that my friend. When the time arrives, I will change my sig to Broken Crescent to help promote your mod but I need someone to provide me with one. It's going to be exciting times ahead. Happy modding.

[AlphaDelta1]

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[Atalus]

I must say this looks awesome.

[NagatsukaShumi]

Looking very promising there, I wish you every sucess. Visuals are very good!

[AlphaDelta1]

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[Subedei]

Best of luck to all the modders on this project. The units look very good....I love the icon on one of the shields of Caucasian mountaineer archers :applause:

The setting is very well picked...interesting part of history....

[AlphaDelta1]

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[Bakma]

wow sounds nice! keep going :)

[Naughteous Maximus]

:medievalcheers: I like what I see and look forward to seeing more fantastic skin jobs. I'm especially looking forward to seeing what the Byzantines are going to look like. Great job can't wait till mod release.

[Bakma]

https://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j278/donlogan/rajput_noble_dismounted_swordsmen.jpg
Rajput noble swordsmen

[AlphaDelta1]

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[Subedei]

:applause: I am reeeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyyy looking forward to this mod!!!!! Excellent job.....

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi AD1

Great looking mod, great to see such excellent use of the converters :beam:

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[mirage41]

Don't forget to check out our main forums and HQ of Broken Crescent:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=346


Join the discussion or just check out the awsome screen shots.

For a full archive (w/ screens) of AlphaDelta's amazing units check out:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88835

And if you wanna check out the campaign map:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88834

Sift through the pages, there are screens throughout. Plus the forums has a dedicated faction thread if you want to discuss stuff or just check out a specific faction of your liking.

Later!
MIRAGE

[Randarkmaan]

Very nice units, looks like a fun mod. But I have to say you shouldn't call a unit "Faris cavalry" since basically it means "Horseman Cavalry". Oh and the Abbasids should have the Futtuwa: Warriors following a religious "chivalry"-esque code. In Bagdhad they were the only unit outfitted with crossbows (they were equipped by the Caliph) and I think they wore a red and white uniform reminiscent of the robes worn by the Abbasids' arch enemies, the Assassins (who you could include).

Also one thing I would suggest is the use of various types of different "valor banners", for an example Islamic banners with the double-bladed sword of Ali or Koran quotes, or christian banners with crosses or pictures of saints or just heraldry and so on.

[Warluster]

Awesome mod, ca'nt wait until it comes out, am hanging on for more screenshots! Good Work!

[RJDUDE]

Keep up the good work lads! Love the artwork on some of those shields (slight shield fetish). What kind of research do you need? I think koran passages would be brilliant if possible on the banners. I haven't managed to get the money for this game yet but will have in the next 2 weeks. Score! Can you make different banners for different generals?

[mirage41]

Hi guys. We've got an awsome new *Official* Screenshots thread here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=96454

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[DrZoidberg]

I was considering making a mod of my own. But I was considering starting a lot earlier, anyhoo. Cool. I'll help here instead as much as I can.

[earl of shrewsbury]

thats very nice a very good mod :bow:

how much have you done so far

eos

[mirage41]

Thanks for the new forums!!

[beauchamp]

Hadda Mumtaz!
Glad you posted here!

ps. Hopefully you can release the Merc pictures soon :2thumbsup:

Tashakur
~Beauchamp

[mirage41]

Hey Beuchamp,

Nice to see you here. We're actually not doing any brand new mercs for BC 1.0. I've already implemented mercs and they will use already made units for now.

In the future we will feature unique mercenaries for sure.

Mirage

[soibean]

beautiful beautiful models
I like the new location and different era, its great seeing some new stuff thrown out there
good luck

[King Orko]

Nice! a forum in the org.
and the sultanate of Delhi is playable? and the Ghorids? what about them?
Well, I hope it will be released soon!

[mirage41]

Sultanate of Delhi was replaced by the Ghorids.

Sorry about my absense. I will do a full copy of all our core threads from the TWC to here soon enough.

[King Orko]

what about the starting date?

[Arsen of Arax]

Nice, Hey guys! Just registered on .org :)

Right now, TWC is screwed up... i guess its the same thing happened as for a couple of weeks ago. Database error.

[mirage41]

Hopefully they didn't end up losing everything this time. I was planning to do a copy of all the main threads today.

EDIT: NM, TWC started working just this second. :2thumbsup:

EDIT EDIT: And then it stopped working within 5 seconds. :no:

[IrishArmenian]

Nice, Hey guys! Just registered on .org :)

Right now, TWC is screwed up... i guess its the same thing happened as for a couple of weeks ago. Database error.
Welcome to the .org, Arsen!

[Shahed]

Greetings BC team & fans !
Nice to see you here, & that you got your own forum.
Welcome to the org !

Salute !

[Arsen of Arax]

Thank you!

I have been watching this forum for quite a time, but didnt register til' today.
Greetings right back at you Sinan. ^^
We should post some more info about BC on this board to, or maybe just link to the twc is enough?

[Spankfurt]

Do it! Do it now! Make the mod!

[The Celt]

Hey guys it's The Celt from TWC saying hi and welcome to the .org!~:) If your wondering why I didn't say hi sooner I mostly spend my time on the EB boards here.(Probably the one of the most active forums here!:laugh4: I meant that in a good way FYI.)

[mirage41]

Hey Celt. Nice to see you.

I'll update and add all the proper threads to this forums by this weekend. :yes:

[KARTLOS]

like what you have done so far, il likely paly it when its finished.

[Bakma]

the MOD is going well the BC Team is very fast and good :2thumbsup:

Bakma known as Qarama :bounce:

[s_tabikha]

as a lebanese i cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Geoffrey S]

Just want to let you know, I've seen a fair bit of this mod over at twcenter, and it's looking fantastic. Real slick, and I'm amazed at the speed with which you keep progressing.

[player44]

This is so incredibly old and outdated, the twcenter.net is far larger, more up to date, and it is the mod with the second most amount of views, and has by far the most for a WIP. This mod will be released soon, and trust me, its is probably the biggest and best m2tw mod out there. The units for KOJ are quite incredible.

[mir]

Hey everyone, is this mod out yet?

It looks damn awesome!! Thanks to the people who pointed the way to BC to me... You know who you are!

Am looking forward to fielding Ghulams and Sipahi in battle! Woohoo!

Many many blessings and praises be upon the creators of this mod!

-mir-

[Shahed]

Hi All !

mir it's not out yet. You should check on the TWC Broken Crescent forum, it's much more up to date than this one. BTW as I told you before it's surely going to be more than 500Meg Download, so you'd be wise to arrange something for that (from what you said about your net connection).

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a great mod. Hope I'll have time to play it !

I should also mention that this mod has absolutely massive viewership. The screenshot thread alone has more hits than some entire forums.

[S.Selim_1]

hey mirage and sinan..just saw those screen shots and really really nice work..i love the unit designer..a great job 4 the details...some units are even done better than the real game like the janissaries..they are way better than the original M2TW had. even though some factions existed before/after other factions...but still better to involve as many factions as possible......best mod so far 2 say the truth...when will this mod be out? and what is the approximate mod size?

[S.Selim_1]

oops sorry 4 the questiones..already answered above :dizzy2:

[Shahed]

Hi Selim

Just to point out. I am in no way associated with Broken Crescent except for some signatures I did for them a while back. I'm not on the mod team and do not speak for them.

Just saying that because I don't want any misunderstanding. ;)

[IrishArmenian]

Selim, Mir, you should really go visit the TWC Broken Crescent forums. That's one of the few reasons I've an account there (the others all being mod-related, too).

[S.Selim_1]

Hi Selim

Just to point out. I am in no way associated with Broken Crescent except for some signatures I did for them a while back. I'm not on the mod team and do not speak for them.

Just saying that because I don't want any misunderstanding. ;)

well then u r doin a great job informing us about the mod :D

[Shahed]

Thanks! Selim, that's kind of you to acknowledge. Appreciate it!

:idea2: :2thumbsup:

[S.Selim_1]

Selim, Mir, you should really go visit the TWC Broken Crescent forums. That's one of the few reasons I've an account there (the others all being mod-related, too).

yeah i saw the TWC Broken crescent and i'm judging the mod from it. but y don't u have those infos here on that org? i know it's easier to just sign up there but just curious

[IrishArmenian]

Yes, I think I may start updating the .Org with the official info. The random discussion threads I may leave out and official discussion threads will just be links.