Project Status

Well this thread is meant to keep you up to date on the project status. I'll add some status reports about each of the mod's parts here, along with a changelog and last change date which will follow later.
Most of these will say something like "alpha", "beta", "late beta", etc.
In general, pre-alpha means that things are planned but not yet implemented, alpha means that some part of it has been implemented, late alpha means that the system has been mostly implemented, early beta signifies that it's ready for testing, beta means some tests have been concluded but it still needs some tweaking and late beta is mainly for bug-fixing.


Map

Heights: beta
Groundtypes: beta
Regions: beta
Features: alpha
Textures: late alpha


UI

Faction emblems: beta
Interface pics: early beta


Units

Models: nil
Skins: almost nothing
Unit lists: early alpha


Traits

Early alpha


Influence system

Generic influence system: alpha
Faction-specific: pre-alpha


City view system

Beta


Levy Script

Early Alpha


Control Levels

alpha


Cultural Conversion system

Early alpha


Provincial titles

Early alpha


Office titles

Bishops: Early alpha

The last changelog :

10/07/07
names/descr_names - updated names for Este
descr_strat - starting characters for ottonians, spoleto & venice (deactivated for now)

10/09/07
cs, edct, evnvs
- added authority traits to the accountant as an interface
- implemented authority for all factions (player-only)
descr_strat - converted several castles to cities, added roads (temporary), placed several ottonian characters
descr_regions - added some ports (placement is temporary)
descr_names, names.txt - some additions to suit starting characters
- changed norman strat model and updated textures (shield textures are temporary)

10/10/07
- added beta chainmail textures for pisa
- added beta winter textures for mediterannean climate

10/11/07
- changed the name list for Papal States. Popes have italian translated names, matching the historical popes of the era (plus a few common saint names although less likely to appear). Some other changes to fit new characters everywhere.
- added characters for many factions (ottonians, papacy, spoleto, pisa, burgundy, luxembourg). Relocated a lot others.
- changed ownership of Perugia from ottonians to Spoleto

10/14/07
- added & moved characters, upgraded family tree for Este
- expanded.txt : changed some leader & heir titles to a more correct form
- added a beta texture for crop fields

10/15/07
- data/models_strat, descr_model_strat.txt : added model and textures entries for stratmap captains
- data/terrain, descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt : test changes to farms textures
- descr_names.txt, names.txt : name lists for croatia (beta)
- descr_strat.txt : croatian family tree (beta)
- data/ui : some test changes to UI (scrolls, frames, buttons, mouse over, family portraits)
- expanded.txt : leader titles for croatia

10/16/07
- descr_strat : added the family tree for Lombards, corrected two characters and their surname for Este & Burgundy.

10/22/07
- data/terrain, descr_aerial_map_ground_types.txt : changed swamps texture to something more final (Invicta_swamps.tga)
- added attachement_set (final heater) for Burgundy, Ottonians, Luxembourg
- added beta heavy_horse skins for Burgundy, Ottonians, Luxembourg
- added beta medium_horse skin for Burgundy
- added chainmail skins (en_lmail_hmail) for Burgundy, Ottonians, Luxembourg

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other updates not traced through logs :

Skinning :
Banner template finished (banner textures for all factions will follow quickly)
Chainmail, med/heavy mounts and heater shield templates are done
First corpus of emblems (used for heater shields) done for Pisa, Este, Venice, Luxembourg, Ottonians & Burgundy. Canossa, Papacy, Spoleto and Aquileia under work.

10/23/07
- added attachement_set (final heater) for este & venice
- added banner textures for luxembourg

10/24/07
- added attachement_set (final heater) for pisa
- modeldb - entries for bodyguards (shields, mail) & medium/heavy mounts : pisa, este, venice, burgundy, luxembourg, ottonians. Placeholder textures/entries when still missing (so these are ready to skin).

10/25/07
- added chainmail textures for Papacy and Venice.

10/26/07
- added attachement_set (final heater) for the normans & Canossa.

10/28/07
- added some banner textures for canossa, lombards & ottonians
- added peasant_padded textures for aquileia. (& fixed modeldb for all current aquileian units)
- added peasant_padded textures for burgundy, canossa, luxembourg, ottonians & spoleto (need modeldb entries)

10/30/07
- added attachement_set (final heater) for lombard cities.

10/31/07
- added attachement_set (final heater) for papacy & Spoleto.

11/03/07
- focus buildings added
- unit cost updated for militia

Hey Alpaca, I've been monitoring this mod for about six months now and was wondering if you were still doing work on it. I realize you have other things to occupy your time, but I really wanted to play this mod. I havn't visited TW Center yet. I don't know how to mod but do know how to research issues if you need some help.

Hey there,

yes I'm still working on it (well in my fashion) and I could indeed use a bit of help in researching which trade resources should be put into which province (and a rough relative estimate of trade values) for Italia Invicta. If you're interested in doing this I can give you our map files, or you can search for the thread about getting a copy from sourceforge and look at the map in the game (I usually find that more appealing).

Ok i'll see what i can do, what is sourceforge? Do you want historic resouces or map balance? Sorry about the questions, I'm kind of new to this. Up until six months ago I didn't even know that you could mode these games.

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Originally Posted by G^2

Ok i'll see what i can do, what is sourceforge? Do you want historic resouces or map balance? Sorry about the questions, I'm kind of new to this. Up until six months ago I didn't even know that you could mode these games.

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Great. Sourceforge is the place where the current dev version of II is hosted, see this thread: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=92672

For now I'd say keep it as historical as possible (and this includes including resources that don't occur in the normal game because there's a few we could overwrite). If possible also include relayed resources, e.g. silk in venice but mark them somehow; we were planning to use this to make trade hubs more important. By the way: I don't expect miracles, just a more educated guess than what I would be able to deliver; if you can't find specific info for a city or province just give some generic info about what happened in the region. We'll have to live with a compromise over multiple centuries anyways so it doesn't matter so much.

And don't feel bad for asking questions, it's always better to ask if you don't understand something ~;)

wwwDOTtwcenterDOTnet/forums/showthreadDOTphp?t=129901

I found something regarding CROATIA.
Maybe this is of some help to you.
The Author would be happy if u can use his work.

is this mod dead?

*no reply* I think so

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Originally Posted by Schiltrom

*no reply* I think so

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Yeah it's been dead for some time now.