Idea:Historical settlements

[Maximus of Phoenicia]

I got this idea from dominion of the sword(sorry if i'm not allowed to mention other mods),we can have historical settlements like pretty much like the map Collosus of Rhodes in EB1.

Edit: Sorry if this was posted before.

Edit 2:Did they actually manage to build ancient buildings and do we have any screenshots, although it's good news they cracked the code now it's sure we're gonna have ancient cities.

Edit 3:You answered my question about historical settlements but still now someone gave me idea and i'm worried did they manage to do RTW buildings in M2TW?

[Subotan]

I remember seeing something posted a long long time ago with maps of Alexandria, Babylon etc. Dunno if it's still going to be included though.

[Christianus]

I dont think they managed to change the buildings from Medieval II "medieval buildings" into classical buildings yet. Must be a humongous task! THink they cracked the code however...

[Maeran]

If they have found a way to redo the buildings that would be very good news indeed. Worth putting in a preview.

[Horatius Flaccus]

Apparently, the 'De Bello Mundi' team has already implemented some buildings. But they say it is hard and it takes a long time.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=68224&d=1262477819

[ziegenpeter]

Is it possible to implement at least the EBI, ergo RTW textures?

[Ludens]

Hello Maximus of Phoenicia, welcome to the .Org! ~:wave:

I am not entirely sure what you are asking. Do you simply want to have R:TW cities instead of M2:TW ones, or are you asking for accurate historical city maps? I know that in R:TW it is possible to create customized battle maps for individual cities, so that for example the battle map of Rome actually imitates that of historical Rome. Peninsula Italia implemented this, IIRC. Problem is that these maps are fixed, i.e. they do not change to represent upgrades or city growth over the duration of the campaign. And obviously Rome and several other major cities changed a great deal during EB's time-frame. Furthermore, it is a great deal of work to create such maps (never mind researching them), so the EB team did not bother with this.