what tools will i need for my mod

[scooter_the_shooter]

i figure i will get gnome, hero creator, faction maker, is there somthing else i need. is there one i need to make a new campaign map. i am making add on not a over right. it will only have 2 factions. one will be strong for those who want to slaughter one will be weak for those who want a challenge. it is a non historical mod. and if i tell you what it is you will laugh at me though.

[Duke Malcolm]

you could use LMM4 for campaign maps

[scooter_the_shooter]

thanks i will probably just download every tool i can get my hands on wether i need them or not since there are so many thanks.


well my mod is probably dumb to every one but me it will be middle earth vs catholic medieval. each side will have about 30 to 40 units if it will allow it. this is my first time making units.

[zelda12]

Middle Earth v Catholic faction?
How will that work if you don't mind me asking?
Will you use the MTW map or copy and divide middle earth?
i'm not experrienced at modding so and have only tried, to great failure, at modding once.
I'm only asking cos this intrigues me especially strong/ weak faction. Which one weak and which ones strong.

[scooter_the_shooter]

i will make a whole new map.if you have the mod you can still play the normal game. i am going to get my favorite catholic units into one faction. and my favorite middle earth things into one faction they will each have half of the new map i make. middle earth will be WAY stronger and expensive like gondorian swords men 500 florins. but medieval will have WAY cheaper things like knights templar for 50 florins.


i want to add another faction but i dont know what it would be. i dont really care what it is so zelda you can come up with it. but i have to aprove. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[zelda12]

How about the witch king of angmar. This is just a tip if you have knights templar for 50 if you play as middle earth come turn 20 you will be swamped by huge armies of very powerfull knights.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rifle.gif

[scooter_the_shooter]

good idea http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-blush.gif elven archers will have max accuracy and that max damage. but will be VERY expensive like 800 florins and the maitnence cost like 100.


i will start tomorrow on the mod because my gaming computer has no internet at the moment and will soon.

should i make this an overight and make it a big campaign i think i will.

[zelda12]

Heres an idea for the middle earth troops instead of having one big faction have lots of smaller ones. So have the Rohans Gondorians elves dwarfs etc. As mini rival factions. Then have you the player being able to draw on all the different units availible only partially to them although they have discounts for produciing and maintaining them whilst you get valor bonuses for any units produced in minas tirrith and a specialist unit called suicidal hobbits who basically act like the battlefield ninjas of shogun but are a lot better. I was fiddling with shogun to see what would happen and changed the unit stats so musketeers were invincible it basically gave you a 100 strong kensai unit. one unit of these could take out 2,000+ armies of heavily armoured troops. So try and make it a more even balanced thing with price and stuff still their but not in such greatness. The same with all powerfull unots. After a while it got boring having 100 men just standing their with their rapid firing muskets with a 2 mile range waiting to decimate the enemy before they even got into hand to hand.

[scooter_the_shooter]

i will have 30 factions and many new units i am going to need some help when i get this started i will make a new thread in the enginers guild.

[zelda12]

The problem I have is that my gaming computer isn't connected to the internet and won't be for some time so I use our old one for the internet.
Thats the one I'm on now it's a win.95 115 mhz prcessor thats pentiun 1 by the way it has 16mb ram 2 GB memry and a 2mb graphics card. And every time I try and attach an external cdrw or zip drive to transfer patches or downloads the machine crashes.

[scooter_the_shooter]

ok well by the time this it will be anywhere from months to weeks

[zelda12]

Hopefully it'll be months because the earliest I'll be getting a decent internet capable one will be september or october

[avarin]

That sounds like a great idea for a mod ceasar, you go with it If you ever need any help, feel free to ask. While I'm doing the SMTW protos, its kind of fun to play man vs. mythical.

[scooter_the_shooter]

yay atleast i know some people will play it lol


i will PM you if i need help

[zelda12]

I will play it when I get the internet up. If I get the internet up.

I had a great idea about it though what if as a random event you got a message saying a dragon has set up home in one of your provinces all buildings detroyed. This means that for all intensive purposes you've lost the province and recieve no income but because dragons build up treasure every turn that the dragon remains thier the more money you get when you kill it if you kill it. So if you let it stay there for ten years you could get ten times the money that you lost when you kill it.

[scooter_the_shooter]

that would be hard to impliment i think i could have a GH style invasion though

[zelda12]

I'm going into mourning.
Frogbeastegg has stopped writing Blood red hands the dukes of ulster.
My life now has no meaning.

Maybe the void she will leave will allow me to flood the mead hall with my stories and become the new King of the mead hall. *commences manic laughter*

*Calms down*

Right back to the topic at hand. I think you're idea was pobally better, then again you're the programer so it's your boat.

[scooter_the_shooter]

New plan i will wait and this will be an rtw mod and it will be middle earth vs ancient.