i know that many times throughout my RTW experiences that i have wanted to make my enemy's armies go away through bribing them, but i also wanted more. i wanted the enemy units to join my faction and shove them back im my enemy's faces. well with this mod, it is finally possible!!
with help of epistolary richard over at the .ORG i have been able to adjust the RTW files to allow you to actually purchase the enemy armies.
here is a copy of the readme:
the download will be hosted at the SCC, a link will be posted laterQuote:
BRIBERY MOD V1.0
the purpose of this Rome: Total War modification is to allow the player to actually purchase the enemy units in a bribe.
you will find that this mod adds a completely new aspect to the game, it will allow you to turn an enemy army upon its once leader.
the peasants have been left alone, so you will NOT be able to gain peasant units if you bribe them.
known problems
Missing skins or sprites - Many of the changes in descr_model_battle involved telling the game which texture and sprite to look at for each model for each faction.
This has not had to be done for every model (thankfully) but from my experience it's sometimes a little fickle. If textures or sprites fail to appear (the model is white or suddenly disappears at a certain distance) some success has been achieved by defining the texture/sprite for every faction.
Be wary of knock-on effects though as many models are used across different factions.
** this modification will allow you to make all of the R:TW units in a custom battle **
please not that this modification changes critical game files, and all files that it replaces should be backed-up before installation
this rar or zip file contains three things:
the 'export_descr_unit.txt' file
the 'descr_model_battle.txt' file
and unit cards
to install:
1. copy export_descr_unit.txt and paste it over the one in your rome directory
2. copy descr_model_battle.txt and paste it over the one in your rome directory
3a. create a folder in your rome directory entitled 'UI'
3b. create 20 (twenty) folders in your 'UI' folder
3c. rename one of the folders for each of the following factions:
ARMENIA
BRITONS
CARTHAGE
DACIA
EGYPT
GAULS
GERMAN
GREEK_CITIES
MACEDON
NUMIDIA
PARTHIA
PONTUS
ROMANS_BRUTII
ROMANS_JULII
ROMANS_SCIPII
ROMANS_SENATE
SCYTHIA
SELEUCID
SPAIN
THRACE
3d. copy and paste all of the files in the unit cards folder into EVERY one of the folders that you created
i would like to graciously thank Epistolary Richard for coming around with the unit cards.
i would also like to thank the CA for creating this great game for all of us to play
enjoy!
stichmaster1 3/29/2005
i hope you like it as much as i do, if you have any problems PM them to me
thanks
stichmaster1
P.S. if you wish to download this, please click send me an email at stich0602@aol.com so that i can track the download hits, thanks again
