Avatar mini mod, an open developement mini mod for Medieval II: Total war.

[Stefaneke]

Avatar mini mod, an open developement mini mod for Medieval II: Total war.

Hello reader of these words, I'm annoucing you a project for Medieval II: Total War. The main goal of this project is to make a mod for M2TW that is set in the Avatar: The Last Airbender universe. There is a serie about that is set in this universe on Nickelodeon. The serie is amazingly populair. That is the reason why I wanted to make a mini mod about this subject. In the first place I thougt that there wouldn't be many people interested in this mop. But there's. That is the reason that I want to reintroduce the mod with a whole new system of making models and other things.

These are the things I want to implent in the first release:

1. Having at least 4 factions.
2. A basic roster for each faction with units wo can't bend.
3. A campaign map.

The rest will all be like in vanilla M2TW. If you want to see more things in the first release, please post them. Maybe I can do something with it

What is open developement?

This forum has very much mods. But there aren't enough modellers. And because I want to be more active on other mods I introduced this system for my mod. The idea is also used in the modding of a popular game serie: Grand Theft Auto. It will work als followed, lets take the mod's units as a example:

There will be a list of the roster for every faction. Every model will be included with pictures of what to model and additional information. You can then "hire" an unit to model and/or skin it. If the unit is ready there will be a screenshot of it posted in the 3D Program as a wireframe and fully shaded with textures. So other poeple can learn from it. After that follows the most important screen, an ingame screenshot. You don't have to be very good to participate. Everyone is allowed to model for this mod. But the models have to be qualified by the mod leader or co leader (function is still free). Here follows an example like I'm going to do it:

Dismounted Conquistadores
Pictures: (link) (link) (link)
Additional Information: Dismounted Conquistadores were units who's mission was to conquer the new world. They are very strong units with half steel plate armor and razor steel swords.

Model hired by: Stefaneke
Skinning hired by: Stefaneke
Putting it ingame:Stefaneke

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Modellers and skinners with this system are more free to do what they want. You don't have to be member of a mod. Making one unit is enough to make it to the credits. In my mod you will be free to use the program that you want. If you are very good with milkshape. But you don't know how to skin? No problem, if someone else hires the skinning part he/she does the skinning part. And if no one of the two can put it ingame. Someone else how hired the "putting ingame" part will do it for you.


The unit roster
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The Fire Nation

Strength: The most developed faction of all who have the best army of the 4 nations. They are specialised in Heavy Infantry and Heavy Cavalry with havy armour

Weakness: Are smaller in numbers then the battle hardened soldiers of the Earth Kingdom who have specialised their warfare against them.

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Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Fire Nation Swordsmen [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2 3
Additional Information: Fire Nation Swordsmen form together with the Fire Nation Spearmen the bulk of the Fire Nation's army. They are trained levies and know how to fight. They are armoured with swords and no shield. They wear medium armour.

Model hired by: Stefaneke
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Putting it ingame:

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Fire Nation Spearmen [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2 3
Additional Information: Fire Nation Spearmen form together with the Fire Nation Swordsmen the bulk of the Fire Nation's army. They are trained levies and know how to fight. They are armoured with swords and no shield. They wear medium armour.

Model hired by: Stefaneke
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Yu Yan Archers [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2 3
Additional Information: The Yu Yan Archers are a group of elite archers. These archers are extremly skilled and a it is said they can pin a fly to a tree 100 yards away without killing it. These archers used to be the guars of an important Fire Nation colonel. But came under the command of admiral Zhao started using them otherwise.

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Rough Rhinos [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2 3 4
Additional Information: In the series there are 5 man who form this group of elite cavalry. But for the mod we make more of them. These man are highly skilled cavalry who ride on Komodo Rhino's. They wield a veriety of weapons but in the mod they will wield bows and swords.

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Heavy Komodo Rhino Riders [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2
Additional Information: These are the heavy cavalry of the fire nation. Armed with deadly lances they can easily crush an army of eartbender levies. Not only the soldier on top is dangerous, but their Komodo Rhino's can also be very deadly and will frighten the enemy infantry.

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The Water Tribe's


Strength: The northern part of the Water Tribe has never been in a serieus war with the fire nation except at The Siege of The North. The climate were they live is deadly for the firebenders. The Northern water tribe has powerfull benders with much levied non-benders support. The Southern Water Tribe is more specialised in very powerful and elite non-bender heavy infantry.

Weakness: Completely lacking in Cavalry and start with small army's and only a few provinces.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[WIP]

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The Air Nomads


Strength: Excellent negotiaters who are specialised in bringing peace. The rest of the world is issolated from them so they don't know what they can bring to the battlefield if they are getting involved in a war...

Weakness: Completely lackingin warfare and if they are in a war they fight defensively.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[WIP]

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The Earth Kindom


Strength: The most developed faction of all who have the best army of the 4 nations. They are specialised in Heavy Infantry and Heavy Cavalry with havy armour

Weakness: Are smaller in numbers then the battle hardened soldiers of the Earth Kingdom who have specialised their warfare against them.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Earth Kingdom Swordsmen [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2
Additional Information:
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Earth Kingdom Veteran's [WIP]
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Earth Kingdom Spearmen [WIP]
Pictures: 1 2 3 4
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Earth Kingdom Millitia [WIP]
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Earth Kingdom Levies [WIP]Pictures: 1 2 3
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Terra Team [WIP]
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Dai Li [WIP]
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Kyoshi Warriors [WIP]
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Other

If you have comments to improve the system or you just want to comment feel free to post. Ofcourse you can discuss about the mod itself here.

Members who have a great(er) contribution to the mod:
Stefaneke: Mod Leader, modeller and skinner.
Nakharar: Map making.

[Stefaneke]

I'm sorry that there are no pictures. I will get them in this topic ASAP.

Here's the link to the topic on TWCenter: LINK