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Ok thx mate
again i started a new campain the last stand of the west 470AD and i am playing the vandals again and again my computer gets stuck in the middle of the game at time 544AD dose any one ever play the vandals or willing to play it???? it gets stuck and i cant do nothing any more i cant stop or esc i got to put the pC of by reset button is this a vandal thing??
sommeone play the vandals or know about this???
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Belisarivs:Originally Posted by Belisarivs
Hi
I think I found a solution to providing everyone with credit for working on the mod now, and in the past. Basically, I did up the loading screen, whereby, Max is given sole credit for the mod itself, while in a seperate section, people are listed for the work they did on each verison. I think everyone should be happy with this
I think the idea with the RTW portraits is an excellent idea. However, as has been noted in previous posts, in lieu of not having any alternative, I opted to go with a classical statue look for the portraits. It was exhaustive work, but I think I found all I need for the mod. And they look good! I even think they look better than having the RTW portraits, and it does give the mod its own distinctive look and feel. Thanks for the offer though
I am getting near completion of version 3.1. I'll probaby have to upload it and I'll send you the link for download.
Cheers!
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Many thanks axelI think you all are doing a wonderfull job and i deffently want this updated mod. And maybe its a idea if you both maked the punic and or Attila campaign that would be great if there s a way to learn how to mod and if i have time left from work i would be interested.
But i dont think Max mind that you all are finishing this mod i think he would be proud. I am and i think i am talking for a lot of people
Appreciate your very kind words.
A Punic War campaign based on this mod would be terrific
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Hi axel:
I blitzed through a campaign as the Vandals until 560 AD and I had NO game freeze or CTDs. In fact, I've had no problems playing this mod at all.
I am not sure what the problem can be with your campaign. Maybe it's a corrupt file? Maybe, it's one of a random act?
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Thanks for the RTW portraits.
However, I have opted for the classic statue look and they are all done!
Many thanks for the offer!
Cheers!
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Many thanks!
You can be sure that the new portraits will spiffy up your game! Really helps with the immersion factor.
Version 3.1 is almost done.
Cheers!
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Here is a little preview of all of the changes I have made in FoR for version 3.1.
There are many, many changes, and I think you should see quite a difference in your gaming experience.
In particular there are now 286 NEW portraits that have been added to the game, and I have now added portraits for the Assassins and Spies!
Here are the changes:
1) All known bugs to date have been fixed in version 3.1.
2) There are 32 NEW pictures for the Info_picture parchment pages.
3) All ships, for all factions, now have era-appropriate info-pics such as Triremes, Biremes, etc.
4) All Roman factions now have full colour info_pics representing many of their respective units.
5) There are 286 NEW portrait pictures for the King, General, Admiral, Emissary, Assassin, Spy, Prince, and Princess folders for all the Roman factions.
6) The Crusader_building txt file was over-hauled, shortening build times for many buildings. Most building prerequisites, however, have NOT been changed. This should reduce the frustration, but not the challenge, of building military units. This should be a big boost to both the AI and player alike, since many buildings are often destroyed when a province has been invaded. This reduced building time should help get the players up to speed again when faced with having to re-build specific buildings.
7) All siege engines and siege buildings have been removed from the game. No factions, including rebels, will have siege units. The AI is too incompetent to use siege equipment. By eliminating these units and buildings, the AI will now concentrate its funds and time on building useful buildings and military units. The AI will now field armies only with useful military units.
8) Second and third tier Foundry Buildings will now produce a modest income in addition to improving faction stats such as morale.
9) Certain Barbarian buildings such as “Barbarian Invasion”, “Warrior Hold”, etc will improve faction unit statistics such as morale, valour, discipline, etc. Right click on the appropriate buildings to see the specific trait boost.
10) The Crusader_units txt file was reviewed, resulting in numerous changes to many units' stats. For example, ships for all factions, in all periods have now been balanced. All units in all Roman factions have been balanced. Generally, the more expensive the unit, the better it will be.
11) Orthodox Bishops, Cardinals, Inquisitors, and GrandInquisitors have been removed from the game.
12) The buildings - “Cathedral”, “Monastary”, “Reliquary” - are still buildable. However, instead of producing their respective agents (the Orthodox Bishops, Cardinals, Inquisitors, and GrandInquisitors), they will now increase morale AND produce a modest income.
13) Bishops are buildable, but they are available ONLY in the LATE period, and, in addition to needing the Church, you will also need to build Shipyard4 and Foundry3. This will result in almost never seeing Bishops in the game.
14) There is a new loading screen picture in keeping with the Roman theme. This indicates the version of the mod as well as listing mod credits.
15) All parchment info screens have been edited for spelling, grammer, etc....
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Nice work, this will be a significant improvement! When approaching the credits, be sure that NodachiSam is given credit for creating the new map (with Roman province names).
"Numidia Delenda Est!"
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I've over-hauled everything.
I found a number of units' stats were unbalanced. The ship stats in particular are just one example. The same goes for a number of Roman units.
But it still won't be easy. For every plus I've given the Romans (reduced build time), I've also given one to the barbarians (increased morale with barb invasions).
I'm way a head of you re: NodachiSam
His map is superb, and adds so much to the game....
I've pretty much included everyone I could locate either in this thread or in Max's readme who contributed a significant amount of time to this mod....
Cheers!
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OK, time for a screenshot.
Here is the new loading screen along with the title and credits as they will appear in the final version:
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Hi Pericles,
Ok mate here s wot i am gonna do.
I am gonna uninstall this mod and reinstall MTW VI again and then i am gonna download the 3.1 version when it s reddy for downloading and play this wonderful mod again.
And i most say the loading screen in great also the changes of the pics
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You won't have long to wait, axel.Hi Pericles,
Ok mate here s wot i am gonna do.
I am gonna uninstall this mod and reinstall MTW VI again and then i am gonna download the 3.1 version when it s reddy for downloading and play this wonderful mod again.
And i most say the loading screen in great also the changes of the pics
I'm just tidying up some loose ends here and there and testing everything out in-game. As always, I find the odd niggle here and there, and I'm re-touching a few pics as well....
I want everything to be perfect for you guys
Also, you wanted an Attila Campaign. Well, there is one already in the mod... well, sort of...
If you play the West Romans in the "Last Stand" campaign, the Huns will come-a-calling before you know it.
In fact, I'm going to post a few screen shots of my current game.
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Here is the first screenshot of one of my current games as the West Romans. This is looking west of Italy. I have beaten off many attacks, and have just recently regained two lost provinces.
I want to go on the offensive but whomever I attack, means that I have other countries waiting on my borders to attack me, in return.
I am currently also being attacked at sea. So this means building a fleet to protect Italy from sea invasion. I have almost no troops in Italy, as they are all on my borders to stop the invasions.
And my economy is practically maxed out.
Right now the powerful Vandals and Huns (the Huns are just to the east of me. You'll see them in the next screenshot) are neutral. Heaven help me if they decide to go "Barbarian" on me. I have requested an alliance with the Huns several times, but each time the Khan politely says "not at this time" and "I have no intention of attacking you" even while he's busy whomping the daylights out of the East Romans.
Yeah, right....
Last edited by Pericles; 02-08-2007 at 01:18.
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Here is the next screenshot. It is looking east of Italy. I am the red player. You'll notice that the Huns (olive green) are perched nicely on my eastern borders, while the Germans (black) are busy sharpening their swords on my northern borders. And as usual, there are lots of "Barbarian Invasion" markers sitting menacingly near my lands.
It will take just one mistake on my part and all hell will break loose. Those dang barbarian hordes are just waiting for an opportunity to pounce.
Actually, one Barbarian Invasion Maker (loaded with Visigoths) did break through my borders and invaded Italy. It took me forever to trap and destroy it. It kept hopping from province to province, and I had to scrounge up the troops to surround it. I don't want that to happen again.
Meanwhile, the Huns have taken several provinces from the East Romans (purple). I think it will be just a matter of time before Mr. Hun turns his attention towards me.
The Huns have battled their way to the Mediterranean Sea and they are building ports and shipyards. That means I have to keep building more ships. Without naval superiority, Italy will be lost. I simply don't have the income and troops to protect everything. In Italy, all I have in the various provinces are some low level garrison troops. It seems that wise Mr. Hun senses this and is building his little fleet of ships to come pay me a visit...
Last edited by Pericles; 02-08-2007 at 01:16.
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
Nice work Pericles! Will definetly download this mod.
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
Thanks Radier
Well, the wait is finally over!
Fall of Rome Mod 3.1 is finished!
I am sending Belisarivs the zip file with all the files (it's 11.4MB) today.
So the Fall of Rome mod will be downloadable once he gets the files and adds them to the full mod installer.
To Belisarivs:
I will contact you via PM and provide you with the download link.
It won't be long....
Cheers!
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Belisarivs:
Please check your PM when you have the opportunity. I just sent you the download link for version 3.1.
Please let me know if the link is working and that you were able to get the file OK.
Many thanks
Cheers!
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
Here is the full Readme of Fall of Rome version 3.1
*** Fall of Rome version 3.1 Mod for Medieval Total War - Viking Invasion ***
This mod is intended only for personal use and not for commercial use.
Thank you for downloading and playing Fall of Rome v3.1.
I'm a gamer just like you, and I enjoyed playing Fall of Rome Mod v3.0 by Max. However, it still felt unfinished, and since the original mod creator had moved on to other things, I thought it would be fun to "finish" this mod by making many changes to it, especially graphically.
Version 3.1 is the result of the changes I have made to the Fall of Rome Mod. Take a look through this readme for more information regarding all the changes that have been made to the mod.
For the best playing experience it is advisable to play any of the Roman factions in any of the five campaigns. They have the toughest position since all barbarian factions are trying to invade their territories. All other factions are also playable, so playing another faction should give you an interesting playing experience.
Many thanks to: NodochiSam for the new strategy map; Lord Zimoa of Flanders for the ship pictures; Belisarius for the installer; and to Aurelian for the armhorse bug fix.
I hope you have fun!
Pericles
Here are the changes in the mod:
VERSION 3.1
1) All known bugs to date have been fixed in version 3.1.
2) There are 32 NEW pictures for the Info_picture parchment pages.
3) All ships, for all factions, now have era-appropriate info-pics such as Triremes, Biremes, etc.
4) All Roman factions now have full colour info_pics representing many of their respective units.
5) There are 286 NEW portrait pictures for the King, General, Admiral, Emissary, Assassin, Spy, Prince, and Princess folders for all the Roman factions.
6) The Crusader_building txt file was over-hauled, shortening build times for many buildings. Most building prerequisites, however, have NOT been changed. This should reduce the frustration, but not the challenge, of building military units. This should be a big boost to both the AI and player alike, since many buildings are often destroyed when a province has been invaded. This reduced building time should help get the players up to speed again when faced with having to re-build specific buildings.
7) All siege engines and siege buildings have been removed from the game. No factions, including rebels, will have siege units. The AI is too incompetent to use siege equipment. By eliminating these units and buildings, the AI will now concentrate its funds and time on building useful buildings and military units. The AI will now field armies only with useful military units.
8) Second and third tier Foundry Buildings will now produce a modest income in addition to improving faction stats such as morale.
9) Certain Barbarian buildings such as Barbarian Invasion, Warrior Hold, etc will improve faction unit statistics such as morale, valour, discipline, etc. Right click on the appropriate buildings to see the specific trait boost.
10) The Crusader_units txt file was reviewed, resulting in numerous changes to many units' stats. For example, ships for all factions, in all periods have now been balanced. All units in all Roman factions have been balanced. Generally, the more expensive the unit, the better it will be.
11) Orthodox Bishops, Cardinals, Inquisitors, and GrandInquisitors have been removed from the game.
12) The buildings - Cathedral, Monastary, Reliquary - are still buildable. However, instead of producing their respective agents (the Orthodox Bishops, Cardinals, Inquisitors, and GrandInquisitors), they will now increase morale AND produce a modest income.
13) Bishops are buildable, but they are available ONLY in the LATE period, and, in addition to needing the Church, you will also need to build Shipyard4 and Foundry3. This will result in almost never seeing Bishops in the game.
14) There is a new loading screen picture in keeping with the Roman theme. This indicates the version of the mod as well as listing mod credits.
15) Start_pos files have been changed. Generally, all Roman factions in all campaigns receive slightly less starting income; most other factions receive slightly more income.
16) All parchment info screens have been edited for spelling, grammer, etc....
***********
*** INCREASING AND DECREASING GAME DIFFICULTY ***
* REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL FILES BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES *
1) You can increase or decrease the difficulty of any of the five campaigns in this mod by simply giving some or all of the other factions MORE MONEY. To do this, go to the following folder and click on the campaign file you want to play:
C:\Program Files\Total War\Medieval - Total War\campmap\startpos
2) For example, let's say you want to play the EARLY 311AD campaign. Open it and scroll down until you see this:
//========================================
//Starting Treasury
//Sets the amount of cash available to
//each faction at the start of the game.
//you can specify 4 values for the four
//difficulty levels in the order EASY,
//NORMAL, HARD and EXPERT. Specify only one
//value to start all difficulty levels with
//the same size treasury.
//If you don't set this, the default
//is 2000 florins for all difficulty levels.
//========================================
//SetTreasury:: FN_ALMOHAD 20000 18000 16000 14000
SetTreasury:: FN_BYZANTINE 30000 30000 30000 30000
SetTreasury:: FN_EGYPTIAN 30000 30000 30000 30000
SetTreasury:: FN_ENGLISH 15000 15000 15000 15000
SetTreasury:: FN_FRENCH 16000 16000 16000 16000
SetTreasury:: FN_GERMAN_HRE 10000 10000 10000 10000
SetTreasury:: FN_ITALIAN 28000 28000 28000 28000
//SetTreasury:: FN_POLISH 10000 10000 10000 10000
SetTreasury:: FN_SPANISH 22000 22000 22000 22000
SetTreasury:: FN_TURKISH 35000 35000 35000 35000
SetTreasury:: FN_BURGUNDIAN 20000 20000 20000 20000
//SetTreasury:: FN_HUNGARIAN 20000 20000 20000 20000
//SetTreasury:: FN_NOVGOROD 33000 33000 33000 33000
SetTreasury:: FN_PAPIST 0 0 0 0
SetTreasury:: FN_SICILIAN 12000 12000 12000 12000
SetTreasury:: FN_DANISH 10000 10000 10000 10000
SetTreasury:: FN_ARAGONESE 10000 10000 10000 10000
SetTreasury:: FN_RUSSIAN 15000 15000 15000 15000
//SetTreasury:: FN_GOLDEN_HORDE 20000 20000 20000 20000
SetTreasury:: FN_SWISS 20000 20000 20000 20000
SetTreasury:: FN_ROMANS 22000 22000 22000 25000
3) Now, select the faction and the difficulty level you want to play. Let's say you want to play the Italians (Romans in game) on the HARD level. If you want to INCREASE the difficulty then INCREASE the amount of money every other faction gets at the HARD level.
4) Once you have made the changes save the file, exit, and play the faction you selected in the game.
5) You can do the same thing for any faction, in any of the campaigns. This provides virtually unlimited replayability.
Have fun!
**********************************
*** DEFAULT GAME FACTIONS AND FALL OF ROME MOD'S NAMES FOR THEM ***
//faction leader names
@["faction_leaders_xzy"]
@{"The Rebel Leader"} @{"The Rebel Chief"}
@{"The Almohad Khalifah"} @{"The Avar Khaghan"}
@{"The Byzantine Emperor"} @{"The Eastern Roman Imperator"}
@{"The King of the Danes"} @{"The Danish Jarl"}
@{"The Egyptian Sultan"} @{"The Arab Bitriq"}
@{"The King of England"} @{"The Anglo-Saxons King"}
@{"The King of France"} @{"The Frankish King"}
@{"The Holy Roman Emperor"} @{"The Warlord of Germans"}
@{"The Italian Dominus"} @{"The Western Roman Imperator"}
@{"The King of Poland"} @{"The King of Romano-British"}
@{"The Russian Grand Prince"} @{"The Prince of Bosphoran Kingdom"}
@{"The Spanish King"} @{"The King of Visigoths"}
@{"The Turkish Sultan"} @{"The Persian Shahanshah"}
@{"The King of Aragon"} @{"The King of the Suevi"}
@{"The Duke of Burgundy"} @{"The Rex of the Ostrogoths"}
@{"The Golden Horde"} @{"The Khan of Khazars"}
@{"The King of Hungary"} @{"The Khan of Magyars"}
@{"The Prince of Novgorod"} @{"The Khan of Huns"}
@{"The King of Sicily"} @{"The King of Lombards"}
@{"The Swiss Leader"} @{"The King of Vandals"}
The Romans @{"The Roman Imperator"}
****************************
VERSION 3.0
Fall of Rome 3.0 should cover the period between 370AD and 800/850AD, thanks to Sicilian Vespers, Hross_af_Guttenburg, Belisarius, Empedocles, whitout their help this mod wouldn't be so accurate i think. thanks to Duke John for some of the mod unitgraphics.
There are some new units in the mod:
Balistarii
Equites Mauri
Sagittarii
Milites Limitanei
Domestici
Legio Palatinae
Legio Comitatensis
Auxilia Palatina
Equites Scutarii
Equites Sagittarii Clibanarii
Equites Dalmatae
Lanciarii
Scholae Palatinae
Buccellarii
Praetoriani
Equites Catafractarii
Cuneus Equitum
Legio Pseudocomitatenses
Romano-British warbands
Milites Equites
Milites Pedites
Romano-british knights
Alan cataphracts
Sarmatian Heavy Cavalry
Sarmatian infantry
Bosphoran spearmen
Bosphoran Royal cavalry
Excubitores
Foederati
Skoutatoi Spearmen
Kataphraktoi
Byzantine Infantry
Tagmata Cavalry
Isaurian Infantry
Visigothic Gardingi Cavalry
Visigothic Cavalry
Vandal Heavy Cavalry
Rugian Warriors
Turingian Warriors
Scola Cavalry
Breton cavalry
Swabian swordsmen
Heruli Warbands
VisiGothic Infantry
Ostrogothic Saiones Cavalry
Ostrogothic Heavy Cavalry
Gothic Spearmen
Burgundian Infantry
Saxon Infantry
Alamannic Warbands
Warbands
Lombard Gasindii Cavalry
Scara Infantry
Farae warbands
Gepid Lancers
Gepid Infantry
Avar Horse Archers
Avar Heavy Cavalry
Bulgar Royal Cavalry
Slav cavalry
Bulgar Cavalry
Bulgar Infantry
Hun Cavalry
Hun Nobles
Persian Clibanarii
Sassanian infantry
Diqan cavalry
Turkish Tarkhan Cavalry
Hephtalite Heavy Cavalry
Khwarizmian HorseArchers
Andalusian Cav
Armenian Infantry
Daylami infantry
Half armoured horse
plus others original MTW-VI units
The mod has been tested only in single player, and it doesn't work with the original campmap\startpos campaigns.
Bibliograpy.
The Notitia Dignitatum
Ammianus Marcellinus Historiae
Jordanes De Getarum
Procopius of Caesarea History of the wars
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Medieval History
A.H.M. Jones The Later Roman Empire
G. Ravegnani Byzantine soldiers in Justinian's age
G. Ostrogorsky History of the Byzantine Empire
A. Toynbee Constantine Porphyrogenitus and his world
L. Brehier Vie et morte de Byzance
Osprey Books
Last edited by Pericles; 02-09-2007 at 03:31.
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Is there a new version, or has v3.1 been the last one?
I want to bathe in their blood...I want to bathe in their blood for a week!-Freaky Roman General
Formerly Seedexodus...not that anyone cares
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
The answer to both of your questions is.... YES :)
Cheers!
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Hi Pericles.
Cool work. Now it is quite late for me, but tomorrow I'll give it a try and make new installer and upload it ASAP.
Regards fellas.
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We all appreciate it
Cheers!
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
I want to bathe in their blood...I want to bathe in their blood for a week!-Freaky Roman General
Formerly Seedexodus...not that anyone cares
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
In the "Last Stand" Campaign beware of the Huns....
You have been warned....
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But in that era Hun empire disintegrated, didn't it?In the "Last Stand" Campaign beware of the Huns....
You have been warned....
To all:
Finally there is installer of Fall of Rome v 3.1:
http://rapidshare.com/files/15948040/FoR_3.1.exe.html
Amount of work done by Pericles is far from insignificant.
It contains all new features from previous versions + new portraits and things Pericles mentioned before.
When installing, select directly Total War folder.
And don't forget to enjoy one of the best mods for MTW ever made.
Regards.
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Hi,
It looks really great my compliments to everybody who workt on this mod really nice
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Many, many thanks Belisarivs!But in that era Hun empire disintegrated, didn't it?
To all:
Finally there is installer of Fall of Rome v 3.1:
http://rapidshare.com/files/15948040/FoR_3.1.exe.html
Amount of work done by Pericles is far from insignificant.
It contains all new features from previous versions + new portraits and things Pericles mentioned before.
When installing, select directly Total War folder.
And don't forget to enjoy one of the best mods for MTW ever made.
Regards.
Yes, historically the Hun Empire went belly-up in the latter half of the 5th Century due to defeat at Chalons and Attila's death.
But the Huns in this campaign can change history.
From wiki:
"Attila (c. 406 - 453) was the monarch of the Hun people from 434 until his death. His empire stretched from the Netherlands to the Ural river and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea (see map below). During his rule he was one of the most fearsome of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires' enemies: he invaded the Balkans twice, besieging Constantinople on the second invasion; he marched through Gaul (modern day France) as far as Orleans before being defeated at the Battle of Chalons; and he drove the western emperor Valentinian III from his capital at Ravenna in 452."
In the "Last Stand" campaign the Huns will come at you - so it's best to have at least two-6 star generals to face them. In my current game their empire is HUGE...
Cheers!
Last edited by Pericles; 02-11-2007 at 16:20.
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I wonder if we can find a permanent home for this Mod?
Maybe at 3D Downloads?
Here is the link:
http://uploads.3ddownloads.com/
Re: Fall of Rome - Total War
Where can we download this mod??
Great thanks to Pericles, Belisarius, and of course Maximus for this incredible work!!!
I can't wait to play it. FoR 3.0 is one of my favorite mods ever.
One little problem - where can I download it?
Is there a dial-up friendly location? I can get about 30 MB before my connection will time out (enough to get 3.0) but probably not to get 3.1 without a resuming friendly site.
Thank you!!!!
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Perikles ,,, Have you thought about taking on & finishing another project now that you have finished polishing up this classic with Belisarivs ?? There is one called Diadochi that would have been a ripper if it was finished ,, It seems a lot of the work has been started ...... just thought i'd mention it ,, cheers .. DTS .. BTW I'll be loading up 3.1 just as soon as my hardrive doubles in size and my connection speed triples ..
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