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[Ianofsmeg16]

Nice one!
Have you thought about adding special abilities from BI into this? I remember seeing something about a guy who made hoplites able to do shield wall, and it looked better than the phalanx formation it has now.

[DimeBagHo]

Nice one!
Have you thought about adding special abilities from BI into this? I remember seeing something about a guy who made hoplites able to do shield wall, and it looked better than the phalanx formation it has now.

I'm looking into it, and I will include what I can.

Last time I checked RTW just ignores the shield wall flag, but I think that SPQR had it's own shield wall formation. I would like to get rid of the vanilla phalanx if only because it is so unbreakable for Roman troops - but none of the alternatives are entirely satisfactory.

[Zarax]

BI shield wall doesn't work in RTW, the pics with the hoplites in shield wall you saw are of ported units...

[DimeBagHo]

I've posted a small update (version 3.2.1) to fix a bug with one of the units in 3.2. Night battles are also considerably improved (I just figured out how to get all the lighting and torches going).

[DimeBagHo]

I've uploaded another small update (to version 3.2.2). The main changes are:

-Added War Elephants to Armenia and Egypt
-Added Early Legionaries to Seleucids
-All new units now have sprites
-Minor changes to some skins, unit cards, and descriptions
-Some changes to unit stats
-Marius event now required for all copy legionaries

I changed the armour ratings of a few units. Triarii now have better armour. Some other units have had their armour reduced a little (Armoured Hoplites, Hypaspists, and some pre-Marius cavalry units).

[DimeBagHo]

Another small update is available (to version 3.2.3). It fixes a couple of recruitment bugs and implements land bridges.

[DimeBagHo]

XGM version 3.3 is done and available for download.

You can get it here.

The major changes are:
-Added two new land bridges to Rhodes and Salamis
-Added balancing script to boost AI factions
-Added sub-faction leaders for GCS
-Changed GCS and Macedon starting positions
-Added Gastraphetes
-Reduced size and increased cost of new heavy infantry units
-Minor UI changes

Balancing Script: Macedon now puts up a better fight, although in the games I watched it still succumbed eventually to the pressure from an alliance of the Brutii and the GCS (which is more-or-less historical). The Seleucids no longer get crushed by attacks from all directions. In the games I watched they usually bacame a dominant player in Asia Minor, and held up, or even expanded elsewhere.

Sub-Factions Leaders: Each of the initial Greek city states now has it's own leader and ruling family.