Anyone Playing the SPQR 3.0 Mod??

**steve** · 05-11-2005, 03:18

i wish i could play it but everytime i try to it just freezes on the splash screen and nothing happens

**HenryLet** · 05-11-2005, 12:27

It'ìs not true taht SPQR total war is the less historically accurate. I would say that the legionaries are actually much more historical thant the RTR ones.
It's the only mod which includes historical changes to the officers and bearers and make it more realistic

**Barkhorn1x** · 05-11-2005, 15:41

Originally Posted by HenryLet

It'ìs not true taht SPQR total war is the less historically accurate. I would say that the legionaries are actually much more historical thant the RTR ones.
It's the only mod which includes historical changes to the officers and bearers and make it more realistic

Yes, I agree w/ you - and the gameplay has a better feel than the vanilla - but is not as complex as RTR.

Barkhorn.

**TheJian** · 05-12-2005, 12:51

Complex as RTR................ Ok you lost me with that one.....can you tell me how it is more complex please???

Im playing SPQR now find it fun to play, but you makeit soundlike its for noobs?...Oh im not saying i am not one, because god knows i am......just would liketo understand what i should be looking at in a mod is all....thanks 4 your help...

Im also lost as to what you guys call more realistiy...( historical changes to the officers and bearers) Is this more realistiy?

Is it just the eye candy people are talking about or what?

How does eye candy make game play better? And what does make game play better......Just need so info..

**Lord Dazed & Confused** · 05-12-2005, 13:38

SPQR is by far my fav mod and once you have finished your current game I suggest you try SPQR with the Mundus_Magnus map its really good also.

**Dutch_guy** · 05-13-2005, 15:18

Im also lost as to what you guys call more realistiy...( historical changes to the officers and bearers) Is this more realistiy?

Is it just the eye candy people are talking about or what?

no it;s not just eye candy, remember the unrealistic egypt in Vanilla RTW ?
Well they have had a complete reskin, so you will not find fake-armored axemen in their army's.
And you will not find any arcanii in the battle field when fighting the Romans.

Also part 2 about the realism, is that it starts in the year 280 BC , meaning that the Romans have Pyrrus on their backs right from the word go.
It;s now actually a challange, playing as the Romans
And I believe Carthage was beefed up a little too, as in units and in settlements. And the greeks have been powerd up a little too, jsut like a lot of other factions.
I have no idea what the SPQR map looks like, but the realism map is really much better and bigger than the vanilla map.

I would recommend trying RTR gives you more challange than the original game.

I don't hate SPQR it's just that I don't like the 0 build time Idea ( as I have heard is the build time for most infantry )
However I am gonna give SPQR a try, just to now if it's any good

**lt1956** · 05-15-2005, 06:49

Let me know what you think?

P.S. SPQR also removed arcani, wardogs, etc. I changed Head thowers though to infantry that throw heads once or twice then attack! I thought that was a nice touch. RTR has a much bigger map, but I prefer the small map since the mod is designed around ROME.

I think you'll like it, the 0 build time isnt that bad, and is needed in SPQR.