Spartacus ~ Total war + screenshots

[Spoonfrog]

Regions were often given the same names as their main city. If you are stuck for region names just use the name of the city for the name of region as well.

[KingJo5]

After a long night i have sucsessfully concluded Sicilia,
all the regions and cities are finished, though it needs some work,
Also just look at sicilia and pretend that the rest of the map doesnt exsist at all, as its all out of proportion, and needs the regions added,
Sicily is mostly done, however, i need to add the recources and characters, also, i plan to change the climate a bit over the island, for example, from my experience, Sicily is very dry, arid, and rocky in the south, towards the north more mediterainean, so ignore the climates please,
here you are, also , please tell if all the cities look right,



I plan to get a lot more regions on the whole map, to stimulate an epic campaign,

Sicilia was one of Spartacus's first targets to land his slave army, as he already had a lot of surport on the Island,
also sicilian rebels often popped up and caused the romans grief,
Another thing is that compare to the rest of Italy Sicily was less defended and less technologically advanced, probably due the Romans love of killing the natives ;-)
As you escape from Italy, you may want to land on this Island, I suggest particually the south coast as it is less defended and the cities are easier to take, also many rebels and mercenaries operate in the area and would be willing to join you forces to takle the romans,
Im also thinking of ways i can show the Romans arguing and their generals fight for dominance,
So to do this he 3 family tree will be present, i also want to try and make them have their civil war at one point, as if to add more tactical sense and historic content, this will certainly be interesting,

I would like to thank everyones surport of the project so far,

Also, the map may be used for more projects once it is done, for example,
one of my first ideas, was an Italy ~ Total war,
King Phyrrus and the romans battle it out,
like others, i have a love the country Italy ;-)
As i am from Campania, now living in London :( I hope this map does this country justice,

thanks
~KingJo5~

[Spoonfrog]

Ooooh I'd love to work with you on a Phyrrus map

Sicily is looking pretty cool

A couple of things (this is my specialist subject lol):

-Panormus should be nearer the coast (directly north of its current position)
-Messana should be right in the north-east corner of the island
-You might be overdoing it a bit with all those mountains

Well done that is looking good! Watch out for blocky corners on the south-west and north-east facing coasts - use RGB 111 for these coasts in map_heights.tga and they won't have corners on them

Keep up the good work.

[KingJo5]

thanks for the advice spoonfrog,
Your seem to be the guilds top leading expert on sicily,
It appears we are a new breed of mini campign map editors,
My interest in Roman Italy has inspired me to work on this map,
as i work more and more on the map, i shall split the mod 2 ways,
there will be a sister mod, a mini campaign i guess you can say,
ITALIA~Total war,
How about setting in the days of the roman early republic, one of my favorite era's, with the carthaginians , greeks, romans, gual, perhaps,
Or how about making a team?
Adding in the factions of the day including the Etruscan, siculi ect ect,
I can skin to some extent but cant make models,
Spoonfrog, perhaps we can work together, you style is very much like mine,
My knowledge of city locations is poor and much work and reserch must me done of my behalve, perhaps Spoonfrog as soon as you finish your Sicily campaign we can work on this, i have the intial layout, though i will add more mass to inclued Malta, and more of France and you fill in what i cannot do,
thanks
~KingJo5~

[Spoonfrog]

I don't know about me being an expert - I'd say Monkwarrior is an expert.

As for the Italia map, how about having Thrace or Macedon in the top right hand corner?

Extending the map to the west a bit would allow the islands of Minorca and Majorca, and the Greek colonies of Massilia (Marseiles) and Nikea (Nice) to be included, as well as Hippo Regius and Cirta on the African coast.

I will drop you a line when the Sicilian Campaign V2.0 is finished.

[Legionario]

Hi there,I'm Italian too,so I'm happy to hear about some Italian well made map and Campaign,I would add Northern Italy,at least 'till Switzerland, and Northern Yugoslavia also,to have the Istrian peninsula included,the island of Elba (Ilva),with its iron mines,in front of southern Tuscany,if you want infos or advices about historical data and geography just ask I'll be glad to help.
Also I'm a modeler and skinner so.....
A "focused" Italian campaign would be my joy.....

[Spoonfrog]

By the way some of your image links in the first post are messed up.

The second one should be http://img63.echo.cx/my.php?image=italy25ub.jpg
And the third one should be http://img63.echo.cx/my.php?image=italy38be.jpg

Sardinia is looking pretty sweet, watch out for blocky edges and try to make the region boundaries a little more varied (not just straight lines). Malta is looking rather high, try using a darker colour in map_heights.tga (eg: RGB 777).