Proper Wonders on the Battlefield - Complete

[Epistolary Richard]

The Egyptians & the Scipii battle amongst the mighty Pyramids

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What does it do?
This mini-mod allows you to fight campaign battles actually in and around the proper Wonder structures instead of only being able to see them from afar.

How does it work?
Using the method of inserting custom battlefield tiles in the campaign map as developed by Myrddraal, it uses a different custom tile at each Wonder location.

How big is it?
Approx. 42 meg

Mod compatibility
I do not have copies of any of the major mods on my computer so I am unable to tell whether it is compatible with any of them. Aside from a small change in descr_strat, the files this mod changes are not often altered by mods which are not full-conversion mods. If you'd like to know if a mod is compatible please see further down this post.

Install instructions
1) Download wonders.zip
2) Install using the Mod-Switcher - easy installation and uninstallation of RTW mods!
Ensure you include map.rwm as a file to delete.

Alternatively, take the contents of the zip's Data folder and paste them into your own Data folder. The files in the zip will then overwrite the relevant files within your own Data folder. Ensure you make manual back-ups of your initial versions first, otherwise you may end up having to delete and reinstall the game. Ensure you delete map.rwm from the data\world\maps\base\ folder before launching the game.


Commentary
This mod is the culmination of the extended consultation period after the beta release. There are many different ways that it could have been done, but I consider that this approach strikes the best possible balance within the restrictions of the game.

Features are as follows:
- Custom battles for all Wonders
- All Wonder bonuses have been retained
- All vanilla resources have been retained
- Six of the strategy map Wonder icons have been retained (missing one is the Colossus of Rhodes, however this is now integrated (appropriately) within the port of Rhodes rather than being on a hillside somewhere)
- The proper battlemap models for all the Wonders have been used and will be visible on the battlefield
- The larger Wonders (pyramids, gardens, temple) are visible from adjacent tiles, the smaller ones are not.
- The larger Wonders tile is still inaccessible, however the tiles of the smaller ones have been opened up so battles can be fought on the very tile.

In terms of coding, I consider this version final. What I do not consider final are the actual battle maps which the Wonders are on. I'm not particularly adept with the Battle Editor and have just placed the battlemap models down accordingly.

So if anyone would like to develop a more historically authentic and aestically pleasing version of any of the Wonder battlemaps, I would be more than happy to include them in a revised version.

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At the very foot of Mount Olympus, the Spartans stand against the Roman invaders

Thanks as ever go to CA, the Org modding community and Myrddraal for discovering the custom tile method which was the only way this mod could be accomplished.




Mod Compatibility
To check to see if this mod is compatible with another mod, please paste the landmarks and resources section of the mod's descr_strat file: (this is the modded version of vanilla)
Warning - remove all > and < marks from the segment you post, the forum doesn't like too many of them in a row.

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;  start of landmarks section 

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landmark	colossus	160,	44 ; WDN
landmark	temple	157,	53
landmark	statue	135,	48 ; WDN
landmark	gardens	237,	46
landmark	mausoleum	167,	52 ; WDN
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;  start of resources section 

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It is likely that this mod will not be compatible 'off the peg' with any mod that uses a different map to vanilla as the co-ordinates of the Wonders will no longer be correct. If you post this section, though, I can easily produce revised co-ordinates that should allow you to integrate the two.

Screenshots

Pyramids

Temple of Artemis

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Pharos of Alexandria

Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Colossus of Rhodes

[Duke Malcolm]

You never cease to amaze and astound me with your mods. First the one about getting native soldiers, now this, you have truly enhanced the RTW experience so much so that I shall re-install it

[barocca]

I am merely waiting for my new hard drive to format,

then i can copy all my files from my failing drive and,

then i will make a readme file for the mod (if ER has not got back to me with one)

then upload it,

cheers,
B.

[barocca]

Would anyone care to quickly hash together a set of custom or historical battles around these structures?
(the locations are in the code section of his post)

B.

[Bwian]

Super ....great...wonderful.... now I am going to have to re-start my campaign. I have conquered the territories with most of these wonders in, and don't envisage battling there in the near future.

You guys just don't want me to ever finish playing this game do you !!!!

[Epistolary Richard]

Would anyone care to quickly hash together a set of custom or historical battles around these structures?
(the locations are in the code section of his post)

B.

That's a great idea, the co-ordinates don't match up exactly, I'm afraid. If you just follow the ones there you'll end up with battles in empty tiles. But I'll put something together for it.

[wlesmana]

Whoa, this is really awesome! The battle map is no longer boring and plain looking!

One question: will the Wonders (or any other off-map models) show up in a siege battle?