Rome Total Realism: Update Thread

[King of Atlantis]

ROME TOTAL REALISM

Okay well im sure most off you already know of this mod, but it seems there is a need to keep you guys posted. I am to say the Org P.R man for RTR, and have had permision to make this thread...

The site- http://www.rometotalrealism.org/, check the downloads section, and please vist our forums.

INTRO:

For those that dont know RTR is a mod that aims to be first and formost a mod that aims to be historical as possible. Obviously there are hardcoded limits, but Realism factor has been greatly enhanced from Vanilla. This is currently the most succesful mod for RTR, and continues to grow and strengthen.. Recently there has been a leadership change along with many new members and we hope this will only greatly enhance the mod.

Our site can be found at here-http://rometotalrealism.com/

You will find this Site very informative and a link to our forum can be found there...


History

This mod was originally created by Gauis Julius and Zappa, and was the first major mod made. It started out rather small, but grew up with each new version. Eventually the team grew and new leadership was formed.

Current Version

The newest release is version 6.0, wich adds a new map, complete unit overhaul, and many new features. The work put into this was tremendous.

Comming very soon, will be version 6.1 wich will be a huge improvment on the already great 6.0..

EDIT: 6.1 has been released! Check it out here...http://forums.rometotalrealism.org//...showtopic=8068


Please feel free to ask any questions on RTR and I will attempt to answer them the best I can..

-King of Atlantis( Kscott)

[King of Atlantis]

A taste of whats to come in 6.1...

[GoreBag]

Heh...I can taste the EB influence from here.

Will the next patch remove control of the non-Gallic Celtic holdings which the "Gauls" faction currently controls?

[Atheist_Peace]

Yes, thankfully it will.

[King of Atlantis]

yes, 6.1 will restrict Gaul, to well Gaul...

[GoreBag]

What about the Greek Cities?

Seeing as how only 17 factions are in use, is there any chance that we might see another emerge anytime soon, say, a faction for the Britons? Tylis would also be cool, but it was destroyed two years before the start of the mod.

[King of Atlantis]

no new factions for 6.1, but there will be some for 7.0. Those for one havent completely been decidedon, and im not even sure if im allowed to say anything about them, but you wont be seing a return of Britian, they simply werent historicaly powerful....

The three factions not used are two roman families and the senate...

The senate is unusable, and the roman factions cant be used for anything other than romans, though you can probably expect some culture changes, however it would take a lot to add in a barb faction...


as for the greeks...
They havent been chaned for 6.1, but you must remember, a 'greek' faction is kinda ahitorical in the first place, but is needed to represent the power of the greeks....

I can tell you that certain aspects of the greek faction will change in 7.0, but thats all I will say...

[Atheist_Peace]

Dont mean to take over your turf here KoA, but from what Caius said in IRC recently, two Gallic tribes is actually a very possible idea for 7.0, switching cultures isnt that big of a deal really.

[Epistolary Richard]

Congratulations, King of Atlantis. Will you be able to answer any RTR-related technical questions posted on the General forum as well?

[caesar44]

Heared about building some kind of a bridge between Sicila and Italia to allow the Punics to invade Italia , it is true ? (certainly an unseen bridge) .

[Dutch_guy]

would it now be possible to play a custom match without all those mercenairies in every unit roster.
Although I love all the units, it would be better to restrict a Faction to it's regular units in a custom match

[Atheist_Peace]

would it now be possible to play a custom match without all those mercenairies in every unit roster.
Although I love all the units, it would be better to restrict a Faction to it's regular units in a custom match

This one I can answer, the units have been restricted to each faction with a few nearby mercs and such. I am hoping that all of the AoR units will be given to the otherwise useless SPQR faction in custom battle so that you can use them to simulate whatever army you want that isnt a faction in the game.

[King of Atlantis]

Heared about building some kind of a bridge between Sicila and Italia to allow the Punics to invade Italia , it is true ? (certainly an unseen bridge) .

You have heard right.

[King of Atlantis]

Congratulations, King of Atlantis. Will you be able to answer any RTR-related technical questions posted on the General forum as well?

well yes, I can answer most of them, but Im still very new, but I will do my best..

[Kääpäkorven Konsuli]

A taste of whats to come in 6.1...

Wow, looks like RTR doesn't hate "Barbarians" any more . Good job, maybe someday you can even compete whit EB.
Do you have any idea when 6.1 might be released?
Edit: Very soon? You don't give release dates any more?
anyway, good luck!

[King of Atlantis]

Well the focus of 7.0 and partially of 6.1 is the barbarians...

And yes im very happy about this too


The release for 6.1 is comming soon, but I cant tell you how soon that will be, but yes close.....

[GoreBag]

Will the British Isles still have a ridiculous amount of troops kicking around for no good reason?

[King of Atlantis]

Well, the British Isles will still be represented as Strong rebels, which is exactly what they were, and certainly is the bes way to depict them..

[GoreBag]

Uh...right. They weren't "historically powerful", but there are five full stacks of rebels running around at the beginning of the game..

[King of Atlantis]

They were powerful defenders, just never attackers..., but for more on this complain at RTR forums, where you can help influence policy..

[GoreBag]

I have an inkling that such an action would be entirely futile.

[King of Atlantis]

Not really, there is a whole forum for suggestions. The old leadership of RTR may have not listend, but the new is making many changes for the better and are certainly open to suggestions..

[econ21]

Good to see some sort of institutionalised RTR presence here at the Org, King of Atlantis. The mod is brilliant and restored my faith in RTW. Early versions got the gameplay back to the saner MTW speeds and stripped out some of the sillier units while v6.0 does some very nice work improving the historical realism. I kinda wished RTR had it's own sub-forum, but then again it does have a lively set of forums on its own site.

Can you give a quick list of what's definitely coming in 6.1? I know there'll be balancing tweaks to the stats and an end to the CTD when the Romans get 50 provinces. From what you said, we'll be getting new German units/skins and losing the Gauls in Galatia. Any other big changes on the way? (Not that there need be, that's a pretty substantial patch.)

[King of Atlantis]

Well, First and foremost 6.1 is a patch.

It also includes new stuff that was planned for 7.0, but has already been finished.

For example beautiful germans, new romans, Gaul is restricted to Gaul.

These are the major changes though im sure there will be more to look foward too..

[Seleucos I Nicator]

You might want to see this.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32552

But, mind you, this will not halt or hinder progress of 6.1.

[Incongruous]

Oh jesus christ, I loved those forums,

- Edited by Myrddraal: that language and the meaning it conveys is unacceptable Bopa, please restrain yourself.

Edit: I see you got there first Simon...

[econ21]

Bopa the Magyar, please edit your last post to remove the bad language. We're a family forum and kids may be reading.

[edyzmedieval]

The site is for sale?!

What happened?!

I checked http://forums.rometotalrealism.com and it's for sale!!!!

[King of Atlantis]

It will be back up. This is thanks to the former leader Tyr...

[Emerentius]

Great, it's going on/of the net now. Could just get in for a moment or so, hope your right
Perhaps we could ask Tyr krause@krauselabs.net not to do this again?