Caius Britannicus Presents: "THE CRUSADES"

[shifty157]

I do have scripted army re-enforcements planned. None of the European knights will be buildable in the campaign and will only appear in the major port cities of the holy land. I don't think i want to go as for north as Constantinople. I will include MUCH of egypt I may end the map just north of antioch or tarsus. Eastward, I havne't decided.

Sounds awesome. Thats exactly what i was thinking.

[caius britannicus]

Another update.

I created two sig pics. Anyone is free to us them to promote the mod. Cheers!

PLEASE DL THEM AND RE-UPLOAD them to your own image hosting. THanks!!

[caius britannicus]

UPDATED!!

Battle of the Axes

[Myrddraal]

nice! Quite saxon looking.

Such a shame you aren't free to help with another mod

[caius britannicus]

UPDATE!!

A Saracen Heavy Cavalry unit battles it out with some Teutonic Knights...

Cavalry Battle

[al'Callaendor]

continue

[caius britannicus]

Second update for today. And last one for a while I think. I got some things to take care of the next couple weeks regarding school.

Its another Saracen Cavalry Unit.

Heavy Cavalry

[Dutch_guy]

nice skins CB !

keep up the good work

[caius britannicus]

Because I forgot to turn my clocks back today I was up a whole hour earlier then I expected. And so had some free time on my hands. So I went and made this Hospitaller Spearmen. The Knightly orders will all have 3 versions. Spear, Sword and Cavalry. That way, if a player really wants, he can horde all the templars or hospitallers as they arrive and develop an entire army of them that would still have alot of balance to it. Plus there will be Templar and Hospitaller Grand Masters that will be able to lead these armies....

[Radier]

Wow. You are realy talanted. Keep up the good work!

[Balian of ivelin]

Im new in the forum but ive been following the mods of rome BI and this is one of the best mods!! a good idea only 2 factions !!keep up!!

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"How much does jerusalem worth?"

- Balian of Ivelin

[caius britannicus]

Quick update that I didn't post last night. WIP of an early great helm. THis particular helm will be used by the GrandMasters of the Knightly Orders.

[Balian of ivelin]

WHOA!!!! a very good helm!!!Keep up!!!




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"How much Jerusalem worth?"

-Balian of Ivelin

[al'Callaendor]

wow, very very nice

[Geoffrey S]

I love all the little details, like the small holes in the helmet. Great work!

[King Ragnar]

Looks like this mod will be excellent, good job mate.

[GrimSta]

*drool* i neeed this.................

heh, the crusades are my fav period of history....but if this is not historicly accurate i wouldnt give a damn, as long as its fun....and from what i have seen this looks like it is going to be *big*

Three cheers for Caius Britannicus!

[caius britannicus]

New Preview today. In game screens of the Hospitaller Grand Master and his flag bearer. (don't mind the mounted hospitallers, I haven't finished them and didn't give them the proper skeleton.)

GRANDMASTER of the Hospitaller Knights

Also a preview of my map. Its the biggest map ever created for RTW at 1 million pixels in size. (roughly 1000x1000 pixels) In the picture below is the mountain pass north of Jerusalem and west of Damascus. You may remember the narrow mountain path in RTW Vanilla. This one, to give you an idea of its size is wider then Vanilla Italy.

"THE CRUSADES" Map Preview

[skeletor]

Wow, that is sooo sweet.

Ive been looking forward to a good crusadermod, and the skins presented is awsome. Please finish this..

-Skel-

[al'Callaendor]

wow for GRANDMASTER of the Hospitaller Knights!!!

[Helgi]

UPDATED!!

Battle of the Axes

The Spearmen's shield, isn't from Kingdom of Heaven is it
It's well done

[wlesmana]

Personally, I think this mod's medieval units are the best modelled, on par if not more than Total War: The Middle Ages. Awesome job!

[EdwardL]

Coming from Wles that says alot :) I agree though those skins look juicy. How many provinces do you have in mind?

[nic_vee]

Guys...... all i can say is sweet. Is there any way possible that i can help. Although i know nothing about modding i could help with the historical stuff.

[caius britannicus]

New Preview Today. And last I figure this week. Gotta write an essay over the weekend. :(

Anyways. Today we get a glimpse at the Welsh bowmen. These long bowmen of the British Isles were the first to introduce the devestating Long Bow.

Welsh Bowmen

[alpaca]

Did you create the height-map for the map you posted two days ago with hgt-converter or is it 1.2?
If you created it with hgt-converter, can you send me some screens via pm or post them here (I'm always looking for maps using it so that I can see whether my formula works well)?

[caius britannicus]

My map was created by BDH. The RTR map maker. I'm not sure what he did.

[caius britannicus]

A second preview thanks to my new best friend BDH.

To display the unrivalled detail capable with his maps, here is a picture of Mount Jubal Sahra' on the Sinai Penisula. You can see below the in game mountian and the real life mountian. Enjoy!

[alpaca]

Ok then simply answer this question: Are you modding for BI or for 1.2 ;)
If you created the mountain with hgt-converter I find it unsatisfying, doesn't look too much like the real one. Might be because of the resolution though.

[caius britannicus]

The map is for 1.2 currently but will be converted to BI. As for the mountain. I think you don't understand how it was created. Its NOT, I repeat NOT, a custom battle map made with the battle editor. That mountian is created by the campaign map. The map created by BDH is so detailed it creates near perfect representations of the natural geography on the battle map (ofcourse there are LIMITATIONS caused by the RTW engine). So if you fought at Hattin you will see the teeth of hattin. That I can tell you NO ONE has been able to do before and only "The Crusades" and RTR 7.0 will be doing it in the future.