The Ancient Project

**Lentonius** · 06-23-2006, 07:58

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What is the Ancient Project?

The Ancient Project is an Ancient era mod for the upcoming Medieval 2:Total war. It is the first of its type, and will be a great mod because it will utilise the full potential of the Medieval engine, for instance in hoplite units, all soldiers will look different, which will be a major step towards historical accuracy. Although this is a Historical mod, we also view gameplay as equally important, although because of the state of Medieval 2, it is hard to comment on the gameplay of it at the moment. The Ancient Project is the result of much interest in making a Greek era mod, and i have made a new thread because we now have a new name, team, and many new ideas.

Well, gimme some info about it

Well, although we havent finalised these decisions, we beleive the mod will start around 500BC, just before Xerxes' invasions of Greece. We are planning on having around 35 factions in this mod, but we recognise that because of possible hardcodes that this number will more than likely be reduced and changed throughout development.

1.) City of Lacedaemon (Sparta)
2.) City of Athenai (Athens)
3.) City of Korinthos (Corinth)
4.) The Kindom of Macedon
5.) The Boeotian League
6.) The Ionian League
7.) City of Syracuse
8.) Republic of Carthage
9.) Republic of Rome
10.) The Persian Empire
11.) Etrurians
12.) Thessaly
13.) Samnites
14.) City of Taras
15.) 'Sicilian' Faction (Sicily sub-faction, will challenge Syracuse and Carthage)
16.) Italian tribe 1 (Italia sub-faction, will challenge Rome, Greek Cities, and Etruria.)
17.) Italian tribe 2
18.) Italian tribe 3
19.) Iberian Tribe 1
20.) Iberian Tribe 2
21.) Iberian Tribe 3 (The idea behind this is to have more than one faction in Iberia, excluding Carthage.)
22.) Celtic Tribe 1
23.) Celtic Tribe 2 (The map should be pulled up north just slightly, so we have Cisalpine Gaul)
24.) Africa Sub-Faction 1- possible either Libya or Numidia
25.) Africa Sub-Faction 1- possible either Libya or Numidia
26.) Cretans?

The Map

Yet again, we will have to prepare for any hardcoded issues we might face, but this is a concept for the map we will have...

Areas in Red are high priority territories. They are areas that cannot be left out, and at the bare minimum due to hardoded stuff this would have to be our map

Areas in orange are 2nd priority. They are areas not nessesary for the mod's developent, but are still quite important places for this time period, and these will certainly be attempted to put into the map.

Areas in yellow are desirable areas. They arent nessesary, but these areas would add expandability to the mod. These new territories depend also on the faction limit as to how we can go about expanding this map.

And these are some draft regions files done by our mapper/historian Xiphos;

The Peloponnesian Peninsula (a toungue twister I think)

And this is Sicily :P

Units

Now, we will plan to include as many units as we can in this mod, and we are working away to acheive this, by researching everything about this time period.

Here is some concept art, draws by Blank;

This is a Spartan hoplite, although it could possibly be used as a royal guard...

A princepe.

Some shield designs

a levy hoplite with secondary weapon

And an egyptian spearman, done by myself...

Now, here are some WIP models and skins, done by myself...
I know myself that there are many bugs, inaccuracies and problems with the models, they are very 'rough round the edges' but they suffice for an idea of what the units will look like...
The general, carrying his helmet under his arm, marches alongside his men

A fierce battle between an Athenian, and a spartan. The Athenian lunges to strike, but the skillful spartan has found his target, and strikes the unfortunate Athenian in the neck.

A man of Athens, standing guard.

thats yer lot :P

Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this little update

The Ancient Project Team;

Lentonius- Director, Modeler, Skinner, Art
Dionysios II The Great- Co-Director, Lead Historian
Blank- Art, Historian
Xiphos- Mapper, Historian
Pieman.Uk- Coder, Historian
Illyrian- Historian
God Zeys- Historian
Shiponja_hayabusa- Historian

I sure hope i havent left anybody out

Also, please show your support by using these great siggies, made by Blank;