Rise of Persia Beta 2 Released

[Geoffrey S]

Great mod! The campaign map is beautiful with interesting factions, though it'd be great to see some EB style depth in buildings and traits. Battles were fun too, the period seems far more suited to the engine than RTW itself was.

Good job, I'm looking forward to future updates.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Can someone please answer my question, so that I can play the mod?

[Geoffrey S]

I just copy and paste the (unmodded) RTW folder; mod installs to the activision/Rome - Total War folder.

One thing I have to say, the mod seems too easy, certainly when expanding initially. I've yet to get involved in a major war with another faction, but it almost feels like blitzing. Perhaps rebel provinces can be made tougher and AI factions can get a cash/recruiting bonus?

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Ok, I installed it and started playing, but I am already running into major bugs.
1. Not too important, but the screen flashes black at the beginning of each loading screen. As in, the loading screen shows up for about half a second, then it flashes black, then goes back to the loading screen.
2. Whenever there is a loading screen before a battle, the screen suddenly shrinks. I can see a part of the bottom and right hand side of the desktop.
3. Whenever I begin deployment in a battle, it crashes to the desktop.

[Nero]

SSJ, have you installed patch 2.01 yet? Quite important to know, since I've heard about this issue before on the TWC (people which didn't have CTDs with the original Beta 2 got them with patch 2.01, and the opposite also counts).

As for balancing, we've released patch 2.02 last week, which I forgot to post here. Will do that in a minute.

EB-style depth in buildings and traits will happen later on; especially for the recruitment system we're working hard. It's still a beta, remember ;)

EDIT: The flashing happens because of a resolution change. This started happening after RTW 1.3, if I remember correctly, thus not ROP-related. You can change the resolution in the video options.