New MOD. Middle Ages: Total War

[Lord Condormanius]

EDIT March 15, 2007

This mod is now being hosted at TW Center. Click here or on my signature to reach the mod's forum.

EDIT MARCH 4, 2007

Being that there has been far more interest in this mod at twcenter, the main thread has been moved here. Or you can simply click on my signature.

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I know the title isn't all that flashy, but that's ok. It can be changed later on if necessary.

The purpose of this mod is to add length, balance and overall enjoyment to the game. I basically plan to expand on what CA has already done by adding new factions, a bigger map and adjusting the AI to compensate.

The factions. I am adding 10 new factions (*=new faction), removing Portugal and renaming some of the existing ones:

England
Scotland
Ireland*
Wales*
Kingdom of France
Duchy of Guyenne*
County of Toulouse*
The Holy Roman Empire
Burgundy*
The Kingdom of Sweden*
Denmark
Leon y Castile y Gallicia (Spain)
Aragon y Navarre*
Almoravids (Moors)
Zirid Emirate*
Seljuk Turks (Turks)
Fatimid Califate (Egypt)
Poland
Hungary
Novgorod (Russia)
Kiev*
The Roman Empire (Byzantium)
The Papal Patrimony (Papal States)
Genova (Milan)
Pisa*
Venice
Duchy of Apulia & Calabria (Sicily)
Mongols
Timurids
Aztecs
Slave

The map is finished for the most part. There are a couple of adjustments that I need to make, but you get the picture.



-The map is a modified early version of Spurius' BigMap with 199 regions and no land bridges.
-Timescale modified to 0.50 (2 turns/year), campaign rebalanced to match (i.e. slower pop growth, lower income per-turn, etc.)
-reconfigured starting postions for factions.

Any and all help is welcome and appreciated, especially skinning, models (may not be possible at this point), etc. Research and background info is also helpful. The map is nearly finished & I have nearly finished creating Ireland.

Edit 3/2/07 -

Here's a quick look at some of the units for the Irish faction:

Some early spearmen (Peasant Spears):



Some Late Spearmen (Irish Spearmen):



Gaill Gaedhil (I still have to paint their shields):



...and an Irish warband...I think the blue ones look silly, I may have to redo them, but you get the idea.



More to come...