Hi Axel:

the building graphics go in here: (HTW Mod directory)/../Medieval - Total War/campmap/review_panel/Buildings
- they should already be divided into sub-directories so copy the whole lot in and say "yes" if it asks if you want to replace old files (note some of the old files may be newer than the new files...!) But it's so long since I made these packages, I can't honestly remember! The brothel ones will need to be put into the various "culture" sub-directories. Best to explore the directory and see what lives where - it might get you tempted to start modding

Did you download HTW recently and the "Total Patch"? When the Total Patch was released with my bits in it, it wasn't quite the latest version, so some of needs repatching - like the faction shields. I've just tried to DL the shields again here, and it seems to be corrupted somehow... will have to look into that.

I've now managed to make a start on "Bronze Age Europe" - with HTW BA units exported onto the XL Europe map, bit of a strange XL-HTW hybrid so far! But the factions I have are: Hittites, Assyrians, Egypt, Thrace, Mycenae, Minoa, Celts, Balts, Germanics, Illyrians, Iberians, Etruscans, Iberocelts, Italics, Libyans and Slavs. (Or rather the populations that later became these groups, but "Proto-Celts", "Proto-Slavs" etc sounds a bit naff....)

I've made the start date c. 1275BC - so when I get around to changing the name files, then Egypt will be under Ramses I and the Hittites under Muwatillis. This should all suggest to you one thought - KADESH! I'd really like to divide Greece up into smaller provinces, but the XL map has all the provinces it can take, and I don't have all the software for map modding. I think I might have to remove the Minoans, as by my start date the Mycenae had wiped them out, leaving only one Greek faction with three provinces.

Most of the factions are pretty barbarous and only have BA tribal warriors so far, but I will be porting more units across. Not making any new ones, but changing a few stats, names etc is easily done. Eg I've copied across Hittite Heavy Chariots into an Eyptian Chariot which is faster, lighter and weaker, but with more arrows, to reflect different Hittite and Egyptian tactics. Egypt has also been given nubian spears and guards, and I want to get more research done (how were the Ne'arin armed, for instance?) There's a LOT left to do, of course, and it might be difficult to make it transferable to other installs, but I'll try!

I also want to work in the gradual spread of ironworking, horse-riding, and innovations like the Halstatt sword etc.