Battles of Asia v2.0 Released !!

[Intranetusa]

Hello Guys, I'm proud to announce you the release of the mod Battles of Asia v2.0 for Rome - Total War 1.5.

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Content of the mod since the beginning:
- New factions : 7 Japanese Clan : Mori, Imagawa, Shimazu, Oda, Takeda, Uesugi, Hojo. And The Ming Dynasty (Chinese) and the Altan Khan Empire (Mongols)
- New models
- New units
- New factions icons
- New AI
- New menu, background, loadings screens
- New grass
- New skies
- New buildings for Chinese and Japanese factions (replacing the Greeks buildings and the Barbarian buildings in the settlements culture choice)
- New music
- New citations
- New vegetations
- New trees
- New animations
- New interface
- New maps for custom battles

Only the Custom battles are available, there is no campaign.

Thankyou list :
- Great thanks to the EB team for his awesome skies
- Great thanks to Prometheus for his new grass
- Great thanks to Hoggy for his "asiatic" buildings and his models
- Great thanks to Wlesmana for his animations
- Great thanks to Diviciaco, for his great work
- Great thanks to all the BoA team, and all BoA testers
- Great thanks to all the RTW player who helped us, in anyway

[high_templar]

Hello,

Here is the general progression of the BoA project:

User Interface 40 %
Models and textures 90 %

In which:

Seven Japanese clans :

Hojo 90 %
Shimazu 90 %
Oda 90 %
Takeda 100 %
Imagawa 90 %
Mori 90 %
Uesugi 85 %

The Ming Dynasty 100 %

The Altan-Khan Empire 100 %

Standard-bearers 20 %
Sprites 30 %

Coding 35 %

Overall 60 %

Aproximative release date : in september.

Cheers!

[Intranetusa]

awesome. Feel free to consult wikipedia on any historical aspects, lol. :)

[Intranetusa]

The red horse hair tassle at the end of the swords are only used in martial arts swords. Millitary swords do not have the red tassle at the end.
Same applies to millitary spears.

Also, by the mid 1500s, the standard fighting force of the Japanese clans were peasant millitas equipped with gunpowder weapons & cannons.

[Nelduin]

The red horse hair tassle at the end of the swords are only used in martial arts swords. Millitary swords do not have the red tassle at the end.
Same applies to millitary spears.

Also, by the mid 1500s, the standard fighting force of the Japanese clans were peasant millitas equipped with gunpowder weapons & cannons.

For reason of well-balanced, we can't incorpore guns in our mod, but this question will be studied in next versions...

[Nelduin]

User Interface 40 %
Models and textures 90 %

Hojo (100 %)
Shimazu (100 %)
Oda (100 %)
Takeda (100 %)
Imagawa (100 %)
Mori (100 %)
Uesugi (100 %)

Chinese (100 %)
Mongols (100 %)

Banners : 35 %
Sprites : 30 %

Enjoy!

[Tomisama]

For reason of well-balanced, we can't incorpore guns in our mod, but this question will be studied in next versions...

I could hardly believe this when I read it.

No guns?

You can not have 16th century Japanese warfare without firearms, it is inconceivable.

If I am correct, during those years the Japanese had more guns per capita, than any other nation in the world.

As far as balance being an issue, if all factions have them, how can there be an imbalance?

I’m sorry, but I believe this to be a major issue of historical inaccuracy, that can not be brushed away with a few words.

I am very disappointed.

Am I wrong?