Mods

[doombringer]

Can someone please point me in the direction of a good mod.
thanks

[Warmaster Horus]

Which game? MTW, RTW, M2?

[Robin From Da Hood]

Hello all

[Warmaster Horus]

Right, as lack of answer, I'll give a brief overview of my favourite mods:

Medieval Total War:
The XL mod rules, adding factions, enhancing the map, and generally being better than the original game. Search the mod subforum of the game here at the Org and you should find a download link.

Rome Total War:
Europa Barbarorum: Starts in 272 BC, adds factions, is the most realistic mod yet, I believe. Look in their mod subforum to see what it's like. And, if you have questions, ask the team. They're very helpful.
The First Triumvirate: Play as Caesar, Crassus, Pompey before, or during the Civil War. Play as the Gauls trying to reconquer their homeland from Caesar, or play as Parthia trying to stop Crassus' conquests. Very nice, and really good time playing it. Check Total War Center to download.
Rome Total Realism: I liked a lot for a time, but that was before I really played EB. Those two mods are more or less adversaries. Try them both. Check their forums, or check Total War Center for it.
Roma Surrectum: Changes the factions, makes the game better. Nice mod. Check the subforum here.
Terrae Expugnandae: the first RTW mod I played, done by Lusted, a pillar of the modding community, I feel. I played it for over four months. Look over at Total War Center to download it.
SPQR: Concentrates on the battle part of the game, but still gives in nice features for the campaign map (triumphs, rebellion). Check out TW center for it.

Barbarian Invasion (some mods are restricted to BI, that is, they use features from BI that are not compatible with RTW)
Invasio Barbarorum: Mod in the late Roman Empire (after the seperation between East and West) that offers one heck of an experience. Play as any Roman faction and your in for some great time. Check their subforum here.
Chivalry Total War: A mod set in the early period of medieval times. It's pretty nice, and the timeline chosen is pretty rare for a RTW mod.
Fourth Age Total War: If you're a Tolkien Fan, play this.

M2TW (Note: I haven't actually played any of them)
Lands To Conquer: Ever since I played Terrae Expugnandae, I was on the lookout for more of Lusted's work. He did this. When I get M2, I'll download this. You can find it here.
Medieval 2 Total War mods for now are in what I feel is an early stage. Medieval Total Realism hasn't been released yet, and Europa Barbarorum II hasn't been much talked about yet (at least, we know it will come someday). But, if you check these forums, you should find enough material to spend a good time.


Of course, these are only my favorite mods. This is because I like the Roman Era a lot, like realism, like Tolkien, etc. But you may have different interests, and may like different things. Therefore, I encourage you to try any mod that looks interesting to you. If you don't like it, just uninstall it, and find another.
It's your choice.

[Xehh II]

XL and EB are the only mods you'll ever need.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

XL and EB are the only mods you'll ever need.

There are plenty of great mods for all the total war series. It just depends on your own personal taste. To say those two mods are the only one's you will need is just crap if you haven't bothered playing any others

[Odin]

[QUOTE=Warmaster Horus]

Medieval Total War:
The XL mod rules, adding factions, enhancing the map, and generally being better than the original game. Search the mod subforum of the game here at the Org and you should find a download link.

Let me second this reccomendation, I have played this mod for literally hundreds of hours, its great, and very stable.

M2TW (Note: I haven't actually played any of them)
Lands To Conquer: Ever since I played Terrae Expugnandae, I was on the lookout for more of Lusted's work.

I have played LTC exclusively since I got MTW2, its great at tweeking things to give it a touch more difficulty by helping the AI with a few things. Prior to 1.2 it fixed 95% of all the bug issues we had, solid enhancement to vanilla.

As Warmaster Horus says, MTW2 major mods are still ongoing, not much has come to light yet (they will) for now you can play 1.2 vanilla and get a solid game, but LTC pretty much gives the AI a decent kick in the pants.

[doombringer]

[QUOTE=Warmaster Horus]Right, as lack of answer, I'll give a brief overview of my favourite mods:

Medieval Total War:
The XL mod rules, adding factions, enhancing the map, and generally being better than the original game. Search the mod subforum of the game here at the Org and you should find a download link.

Rome Total War:
Europa Barbarorum: Starts in 272 BC, adds factions, is the most realistic mod yet, I believe. Look in their mod subforum to see what it's like. And, if you have questions, ask the team. They're very helpful.
The First Triumvirate: Play as Caesar, Crassus, Pompey before, or during the Civil War. Play as the Gauls trying to reconquer their homeland from Caesar, or play as Parthia trying to stop Crassus' conquests. Very nice, and really good time playing it. Check Total War Center to download.
Rome Total Realism: I liked a lot for a time, but that was before I really played EB. Those two mods are more or less adversaries. Try them both. Check their forums, or check Total War Center for it.
Roma Surrectum: Changes the factions, makes the game better. Nice mod. Check the subforum here.
Terrae Expugnandae: the first RTW mod I played, done by Lusted, a pillar of the modding community, I feel. I played it for over four months. Look over at Total War Center to download it.
SPQR: Concentrates on the battle part of the game, but still gives in nice features for the campaign map (triumphs, rebellion). Check out TW center for it.

Barbarian Invasion (some mods are restricted to BI, that is, they use features from BI that are not compatible with RTW)
Invasio Barbarorum: Mod in the late Roman Empire (after the seperation between East and West) that offers one heck of an experience. Play as any Roman faction and your in for some great time. Check their subforum here.
Chivalry Total War: A mod set in the early period of medieval times. It's pretty nice, and the timeline chosen is pretty rare for a RTW mod.
Fourth Age Total War: If you're a Tolkien Fan, play this.

M2TW (Note: I haven't actually played any of them)
Lands To Conquer: Ever since I played Terrae Expugnandae, I was on the lookout for more of Lusted's work. He did this. When I get M2, I'll download this. You can find it here.
Medieval 2 Total War mods for now are in what I feel is an early stage. Medieval Total Realism hasn't been released yet, and Europa Barbarorum II hasn't been much talked about yet (at least, we know it will come someday). But, if you check these forums, you should find enough material to spend a good time.


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these sound awesome, cheers

[KukriKhan]

Can someone please point me in the direction of a good mod.
thanks

Ya probably want EB. Welcome.

[Frunk]

This is relatively unrelated to this thread, but since it's active...

I was wondering if it's possible to have two mods installed on the same game at once. For example, I have the BKB SuperMod installed at the moment, which I really enjoy and don't want to take off my VI, however I also want to try XL. Is my question possible?

[Csargo]

The simplest explanation I think is just making another copy of your MTW folder.

[Frunk]

How exactly would I do that? Do I back up my current Total War folder then un-install and re-install the game?

[Frunk]

^ EDIT: I've moved my Total War folder to a new location, my firewall went crazy and blocked MTW:VI, I've unblocked, and when I try to play it it doesn't do anything, so I'm guessing it's technically 'uninstalled'. Do I now re-install it and install the other mod? If yes, then I'll do that, but, if I do that, then how would I play BKB's SuperMod, would I switch my TW folders between my program files program or am I completely and just another stupid 'noob' annoying you all?
Cheers.

[Boores]

Hi friend.

To MTW i would download various mods: XL is the best, and HellenicTotalWar is good too,last you would try to download SamurayWarlordsBeta8 and you will get a new Shogun Total War jeje

To Roma Total War Europa Barbarorum is the best I think.

Lands to conquer the best choice for Medieval 2.

Thanks by your attention.

[Frunk]

^ EDIT: I've moved my Total War folder to a new location, my firewall went crazy and blocked MTW:VI, I've unblocked, and when I try to play it it doesn't do anything, so I'm guessing it's technically 'uninstalled'. Do I now re-install it and install the other mod? If yes, then I'll do that, but, if I do that, then how would I play BKB's SuperMod, would I switch my TW folders between my program files program or am I completely and just another stupid 'noob' annoying you all?
Cheers.

*Sighs*

BUMP: Help... Please?

[Ludens]

How exactly would I do that? Do I back up my current Total War folder then un-install and re-install the game?

You can simply make a second install of M:TW and VI (you need to do this directly from the CD), and install your mod into the new M:TW folder. Unfortunatly, this doesn't work with R:TW (and BI) however, and if you intend on installing multiple R:TW mods you should manually create a copy of an unmodded R:TW folder.

[gregori99]

I only have MTW but I've played a number of great mods, starting with Hellenic Total War, Fall of Rome, then XL and I'm currently playing the BKB Super Mod (and losing as the Nicean Empire in High - very hard). All are excellent and deserve checking out.

[Frunk]

You can simply make a second install of M:TW and VI (you need to do this directly from the CD), and install your mod into the new M:TW folder. Unfortunatly, this doesn't work with R:TW (and BI) however, and if you intend on installing multiple R:TW mods you should manually create a copy of an unmodded R:TW folder.

Thanks mate, just checking.