Byzantium Total War

[edyzmedieval]

Hello all modding freaks and RTW players.

I just want to announce the Byzantium Total War mod for RTW:BI 1.6. The thread will be updated regularly,with the latest progress, screenshots and everything else needed.

Let me present you the mod.

The mod, as you might expect, is about the Byzantine Empire. Asia Minor, Europe, Syria and other parts of Asia and small parts of Africa will compose the campaign map. All the units of BI will have to be removed, because of different starting dates. There will be lots of hard work, and we need skinners and modellers so we can do the mod. The focus of this mod will be the wars with the Muslims, Slavs, Sicilians and other enemies of the Byzantine Empire.

Basically the map is done, we thought about the provinces. The map will be similar to the MTW mod.

We thought about the units and some of the buildings. The Byzantine tech tree will be very detailed so the player will be imersed into the awesome history of the Byzantine Empire. If you wish to see the tech tree, come to our official forum.

The starting date will be 976, the beginning of the reign of the greatest Byzantine Emperor, Vasile II the Macedonian. The ending date will be 1453, when Constantinople finally fell, and it marked the end of the Byzantine empire.

The Factions
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Ealry Era

The Byzantine Empire
Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Italian States
Papacy
Seldjuk Turks
Bulgar Kingdom
Cumans
Pecheneg tribes
Hungarian Kingdom
Kingdom of Kiev
Khazar Khaganate
Holy Roman Empire
Polish Kingdom
Crusader States
Fatimid Caliphate
Kingdom of Serbia
Rebels

High Era

Latin Empire of Constantinople
Empire of Niceea
Empire of Trebizond
Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Italian City States
Papacy
Seldjuk Turks
Bulgar Kingdom
Cumans
Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Georgia
Hungarian Kingdom
Kingdom of Kiev
Holy Roman Empire
Crusader States
Polish Kingdom
Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of Aragon
Kingdom of Serbia
Rebels

Late Era

Byzantine Empire
Empire of Trebizond
Ottoman Empire
Emirate of Karaman
Norman Kingdom of Sicily
Italian City States
Papacy
Bulgar Kingdom
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Hungary
Wallachia
Moldavia
Holy Roman Empire
Mamluk Sultanates
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Kiev

Mod progress(will be updated regularly)
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Historical research: about 65%
Planning tech trees: about 60%
Campaign map: 10%
Units: 40%
New factions: 0%
Coding: 15%
Scripting: 0%
Testing: 0%
Multiplayer: 0%

Detailed stuff about our work
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Historical research - about 65%
- we have done lots and lots of historical research
- we started researching for the High Era

Campaign map - about 10% done.
-working on the terrain and geological stuff

Units - about 40% done
- we are still searching for more historical resources
- we have about 115 units made

Byzantines: 100% completed
Crusader States: 35-40% completed
Bulgars: 30% completed
Normans: 20% completed
HRE: 5% completed

New factions - we decided on them, have to implement them

Coding - we implemented most of the units we've made

Scripting - testing our unique ideas

Testing - not yet

Multiplayer - fortunately, we might have this thing implemented

We need skinners, modellers and coders.
We need one more modeller, 1 more skinner and 2 more coders. If we get these guys, the team will be complete.

We will need some extended research. If you could help, don't hesitate to post. We need info about the Khazars, Cumans. Pechenegs/// and other nomadic people.

Please visit our official forum, for exclusive screenshots and other exclusive info.
http://s15.invisionfree.com/Byzantiu...ex.php?act=idx

Members
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Modding team
Main Leader
Edyzmedieval -Project and team leader;
- buildings, campmap and settlement plans
- Public Relations
- Coding

Skinning/Modelling team
Blindfaithnogod - Modeller and skinner; second leader
Palissa - skinner
Lord Rahl - Portraits, graphical tidbits, banners
Polski Orzel - Skinning

Coding team
Swampthing - coder,scripter

Other modding
DARTH VADER - Formations

Research team
therussian91 - Slav researcher, faction descriptions, beta tester, Head of the Research team
Arcabagatur - Bulgar research
Kataphraktos - Military researcher
Nickpes - Byzantium researcher
Digenis - Byzantium researcher
Laran - Reseacher, plates and illustrations

Special thanks
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Atheist Peace - forums and guiding
Dromikaites - coding and guiding
Dimeolas - banners
Shogo - modeller/skinner for creating

If anyone is interested in joining, post in this thread or PM me.

Special thanks to Dimeolas for creating banners for us. Thank you!

Cheers!
The Byzantium TW Mod Team