SP Antiquity Enemies of Rome: Chapter one; Vercingetorix(Post here or PM me to join)

[Dionysios II The Great]

I've had this in mind for a long time, but now that i know people are interested, i'm willing to start something:

I don't know what era it's going to be in yet, that's up for you to decide, i picked those, as i don't have alot of knowledge of later Roman eras besides it's fall. I have most knowledge on Pyrrhus and before, and it fades the further you go in time. I want a mod that has either the Polybian or Marian military. (for you to decide by era)

The mod is still in concept obviously as i don't even know the era you guys would like the most.


I will need good men, i will need modellers, texturers and scripters. Historians aren't needed yet as i don't even know the era yet. But help is always appreciated. I'll be the lead historian and director, and i'll apoint some more people to lead sections as the mod grows.


I might start a forum, and i will negotiate with the maker of RTW mod for whatever i can use (the tunics won't be red all the times (that hurts my eyes and is inaccurate)



Please give a sign if you're interested, if you want to join, PM me here.




Greetings,




DIITG


Members: -Me= Director, Lead Historian, and modeller.
              -Ealdormann Hussey : Mapper
              -Turin : Modeller/texturer
              -Anthony : Historian, Celtic specialist
              -ArabArcher35 : Lead Modeller/texturer and Co-director
              -jlgx50 : modeller/texturer and scripter
              -Jouster- : Scripter
              -Geneyuss : modeller/texturer
              -Vako : Translator




Roman equipment list: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.msg301818.html#msg301818

Information on Gauls: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.30.html

Factions, Ancient insults etc.: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.45.html

Gallic equipment list: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.60.html

Roman Troop tree: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.60.html

Gallic (Arverni and Aedui) troop tree: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.75.html

Mercenary troop tree: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,15936.75.html


More to come...

 

[HardCode]

Hail Caesar! I voted for that time period, because Caesar was the man. Plus, you can add a story to your mod. Make towns capturable in the mod, and if you take a lot of Gaul cities, Rome can turn against you and become the enemy. Then you'll have the Player Faction vs. Rome.

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

You could play Lucius Vorenus in the story :p

Seriously though, capturable towns are a must, but i don't think battles should take place inside a town, ala "1066" because this wasn't the case in Ancient times, fight the battle near the city and take it after the battle. With several options off course.


I'll need scripters...

 

[Chilly5]

2nd Punic war with Hannibal sounds interesting. I have some helmets maybe you could putem to use.

 

[Highlander]

you can use the signifer I made for gladiator mod but I think he is in the later roman empire (don't know)

the helmet is from Raptor I just made the wolf if you want to use it you better ask him I think

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

@Chilly5

Any help is appreciated.
You can send me by PM.

@Highlander, i saw the nice work on the Wolf skin, this could be usefull for Velites and Signifers.
I will ask him by PM

Also, i will see what i can do with the Signifer, i have a book on them, so i will make a couple of versions tommorow (remodel) (not now, it's late, and i was very busy today) You can send me by PM.


I appreciate all the help, thank you all very much.

 

[nijis]

If you decide to go for a Punic war, I'm working on a pretty detailed map of Sicily, based on an coastal outline provided by Colt which you're welcome to use. If there'd be any way to get a Mediterranean-style building or two out of the deal, I'd be even happier.

 

[Chilly5]

You could play Lucius Vorenus in the story :p

Seriously though, capturable towns are a must, but i don't think battles should take place inside a town, ala "1066" because this wasn't the case in Ancient times, fight the battle near the city and take it after the battle. With several options off course.


I'll need scripters...

A shield lying in the water has that, maybe you should ask its creator.

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

I think you could make buildings look more Roman by a nice texture, however for Gauls or Carthaginians or Greeks 
EDIT: i forgot about the architecture. Adding a new texture wouldn't look very correct, but until we get some good modeller and scene editor, we could use a new texture (wich would be used on the new scenery anyway.

I don't know alot about maps, (nothing) so i'll need a mapper aswell, if he can use your map (if the mod is going to be about the 2ndPW) that would be very much appreciated

A shield lying in the water has that, maybe you should ask its creator.

Thanks for the advice, but do you mind telling me his name, i'm not familiar with this mod (will try it though, as it's a quote from the Odysee i think (is it about Greeks?)

 

[Chilly5]

A shield lying in the water has that, maybe you should ask its creator.

Thanks for the advice, but do you mind telling me his name, i'm not familiar with this mod (will try it though, as it's a quote from the Odysee i think (is it about Greeks?)

The mod is more fantasy-rpg or something. I dunno his name its like ex_otteyus or something, Dont trust that name I dunno what Im  talking about, he has a horse for an avatar.

 

[Highlander]

you can make a map yourself it's very easy and you might learn to script

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

I think i saw such an avatar, i'll have a look around.

BTW, i just when to the toilet, and as you know most people think there :p.
So i thought: "what about music" we obviously can't keep the music of M&B.

I have lots of music, but all are German, Soviet, French etc. Military music from the 1800's until late 1900'
I don't have any Roman music, so if anyone has some nice mp3 (or wavs (i can convert them) please PM them to me.

I'll talk to my friends at TWC and see if they can help.

it's very easy and you might learn to script

I'll try mapping, but i can't script, i tried already.

I will need scripters. And if i suck at mapping, i'll need a mapper.

 

[yori]

maybe you could use rome total war as a base saves alot of work

 

[Highlander]

you better don't do I think cause the map is not very pretty and the whole gameplay should be very different to RTWmod

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

Well, the fact is, RTW mod is something completely different from this...
I don't even know what the era will be yet, so i'll wait.

I will however contact the maker of RTW and ask him if i can use his items. Off course he will get credit for them (or whoeevr made them)

 

[Highlander]

the itims of RTWmod aren't made for it they are from the roma invicta mod of raptor you have to ask him

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

Thanks, also i want to thank all of you again. Thanks to you i gathered alot of stuff that i could use, i've been Pming for the moment.

 

[Highlander]

I'm going to make a slinger animation that replaces firearms for gladiator mod, you may use it, too

 

[Dionysios II The Great]

Thanks, that would be helpfull in case we go for Punic wars (for Accensi). I'm working on troops tree and needed equipment list atm for Caeser in Gaul (as that one is most likely to make it it seems)

 

[Ben Hussey]

When you've decided what era youre going to do I can make the map for you.

RR_Raptor made all the roman models, you may have some difficulty getting hold of him he doesn't visit the forum that often.

Don't bother about music yet, because music isn't modular it means that you will be hearing the roman music even when playing native or any other mod, which would be annoying.

you can make a map yourself it's very easy and you might learn to script

How would making a map help you to learn to script? It's a graphical interface, not python.

First of all, Dionysus, do which time period you would prefer, I have studied the pompeii caesar struggle, but still I would be happy to play any roman era mod. What you do need to take into account is that raptor's models will save you huge amounts of time if you can use them, so I would suggest picking a time period where the lorica segmentata was used.