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Norman Invasion

2010-09-16T01:23:05Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title=Norman Invasion
|compatibility=[[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=[[MasterofNone]],[[Aradan]],[[Keyser Soze]],[[Uranos]],[[Halie Satanus]]
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=302419 ''Norman Invasion 1.3'']
|description=A mod based on the Norman invasion of England
}}

= Introduction =

= Description =

= Features =

= The Team =

= History =

= AAR =

= Included Mods =

= External Links =

LINK: [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1322 CLICK HERE TO GO TO TWC NORMAN INVASION FORUMS]

Norman Invasion

2010-09-16T01:22:53Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title=Norman Invasion
|compatibility=[[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=[[MasterofNone]],[[Aradan]],[[Keyser Soze]],[[Uranos]],[[Halie Satanus]]
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=302419 ''Norman Invasion 1.3'']
|description=A mod based on the Norman invasion of England
}}

= Introduction =

= Description =

= Features =

= The Team =

= History =

= AAR =

= Included Mods =

== External Links =

LINK: [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1322 CLICK HERE TO GO TO TWC NORMAN INVASION FORUMS]

Norman Invasion

2010-09-16T01:22:34Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title=Norman Invasion
|compatibility=[[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=[[MasterofNone]],[[Aradan]],[[Keyser Soze]],[[Uranos]],[[Halie Satanus]]
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=302419 ''Norman Invasion 1.3'']
|description=A mod based on the Norman invasion of England
}}

= Introduction =

= Description =

= Features =

= The Team =

= History =

= AAR =

= Included Mods =

LINK: [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1322 CLICK HERE TO GO TO TWC NORMAN INVASION FORUMS]

Norman Invasion

2010-09-16T01:01:19Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title=Norman Invasion
|image=[[Normaninvasionsig2.jpg]]
|compatibility=
|type=
|members=
|release=
|description=
}}

= Introduction =

= Description =

= Features =

= The Team =

= History =

= AAR =

= Included Mods =

LINK: [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1322 CLICK HERE TO GO TO TWC NORMAN INVASION FORUMS]

File:Normaninvasionsig2.jpg

2010-09-16T00:57:28Z

SonOfOdin:

Extended Cultures

2010-09-13T00:57:31Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=[[Image:Fsig4.jpg]]|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control
[[Image:AOC.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Advanced Order Control]]

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released and the mod team is going to continue updating the mod even further.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
{|
| [[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap|Rome vs Gaul]]
| [[Image:XC 03.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Robed woman, standing, holding a sword|Hoplite battle]]
| [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Monument of robed woman, standing, holding a crown in one hand and a partly sheathed sword in another|Iberia and Carthage]]
| [[Image:Next.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Persian Horde|The mod enables certain factions to horde, ex :Parthia]]
|}

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-13T00:56:43Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=[[Image:Fsig4.jpg]]|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control
[[Image:AOC.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Advanced Order Control]]

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released and the mod team is going to continue updating the mod even further.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
{|
| [[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Robed woman, seated, with sword on her lap|Rome vs Gaul]]
| [[Image:XC 03.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Robed woman, standing, holding a sword|Hoplite battle]]
| [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Monument of robed woman, standing, holding a crown in one hand and a partly sheathed sword in another|Iberia and Carthage]]
| [[Image:Next.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Persian Horde|The mod enables certain factions to horde, ex :Parthia]]
|}

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-12T23:51:13Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=[[Image:Fsig4.jpg]]|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control
[[Image:AOC.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Advanced Order Control]]

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released and the mod team is going to continue updating the mod even further.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-12T23:49:49Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=[[Image:Fsig4.jpg]]|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control
[[Image:AOC.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Advanced Order Control]]

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:Fsig4.jpg

2010-09-12T23:48:41Z

SonOfOdin: uploaded a new version of "File:Fsig4.jpg"

File:Fsig4.jpg

2010-09-12T15:39:09Z

SonOfOdin:

Extended Cultures

2010-09-12T15:35:33Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control
[[Image:AOC.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Advanced Order Control]]

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 02-24-55-60.jpg

2010-09-12T15:35:28Z

SonOfOdin:

File:AOC.jpg

2010-09-12T15:33:03Z

SonOfOdin:

Extended Cultures

2010-09-12T15:32:16Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

A new feature of this mod is : Advanced Order Control

Advanced Order Control gives us a unique government system for XC.
Working along with the culture system it allows each region to be shaped towards a full factional control, a protectorate-like system or in some cases a mixed administration.

The beauty of this feature is that you can't simply capture a region and leave it as that. The player will have to build up his culture in the captured region, and maybe even migrate settlers from his home land. Hence, building options may vary depending on the level of homeland culture in the city
If the opposing faction's culture doesn't vary too much from the player's faction, the governmental infrastructure will not be destroyed and may retain it

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-12T15:21:36Z

SonOfOdin: /* Factions */

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T23:11:34Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions=== [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Central Mediterranean]]
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions=== [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Iberia]]
*Thrace
*Gauls [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Britain]]
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T23:07:42Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians [[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|The Greek Peninsula]]
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 17-28-35-17.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-55-38-75.jpg

2010-09-11T23:04:05Z

SonOfOdin:

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-54-33-89.jpg

2010-09-11T23:03:33Z

SonOfOdin:

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-09-12 01-51-36-75.jpg

2010-09-11T23:03:06Z

SonOfOdin:

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T23:01:46Z

SonOfOdin: /* History */

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 has recently been released

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is V4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 17-28-35-17.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T22:57:10Z

SonOfOdin: /* Screenshots */

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 is under development at the moment, providing the base for future improvements.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is 4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 17-28-35-17.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T22:55:53Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 is under development at the moment, providing the base for future improvements.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is 4 Gamma version 3

==Screenshots==
[[Image:GallicHorde.jpg|Rome vs Gauls]]
[[Image:XC 03.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 17-28-35-17.jpg]]
[[Image:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg]]
[[Image:Next.jpg]]

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-24 20-42-07-93.jpg

2010-09-11T22:55:42Z

SonOfOdin:

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg

2010-09-11T22:54:36Z

SonOfOdin: uploaded a new version of "File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg"

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-26 20-56-47-15.jpg

2010-09-11T22:42:24Z

SonOfOdin:

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 21-15-10-12.jpg

2010-09-11T22:42:00Z

SonOfOdin:

File:RomeTW-BI 2010-08-25 17-28-35-17.jpg

2010-09-11T22:41:40Z

SonOfOdin:

File:XC 03.jpg

2010-09-11T22:39:27Z

SonOfOdin:

File:Next.jpg

2010-09-11T22:37:48Z

SonOfOdin:

File:GallicHorde.jpg

2010-09-11T22:37:05Z

SonOfOdin:

Extended Cultures

2010-09-11T22:30:27Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Extended Cultures (XC)|image=|platform=RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6 / Alex 1.9|era=280 BC - 14 AD|leader=[[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]]|mod-folder=In mod-folder (xc)|release=[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Extended Cultures version 4 Gamma v3]|map=[[Image:Mundusmagnus.PNG]]}}
Also known as the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures, XGM-XC, or just XC.

==Overview==

Extended Cultures (XC) is a modification of [[Rome:_Total_War|Rome: Total War]] that aims to bring historical accuracy but also show how different factions could have evolved had history taken a different path, with an eye to fun and challenging gameplay. The mod is similar to vanilla (unmodified) RTW in look and feel, but expands the original by bringing new factions, many reworked and new units, and new buildings. In addition to this, a culture system that makes an unique use of [[Barbarian_Invasion|Barbarian Invasion]] features and a large set of new character traits that extensively helps in role-playing will ensure an unique feeling of diversity for many factions.

==Features==

Designed to work with RTW 1.5, RTW:BI 1.6, or Alexander. It uses a [[mod folder]] so it does not make any changes to your data directory. Extended Cultures sports nine culture specific barracks: Roman, Hellenic, Persian, Arabic, Punic, Nomadic, Thracian, Iberian, and Celto-Germanic. The stable and archery range buildings are no longer primary use buildings and missile and cavalry units are recruited from the barracks. In addition to a factional barracks, each faction can build an auxiliary barracks to recruit local troops in many regions. Another pillar of XC gameplay is the culture system. Developed from BI's religions, every region has a native culture, which may be at odds with your culture, and each faction can build colonies to convert that region to their own culture.

==Factions==

Most of the vanilla factions are preserved, though the Romans have been integrated into a single faction. There are 16 playable factions and four non-playable. New playable factions include Saba and Bactria.

===Roman Factions===
*Roman Republic/Empire
*Roman Rebels (Non-playable) (This faction becomes the Senate in the Carthaginian Senate campaign.)

===Hellenic (Greek) Factions===
*Greek Cities
*Macedon
*The Seleucid Empire
*The Ptolemaic Empire
*Bactria
*Independent Greek Cities (Non-Playable)
===Eastern Factions===
*Carthage
*Pontus
*Armenia
*Parthia
*Saba
*Eastern Kingdoms (Non-Playable)
===Barbarian Factions===
*Thrace
*Gauls
*Germans
*Iberians
*Scythia
*Celts (Non-Playable)

==Team==

* [[User:CaesarVincens|CaesarVincens]] is the man behind the mod and team leader.
* [[Zarax]] works as a historian and experiments with new features.
* [[Suppanut]] is XC's master of traits and ancillaries.
* [[Maraxus]] is the primary modeler for Extended Cultures and is also one of the skinners.
* [[Anakarsis]] and [[Andalus]] are the other two skinners of Extended Cultures.

Due mention also to [[DimeBagHo]] and to all the people who worked on and contributed to [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], the mod that formed the base of Extended Cultures.
We'd also like to thank the [[EB]] team and [[Redfox]] for lending us units from EB and DTW respectively.

==History==

Extended Cultures began as an offshoot of the Post-Marian Project for [[DimeBagHo]]'s [[Extended_Greek_Mod|XGM]], a project that aims to bring new units to XGM along with further use of the Marian Reforms. One idea that was kicked around was upgrading Barbarian building trees post-reforms to allow new buildings, including huge cities. CaesarVincens made some simple changes and released the first version of what would later be named Extended Barbarians, in homage of Dime's mod's name. Around the same time, Zarax suggested expanding the culture system present in XGM.
CaesarVincens liked the idea, and made a mock up of it. Combining Extended Barbarians with this new cultural extension, CaesarVincens released the first edition of Extended Cultures on May 4, 2008. Since then, the mod has grown greatly and on January 9, 2009, the Extended Greek Mod-Extended Cultures was released as a full, self-installing mod.
Following the release of Extended Cultures 3, Zarax joined full-time providing support, developing the Carthaginian Senate and emerging factions. While Suppanut expanded his work on ethnic traits to better suit the new faction and culture system. XC4 is under development at the moment, providing the base for future improvements.

===Current Version===
The latest official release of Extended Cultures is 4 Gamma version 3

==External Links==

*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1101 Extended Cultures forum at TWC]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/ Official Extended Cultures website]
*[http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcreadme.html Extended Cultures Readme]

[[Category: RTW Mods]]
[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:RTW_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:27:08Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era=18th Century|leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.4]}}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.
* Reskinned several different factions, and even reworked some others completely
* Naval combat completely overhauled
* Many campaign map changes (buildings changed / added / removed)
* Included cavalry standard bearers

==The Team==

*[[Ahiga]]
*[[The Vicar]]
*[[Lazy Knight]]
*[[Dogmeat]]
*[[gomer_pyle]]

==Download==
* [http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.4]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:26:10Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era=18th Century|leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.4]}}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.
* Reskinned several different factions, and even reworked some others completely
* Naval combat completely overhauled
* Many campaign map changes (buildings changed / added / removed)
* Included cavalry standard bearers

==The Team==

*[[Ahiga]]
*[[The Vicar]]
*[[Lazy Knight]]
*[[Dogmeat]]
*[[gomer_pyle]]

==Download==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.1]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:25:48Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era=18th Century|leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.4]}}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.
* Reskinned several different factions, and even reworked some others completely
* Naval combat completely overhauled
* Many campaign map changes (buildings changed / added / removed)
* Included cavalry standard bearers

==The Team==

*[[Ahiga]]
*[[The Vicar]]
*[[Lazy Knight]]
*[[Dogmeat]]
*[[gomer_pyle]]

==Download==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.1]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:16:34Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era=18th Century|leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.4]}}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.

==Download==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.1]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:12:35Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era=18th Century|leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=280199 Version 2.1.1 in this thread]|map= }}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.

==Download==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.1]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

Imperial Splendour

2010-09-10T23:10:52Z

SonOfOdin:

{{mod3|mod=Imperial Splendour|image=[[Image:IS-MainLogo.png]]|platform=[[Empire Total War]]|era= |leader=[[Ahiga; Lazy Knight; The Vicar]]|mod-folder= |release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=280199 Version 2.1.1 in this thread]|map= }}
'''Imperial Splendour attempts to create the best [[Empire: Total War]] experience possible without destroying the essence of the game, with an eye towards expanding and enriching the experience, while adding to the game's realism whenever possible.'''
==Overview==
'''Imperial Splendour''' is a game enhancement mod which attempts to improve on various aspects of the original Empires game.
The main aspect is differing the factions from each other, to allow for a different campaigns with different factions.

==Features==
*New Rosters for each faction. Unique to the faction and different from each others.
*New Colonila Recruitment system
*New Artillery System
*Re-worked AI, redesigned to provide a sustainable challenge to the player.
*More tactical land battles, with unit cost and stat changes
*Revisions to building cost and availability.

==Download==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=303141 Version 2.1.1]

==External Links==
*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1138 Hosted Forum at TWC]

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Released)]]
[[Category:ETW Mods (Hosted)]]

File:IS-MainLogo.png

2010-09-10T23:10:19Z

SonOfOdin:

Viking Invasion II

2010-09-08T11:33:26Z

SonOfOdin: /* VI2 - Dominion of Britannia */

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title= Viking Invasion II
|image=[[Image:Viking s1.png]]
|compatibility= [[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=Aradan, MasterofNone, Halie Satanus, Uranos, Antagonist, Keyser Soze
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=221299 ''Viking Invasion II 1.7'']
|description=A recreation of the original Viking Invasion for MTW

}}

= Introduction =
Viking Invasion II recreates the infamous Viking Invasion from MTW on the Rome BI Engine. It's a complete overhaul of Rome BI, with a new campaign, new factions, new units and a new challenge.

= Description =

[[Image:VI2 Banner.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Viking Invasion II banner]]

The campaign is almost identical to the original, with only minor changes made, and of course utilising a new engine. The map covers all of Britannia and parts of Scandinavia adding up to about 50 regions occupied by eight different playable factions.
The mod portrays the Viking raids and internal strife of Britain as historically accurate as possible, while providing interesting gameplay and a fun, yet challenging, campaign

= Features =
Eight playable factions, all forming part of three different cultures :

'''The Saxons'''

''The West Saxons'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Select Fyrd units; poor cavalry

''The Mercians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Marcher Horsemen units

''The Northumbrians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to cheaper Lithsmen mercenary units; ability to build priories; poor cavalry

'''The Vikings'''

''The Danes'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; very poor cavalry

''The Norwegians'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; powerful berserkers; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; no cavalry

'''The Celts'''

''The Welsh'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; superior cavalry; longbowmen; can build priories; weak ships.

''The Men of Alba'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; can build priories.

''The Irish'' - Good mix of infantry; can build monasteries; can recruit Monks; poor cavalry; no archers.

''Some major features of the game include'' :

* Provincial Information structures give flavour text and custom bonuses for every Province
* Incorporates Aradan's unit and unit-autoresolve balance (now even more advanced!)
* Saxon and Celtic Emissaries may travel with princesses and bishops to increase their effectiveness
* Provincial and Kingdom titles for family members implemented, including Local Lord traits for better settlement-specific management
* Recruitable mercenaries
* Culture-specific recruitment buildings and limited Zone of Recruitment
* Campaign Script customizes game-start conditions according to faction selected by player to make for a greater challenge

= VI2 - Dominion of Britannia =

Dominion of Britannia is an official sub-mod for VI2, adding a lot of new content and features :

[[Image:DoB promo7.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Dominion of Britannia Promo]]
* Irish factions can now recruit Monastic Levies from monasteries
* Unique strategy-map models for Saxon large towns, cities and large cities
* 15 New provinces (Britain and Ireland)
* Greater geographical historical accuracy
* Unit stats reworked for even greater unit balance
* Campaign balance improved
* Saxon culture renamed to Anglo-Saxon
* Uncrowned and Crowned trait for Kings implemented
* New ship for the Vikings (credits to 1066 open-resource mod, with sails by Halie Satanus)
* New Stone Henge model (credit to 1066 open-resource mod)
* Now possible for Anglo-Saxon factions to have monks in their ranks
* New Laigini elite unit for Men of Leinster (formerly "The Irish" faction)
* Recruitable mercenaries redistributed to be more historically accurate
* Walls now only buildable from large town and up
* Viking names edited to be more accurate (thanks to Dansk)
* Monastery line of buildings reworked and more open to Anglo-Saxons
* Stables can now longer be built on small islands
* And lots of textual and visual tweaks throughout!

= The Team =

The team of Viking Invasion II includes :

*[[Aradan]]
*[[MasterofNone]]
*[[Halie Satanus]]
*[[Uranos]]
*[[Antagonist]]
*[[Keyser Soze]]

= External Links =
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1036 ''Viking Invasion II'' forum]
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=263293 ''VI2 -Dominion of Britannia'']

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:BI_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Viking Invasion II

2010-09-08T11:09:58Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title= Viking Invasion II
|image=[[Image:Viking s1.png]]
|compatibility= [[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=Aradan, MasterofNone, Halie Satanus, Uranos, Antagonist, Keyser Soze
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=221299 ''Viking Invasion II 1.7'']
|description=A recreation of the original Viking Invasion for MTW

}}

= Introduction =
Viking Invasion II recreates the infamous Viking Invasion from MTW on the Rome BI Engine. It's a complete overhaul of Rome BI, with a new campaign, new factions, new units and a new challenge.

= Description =

[[Image:VI2 Banner.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Viking Invasion II banner]]

The campaign is almost identical to the original, with only minor changes made, and of course utilising a new engine. The map covers all of Britannia and parts of Scandinavia adding up to about 50 regions occupied by eight different playable factions.
The mod portrays the Viking raids and internal strife of Britain as historically accurate as possible, while providing interesting gameplay and a fun, yet challenging, campaign

= Features =
Eight playable factions, all forming part of three different cultures :

'''The Saxons'''

''The West Saxons'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Select Fyrd units; poor cavalry

''The Mercians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Marcher Horsemen units

''The Northumbrians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to cheaper Lithsmen mercenary units; ability to build priories; poor cavalry

'''The Vikings'''

''The Danes'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; very poor cavalry

''The Norwegians'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; powerful berserkers; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; no cavalry

'''The Celts'''

''The Welsh'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; superior cavalry; longbowmen; can build priories; weak ships.

''The Men of Alba'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; can build priories.

''The Irish'' - Good mix of infantry; can build monasteries; can recruit Monks; poor cavalry; no archers.

''Some major features of the game include'' :

* Provincial Information structures give flavour text and custom bonuses for every Province
* Incorporates Aradan's unit and unit-autoresolve balance (now even more advanced!)
* Saxon and Celtic Emissaries may travel with princesses and bishops to increase their effectiveness
* Provincial and Kingdom titles for family members implemented, including Local Lord traits for better settlement-specific management
* Recruitable mercenaries
* Culture-specific recruitment buildings and limited Zone of Recruitment
* Campaign Script customizes game-start conditions according to faction selected by player to make for a greater challenge

= VI2 - Dominion of Britannia =

Dominion of Britannia is an official sub-mod for VI2, adding a lot of new content and features :

[[Image:DoB promo7.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Dominion of Britannia Promo]]

* Irish factions can now recruit Monastic Levies from monasteries
* Unique strategy-map models for Saxon large towns, cities and large cities
* 15 New provinces (Britain and Ireland)
* Greater geographical historical accuracy
* Unit stats reworked for even greater unit balance
* Campaign balance improved
* Saxon culture renamed to Anglo-Saxon
* Uncrowned and Crowned trait for Kings implemented
* New ship for the Vikings (credits to 1066 open-resource mod, with sails by Halie Satanus)
* New Stone Henge model (credit to 1066 open-resource mod)
* Now possible for Anglo-Saxon factions to have monks in their ranks
* New Laigini elite unit for Men of Leinster (formerly "The Irish" faction)
* Recruitable mercenaries redistributed to be more historically accurate
* Walls now only buildable from large town and up
* Viking names edited to be more accurate (thanks to Dansk)
* Monastery line of buildings reworked and more open to Anglo-Saxons
* Stables can now longer be built on small islands
* And lots of textual and visual tweaks throughout!

= The Team =

The team of Viking Invasion II includes :

*[[Aradan]]
*[[MasterofNone]]
*[[Halie Satanus]]
*[[Uranos]]
*[[Antagonist]]
*[[Keyser Soze]]

= External Links =
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1036 ''Viking Invasion II'' forum]
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=263293 ''VI2 -Dominion of Britannia'']

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:BI_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:VI2 Banner.jpg

2010-09-08T11:09:08Z

SonOfOdin:

Viking Invasion II

2010-09-08T11:03:45Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title= Viking Invasion II
|image=[[Image:Viking s1.png]]
|compatibility= [[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=Aradan, MasterofNone, Halie Satanus, Uranos, Antagonist, Keyser Soze
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=221299 ''Viking Invasion II 1.7'']
|description=A recreation of the original Viking Invasion for MTW

}}

= Introduction =
Viking Invasion II recreates the infamous Viking Invasion from MTW on the Rome BI Engine. It's a complete overhaul of Rome BI, with a new campaign, new factions, new units and a new challenge.

= Description =

The campaign is almost identical to the original, with only minor changes made, and of course utilising a new engine. The map covers all of Britannia and parts of Scandinavia adding up to about 50 regions occupied by eight different playable factions.
The mod portrays the Viking raids and internal strife of Britain as historically accurate as possible, while providing interesting gameplay and a fun, yet challenging, campaign

= Features =
Eight playable factions, all forming part of three different cultures :

'''The Saxons'''

''The West Saxons'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Select Fyrd units; poor cavalry

''The Mercians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Marcher Horsemen units

''The Northumbrians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to cheaper Lithsmen mercenary units; ability to build priories; poor cavalry

'''The Vikings'''

''The Danes'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; very poor cavalry

''The Norwegians'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; powerful berserkers; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; no cavalry

'''The Celts'''

''The Welsh'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; superior cavalry; longbowmen; can build priories; weak ships.

''The Men of Alba'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; can build priories.

''The Irish'' - Good mix of infantry; can build monasteries; can recruit Monks; poor cavalry; no archers.

''Some major features of the game include'' :

* Provincial Information structures give flavour text and custom bonuses for every Province
* Incorporates Aradan's unit and unit-autoresolve balance (now even more advanced!)
* Saxon and Celtic Emissaries may travel with princesses and bishops to increase their effectiveness
* Provincial and Kingdom titles for family members implemented, including Local Lord traits for better settlement-specific management
* Recruitable mercenaries
* Culture-specific recruitment buildings and limited Zone of Recruitment
* Campaign Script customizes game-start conditions according to faction selected by player to make for a greater challenge

= VI2 - Dominion of Britannia =

Dominion of Britannia is an official sub-mod for VI2, adding a lot of new content and features :

[[Image:DoB promo7.jpg |thumb|right|200px|alt=none|Dominion of Britannia Promo]]

* Irish factions can now recruit Monastic Levies from monasteries
* Unique strategy-map models for Saxon large towns, cities and large cities
* 15 New provinces (Britain and Ireland)
* Greater geographical historical accuracy
* Unit stats reworked for even greater unit balance
* Campaign balance improved
* Saxon culture renamed to Anglo-Saxon
* Uncrowned and Crowned trait for Kings implemented
* New ship for the Vikings (credits to 1066 open-resource mod, with sails by Halie Satanus)
* New Stone Henge model (credit to 1066 open-resource mod)
* Now possible for Anglo-Saxon factions to have monks in their ranks
* New Laigini elite unit for Men of Leinster (formerly "The Irish" faction)
* Recruitable mercenaries redistributed to be more historically accurate
* Walls now only buildable from large town and up
* Viking names edited to be more accurate (thanks to Dansk)
* Monastery line of buildings reworked and more open to Anglo-Saxons
* Stables can now longer be built on small islands
* And lots of textual and visual tweaks throughout!

= The Team =

The team of Viking Invasion II includes :

*[[Aradan]]
*[[MasterofNone]]
*[[Halie Satanus]]
*[[Uranos]]
*[[Antagonist]]
*[[Keyser Soze]]

= External Links =
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1036 ''Viking Invasion II'' forum]
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=263293 ''VI2 -Dominion of Britannia'']

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:BI_Mods_%28Released%29]]

Viking Invasion II

2010-09-08T11:01:01Z

SonOfOdin:

{{Mod_overview
|width=
|title= Viking Invasion II
|image=[[Image:Viking s1.png]]
|compatibility= [[Barbarian Invasion|Barbarian Invasion 1.6]]
|type=Complete Overhaul
|members=Aradan, MasterofNone, Halie Satanus, Uranos, Antagonist, Keyser Soze
|release=[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=221299 ''Viking Invasion II 1.7'']
|description=A recreation of the original Viking Invasion for MTW

}}

= Introduction =
Viking Invasion II recreates the infamous Viking Invasion from MTW on the Rome BI Engine. It's a complete overhaul of Rome BI, with a new campaign, new factions, new units and a new challenge.

= Description =

The campaign is almost identical to the original, with only minor changes made, and of course utilising a new engine. The map covers all of Britannia and parts of Scandinavia adding up to about 50 regions occupied by eight different playable factions.
The mod portrays the Viking raids and internal strife of Britain as historically accurate as possible, while providing interesting gameplay and a fun, yet challenging, campaign

= Features =
Eight playable factions, all forming part of three different cultures :

'''The Saxons'''

''The West Saxons'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Select Fyrd units; poor cavalry

''The Mercians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to Marcher Horsemen units

''The Northumbrians'' - Strong close-combat infantry; extra tier allowing improved farming and stone walls; superior warship; access to cheaper Lithsmen mercenary units; ability to build priories; poor cavalry

'''The Vikings'''

''The Danes'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; very poor cavalry

''The Norwegians'' - Strong close-combat infantry, especially in attack; powerful berserkers; superior boats; leaders can convert to Christianity after AD 878; no cavalry

'''The Celts'''

''The Welsh'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; superior cavalry; longbowmen; can build priories; weak ships.

''The Men of Alba'' - Good mix of infantry and cavalry; can build priories.

''The Irish'' - Good mix of infantry; can build monasteries; can recruit Monks; poor cavalry; no archers.

''Some major features of the game include'' :

* Provincial Information structures give flavour text and custom bonuses for every Province
* Incorporates Aradan's unit and unit-autoresolve balance (now even more advanced!)
* Saxon and Celtic Emissaries may travel with princesses and bishops to increase their effectiveness
* Provincial and Kingdom titles for family members implemented, including Local Lord traits for better settlement-specific management
* Recruitable mercenaries
* Culture-specific recruitment buildings and limited Zone of Recruitment
* Campaign Script customizes game-start conditions according to faction selected by player to make for a greater challenge

= VI2 - Dominion of Britannia =

Dominion of Britannia is an official sub-mod for VI2, adding a lot of new content and features :

* Irish factions can now recruit Monastic Levies from monasteries
* Unique strategy-map models for Saxon large towns, cities and large cities
* 15 New provinces (Britain and Ireland)
* Greater geographical historical accuracy
* Unit stats reworked for even greater unit balance
* Campaign balance improved
* Saxon culture renamed to Anglo-Saxon
* Uncrowned and Crowned trait for Kings implemented
* New ship for the Vikings (credits to 1066 open-resource mod, with sails by Halie Satanus)
* New Stone Henge model (credit to 1066 open-resource mod)
* Now possible for Anglo-Saxon factions to have monks in their ranks
* New Laigini elite unit for Men of Leinster (formerly "The Irish" faction)
* Recruitable mercenaries redistributed to be more historically accurate
* Walls now only buildable from large town and up
* Viking names edited to be more accurate (thanks to Dansk)
* Monastery line of buildings reworked and more open to Anglo-Saxons
* Stables can now longer be built on small islands
* And lots of textual and visual tweaks throughout!

= The Team =

The team of Viking Invasion II includes :

*[[Aradan]]
*[[MasterofNone]]
*[[Halie Satanus]]
*[[Uranos]]
*[[Antagonist]]
*[[Keyser Soze]]

= External Links =
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1036 ''Viking Invasion II'' forum]
* [http://www.twcenter.net TWCenter.net][http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=263293 ''VI2 -Dominion of Britannia'']

[[Category:TWC Hosted Modifications]]
[[Category:BI_Mods_%28Released%29]]

File:DoB promo7.jpg

2010-09-08T10:53:34Z

SonOfOdin:

Viking Invasion II

2010-09-08T06:09:24Z

SonOfOdin:

File:Viking s1.png

2010-09-08T06:09:05Z

SonOfOdin: uploaded a new version of "File:Viking s1.png"

File:Viking s1.png

2010-09-08T06:05:32Z

SonOfOdin: